Bethesda squinting at Skyrim's texture scaling issues on Xbox

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Poor vision and awareness may afflict some of Skyrim's population, but your bellowing, dragonborn protagonist is meant to have 20/20 vision. Blurry textures on the Xbox 360 version, which aren't replaced with higher-quality versions as they come into closer view, may be a symptom of having the mammoth RPG* installed on the hard drive, Bethesda now suspects.

"Skyrim uses a lot of dynamic streaming systems, including textures," says a Bethesda community manager posting on the official forums. "We've seen a few reports of certain textures temporarily scaling down on the Xbox 360, and not scaling back up. We have verified that this issue does not occur when playing off the disk and when the game is fully cached (not installed)." For now, it seems the streaming glitch can be avoided if you play directly from the disc, and imagine the loud whirring emanates from Dovahkiin's vocal chords warming up.

According to Bethesda, a solution is being prepared for installed Skyrim in the next title update.

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/11/bethesda-squinting-at-skyrims-texture-scaling-issues-on-xbox/#comments

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cwc123Posted:

aimiami12
KSIxSP33D
Daft-Punk
Zerkos And that's why PC gaming is so awesome.

Here is the way i prefer gaming

Ps3
PC
Xbox 360

in that order but the best graphic are on the PC then Ps3 is the second best then Xbox 360 which has the worst graphics of the systems listed above


you made yourself sound so retarded xD
you do know xbox has better graphics card?? google it up
isnt it the same basically?
i have both and if i had to pick id say ps3 has better graphics

If you want to be technical, the GPU inside the PS3 is slightly "better" as far as a physical standpoint is concerned. However, the Xbox port generally runs more efficiently as the devkit is easier to use.

Then again, why the hell does this matter? The console port will always look like trash. In the long run a custom built PC saves you money, especially considering you can simply pirate anything you want.

TheBrownGuyPosted:

O no wonder the texture's have been crappy

BooiRawrPosted:

So if I have the game installed on the Xbox it will look like crap?

aimiami12Posted:

KSIxSP33D
Daft-Punk
Zerkos And that's why PC gaming is so awesome.

Here is the way i prefer gaming

Ps3
PC
Xbox 360

in that order but the best graphic are on the PC then Ps3 is the second best then Xbox 360 which has the worst graphics of the systems listed above


you made yourself sound so retarded xD
you do know xbox has better graphics card?? google it up
isnt it the same basically?
i have both and if i had to pick id say ps3 has better graphics

KSIxSP33DPosted:

Daft-Punk
Zerkos And that's why PC gaming is so awesome.

Here is the way i prefer gaming

Ps3
PC
Xbox 360

in that order but the best graphic are on the PC then Ps3 is the second best then Xbox 360 which has the worst graphics of the systems listed above


you made yourself sound so retarded xD
you do know xbox has better graphics card?? google it up

KanekiPosted:

Zerkos And that's why PC gaming is so awesome.

Here is the way i prefer gaming

Ps3
PC
Xbox 360

in that order but the best graphic are on the PC then Ps3 is the second best then Xbox 360 which has the worst graphics of the systems listed above

Karate_CatPosted:

Ah thats why my textures are crap :)

ZerkosPosted:

Scion
Zerkos And that's why PC gaming is so awesome.

It's not that awesome. PC games are way more pirated and hacked. True story
Yes games are pirated so we get free games, and we can stop the hacks easy using software like punkbuster if the host wishes.

all in all i think PC gaming is the master race, but consoles is where the money is at for the devs.

ZerkosPosted:

Scion
Zerkos And that's why PC gaming is so awesome.

It's not that awesome. PC games are way more pirated and hacked. True story
= Free games.

cuePosted:

Zerkos And that's why PC gaming is so awesome.

It's not that awesome. PC games are way more pirated and hacked. True story


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