Please take MANY SCREENSHOTS now prior to you guys getting the new patch (2.01). For anyone who can record PS3 video footage that would be awesome!

I really want definite proof if this texture downgrade is true or not. I am tired of second guessing rumors of this and its like that old saying goes: "Seeing is believing".

Thanks.

It would help if we had the patch already my save is almost 9mb i get stutters and little lag but every time this happens to me my game is autosaving. i think thats the problem its a glitch there in the autosave but i have no proof and its just my opinion

I haven't noticed any difference at all. If they have downgraded the textures, it's not noticeable.

i turned off autosave when traveling and going in to the magic/map/skill/item menu this has helped me with the lag i had there. i did notice the shadows are a little different but i did not pay attention to them much before this so thats a no go on that.

I never paid any attention to the shadows beforehand because they simply were not good or interesting to look at. Now if the shadows have been downgraded further I wouldn't mind, because they weren't good to begin with.

Well turns out my fears are indeed correct. Textures got downgraded especially shadows. All this for better FPS just shows outright laziness on Bethesda's part. Guess I will be saving up for a PC afterall.

I haven't noticed any textures being any worse than they were before.

Just make sure you buy the game used...

proof or gtfo with your rumours and speculation ^^

Hey i just posted about this in the other thread.

I noticed that the textures seem a little off since the update and thought it was my eyes.

Maybe i wasnt seeing things after all.

I really enjoyed how it looked before and didnt have that much lag. Guess i was in the minority. Now if it is true, then what little lag i had will be gone, but as a consiquence the game wont look as good as it did.

Hmmmm................kinda bummed. And as posted above the shadows to me seems more blocky as well

UnionK

You are not seeing things, this was one of the first things to be reported as soon as the patch was released. Of course, like when the game was first released the forum is full of apologists, people ion denial and trolls.

I do have the PC version so i may just use that now. Im only 25 hours into the game on the PS3, but for me thats a lot of my time invested. Only get to play around a hour or two when i can.

I can only run the game on medium settings on the PC, but it sure does look much better. I just prefer the PS3 as i can kick back and relax in my recliner whilst playing.

I do have a PS3 controller that will work on my PC, so maybe now the graphics seem worse i may as well just do that.

Typical Bethesda, they give us something (new patch) then take something back (less graphical quality)

UnionK

Wish I had read this before upgrading, blindly.
NO lag, beautiful game turned into an ugly eye burning game.

Yup. Always have to wait to see people's experiences first. Previous Bethesda titles have taught me that much.

I really do not understand these problems at all. Did I buy a different game and receive a different patch than everyone? I mean, if it were a texture change - then you would think it would be safe to say everyone would see the change. I see no change, not even in my shadows.

This whole situation just confuses me. Something I would contribute to system variances does not make sense in this case. I mean, you shouldn't see a change in textures unless textures were changed and then everyone would see the change... and I am unaware of any system variations that would muck up textures...

I'll record the intro with both the original game and 1.2 patch and let people decide for themselves. I personally see no problem with the textures.

no texture degrading here, and the game is running better we are about 3 hours in the game now... graphics look the same to us...


I am confused with all this banter, about graphics degrading with the ps3, lag and all this bull[censored], the game was a lil crappy prior to the patch with the freezes here and there but I think the patch 1.2 really improved the game on the ps3...


Ok I am level 34, my save is about 8mb, prepatch after patch about 7.5mb.. I am confused..

I just ran around the world for about an hour, fighting bandits animals monsters etc. etc. ran thru towns, large and small, ran thru rain, fought monsters in rain etc. etc. went in dungeons, fought monsters etc etc.

If anything ladies and gentlemen.. The game is improved!!!!!!!


I am hearing dialogue I have never heard before now.. Imperials are hanging out in whiterun!!!

Children are telling me about fruit, that grows in the winter, never heard that dialogue...

I was in sneak mode and killed a bandit with both my swords and cut his head off!!!

so decapitation animation is working more often for me..

I am not getting any or minuscule amounts of fps chafing..

the game is running smoother on me and my wife's accounts..

thank you Bethesda, I know its not the best, but at least I get to enjoy my decapitation animations more, and the game is running smoother...

I dunno what these other people on the thread are seeing, I am thinking maybe some of these people just cannot be satisfied. Their is a percentage of people in business, you just cannot please..

I will post more on this thread when I find other cool stuff, the patch did..

SIA

I guess im lucky because my game runs very smooth because of the patch and the textures shadows and everything else looks the same.

The intro?

That would prove nothing.

How would it prove nothing? The opening sequence is scripted game play and not cinematic.

If the textures are different, it would be apparent even in the first town.

you and me both im just happy that i can play the game i really see no diff in textures

All scripted, in it's own independent cell. I never once saw a texture stream before my eyes on the intro but saw plenty of that on the actual game. It's not the same and it also depends on what they changed. All this "post proof" BS is garbage anyway, are we seriously having the same conversation we had on the first days after release? Why would people lie about this?

ya I think some of us, are being to damn critical, whining about water and I dunno what else, I am busy playing the game, and not staring at the damn water!!

Play the game quit [censored]in and have fun, yet this is psychology so you and I both know that this whining will not end,
and me and you will eventually move on as well, and these guys will continue to whine or sell the game and go away..


Yes I am enjoying the game, the patch did something, to be honest before the patch the game was working ok but was lagging a lil with fps at times well allot of times, much better now thou...

Good thing we are not in Africa, thou, right guys, we can [censored] and moan about a video game, and not about hunger pains... Look, look there!! the fps dropped a little!!!


Now this is becoming spoiled brat syndrome...

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Hehe well uh wish I could test it, seem to be having trouble with my patch, and have to delete game and re-install.
Anyway, feed back! Keep it coming (not that Bethesda is listening)