My first hour of Skyrim, so many bugs!

Wepohn · 15 Nov 2012 at 17:47

Hey guys, a little late getting into Skyrim and I know that the Elder Scroll games tend to be a little rough but Skyrim seems to be on another level. Right from the very start my cart was bouncing and flying all over the place and would come to a stand still and I had to restart numerous times. After only getting out of the tutorial I've seen flying horses, Deer climbing trees and when I walk up or down a hill I get a lot of flickering.

Is this normal?

I was thinking that the High Res pack might have been 'causing it but it's the official Bethesda one and I wouldn't think they'd release something that could 'cause so many problems.

Doomedspeed · 15 Nov 2012 at 17:52

No, that's not normal.

I don't think it's the High res pack either. As i've restarted the game since installing it and had no issues.

You running any others mods?

Whats your GPU?

Edrof · 15 Nov 2012 at 17:52

Sounds like you might have bought the LSD Collector's Version by accident!

Wepohn · 15 Nov 2012 at 17:54

Using a 670 and no other mods. I tried verify integrity of game cache in steam and each time it says 1 file failed and is required but doesn't recover that file.

Doomedspeed · 15 Nov 2012 at 18:11

Ahh, Maybe you could try reinstalling it? It may take a while but could solve your issue. Not supposed to be like that atall...

Should run fine on your Hardware.

Woden · 15 Nov 2012 at 18:16

Try a re-install?

I have it on XBOX and once the horse n cart you start in did a backflip going through the gate.

Wepohn · 15 Nov 2012 at 23:11

Fixed by turning on v-sync, odd but it worked.

Teaf · 15 Nov 2012 at 23:22

Wepohn said:
Fixed by turning on v-sync, odd but it worked.

The physics of the game go nutty when your FPS goes too high, it's weird but yeah just keep vsync on or use a frame limiter of some sort. You can see an example here.

Bubo · 16 Nov 2012 at 09:20

An amusing Skyrim bug that happened for me and I never found a fix for was animals being spontaneously launched into the air, about 200 feet up, hovering for a few seconds, then plumeting to an horific death on the ground below. This was particularly hilarous as you approached the villages like Riverwood as more often than not the entire chicken population would decide to end their lives in this way as you approach the settlement, with a comedy "BKWARK!" as they hit the ground. Even had one of the cows do it once.

Name · 16 Nov 2012 at 10:18

I need to get back into this game!

agnes · 16 Nov 2012 at 10:24

What is your fps? If it's above 80, the physics in this game go nuts. Happened to me as well.

Amraam · 16 Nov 2012 at 15:30

I have the odd mammoth falling from the sky (seen it 3 times in ~300 hours) but my game is HEAVILY modded. Sounds like a weird glitch. PC OC'd much?

MrJohnSherry · 16 Nov 2012 at 15:34

flibby said:
The physics of the game go nutty when your FPS goes too high, it's weird but yeah just keep vsync on or use a frame limiter of some sort. You can see an example here.

From 2:06 onwards, that video is bloody hilarious

james_2k · 16 Nov 2012 at 15:38

bit of an exaggeration? i had a couple of weird things, but only in 30 or so hours!

LukieBoy007 · 16 Nov 2012 at 16:06

I use this:
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/19

Kainz · 16 Nov 2012 at 16:35

name89 said:
I need to get back into this game!

Despite putting in hundreds of hours into my present save, I decided to try a new game a few days ago...just to see what my 'custom races' *cough* were like. I do run a heavily modded skyrim like most of us.

Bugger me that cart was all over the damn place. It took me a solid 20mins to actually get to the point where I could customise my character. Alduin arrived but wouldn't land - the game was a total mess. I then decided against trying a new char