08Aug 2012

Skyrim Xbox 360 update 1.7 due this Thursday

Sorts out crashing dragons

Skyrim's 1.7 title update hits Xbox 360s around the world on Thursday, 9th August, aka tomorrow, the Elder Scrolls Twitter account has announced.

The update smashes certain Dawnguard bugs, tweaks the Kinect voice control features and stops dragons killing your game when they land, cheeky blighters.

Read the full changelog below, such as it is. If you've yet to download Skyrim's first DLC pack, take our Dawnguard review for a whirl first.

General memory and stability optimizations

Fixed crash related to new water shaders

Fixed rare crash related to dragon landings

Fixed logic error with loading screens from add-ons (Xbox 360)

Using vampiric grip and swimming no longer prevents swimming animation from playing afterwards

Improved recognition with Kinect voice commands (Xbox 360)

Kinect-enabled dragon language shouts for French, German, Italian and Spanish work properly (Xbox 360)

Fixed issue with Dawnguard Kinect-enabled dragon shouts for French, German, Italian and Spanish (Xbox 360)

Fixed issue with Dawnguard Kinect-enabled dragon shouts for French, German, Italian and Spanish (Xbox 360)

Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

Comments

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  1. Clanger67 on 8 Aug '12 said:
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    Great stuff,not had many probs. myself to be fair.Still can't get back on this anyway yet as i still haven't got Dawnguard. :cry:

    Will have to make do with SD next week instead. :D

  2. msbhvn on 8 Aug '12 said:
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    Will this patch give the dragons in my game glasses so they don't keep buggering off? :x

    My Dawnguard playthrough has been somewhat derailed by my sudden urge to rediscover Borderlands and how fantastic the Siren class is. Mad Moxxi shall feel my wrath! :lol:

  3. Bongzilla1878 on 8 Aug '12 said:
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    I've fallen out with Skyrim. You can shove your crossbow where the sun don't shine*

    *It works on a few levels that, what with Dawnguard having crossbows and a sun that does not shine. If you've not played the game I've ruined it for you there. Or have I actually saved you 1600 micorsoft dollars and and the two hours it takes to play through? I'll leave that upto you to decide.

    Hope this helps.

  4. Clanger67 on 8 Aug '12 said:
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    I've fallen out with Skyrim. You can shove your crossbow where the sun don't shine*

    *It works on a few levels that, what with Dawnguard having crossbows and a sun that does not shine. If you've not played the game I've ruined it for you there. Or have I actually saved you 1600 micorsoft dollars and and the two hours it takes to play through? I'll leave that upto you to decide.

    Hope this helps.

    No not really because despite taking onboard recommendations,i tend to make my own mind up.And don't get jaded because sometimes people don't enjoy the things i do.That's why i don't walk around the streets going Baaaaaaaaaa like a sheep.

  5. Bongzilla1878 on 8 Aug '12 said:
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    I've fallen out with Skyrim. You can shove your crossbow where the sun don't shine*

    *It works on a few levels that, what with Dawnguard having crossbows and a sun that does not shine. If you've not played the game I've ruined it for you there. Or have I actually saved you 1600 micorsoft dollars and and the two hours it takes to play through? I'll leave that upto you to decide.

    Hope this helps.

    No not really because despite taking onboard recommendations,i tend to make my own mind up.And don't get jaded because sometimes people don't enjoy the things i do.That's why i don't walk around the streets going Baaaaaaaaaa like a sheep.

    Moooooooooooo (like a cow.)

  6. Clanger67 on 8 Aug '12 said:
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    Wow pretty witty and really adding loads to the debate. :lol:

    Pity it took you half hour to think it up.

  7. Bongzilla1878 on 8 Aug '12 said:
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    Wow pretty witty and really adding loads to the debate. :lol:

    Pity it took you half hour to think it up.

    I'm glad that you enjoyed it but even if you didn't I wouldn't be too jaded as I make up my own mind and stuff.

  8. Clanger67 on 9 Aug '12 said:
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    Well the update is available quite hefty as well at 27mb.Just need to get Dawnguard now. :D

  9. msbhvn on 9 Aug '12 said:
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    Well the update is available quite hefty as well at 27mb.Just need to get Dawnguard now. :D

    Patches are cumulative. If you got a new HDD and installed Skyrim to it, you'd only have to download one patch, not seven.

  10. Clanger67 on 9 Aug '12 said:
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    Well the update is available quite hefty as well at 27mb.Just need to get Dawnguard now. :D

    Patches are cumulative. If you got a new HDD and installed Skyrim to it, you'd only have to download one patch, not seven.


    I haven't updated mine for ages as i haven't been on it.Started again as well after the first big update beginning of the year.Not going to bother with it again until i get Dawnguard as i am quite a way into the story.

  11. msbhvn on 9 Aug '12 said:
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    It was the Kinect shouts that pushed the download size up. Then it went down a bit for 1.6, optimisation maybe, and 1.7 looks to be the same size, since it's just fixes rather than anything new.