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PC Skyrim (with all DLC) owners to receive free upgrade to Special Edition
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Trojita
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Wait, you are excited about something you don't know about?
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Sure, it's free, LOL! And I love Skyrim so more support for it is great. Also I just got home from work, still trying to catch up on today's E3 news....
Well, I bet it'll be able to adress more RAM natively, which is good for mods. It'll probably also have proper multicore support, which is also good for mods. They've also added in a new lighting engine.
Trojita
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lol
We don't know if it is 64 bit as far as I know. We are getting better native visuals and extra ingame effects. Watching a video would show it off better.
jediyoshi
Member
Yes, the average person loves installing ENB mods for new shaders and post processing. Would your release strategy for this to be a giant tutorial for every single person on how to configure dozens of graphical packages? How have modders been at modding in dx11 and a 64bit engine for the game?
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Yeah, I just saw the official trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF2Qw9BI6Rg&feature=youtu.be&t=196
Quite a difference from the PS3/XB360 to the PS4/XB1, much improved. Not too sure how much it will improve the PC version due to existing mods though. Still, if it is 64 bit and with better built in graphics coupled with engine upgrades it could quickly become the new defacto PC version for future mods. Cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF2Qw9BI6Rg&feature=youtu.be&t=196
Quite a difference from the PS3/XB360 to the PS4/XB1, much improved. Not too sure how much it will improve the PC version due to existing mods though. Still, if it is 64 bit and with better built in graphics coupled with engine upgrades it could quickly become the new defacto PC version for future mods. Cool.
you basically answered the question yourself.
joking aside, i think it might be technically more difficult to check what DLCs a console player owns. it must be pretty easy via steam api as it has been done before to offer discounts for remakes/remasters etc.
razgriz417
Member
hmm all i have the base game, I'd have to spend $60 on dlc to get the free upgrade :/
edit: o legendary is $27, wonder if itll go lower during steam sale
edit: o legendary is $27, wonder if itll go lower during steam sale
alexbull_uk
Member
Wait for the summer sale. It'll all be available for about £10.
alexbull_uk
Member
If I had to guess, I imagine it's a combination of the fact the upgrade is much less significant for PC players, and also that they need as many PC folks with the new version as possible or there's not going to be anyone to author mods for the consoles.
Abilidebob
Member
PC players can already get the kind of graphical enhancements with the base game they've bought years ago. It's one of the draws of the platform. Asking for money for something that for PC is pretty much a "patch" and 3 mods away is just silly.
Unless you want a PS3 version that plays at 5 fps with all the enhancements that will come to PS4, as they paid for the PS3 game.
old manatee
Banned
That's awesome, but I'm surprised they didn't throw that bone to the PS3 owners, considering.
Fata1moose
Banned
I just saw Chesko, who has some of the best mods in Frostfall/Campfire plans to stop modding after a final update to Frostfall. So that'll be interesting. Frostfall is my favorite mod, but it needs Script Extender so it's unlikely to be on console anyway.
Pretty sure he did that awhile ago for GTA V.
CloudyTuba
Member
There are just three DLCs, right? I'm pretty sure that's how many i've acquired over the years. I never had the legendary edition but I think I bought each dlc on sale for super cheap at one point or another.
Fata1moose
Banned
Isn't the Fallout 4 enb DX11?
There's a free texture pack but I don't know if that counts? Anyways, I have three as well. Hope that qualifies.
Rats Off To Ya
Banned
Never played Skyrim but I own it and all the DLC (thanks Steam sales!). I might actually give it a shot when this comes out.
I actually enjoyed Hearthfire quite a bit at the time. It was a nice change of pace.
Fata1moose
Banned
According to IGN, the game is now running at 64 bit on PC. That's really great, that'll provide a more stable modding base.
Bornstellar
Member
Curious if mods will require retooling to work with the special edition.
Fata1moose
Banned
Yeah I was wondering that as well, I'd guess some will and some won't. But I really don't have a good idea one way or another. Maybe Skyrim script extender would need an update, which would put a lot of mods out of commission.
Thank Christ. Now we just need to hope modders will port it over if necessary.
Fata1moose
Banned
I'm just waiting for Gopher to explain what the 64 bit change will entail now.
Just saw SKSE does indeed need an update, the authors said they will be providing one.
Just saw SKSE does indeed need an update, the authors said they will be providing one.
OmegaDL50
Member
Man this is going to break a shit ton of my favorite mods isn't it?
Most of the mods I use are reliant on the Script Extender, but since this update seems to be more performance related (64 Bit), and graphical improvements.
I think most of the landmass and quest add-on mosts shouldn't break (Falskaar, Helgen Reborn, Wyrm's Tooth, etc)
This might mean I no longer need to use Skyrim Texture replacement if the new Bethesda texture upgrades are better than the old ones I had.
Although the world textures may have been improved and things like better snow and water shaders have been added, as well as the inclusion of godrays. I wonder if they also touched up the character, monster, equipment, and item textures as well.
Makes me wonder what the new system requirements for the SE will be compared to the original version. I'll assume it's somewhat comparable to Fallout 4.
Most of the mods I use are reliant on the Script Extender, but since this update seems to be more performance related (64 Bit), and graphical improvements.
I think most of the landmass and quest add-on mosts shouldn't break (Falskaar, Helgen Reborn, Wyrm's Tooth, etc)
This might mean I no longer need to use Skyrim Texture replacement if the new Bethesda texture upgrades are better than the old ones I had.
Although the world textures may have been improved and things like better snow and water shaders have been added, as well as the inclusion of godrays. I wonder if they also touched up the character, monster, equipment, and item textures as well.
Makes me wonder what the new system requirements for the SE will be compared to the original version. I'll assume it's somewhat comparable to Fallout 4.
Rodney McKay
Member
That's practically a guarantee.
Rodney McKay
Member
I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but the main benefit I know of for 64-bit is that you can use more than 4gb of RAM, which helps with stuff like High Res textures.
It won't, because it's a separate app from OG Skyrim. Similar to how Doom 3 BFG edition was.
Pewpewlazors99
Member
Time to grab all the Skyrim DLC during the sale next week.
I found it was cheaper to just buy the legendary edition on sale last time.
All 32-bit applications will shit the bed at 2GB unless LAA which will push it to 3GB. There should be no newly created 32-bit applications. I don't know of any reason why you'd compile for 32-bit instead of 64-bit.