Skyrim - the last at the moment part of the "Ancient Scrolls", which is very popular among fans of the game series. This is expressed both in the presence of a large gaming community around the world, and in the various user modifications produced so far, including unofficial patches. "Skyrim" with their help gets rid of many errors and shortcomings that are not affected by official updates.
The creations of modmakers developed in parallel with the game itself, improving and improving with the release of each official update and DLC. Released Dragonborn, Dawnguard and Heartfire eventually received separate fix packs, and after the release of "Legendary Edition" enthusiasts combined unofficial patches for Skyrim and all DLCs into one global one. This allowed not only to increase the speed of the game, but also to simplify the installation. The modification was called Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.
In 2016, Bethesda released an expanded version of Skyrim Special Edition, which is a gameplay analogue of the Legendary Edition with significantly redesigned graphics, improved visual effects and an optimized game engine. The unofficial patch did not take long: the Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch came out pretty quickly, fixing many of the game flaws inherited from the predecessor's special edition.
To date, there are two varieties of unofficial patches: to Skyrim: Legendary Edition, as well as to Skyrim: Special Edition.
Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch
It is an archive of files correcting game errors for the same version of the game and contains a significant number of corrections of various shortcomings in the gameplay of both the main game and all official DLCs.
Corrections
The list of corrections is quite impressive, since the patch includes all the achievements since the first versions of the game. Almost all aspects of the gameplay are affected:
- graphic flaws (game models and texturing);
- errors in game mechanics (a system of collisions of game objects, artificial intelligence of allies, opponents and various creatures, effects of weapons and spells, the generation of objects and characters, as well as many script errors);
- defects in the quest system (skipping stages of quests, errors in matching dialogs with actions, problems with the appearance of quest items, the performance of some tasks);
- multiple defects of objects and objects of the game world (positioning of objects, binding objects and characters to quests, etc.).
- miscalculations in scoring and subtitles (character speech, spell sounds and various erroneous sound effects);
- crashes from the game in certain situations.
Of course, many flaws were corrected by the developers themselves, however, there were plenty of unsolved problems. And if some minor roughnesses in the game process, such as hanging grass in the air or capturing human souls in the Star of Azura, were perceived only as an annoying flaw, without especially disturbing the players, then tightly locked doors or quest-critical quest bugs significantly overshadowed the gameplay, forcing them to spend hours look for a solution on the Internet, and in some cases making the save completely unplayable. Therefore, to this day there are many who want to make the game more stable and holistic, which is reflected in constantly outgoing updates for unofficial patches of Skyrim.
Currently, the current version is 3.0.13.a. It is applicable to the game V.1.9.32.0.8 and covers the main plot and additional tasks, as well as all released additional content, simplifying the download and installation of the required files (for example, unofficial patches for Skyrim versions 2.1.1 had to be downloaded and installed separately )
Installation
It is possible to download versions with both Russian dubbing and Russian subtitles, as well as with dialogs in English and Russian subtitles.
Those who perform a “clean” installation can limit themselves to unpacking the files from the downloaded archive into the Data directory in the game folder (by simply dragging and dropping or using one of the popular mod managers). After that, you need to activate the files in the launcher, paying special attention to the download order: the files should be below the main esm-archives of the game, but above third-party user modifications.
For those who used previous versions of the patch (or patches, if there are several of them - one for the game itself and each DLC), the old versions must first be deleted (or deactivated in the launcher).
Features
It should be borne in mind that after installing the patch, it is more advisable to start the passage again so that the game from the very beginning can register all the changes without errors. It is also possible to use the current save, however, one hundred percent operability of the patch is not guaranteed. In addition, if for some reason there is a need to remove the modification, the game is then recommended to be reinstalled.
This version of the patch is the latest, and the team of modders of subsequent updates does not plan to release, fully concentrating on unofficial patches for Skyrim SE.
Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch
An analogue of the modification for LE, completely redesigned for the features of the "Special Edition". The latest version is 4.1.3.b, suitable for v.1.5.39.0.8.
Corrections
Since the add-on is based on a modification for Skyrim LE and adapted for the Special Edition using the official Creation Kit, the list of fixes is almost identical to the Legendary Edition.
Installation
It is installed in the same way for LE - in the Data directory, but in addition to the three main files it also contains a texture archive. To avoid mistakes, do not forget about the order in the launcher: after the main files of the game, but before other modifications.
Like the LE version, in many languages, including Russian, the unofficial patch on Skyrim SE is available for download.