Oblivion Remastered Update 1.2 Adds New Difficulty Options, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

Bethesda has today announced its most recent update for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, with new difficulty settings being a significant focus for the developers this time.

Oblivion Remastered Update 1.2 is now being deployed for Steam Beta participants, with the Xbox update to follow soon. Here’s a brief note from the team regarding these newly available difficulty settings in patch 1.2:

“We’ve incorporated extra difficulty levels to enable players to further adjust their ‘Player Combat Damage’ & ‘Enemy Combat Damage.’ Players can select from ‘Novice,’ ‘Apprentice,’ ‘Adept,’ ‘Journeyman,’ ‘Expert,’ and ‘Master’ options in the Gameplay settings. We trust the ‘Journeyman’ level, in particular, will serve as a more optimal transition between ‘Adept’ and ‘Expert’ for players.”

And we’ll list the remaining Bethesda’s Oblivion Remastered Update 1.2 patch notes below:

Oblivion Remastered Update 1.2 Patch Notes

UI

• Addressed issue with map markers vanishing
• Corrected missing punctuation in Simplified Chinese text
• Adjusted “Toggle All” button on Map screen to function as a ‘Hold’
• Various corrections to localized text
• Resolved controller issues in the Spell crafting menu
• Corrected menus being incorrectly cropped at 1280×1024
• Fixed inappropriate player stance in the inventory menu post fast travel
• Corrected key rebinding for Lock Picking
• Resolved keybinds not updating in AZERTY
• Eliminated soft lock with controller in Enchanting menu
• Modified stats not reflecting updates when equipping magical items
• Rectified a character skin glitch when exiting the inventory menu

CRASHES

• Resolved crashes during encounters with Jyggalag
• Corrected crashing when eliminating a paralyzed NPC with an arrow
• Fixed crashing when paralyzing an already-paralyzed NPC
• Eliminated crashing in the Spellmaking menu during rapid effect removal & application
• Addressed various GPU-related crashes
• Resolved crashes during auto save processes

AUDIO

• Corrected underwater sound effects persisting after exiting water
• Fixed absent ambient sound effects in Shivering Isles

QUESTS

• Corrected NPCs floating after being knocked down during the Priory of the Nine quest
• Resolved crashing when entering Flooded Mine in the Final Justice quest
• Fixed pathing for Shaleez in Flooded Mine during the Final Justice quest
• Corrected crashing when accessing Gate to The Fringe in the Retaking the Fringe quest
• Addressed mages appearing without clothing in Fort Ontus during The Necromancer’s Amulet quest
• Resolved NPC pathing issues in Gardens of Flesh and Bone during ‘Through the Fringe of Madness’ quest
• Fixed absent visual effects during the closure of the Great Gate
• Corrected Ilav Dralgoner’s absent facial animations in the ‘Saving Time Itself’ quest
• Rectified Sir Thredet’s dialogue during ‘Umaril the Unfeathered’ quest
• Addressed NPC pathing issues during the ‘Baiting the Trap’ quest
• Corrected Obelisk Crystals spawning detached during the ‘Baiting the Trap’ quest
• Fixed crash at the conclusion of ‘Through a Nightmare, Darkly’ quest
• Corrected wall disintegration in Malada during the ‘Nothing You Can Possess’ quest
• Resolved misaligned food at the Castle Leyawiin County Hall dinner event during ‘Sanguine’ quest
• Fixed a visibility issue with ghosts during ‘Ghosts of Vitharn’
• Addressed cutscene not playing during ‘Light the Dragonfires’
• Fixed absent textures in Cropsford Campsite after the ‘Goblin Trouble’ quest

PERFORMANCE

• Addressed frame rate drops in Deepscorn Hollow
• Corrected frame rate drops in Black Rock Caverns
• Fixed frame rate drop between Skingrad and Skingrad Castle
• Addressed frame rate drop south of Bravil Castle courtyard
• Reduced occurrence of stutters in the open world.
• General enhancements to frame times in various locations.
• Optimized updates of character attachments.
• Enhanced the rendering of water volumes in the open world.
• Optimized light/shadow updates in several locations.
• Improved waterfall particle effects and rendering.
• Optimized the weather system.
• Refined the character animation system.

GAMEPLAY

• Resolved player character height scaling
• Fixed armor items obscuring Argonian and Khajiit tails
• Corrected slow camera movement during NPC dialogue initiation
• Fixed soft lock when a player with a significant bounty enters jail
• Addressed Orrery animations
• Rectified physics glitch with floating necklaces
• Fixed vampire sleeping animations
• Corrected NPC beards not responding to facial animations.
• Resolved ghost NPCs being entirely invisible
• Fixed absent animations when conversing with Shamada in Leyawiin
• Addressed occasional long loading times during fast travel
• Fixed absent facial animations for Snak gra-Bura
• Rectified falling unconscious in water preventing player from rising
• Fixed NPCs losing collision during swimming
• Corrected NPCs halting combat when player is blocking
• Addressed female Dremora teeth clipping
• Fixed soft lock post player class selection
• Corrected Amber weapons clipping in the first-person perspective
• Fixed vines encroaching into columns
• Addressed helmets penetrating into player character’s head
• Fixed absent textures on Daedric statues
• Rectified duplicated pages between Oghma Infinium and Mysterium Xarxes

SYSTEM

• Resolved flickering shadows when utilizing XeSS Upscaling
• Corrected title properly restarting post purchasing Deluxe Upgrade on PC
• Fixed settings accurately migrating between PC and XBOX
• Resolved issue of water disappearance after fast travel
• Addressed cursor lag when enabling high frame rate V-Sync
• Fixed shaders failing to preload due to cloud save synchronization
• Addressed prolonged black screens during loading
• Fixed weather visual effects flickering in outdoor areas
• Corrected motion blur artifacts within the Oblivion Plane
• Fixed NPCs disregarding the Wait command from the player

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