New Patch Released for Skyrim on PC

<p>Bethesda has released details of its latest patch for the PC version of open-world RPG <em>The Elder Scrolls V&colon; Skyrim<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As well as fixing a large amount of bugs still present in the 16-month-old game&comma; patch 1&period;9 also contains a new Legendary difficulty setting and Legendary skills&comma; with the latter effectively removing the game&&num;8217&semi;s level cap&period; The beta version of patch 1&period;9 is currently available for download via Steam&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking of the patch&comma; Bethesda stated&comma; &&num;8220&semi;If you opt into the beta&comma; be sure to back up your saved games or simply be careful not to overwrite your existing saves&period; If you decide to opt out of the beta program&comma; your old saves will still work with the current release of Skyrim on Steam &lpar;v 1&period;8&rpar;&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Initially&comma; we recommend running using the update with no user-made mods installed&comma; but the beta does provide you with an opportunity to test your creations before the update goes live for everyone&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Here are the new features included in the patch&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ast; Legendary difficulty setting&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Legendary Skills &&num;8211&semi; Skills of 100 can be made Legendary&period; This will reset the skill to 15&comma; return its Perks and allow the skill to affect levelling again&period; This effectively removes the overall level cap&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And here&&num;8217&semi;s a list of the bug fixes&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ast; General memory and stability improvements&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed issue with quest scripts that were not shutting down properly&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Companions will equip better weapons and armor if given to them&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed rare issue where player is unable to learn the Clear Skies shout during &&num;8220&semi;The Throat of the World&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed rare instance where Alduin would become invincible during &&num;8220&semi;Alduin&&num;8217&semi;s Bane&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed a rare issue where player could become stuck in Night Mother&&num;8217&semi;s coffin during &&num;8220&semi;Death Incarnate&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed rare issue where protected companions could be killed from poison damage&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed rare issue with certain ash piles left from resurrected NPCs not clearing properly&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed rare issue with NPCs and creatures respawning improperly after player fast travels&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed rare crash when entering Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed rare crash when entering a player owned home&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Random dragon attacks will no longer occur during &&num;8220&semi;Battle for Whiterun&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed a rare crash when attempting to save your game during &&num;8220&semi;Waking Nightmare&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed issue where &&num;8220&semi;Glory of the Undead&&num;8221&semi; would not start properly if player is in combat with Eorlund Gray-Mane&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; The white phial is no longer consumed if given to a follower&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; If player marries Aela&comma; the &&num;8220&semi;Totem of Hircine&&num;8221&semi; quest will be available&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Unused briar hearts can be dropped after finishing &&num;8220&semi;The White Phial&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed issue with paying off a crime against the Companions that prevented player from getting Companions quests properly&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Thieves Guild caches are now properly enabled in the appropriate cities&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; The Dragon Infusion perk now works properly when taking Esbern&&num;8217&semi;s Potion&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Cragslane Cave properly resets if player receives a radiant quest to clear it out&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed rare issue with bounty quest objectives not properly clearing after completion&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Gallus&&num;8217&semi; Encoded Journal is no longer a quest item after completing the Thieves Guild&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; In &&num;8220&semi;No Stone Unturned&&num;8221&semi; Vex will now accept Unusual Gems if you&&num;8217&semi;ve collected them all before starting the quest&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Vekel the Man now gives rewards for completing &&num;8220&semi;Toying with The Dead&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed rare issue with being unable to turn in stolen items in &&num;8220&semi;The Litany of Larceny&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed issue with followers becoming over-encumbered after being repeatedly rehired&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed rare issue with visiting Kynesgrove on horseback not progressing &&num;8220&semi;A Blade in the Dark&&num;8221&semi; properly&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed issue with receiving a duplicate radiant quest from a Jarl&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed conflict with clearing Driftshade Sanctuary before starting &&num;8220&semi;Trouble in Skyrim&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed issue with using shouts while in jail and having guards unlock the jail cell&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed rare issue with quest NPCs not properly moving to quest locations&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed issue with NPCs not selling master level spells&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed rare issue where player gets control locked outside the Thalmor Embassy at the start of &&num;8220&semi;Diplomatic Immunity&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed rare issue with disappearing containers after upgrades in player owned house&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed issue with being erroneously attacked while as a werewolf during &&num;8220&semi;Ill Met By Moonlight&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; The Ebony Blade is now only improved by two handed perks&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Locked door to Proudspire Manor can now be unlocked by proper key&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed issue with merchants not receiving the proper additional gold with the Investor perk&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed a rare issue where the player would be unable to learn a word after leaving for several days during &&num;8220&semi;The Way of The Voice&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; The Nord Hero Bow can now be improved&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; The Purity perk no longer requires the Experimenter perk&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed rare instance where Lovers Comfort would not be applied properly&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; If you approach Frostmere Crypt from the north&comma; &&num;8220&semi;The Pale Lady&&num;8221&semi; will start properly&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed rare issue where player could be prevented from speaking with Atub to start &&num;8220&semi;The Cursed Tribe&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed rare issue where a dragon could appear in the Mind of a Madman realm and kill the player&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed instance where player could get stuck in Japhet&&num;8217&semi;s Folly&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed rare instances where Arngeir would not teach Worldwind Sprint&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed issue with &&num;8220&semi;Ill Met By Moonlight&&num;8221&semi; if Sinding dies before the quest starts&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Gharol can now properly train up to level 75&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed conflict with visiting The Karthspire before starting &&num;8220&semi;Alduin&&num;8217&semi;s Wall&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Reduced the instance of random dragon attacks after fast travelling post main quest&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Recruited Blades now have appropriate dialogue while at Sky Haven Temple&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed rare issue where an incorrect dungeon could appear as a location during &&num;8220&semi;Totems of Hircine&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed rare instance in &&num;8220&semi;Fetch me that Book&&num;8221&semi; where books found before getting the quest would not be properly recognized&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed rare issue with travelling to Thalmor Embassy with companions during &&num;8220&semi;Diplomatic Immunity&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed issues with Matching Set perk not working properly with certain pieces of armor&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed issues with Custom Fit perk not working properly with certain pieces of armor&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed issue with NPC dying in a bear trap blocking progress in &&num;8220&semi;Time of My Need&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed rare issue with swinging door becoming stuck and blocking an entrance in Volunruud&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Imperial Light Armor can now be crafted&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed issue with &&num;8220&semi;Vald&&num;8217&semi;s Debt&&num;8221&semi; where Vald was not levelled properly&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed issue with Vilkas not giving proper greeting after completing &&num;8220&semi;Battle for Whiterun&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed issue with respawning actors that were raised by using the Ritual Stone power&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed issue with the Ancient Knowledge perk not calculating properly&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; The Palace of Kings now has patrolling guards on upper floors&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Reduce percentage chance of getting a werewolf loading screen while player is a werewolf&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Pantea&&num;8217&semi;s flute is no longer a quest item after completing &&num;8220&semi;Pantea&&num;8217&semi;s Flute&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Placing an unread Oghma Infinium on a bookshelf in the player&&num;8217&semi;s house no longer allows the book to be reused again&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Adjusted dialogue priority to improve chances of hearing more combat dialogue from certain NPC enemies&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed issue with falling damage on high difficulty levels&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed bad collision on certain clutter objects&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Fixed rare instance of couriers who would appear only dressed in a hat&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Via&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;computerandvideogames&period;com&sol;394262&sol;skyrim-patch-19-adds-legendary-difficulty-fixes-bugs&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">CVG<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;