Oblivion Remastered, 2nd To Fix Performance Woes – WGB

More than a month after the release of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, Virtous is finally putting out some updates to tackle some of the game’s problems. Many of the issues are actually part of the original 2006 game, while some are new. Either way, people have been facing some major problems playing the game. The good news is there are two updates coming, so here’s the lowdown.

Update 1 should already be available on Steam Beta and will hit all platforms on June 11. It’s focusing on “quests, major bugs and blockers, and quality of life fixes.”

If you want access to the update on Steam right now, head over to your game library, right click on Oblivion Remastered and choose the “properties” option. In there, you’ll see an option titled “beta”. Click on that, pick “beta” from the dropdown and voila! Just wait for it to download.

Update 2 is aiming for the “coming weeks” and will focus more on performance, which is especially good news for PS5 players struggling with iffy framerates, crashes and the like.

Here’s the full list of fixes and changes being made in the first update:

GENERAL

• Enabled ToggleHudVisibility and ShowHud console commands

UI

• Fix for missing text when installing the Deluxe Upgrade
• Fix ‘Skip’ button not showing correctly during intro
• Fix for Redguard Origin stats being reversed
• Fix for not automatically showing Local Map when inside interior spaces
• Fix for being unable to name Enchanted items when using a controller
• Fix punctuation issues in Chinese translation
• Localized string fixes
• Fix for interacting with Daedric Shrines not displaying subtitles

CRASHES

• Fix crash when loading after fast travel to Vilverin
• Fix crash when exploring Crayfish Cave
• Fix crash when fighting Stunted Scamps
• Fix crash when paying the fine after stealing in Castle Bravil
• Fix for crash when loading Quicksaves
• Fix crash when loading after fast travel to Mortal Camp
• Fix for crash when loading a save in Quill-Weave’s house
• Fix crash when rapidly switching between Quality and Performance modes
• Fix crash when storing items in a chest in Frostcrag Spire
• Fix crash when creating multiple potions at once using stolen ingredients
• Fix various CPU crashes

GAMEPLAY

• Fix player animation issues when mounting horses
• Fix High Chancellor Ocato arms not animating
• Fix Shambles’ animations getting stuck when attacking
• Fix for Staff of Sheogorath not freezing enemies
• Fix for Cap’n Dugal not spawning
• Fix for Light spells not showing VFX
• Fix for offset Map Markers when running on a secondary monitor
• Fix for Local Map being blank when opening
• Fix Peryite Shrine’s voiceover being cut off
• Fix for First Person camera being set above the player’s head
• Fix for Chameleon VFX being stuck on player
• Fix for player’s skin textures not matching when infected with a disease

SYSTEM

• Fix player settings being reset when updating Settings
• Fix XCloud mirroring settings from PC to XBOX
• Fix for infinite loading issues
• Fix for freezing when pressing Alt+Tab
• Fix autosaving creating a new group of saves
• Fix for old save files being renamed when the character is renamed at the Sewer exit
• Fix for small Display Resolution sizes not showing correctly in Windowed Mode

QUESTS

• The Battle for Kvatch – Fix Savlian becoming stuck after Castle Courtyard fight
• A Knife in the Dark – Fix for Vincente Valtieri losing his hair
• Finding the Thieves Guild – Fix for NPCs not appearing
• The Sunken One – Fix for a Diary page being hidden under a bowl
• The Elven Maiden – Fix for crash when Hieronymus Lex attempts to take Llathasa’s Bust out of the cupboard in Myvryna Arano’s house