This is what I got on Steam:

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is now available to pre-load on Steam and Direct2Drive, letting you grab 99% of the files needed to run Skyrim. That should be about 6 gigabytes according to the system specs. Then the vital de-encryption data that will turn these files into Tamriel will be shunted to everyone at launch on Friday. Then the game will unlock and we'll all be able to finally play it ... almost.

Once Skyrim is decrypted, you'll then have to wait for another download before playing. Bethesda say that "All platforms going to 1.1 by 11/11/11" with a day one patch that "fixes some minor stability and quest progression issues." Skyrim's going to have a pretty huge world map, and there's bound to still be a few bugs lurking in there somewhere. Oblivion and Fallout 3 had problems with AI getting stuck in doors, objects floating mysteriously and other bizarre anomolies. It wouldn't be a Bethesda launch without a few of those hitting YouTube.

What I can say is though that notwithstanding having preloaded the entire works from Steam 7 hours ago, suddenly something of 2.8MB 'updated' Skyrim.

That's all folks

This is not a patch to the mechanics of the game itself. This is only a "complement" to the major download for Steam optimize the activation process of the game later on...


The extension .vcf is a "vCard File" and contain all your network information (name of client, e-mail, IP, etc...) used by Steam. I believe you can even open with Microsoft Outlook, if the file is not encrypted.


EDIT: grammar.

Sounds like a patch that fixes scripting issues. You could fit a few thousand lines of code in 2.8 MB.

Huh? Your download says more then 7gb while mine says 5gb? how come?



Edit: nvm made a mistake.