Okay the patch 1.6 that introduced Mounted combat to us PC users..I do not think it will go to the consoles.. ( this is all speculation ) In the Dawnguard trailer... it showed mounted combat at two occasions.. correct me if I am wrong.. I remember reading something about the obsidian dev's not being able to add content through patch's to console users... ( I think because of how they require disks to play )

So.. the only way it seems to transmit new content to console users is through DLC.. but we pc users have gotten Mounted combat through a beta patch on steam.. which leads me to believe that ( more speculation ) We were given mounted combat because of the 30 day waiting period for the dlc.. Perhaps we will get more through the beta patchs Bethesda provides us..

Or perhaps I am totally wrong and the beta patch's were just controlled testing of mounted combat for bug finding before DLC comes out.



Your thoughts on my Speculated conclusion of nonsense?

Umm, console users got the new killcams/killmoves.

Nope. Mounted combat is part of patch 1.6 which will come before the DLC even to consoles.

I don't think the Beta patches will give us Vamp Lords or Crossbows, etc. Those can certainly be held off until a DLC purchase.

neither do I.... but maybe small things..

Effectively ruining the game for some of us.

Your avatar is...awesome..

I hope its not like that D:

The 1.6 patch also has bug fixes and etc. with it. The update isn't just about the mounted combat.

The patch is simply being beta tested on pc, though it will arrive on all platforms.

If your going to quote someone and not type anything of your own why post? at least no one has done the "derp /thread derp" thing yet...

If that was the case, bethseda would obviously have told us.

Because it's everything that needed to be said.

Amen...

There is no technical restriction to adding new content on consoles. Console users have been getting 'new content' since the day 1 patch, because of the way the game engine works. Let me explain.

The way Bethesda's gamebryo/creation engine games work is by loading .esp/.esm files. Skyrim is an .esm file. All patches are .esm files. Now... PC mods are ALSO .esm/.esp files... see the pattern? Basically, anything else other than Skyrim.esm is a mod, technically speaking. And anything a mod can do, the skyrim patch update.esm can do, and even more (since Bethesda made Skyrim after all ). And that update.esm file is independent of all platforms. If bethesda added new content to the update.esm file, like killcams, mounted combat, ALL versions of skyrim, PC, PS3, 360.. would get it. That's just the way the game works. And you know what? The dawnguard DLC will be the same .esm format. Just like any other huge mod, only official.

The game that was released on 11/11/11 did NOT have the 1.1 patch file called 'update.esm' (the RTM version). But the day 1 patch (1.1) was immediately downloaded through steam, xbox live etc and immediately applied to the game. Basically every Skyrim users have been using at least one mod since day 1... and that's the update.esm file. This means that there actually aren't any restrictions about using mods on consoles, only Microsoft's and Sony's policies disallow them. Unless a mod explicitly depends on keyboard shortcuts or PC-specific features, almost all the mods released could be played on a console.

Thanks for clearing it up! I was not expected to be right as my post was based of pure speculation off no basis of truth..

Though only one sentence in that entire block of text is required to explain it... The stuff before "Let me explain." would of been all that was required.

lock the thread!

I think there is some official process to approve files for the consoles with security certificates that would make adding mods to a console version of Skyrim nearly impossible.

Console users will get Mounted combat in Patch 1.6.

Its just not out yet

Wouldn't that be a lark. "Buy Dawnguard for the navmesh bug fix!"

Either way I don't care. I don't use horses so this new mechanic is useless for me. Thanks, Bethesda.

It's just a beta for patch 1.6, which will be available for all platforms when it's finished.

The problem is when someone does make a brief answer or statement, there tends to be some internet denizen that demands source links or proof of statement. Karellan was simply using anti [censored] posting policy by providing fully supported and accurate information for the statement.
I found the reply accurate, concise and readable.

Bet everyone gets it in their next patch. Bethesda have not made clear, in detail, when or what will be included when the content is released.