Oh, Starfield. All of us had such hope for you. You’re not a nasty recreation, in fact, however there was undoubtedly some misplaced potential there. Nonetheless, you received a Steam award which is good, and also you’re kicking off the brand new yr with the sport’s first main replace.

Initially attributable to come out on Wednesday, Bethesda launched a significant patch for Starfield to Steam Beta yesterday, which goals to repair a variety of bugs. In the event you check out the official web site, you’ll see precisely what model 1.9.47.0 comes with.

A fast scroll down the listing exhibits there’s been a boatload of fixes to the sport. There’s some basic stuff, equivalent to patching out corruptions to save lots of recordsdata on PC, enhancements to issues like reflections and shadows, and a few much-needed tweaks to quests and “random encounters.”

However is it sufficient?

Bethesda says this newest replace comes with “over 100 fixes and changes” with some quality-of-life shenanigans thrown into the combination as nicely. The submit on the Starfield web site additionally asks followers to maintain sharing suggestions on the off-chance a specific repair folks have been ready for isn’t on this model.

Whereas squashing bugs is at all times appreciated in video games, it’s in all probability going to take much more than that for folks to start out taking an curiosity in Starfield once more.

We’ve been informed by the developer that new implementations and options are coming sooner or later – together with new methods of touring – in order that’s one thing to remember as we barrel on into 2024. But it surely’s powerful to say whether or not any and all enhancements will be capable to rescue Bethesda’s new recreation from disappearing into the proverbial black gap.

Starfield model 1.9.47.0 patch notes

FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS

ANIMATION

• Mounted participant character’s eyes remaining closed as an alternative of blinking in third individual view.
• Addressed uncommon instances the place small animation pops could possibly be seen in third individual.

CREATURES AND ENEMIESs

• Mounted incorrectly invisible creatures on some planets.
• Mounted a difficulty that might happen on some enemies inflicting them to face as an alternative of falling to the bottom.

CREW AND COMPANIONS

• Mounted crew members and companions positioning close to the cockpit after quick touring to the ship.
• Companions: Mounted a potential control-lock when speaking to a companion with out getting into a dialogue whereas concurrently making an attempt to exit the ship.

GENERAL

• Mounted a difficulty that prevented Home windows customers saving if their username featured sure characters (PC).
• Mounted uncommon save recreation corruptions on PC (MSS and Steam).
• Mounted a difficulty that might result in a management lock or a crash after loading a quicksave whereas within the focusing on mode.
• Mounted participant marker following the digital camera on the floor map.
• Mounted a uncommon subject that might stop entry to the principle menu on when prompted to “Press any button to Begin” (Xbox).
• Physique kind ought to not reset to default when loading a Starborn save from the principle menu.
• Mounted flickering on Neon’s Commerce Tower elevator panel.
• Improved the looks of the Ryujin Kiosk materials throughout nighttime.
• Mounted uncommon subject with how Cydonia’s panel may show the hours with out incident.
• Added Optimizations to cloud syncing of save video games (MSS/Xbox).
• Improved how crowds behave when desired goal is reserved.
• Mounted a difficulty that might trigger airlock doorways to typically seem floating in sky when arriving at places.
• Mounted unintended textual content showing on the shipbuilder’s UI.
• Mounted recreation session not correctly resuming from shutdown in Power Save mode (Xbox).
• Varied stability enhancements.

GRAPHICS

• Improved widescreen help (32:9, 21:9 and 16:10).
• Added help for stars displaying solar disk geometry.
• Shadows can now be seen on planet rings from planet floor.
• Improved eyes and pores and skin on crowd characters.
• Improved reflection on water.
• Improved contact shadows on character pores and skin (Xbox and PC Medium/Excessive/Extremely).
• Improved contact shadows on character material (PC Excessive/Extremely).
• Improved contact shadows on first individual (PC Extremely).
• Improved lighting in character technology menu.
• Decreased the looks of some minor artifacts throughout cutscene digital camera transitions.
• Mounted flickering on a variety of VFX (Sandstorm, corrosive liquid swimming pools, waterfall).
• Mounted a uncommon subject the place the digital camera would lock whereas in handscanner mode at any time when watching flying fauna (Xbox).
• Mounted potential management lock when opening a recreation menu a second earlier than triggering a dialogue with one other character.
• Addressed varied shadow popping, flickering and artifact points.
• Improved the visibility of the solar’s lens flare throughout dawn and sundown.
• Mounted a uncommon subject the place foam or grime wouldn’t present up.
• Mounted uncommon flickering VFX that might happen in house (Xbox Sequence S).
• Mounted uncommon hair flickering (Xbox Sequence X/S).
• Mounted occasional flicker on digiframes and TV screens.
• Adjusted the looks of bloom when activating the handscanner.
• Improved the looks of clouds throughout climate transitions.
• Mounted uncommon instances the place alignment of grass and wind may seem disconnected. 
• Decreased bloom depth impact whereas movement blur is lively (PC).
• Addressed points with concealment impact not at all times making use of when utilizing the handscanner.
• Mounted seen fringe of the ocean within the distance when seen from a really excessive standpoint.
• Mounted uncommon white flickering dots round characters’ hair throughout lower scenes.
• Mounted a readability subject within the Starmap when utilizing massive menu font mode.
• Mounted stock menu often failing to generate previews when utilizing a mouse (PC).
• Mounted a quick Depth of Discipline subject that typically occurred when aiming, alt-tabbing or leaving a dialogue display. 
• Mounted occasional lighting transition points after loading or exiting a location.
• Mounted a difficulty that might trigger intermittent bands to seem in distance fog.
• Mounted a uncommon subject that might trigger fog colour to seem inconsistent.
• Mounted a uncommon subject that might trigger rocks to vanish close to the participant on the floor of a planet.
• Mounted a crash that might happen when switching to DLSS with dynamic decision lively (PC).
• Mounted flickering and delayed shadows typically occurring after unpausing the sport.
• Mounted varied FSR2 and DLSS artifacts (noise, black dots, ghosting).
• Mounted flickering when utilizing the handscanner with DLSS enabled.
• Mounted preliminary lighting situations when touchdown on a planet.
• Improved lighting at 73 places.
• Mounted varied geometry, texture, and ghosting points.

OUTPOSTS

• Mounted a uncommon lacking terrain subject that might happen after quick touring to an outpost close to New Atlantis.
• Mounted a difficulty that might trigger bulldozed objects to reappear when returning to an outpost.
• Mounted a difficulty that brought about hazard injury to stay even when the hazard was eliminated by bulldozing in outposts.
• Mounted a difficulty the place outpost’s cargo hyperlinks could be faraway from the terminal listing if related, disconnected, then reconnected to a different cargo hyperlink in the course of the cargo ship touchdown sequence.
• Mounted a difficulty the place weapon instances constructed by the participant in an Outpost would populate with weapons and ammo after reloading the sport.

POWERS

• Mounted a uncommon subject that might trigger the Phased Time energy to stay enabled.
• Mounted the intense velocity that might happen in zero G when utilizing the Phased Time energy.
• Photo voltaic Flare Energy now accounts for important hits.

QUESTS AND RANDOM ENCOUNTERS

• Absolute Energy: Mounted lacking slate within the protected stopping from finishing the elective goal “Find Proof to Extort Ayumi Komiko”.
• Background Checks: Mounted potential control-lock that might happen if caught by safety.
• Derelict Ship: Mounted a difficulty stopping the participant from reaching the pilot seat if they didn’t have entry to superior locks.
• Drinks on the Home: Mounted uncommon incidence the place the door to Sub 12 may stay locked.
• Echoes of the Previous: Mounted Delgado getting caught at backside of stairs throughout “Proceed Exploring the Lock” that might happen if The Lock was left throughout Delgado’s historical past dialogue.
• Echoes of the Previous: Resolved a difficulty that might trigger Mathis’ and Delgado’s weapons to be invisible.
• Eye of the Storm: Mounted a difficulty that might trigger information switch to not begin after putting the Knowledge Core.
• Eye of the Storm: Mounted a difficulty the place the docking immediate could be lacking on the Legacy ship if the participant undocked with the Legacy after which reloaded a save earlier than having began the mission.
• Govt Stage: Mounted a difficulty the place gamers may get caught on a chair within the Ryujin Industries HQ convention room.
• Failure to Talk: Mounted a difficulty that prevented the participant from ending the hunt in the event that they downed all of the members of the protection pact (Alban Lopez, Jacquelyn Lemaire, and Chanda Banda).
• Additional Into the Unknown: Mounted a uncommon crash that might happen when making an attempt to dock with The Eye.
• Groundpounder: Mounted a difficulty the place the door to Lezama may typically be locked if the participant left the situation in the course of the quest and got here again later.
• Hostile Intelligence: Mounted blocked doorways within the Steam Tunnels room the place the Terrormorph transformation happens.
• Into the Unknown: Mounted a uncommon subject that might stop the hunt from beginning after finishing The Outdated Neighborhood.
• Into the Unknown: Mounted a uncommon subject the place a Temple location may not populate when receiving the “Go to” goal.
• Legacy’s Finish: Mounted a difficulty that might stop interacting with Delgado when he was behind the glass inside within the command middle of The Key.
• Legacy’s Finish: Mounted a particles pile the place to participant may turn into caught whereas making an attempt to succeed in the Mess Corridor.
• Missed Past Measure: Mounted a dialogue between Sarah and Walter not enjoying at The Lodge.
• No Sudden Strikes: Mounted companions not following participant throughout private quests.
• On The Run: Mounted varied points associated to Mei Devine changing into inaccessible the target up to date to “Hearken to Mei Devine’s Introduction”.
• On The Run: Mounted a potential management lock when sitting on the desk to speak to Jade MacMillan.
• One Small Step: Mounted a uncommon subject that might stop Lin / Heller from exiting the airlock.
• Operation Starseed: Mounted a nasty view that might happen if the Beagle was boarded after an extended idle.
• Energy From Past: Mounted a difficulty that brought about lacking Starborn temples and scanner disturbances that might stop acquiring all Starborn powers from that universe.
• Tough Landings: Resolved a difficulty that might happen in the course of the “Meet up with Milena Axelrod” goal that might stop ships from showing on the desired location.
• Shadows in Neon: Mounted a difficulty that might happen when repeatedly utilizing the door to Jaylen Pryce’s workplace earlier than he progressed to Neon Core.
• Supra et Extremely: Mounted a management lock that might happen when getting into the Flight Simulator whereas a guard is trying arrest.
• Tapping the Grid: Mounted inaccessible junction bins that might happen after the Hunter assaults the Lodge.
• The Finest There Is: Mounted a difficulty that might stop goal from advancing when speaking to Naeva and Jasmine within the engineering room.
• The Empty Nest: Mounted and subject that might trigger Sam Coe’s gun to be invisible when inside Jacob’s home.
• The Coronary heart of Mars: Mounted one other location that might doubtlessly stop recovering The Coronary heart of Mars.
• The Pale Girl: Mounted uncommon case of inaccessible ship crew log information slate making it inconceivable to finish the encounter.
• Prime of the L.I.S.T.: Phil Hill ought to now settle for survey information for Sumati.
• Conflict Relics: Resolved a difficulty that might stop Kaiser from transferring to the mission web site.
• The place Hope is Constructed: Mounted a crash that might happen with a selected set of participant behaviors.

SHIPS AND SHIP CUSTOMIZATION

• Mounted one other case that might trigger an asteroid to comply with a ship in house.
• Mounted ship hatch being marked inaccessible after swapping to a brand new house ship.
• Mounted a difficulty the place the ship may find yourself in an unintended state by concurrently trying quick journey throughout a grav leap.
• Mounted a view subject that might happen when quick touring throughout ship focusing on mode.
• Mounted a difficulty that might happen when getting into Ship Concentrating on mode instantly after deciding on a Grav Soar.
• Mounted a difficulty that brought about non-functional ladders to seem when the participant modified their ship with a Taiyo All-In-One Berth Prime A and a Deimos 1×1.
• Mounted a difficulty the place the Legendary ship may take too lengthy to renew firing after the weapons have been repaired.
• House fight ought to now match floor fight issue enhance with successive journeys by way of the Unity.
• Mounted a difficulty the place loading an exit save made whereas docked to an area station may trigger names of ships to vary.
• Mounted marker not pointing to the present house ship after performing a save/load between completely different ships.
• Mounted in subject that might trigger the Frontier to incorrectly seem if a non-home ship was faraway from a touchdown pad.

SKILLS

• REJUVENATION: Rejuvenation talent VFX not replay at any time when the handscanner is opened in third individual.
• SURVEYING: Mounted surveying problem progress subject with mineral useful resource.
• TARGETING CONTROL SYSTEMS: Mounted inconsistencies with stage 3 and 4.

WEAPONS AND ITEMS

• Mounted incorrect reload quantities that might happen when consuming a Trauma Pack.
• Mounted FOV and zoom points with weapon scopes.
• Mounted weapon sound results often persevering with to play after killing an enemy.
• Mounted turret state not being restored correctly after and save and cargo.
• Mounted a difficulty that might trigger the helmet gentle to not reappear in third individual after a save and cargo.