Pete Hines, community manager of Bethesda games has said he doesn’t know if the latest patch will fix all the reported bugs, saying “We will fix as much as we can for your platform. I don’t know if it will fix -your- bug. Takes a while to test/fix/regress. Hang in there.”, he is also unsure of when the patch will be released. The creation kit to allow custom content and the bug fixes are both being worked on at the same time.

http://myona.com/2011/11/17/skyrim-patch-release-date-unclear-bethesda-works-creation-kit-fixes/

from the 17th Nov

The version they use includes software they can't redistribute, they have to remove all that stuff before we get it.

I'll tell you what it is. For the last 6 months leading up to release the entire team of nearly 100 was working 60-100 hr weeks. They hadn't had a vacation in 2011 so it's likely that upon release most everyone was given 2 weeks vacation and honestly, it was well deserved. They are probably just now getting back to it, so show some heart and humility for those hard working people that poured everything they had for so long into this game. They are only human and need time to rest so that means it's going to be a bit still before we get the tools. Be patient, they will come and in the meantime we can all get very intimate with the vanilla game. It's not like there isn't more content to enjoy than ever before so let us have at it.

Until such time as the weary at Beth have recovered and returned to give us the greatest gift of all, I think we should be grateful for what we have, the greatest game hour per dollar ratio on the planet.

I have seen this stated multiple times, but I've yet to see any evidence as to its veracity. The notion doesn't even make much sense. Building proprietary or licensed technology into something that is intended to be released to the general public would be completely counter productive--particularly since such technologies tend to come with a suite of tools of their own. The CK is really about manipulating and arranging the various assets available into something that resembles a game.

I expect that the delay is mostly about polish and last minute bug squishing, and there is likely one lonesome dude over at BSG whose responsibility it is to take care of the CK.

The game has been out for 17 days. That isn't exactly an eternity, especially given that 4 of those days were a holiday weekend.

I'd ask a counter-question instead. Why do people expect things to happen instantly?

I have seen this stated multiple times, but I've yet to see any evidence as to its veracity. The notion doesn't even make much sense. Building proprietary or licensed technology into something that is intended to be released to the general public would be completely counter productive--particularly since such technologies tend to come with a suite of tools of their own. The CK is really about manipulating and arranging the various assets available into something that resembles a game.

"Not complaining, just out of interest"

Man, does anyone read thread subtitles?

The word 'GameBryo' describes the rendering engine, the back-end scripting and whole data file system has never been Gamebryo. They made a new rendering engine, so nothing in the game is now using GameBryo, so now it's in effect all their own custom engine.

But most of what we'd work with in the CK isn't new.

I'm guessing that the biggest reason is them not focusing on it. They need the team for patches, hence the CS (a completely optional tool beneficial to a small percentage of users) isn't top priority.

I'll tell you what it is. For the last 6 months leading up to release the entire team of nearly 100 was working 60-100 hr weeks. They hadn't had a vacation in 2011 so it's likely that upon release most everyone was given 2 weeks vacation and honestly, it was well deserved. They are probably just now getting back to it, so show some heart and humility for those hard working people that poured everything they had for so long into this game. They are only human and need time to rest so that means it's going to be a bit still before we get the tools. Be patient, they will come and in the meantime we can all get very intimate with the vanilla game. It's not like there isn't more content to enjoy than ever before so let us have at it.

Until such time as the weary at Beth have recovered and returned to give us the greatest gift of all, I think we should be grateful for what we have, the greatest game hour per dollar ratio on the planet.

As of the 25th, he said the patch should be out the first half of this week.

https://twitter.com/#!/DCDeacon/status/140087655558950912

Hopefully the CK won't be far behind.

Wrong

You really don't have to dig deep into the game files too see that the engine is just Gamebryo.

it was 200 devs atleast that is what todd said in an interview a few months back.

"Not complaining, just out of interest"

Man, does anyone read thread subtitles?

It's now "the week after Thanksgiving". Bethseda has a window of seven days to ensure delivery of the CK, or they'll end up having to put the bucket on their heads.

Wrong

You really don't have to dig deep into the game files too see that the engine is just Gamebryo.

It's now "the week after Thanksgiving". Bethseda has a window of seven days to ensure delivery of the CK, or they'll end up having to put the bucket on their heads.

Will Creation Kit be available to consoles too?
Can we use mods in PS3/360?

Will Creation Kit be available to consoles too?
Can we use mods in PS3/360?

Id like to know this as well, since we're all calling out Beth anyway. Why not go the whole 9 yards.

So how is this still Gamebryo?