Poll: Skyrim bugs

[Tourmeta]

I encountered 1 bug so far. In a quest where I am to confront a man or just kill him I frenzied his guards so they all killed eachother, his death wasn't registered and the quest got stuck on me having to kill or talk to his corpse. No luck there.

Thank goodness for several autosaves.

 

[Eggsnham]

My copy of Skyrim has not yet arrived and I was intrested to know about how buggy it is, im getting it for the 360 cos' im K00l.
By bugs i mean gamebreaking/annoying

Also if you found any funny bugs do tell (No spoilers)

And yes I am sorry for adding to the skyrim spam.

EDIT: Also does anyone know what the picture quality/ font size is like on a SD TV, I heard it sometimes gets cut off at the sides :S

Nothing gamebreaking, or even that annoying for that matter. At least not anything that I've seen or experienced.

The font size is kinda bad on SDTV, you can read it, but it takes a bit of effort and sometimes just a little guesswork to decipher some things. The picture is fine though, absolutely beautiful, even on SD.

Text does tend to get cut off at the sides, which is annoying when there are those little messages in the upper left corner or the important pieces of information that are off to the side.

Otherwise, Skyrim is a great game so far. Lives up to most of my expectations for the most part.

 

[Gindaff]

.... Maybe.

You see, there's a specific area with giants in it. If the giants hit you, well...

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EDIT: I say maybe because, like the bucket thing the Escapist posted the news about, it's unsure if this is a hilarious bug or a hilarious feature.

My companion got hit by a giant, and then appeared a couple of minutes after I killed it. He was lying on the ground face down sliding along following me. Wish I recorded it. He looked hilarious going into combat face first, face down.

 

[scoopz]

I'm pretty sure this is a bug but I haven't done any research on it but here it goes anyway.

Theres a quest I got from Farkas of the Companians to go clear out some ice cave. Problem is when I go in there after about 3-5min the game CTD's. Happens every single time I go in there. So I can't do that quest or the quest(s) related to area past this icy passage.

If anybody knows any solutions to this I will be very grateful.

One bug so far; when using a forge my character impales his elbow with hot iron bar. ...

This as well, but that doesn't bother me. It's kinda funny.

 

[Furioso]

.... Maybe.

You see, there's a specific area with giants in it. If the giants hit you, well...

Here:



EDIT: I say maybe because, like the bucket thing the Escapist posted the news about, it's unsure if this is a hilarious bug or a hilarious feature.

How did you get that camera into my house! Looks like the exact same character I use and had that happen to me, not only there, but anywhere when a Giant kills you, perfect example of Bethesda leaving in hilarious bugs on purpose

 

[Kyber]

im supposed to follow Brynjolf from riften after i got the 300 money for him from the iniation quest, but the problem is... the fucker wont move -.- hes been standing at that damn market for 5 in-game days straight, 5! i just want to get a fence to sell my stolen goods )':

 

[Spitfire-IX]

so far nothing, although when I jump with my horse it appears to glide briefly. but I wouldn't call being a leaf on the wind a bug. because it doesn't break the game for me.

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

In the 30 hours I've played so far, I've only seen a couple of bugs.

[li]Occasionally my attacks will lock up so I'll not be able to do anything until they fix themselves, this sometimes means I have to load an earlier save, nothing major.[/li]
[li]A dragon phased through the floor as it was trying to turn around, nothing came of it though, it came back out instantly.[/li]
[li]Objects still phase through tables occasionally.[/li]
[li]The first dragon you kill, outside of Whiterun, spawned as a normal dragon rather than a skeleton.[/li]

Yeah, four minor bugs that have only ever been encountered once or twice in 30 hours, not bad for a Bethesda game.

 

[Frost27]

I killed the bandits on the western side of Whiterun and appropriated their chest to deposit some of my junk until I finished pouring all of my money into leveling smithing and could buy a house. I went back to the spot to make a deposit of dragon parts (those damned bones are heavy) and when I got there, a sword and shield from one of the bandit corpses slowly rose off the ground and floated gradually straight up into the sky.

When smithing, about 40% of the time, my character is holding the metal he is forging by the hot end and hammering the cold end. I should have named him Derp.

When decapitating an enemy, often the head will hover in the air for a few seconds before plopping to the ground.

Real bug: If you receive an "Amulet of Mara" by looting it, it will not function to allow you to marry an NPC and the priest of Mara will not show the dialogue to sell you one. You have to drop all instances of an "Amulet of Mara" from your inventory and then they will sell you one that will function as intended.

 

[koschei8]

On Xbox I watched a mammoth go skydiving from at least a thousand feet in the air, then it landed just fine and went on with its day. I found it quite entertaining.

 

[John the Gamer]

Pc.

Worst bug so far: Some necromancing dipshit shot a three foot ice-shard into my forehead and it's been stuck there for several in-game days. These things are supposed to dissapear on their own after a while, melting and all.

Saving/Loading, sleeping, changing clothes, setting myself on fire; nothing works. I'm going to start a new game now to get a non-ice-spiked dragonslayer.

 

[kebab4you]

As a matter of fact just a few minutes ago, I even had fraps open to capture it:

 

[gigastrike]

Is it a bug that I've killed 3 dragon so far and only unlocked 1 word from them?

 

[Alcamonic]

On Xbox I watched a mammoth go skydiving from at least a thousand feet in the air, then it landed just fine and went on with its day. I found it quite entertaining.

Same thing happening for me on PC. Was quite hilarious indeed.

Not found anything game-breakingly bad 6-7 hours in, it's strange. Only crashed once when I tried to "Loot all" gold from a corps, asking me how much of "all" the gold I wanted, then went to desktop. Scheduled auto saves, bless.

Found a few animation glitches only, such as people inside chairs and whatnot.

 

[ResonanceGames]

My horse's tail caught on fire during the siege of Whiterun and stayed that way -- with a huge flame jetting 15 feet out behind it. It looked like it was farting fire. I'll post a pic when I get home, it was hilarious.

 

[ResonanceGames]

Is it a bug that I've killed 3 dragon so far and only unlocked 1 word from them?

You don't get new Shouts from killing dragons, you get points to activate a shout you've already learned -- which has to be done manually.

 

[GonzoGamer]

It's probably just a bunch of goofy looking bugs right now. We wont be hearing about the real game-crashers until it's been out for a week or two.

 

[Orekoya]

The problem isn't just the bugs. Being wanted for murder for killing a chicken undetected is a sign of some bad programming.

 

[BoredDragon]

Many, many, MANY graphical glitches. Things like textures not loading properly, things catching fire a second late after they have been hit with a fireball, being able to see under the map, and (my favorite) a mamoth that rocketed into the air for no reason and then slowly descended back to earth. The last one only happened once, but it was so freaking hilarious

However, Skyrim has definitely been worth waiting in the cold for the midnight release. I am the leader of the Companions, the Arch-mage of the mage college, and I finally found the Dark Brotherhood

edit:

also I found a blood dragon and a frost dragon in the same place. When I approached (after quick-saving) the blood dragon flew away and the frost dragon stayed and fought me. I'm not sure if that was a glitch or if they were making dragon babies >.>

 

[BoredDragon]

The problem isn't just the bugs. Being wanted for murder for killing a chicken undetected is a sign of some bad programming.

lol I did that once and every one got pissed at me: "that was a valueable animal!" Legend of Zelda this is not