I have seen many topics on the Bethesda forums by PS3 users that the slideshow lag is gone. I'm going to be playing Skyrim again finally!

The Bethesda forums is usually filled with cynicism so seeing a positive response from them is uplifting. Will obviously have to see it myself but if others weren't aware the patch is out now you do. If anyone can confirm/disprove supposed fix then do tell.

Also confirmed Mannequin fix =D No more invisible armor displays.

Is it out, fuck just when the games start to come out!

I hope so. No chance for me to check any time soon though.

From what I played last night, I can confirm that lag has pretty much gone on my game and the mannequin in my Markarth home displays armour perfectly. Definitely improved the experience for PS3.

Also worth mentioning:

To get the best possible outcome from the patch it's highly highly recommended that you start a new game. Now of course if that's simply not an option for obvious reasons then:

1. start up the game
2. confirm update
3. load your last save
4. wait a couple of minutes for the update to synchronize in-game
5. make a hard manual save
6. exit game and restart your PS3
7. Start up the game and load your manual save

I just have a question concerning the recomendations for better results of Skyrim 1.4 patch: How can I confirm the update first and then load my last save? I mean, I thought all the updates activate automatically when you put the game into the PS3 driver and, however before you prevent to load the game.

@NICKR1: I'm not sure I understand your question. You put in the game in the optical dirve. When the game starts you confirm the 1.4 update prompt. Then when all of that is done you load your saved game, wait a brief minute in-game (To make sure all new data are synchronized), and then you manually save the game - either with a new save or just overwrite an already existing one. Exit the game, restart your PS3 and load that new save.

You don't need to do this, but it's the second-best thing to do, next to just starting a new character on a new save.

More on this from Bethesda here: http://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1345112-important-information-on-patch-14/

Is the patch out?

@nohthink: Yes. It's called 2.03 in Europe, and 1.4 in US.

What the shit. I hope it does fix the lag.. I've been playing Skyrim on and off since if I play for anymore than a few hours it lags.. and is impossible to play. It's unfortunate since that game is pretty much a drug to most people, including I. So for now, I suppose Kingdoms of Amalur and The Darkness 2 will have to do.

@FritzDude: Thanks for your answer, now I understand, I just thought that I would be able to load the game at the same time the update was running, I was really confused. Thanks again for your clearly explanation. 143 hours in Skyrim and the game started to have serious lag the last 10 hours and one freeze. I hope the patch will solve the PS3 problem, the game is great.

I never experienced the lag, but it definately fixed the Master Criminal trophy bug, although I heard this affected only the non-English versions of Skyrim (which I own).

I never had the crippling lag reported by other players who have a hell of a lot more time on their characters than I do, but my "main" character who is level 24 with 51 hours played has had a noticeable performance boost. I could always see the embryonic beginnings of the lag problem when I rode my horse or sprinted through a city, but in the few hours I've played since I installed the patch last night, things have been much more smooth. However, load times are noticeably longer. If you notice long load times, you can disable "autosave on travel;" when I did that, my load times cut in half.

It's too bad I'm away for the weekend, I want to finish up some quest lines but stopped playing a few weeks ago because of the lag. Here's hoping.

I can finally autosave without the game hard locking! Hooray!

For those of you interested, here is the Digital Foundry breakdown of 1.4 (2.03 in EU) results regarding the lag (they had pretty extensive coverage and breakdowns of the problem in the first place). It seems as if the problem has been greatly reduced.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-ps3-skyrim-lag-fixed

The size of my save file is still going up every time I save, is that normal?

@Hizang: Yes, the lag never had anything to do with the size of the save file.

Fantastic news it appears for the PS3 duders and dudettes, but I can't help asking, should this have taken almost 4 months to happen?

Seems rediculous to me...sorry, but I'm still pissed at Bethesda for the state the game was launched in. I know spilt milk and all...

@pweidman said:

Should this have taken almost 4 months to happen?

Absolutely not, it has fouled me on that company entirely and sadly made me almost not like the game. I played it at launch, but when I found the issue I stopped playing assuming it would get a patch later in the week. Weeks passed and I got more and more angry, after a month I stopped getting angry and just stopped caring. When the patch came out a few weeks ago I didn't even care to much, so much time had passed that the time seemed to have passed for that game. I even tried to get back in it but I couldn't, so last night I decided to start again with a fresh character and at long last I am back into the game that I wanted to play 4 months ago.

NO WAY IS THIS ACCEPTABLE!

I hope Bethesda do this the right way next time they release a game on the PS3.

@pweidman said:

Should this have taken almost 4 months to happen?

Absolutely not, it has fouled me on that company entirely and sadly made me almost not like the game. I played it at launch, but when I found the issue I stopped playing assuming it would get a patch later in the week. Weeks passed and I got more and more angry, after a month I stopped getting angry and just stopped caring. When the patch came out a few weeks ago I didn't even care to much, so much time had passed that the time seemed to have passed for that game. I even tried to get back in it but I couldn't, so last night I decided to start again with a fresh character and at long last I am back into the game that I wanted to play 4 months ago.

NO WAY IS THIS ACCEPTABLE!

I hope Bethesda do this the right way next time they release a game on the PS3.

@Sackmanjones: I played mine for 40 hours, I started to notice a little bit but then it seemed to just get slower very quickly.

@pweidman said:

Should this have taken almost 4 months to happen?

Absolutely not, it has fouled me on that company entirely and sadly made me almost not like the game. I played it at launch, but when I found the issue I stopped playing assuming it would get a patch later in the week. Weeks passed and I got more and more angry, after a month I stopped getting angry and just stopped caring. When the patch came out a few weeks ago I didn't even care to much, so much time had passed that the time seemed to have passed for that game. I even tried to get back in it but I couldn't, so last night I decided to start again with a fresh character and at long last I am back into the game that I wanted to play 4 months ago.

NO WAY IS THIS ACCEPTABLE!

I hope Bethesda do this the right way next time they release a game on the PS3.

I'm glad the patch has helped. I haven't gone back since I got the Platinum Trophy pre 1.4 (I suffered. A LOT). Hopefully it'll run smoother for the upcoming DLC. Still, shame on Bethesda for this blunder.

Glad this finally came around. I played about 80 hours before the patch and the lag didn't bother me much. If it got bad I just rebooted the game and it was fine for about 3 hours. It was nice to have a month off of the game. Now that 1.4 has fixed it I'm back and addicted again! I've definately re-adjusted my GOTY game and this is definately at the top. I love just wondering this huge world that Bethesda has made. It is something quite amazing. I will probably be playing it to as much completion as is possible.