Sigh... I just got home from work and let the patch install and now the dam game won't even load. The very first time I started it crashed to desktop the instant it got past the splash screen, happened before so I wasn't too worried, but then every time after that it just hangs with that stupid dragon symbol and the smoke rolling in but that's it. The game is now a $60 screen saver.

Was wondering if anyone knew of a way to revert my game to an older version of the release or to bypass whatever they did to make this happen? Or is this some ass backwards new game design choice of theirs that we will need to wait for the mod community to fix?

Im getting the same crap, did the verify files and everything and nope...$60 screensaver

The lesson here kids is, never update your games!

@TheDudeOfGaming said:

The lesson here kids is, never update your games!

I think the real lesson is never buy Bethesda games.

Mine works just fine. Try updating your graphics drivers.

@TheDudeOfGaming said:

The lesson here kids is, never update your games!

I think the real lesson is never buy Bethesda games.

@Bwast:They are the newest.

I feel there is some kind of grand irony in releasing a patch that totally fucks up the game, and i choose to believe that Bethesda saw this, and wanted to share it with the world. its not Bethesda screwing up, its Bethesda being artistic. and showing every one how reliant and trusting they are with technology.

@crusader8463:Got it working, I just deleted some of the mods I had

This is messed up. I am at exactly 100 hours time played. Patch launches while I am playing, crashes the game. Now it won't even start up. Just get "failed to initialze the renderer". How the fuck can you screw up something that was COMPLETELY stable (for me) for 100 hours and now this shit?

@crusader8463 said:

@TheDudeOfGaming said:

The lesson here kids is, never update your games!

I think the real lesson is never buy Bethesda games.

Except for the part where the games they make are totally awesome, once they get working. I'd rather buy a busted up Bethesda game (ie, Skyrim) than a COD.

GOTY

@artgarcrunkle said:

GOTY

but next year, when it works.

Keep your save file and reinstall without the patch...if steam will let you do that.

@DrCornwalliz said:

@crusader8463:Got it working, I just deleted some of the mods I had

This is the first thing that popped in my mind but CLEARLY everyone on here was also smart enough to check to see if mods were causing any issues before they started to bitch.

Ah damnit mine works fine mods and all. I really could have used some sleep too. Oh well.

@Dagbiker said:

@artgarcrunkle said:

GOTY

but next year, when it works.

It's been very stable for me so far.

@Atramentous: Seriously. As with every other update to a Bethesda game (or any other game with mod/addon support), if something's wrong, step one: disable mods.

I had the same issue. Immediately went in and started disabling mods and trying it again. Sure enough it was one of the mods causing trouble (Val's Crafting Meltdown Alpha for me).

Launches fine without that.

I haven't had a single crash since the patch. Only advice I have is update drivers and stop being baddies.

@Atramentous said:

@DrCornwalliz said:

@crusader8463:Got it working, I just deleted some of the mods I had

This is the first thing that popped in my mind but CLEARLY everyone on here was also smart enough to check to see if mods were causing any issues before they started to bitch.

Yes I did that as well. Still not working.

Could be worse.........yeeeeeeeep.

Is it at least a nice screensaver?

I just saw this thread, booted up Skyrim and played happily for half an hour until I found a big nasty blood dragon. Upon spending a few minutes fighting it, I finally kill it only the instant I kill it the game disappears instantly, no freezing or any other indication of it failing. Suddenly I'm back in this thread with something to write about...

I can't tell if this is a patch thing or just a Skyrim thing, I've had it happen before.

@Mikemcn said:

Is it at least a nice screensaver?

No its worse then the Pipe Dream one.

Did you try deleting the game and re installing it? I know that's what i used to do when Neverwinter Nights started giving me grief. Just do not forget to copy your save files.

I've been playing on 360 for 30 hours with no crashes and very minor glitches. I haven't downloaded this patch yet, though.

Wish I could help but unfortunately my bare install from Steam (auto-patched ofc!) is working perfectly with the newest drivers installed etc.

Works fine for me. =\

Maybe they should have taken a different marketing approach and simply labeled it as a public beta, with a mandatory $60 deposit toward the final finished game, which is "unlocked" by the final patch.

@zudthespud said:

I just saw this thread, booted up Skyrim and played happily for half an hour until I found a big nasty blood dragon. Upon spending a few minutes fighting it, I finally kill it only the instant I kill it the game disappears instantly, no freezing or any other indication of it failing. Suddenly I'm back in this thread with something to write about...

I can't tell if this is a patch thing or just a Skyrim thing, I've had it happen before.

I've had crashes like that since release. Are you using the 4GB launcher?

@Dagbiker said:

@Mikemcn said:

Is it at least a nice screensaver?

No its worse then the Pipe Dream one.

So it's AMAZING!!

I made a thread about this too (with no responses sadface) and disabling my mods did the trick. I don't know which one it was, but I killed all four of them and haven't felt inclined to investigate.

Hey, it works perfectly fine for me.

@Beforet said:

I made a thread about this too (with no responses sadface) and disabling my mods did the trick. I don't know which one it was, but I killed all four of them and haven't felt inclined to investigate.

Ya I went in and did the same again. Guess I missed something the first time around. Now it's just the usual constantly random crashes to desktop, total lock ups, characters glitching, missions not completing properly, and random textures not loading to deal with again.

@zudthespud said:

I just saw this thread, booted up Skyrim and played happily for half an hour until I found a big nasty blood dragon. Upon spending a few minutes fighting it, I finally kill it only the instant I kill it the game disappears instantly, no freezing or any other indication of it failing. Suddenly I'm back in this thread with something to write about...

I can't tell if this is a patch thing or just a Skyrim thing, I've had it happen before.

It's a Skyrim thing. Not sure why it happens, but that has happened to me on many an occasion. Twice tonight alone.

Oh Bethesda, you so crazy. If you didn't make my favorite games ever, stuff like this might make me inclined to go and break your office windows! 

I was pissed that I wasn't able to catch Steam in time from updating it. I took a chance though and tried it and haven't experienced any crazy issues just yet. I'm going to test the no magical resistance bug before continuing any further.

Oh PC gaming

I've been so insanely lucky, nearly 200 hours playtime and I've crashed to desktop once and never had the game freeze. Feels good.

Been playing since 1.2 and had no issues at all either.

Aha, just read the guy above me's post. Hilarious.

@Atramentous said:

@DrCornwalliz said:

@crusader8463:Got it working, I just deleted some of the mods I had

This is the first thing that popped in my mind but CLEARLY everyone on here was also smart enough to check to see if mods were causing any issues before they started to bitch.

You never get the whole story first time through a support issue. It's axiomatic.

Mine gets in a start up loop after new patches and all you have to do is verify the integrity of the game cache.

@Yanngc33 said:

Oh Bethesda games

Fixed. Plenty of PC devs put out patches that don't mess up games, but this patch hasn't broken anymore for me.

probably already posted but...
 
I disabled Crafting Meltdown Alpha mod and it fixed this problem for me.  All my other mods seem to work O.K.
 
Resists are all 0 though.  So not fun, almost completely broken for my character.

Bethesda games are like beat-up classic cars that take time and love to get into a proper shine.

@crusader8463 said:

@TheDudeOfGaming said:

The lesson here kids is, never update your games!

I think the real lesson is never buy Bethesda games.

The real lesson here is don't buy games made for consoles and then ported to PC. Bethesda is just the latest company to drop PC in favor of consoles. More money for them.

@mac_n_nina said:

The real lesson here is don't buy games made for consoles and then ported to PC. Bethesda is just the latest company to drop PC in favor of consoles. More money for them.

Goddamn businesses and their desire to be successful. Nobody else in the world works like that.

@Cataphract1014 said:

@Yanngc33 said:

Oh Bethesda games

Fixed. Plenty of PC devs put out patches that don't mess up games, but this patch hasn't broken anymore for me.

I know that there are plenty of devs who know how to patch and make a PC game that works (Valve, Blizzard...) but this along with launch problems for Rage and Dead Island as well as a delayed Arkham City, PC gamers have sort of been getting the short end of the stick these past few months

@Cretaceous_Bob said:

@mac_n_nina said:

The real lesson here is don't buy games made for consoles and then ported to PC. Bethesda is just the latest company to drop PC in favor of consoles. More money for them.

Goddamn businesses and their desire to be successful. Nobody else in the world works like that.

I have it for 360 so I'm good. It just must suck for the PC elitists because Valve is about all they have left and Bethesda going consoles does irritate me slightly because I liked playing their games on PC, Bioware's too.

@Cataphract1014 said:

@zudthespud said:

I just saw this thread, booted up Skyrim and played happily for half an hour until I found a big nasty blood dragon. Upon spending a few minutes fighting it, I finally kill it only the instant I kill it the game disappears instantly, no freezing or any other indication of it failing. Suddenly I'm back in this thread with something to write about...

I can't tell if this is a patch thing or just a Skyrim thing, I've had it happen before.

I've had crashes like that since release. Are you using the 4GB launcher?

I don't know what the 4GB launcher is, Its on steam if that makes a difference.

I have 2 folders of skyrim, one backup of fresh install, other is normal with mods. I will not download a patch unless it's as good as the mods I've been downloading. Some aren't even that complex, but they work!