This article from Tech Digest seems to think so.

This article from Tech Digest seems to think so.

 

Bethesda have released the beta version of patch 1.4 via Steam for owners of the PC version of the game. In its reference notes are many quest and bug fixes, but also this interesting line:

Optimized bookshelf script in player-owned houses that would occasionally cause active scripts to lag and also cause an increase to saved games filesize (PS3)

After reading this, it hit me. My last two characters haven't had lag. And my last two characters haven't used bookshelves.

Open world jank

@Storms said:

This article from Tech Digest seems to think so.

Bethesda have released the beta version of patch 1.4 via Steam for owners of the PC version of the game. In its reference notes are many quest and bug fixes, but also this interesting line:

Optimized bookshelf script in player-owned houses that would occasionally cause active scripts to lag and also cause an increase to saved games filesize (PS3)

After reading this, it hit me. My last two characters haven't had lag. And my last two characters haven't used bookshelves.

I have game-breaking lag, and I've never used bookshelves.

@McGhee said:

@Storms said:

This article from Tech Digest seems to think so.

Bethesda have released the beta version of patch 1.4 via Steam for owners of the PC version of the game. In its reference notes are many quest and bug fixes, but also this interesting line:

Optimized bookshelf script in player-owned houses that would occasionally cause active scripts to lag and also cause an increase to saved games filesize (PS3)

After reading this, it hit me. My last two characters haven't had lag. And my last two characters haven't used bookshelves.

I have game-breaking lag, and I've never used bookshelves.

Well then fuck you Mr. Detective. You figure it out.

@Storms said:

This article from Tech Digest seems to think so.

Bethesda have released the beta version of patch 1.4 via Steam for owners of the PC version of the game. In its reference notes are many quest and bug fixes, but also this interesting line:

Optimized bookshelf script in player-owned houses that would occasionally cause active scripts to lag and also cause an increase to saved games filesize (PS3)

After reading this, it hit me. My last two characters haven't had lag. And my last two characters haven't used bookshelves.

I have game-breaking lag, and I've never used bookshelves.

Never read books.

No.

Lol that's pretty funny if it's true

@McGhee said:

@Storms said:

This article from Tech Digest seems to think so.

Bethesda have released the beta version of patch 1.4 via Steam for owners of the PC version of the game. In its reference notes are many quest and bug fixes, but also this interesting line:

Optimized bookshelf script in player-owned houses that would occasionally cause active scripts to lag and also cause an increase to saved games filesize (PS3)

After reading this, it hit me. My last two characters haven't had lag. And my last two characters haven't used bookshelves.

I have game-breaking lag, and I've never used bookshelves.

BWWWWAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

@Doctorchimp said:

@McGhee said:

@Storms said:

This article from Tech Digest seems to think so.

Bethesda have released the beta version of patch 1.4 via Steam for owners of the PC version of the game. In its reference notes are many quest and bug fixes, but also this interesting line:

Optimized bookshelf script in player-owned houses that would occasionally cause active scripts to lag and also cause an increase to saved games filesize (PS3)

After reading this, it hit me. My last two characters haven't had lag. And my last two characters haven't used bookshelves.

I have game-breaking lag, and I've never used bookshelves.

Well then fuck you Mr. Detective. You figure it out.

From what I've read from Bethesda's own words the lag issue is far bigger than just bookshelves. It may be part of it, but it's not all of it. This is clear when you look at how New Vegas had much of the same problems. The point is that both Storms statement and my own are just anecdotal.

Oh yeah, and fuck you asshole.

I have this on PS3, countless hours in, no lag 
I use book shelves galore 
Sorry, not trollin, just sayin =(

Yeah, Bethesda have shitty programmers.

Yeah I never use book shelves....  And the lag just gets worse.  Well to be fair, the lag starts to be noticeable when I dump 5 hours into that game at a time

@Doctorchimp said:

@McGhee said:

@Storms said:

This article from Tech Digest seems to think so.

Bethesda have released the beta version of patch 1.4 via Steam for owners of the PC version of the game. In its reference notes are many quest and bug fixes, but also this interesting line:

Optimized bookshelf script in player-owned houses that would occasionally cause active scripts to lag and also cause an increase to saved games filesize (PS3)

After reading this, it hit me. My last two characters haven't had lag. And my last two characters haven't used bookshelves.

I have game-breaking lag, and I've never used bookshelves.

Well then fuck you Mr. Detective. You figure it out.

From what I've read from Bethesda's own words the lag issue is far bigger than just bookshelves. It may be part of it, but it's not all of it. This is clear when you look at how New Vegas had much of the same problems. The point is that both Storms statement and my own are just anecdotal.

Oh yeah, and fuck you asshole.

I thought it had already been deduced that the lag issue was a result of the way the PS3 allocates RAM? That's why it's not a totally fixable problem (though it can still be improved upon, as the whole growing save file thing was present in previous Bethesda games too).

More myth dispelling from someone playing a horribly laggy Skyrim:

- I'm playing on a PS3 slim (so it's not just an issue confined to older machines)

- autosave is turned off and it makes no difference.

- lag can kick in at anytime between 10 minutes and three hours (usually when a dragon appears, but not always).

- it only seems to be an issue in towns or the overworld - never dungeons.

- Riding a horse seems to bring the lag on much quicker.

In short, I haven't a clue why this game doesn't work as it should on the PS3 and I'm starting to suspect that Bethesda is equally bamboozled.

It might be something to do with the six-and-a-half Luis Letrushes hanging around the stables at Whiterun. I shall go kill those fools and report back.

@katanalauncher said:

Yeah, Bethesda have shitty programmers.

Ignorant people talking out of their asses on the internet

Never gets boring, Thank you GB!

It would appear that the gang of 6.5 Louis Letrushes are invincible. I invoked a dragon, rained lightning from the heavens and stabbed his stupid faces for all I was worth yet he still lives - still creepily asks with a single voice if I "need something?" - still occasionally stands on the shoulders of his own legless torso when his other selves bunch together too tightly.

Game's buggy. I think I'll just turn the difficulty down to nothing, finish the main quest, then shelve it.

No regrets. I doubt anyone has come away from Skyrim with a better story than the time I fought six and a half guys called Louis Letrush.

@McGhee: I was making fun of the topic, not you, just to be clear.

The main issue for the lag is most likely related to the limited ram available on the PS3. Even the 360 version can have pretty crippling lag sometimes depending on how many items you have in your inventory/stored in containers.

@Doctorchimp said:

@McGhee: I was making fun of the topic, not you, just to be clear.

OK. Sarcasm is a tough one on the internet sometimes. :)

I read books and sell them, I never used the shelves, but I still have lag. On the other hand, I cannot say I never used a bookshelf because in dungeons I pull books off the shelf to read all the time...and have accidentally removed a book into inventory and then put it back.

My guess is there is a tiny issue with the books, but the big problem is Gamebryo sucks, always did suck and no amount of tinkering by Bethesda's coders can make it any less junk.

So what is causing my game to lock up during a wait period? Could that be book related as well? This just started to happen. Everything is fine unless I wait.

It's obviously not true if people experiencing the lag have never used bookshelves.

Clearly y'all just bought the game on the wrong console. xD

@Bribo said:

It might be something to do with the six-and-a-half Luis Letrushes hanging around the stables at Whiterun. I shall go kill those fools and report back.

I would have done that first!

My question is; why would you use a bookshelf....

I had always heard the reason the ps3 had trouble with bethesda games was lack of ram. That may be completely made up by some commenter from years back though.

Mine lags after a long play session but i just save and reload and it's fixed. So i'm not bothered by it anymore.

New vegas and Fallout 3 DLC had no books/bookshelves and were almost as bad.  It's just the way their games are programmed to the PS3s weaknesses.  If they somehow fix the problems with Skyrim it would be weird considering they never fixed the other games.  Go to the Bethesda forums and look around the PS3 sections for older games.  They have had people bitching at them about these issues for about 3 years.  If a fix was possible it seems like it should have happened long before this game even came out.
 
Here's a video of a guy having Skyrim issues in NV:
  

This thread is amazing.

Clearly y'all just bought the game on the wrong console. xD

fuck books!

I've spent a few a few hours in the newly patched Skyrim and am happy to report that lag no longer seems to be an issue.

A couple of the quests are still broken though: most notably "Darkness Returns".

Also, I made another attempt at killing the six and a half Louis Letrushes that loiter around Whiterun. There are now nine of them.