Mounted Combat Arrives in Skyrim

• Lan wrote on 2012-05-24 20:47

  While we can’t share details on Dawnguard yet, we’re excited to announce another new feature making its way into the game… Mounted Combat! Like the recently added Kinect support (360) and new kill cameras, this highly-requested feature that was teased in the Skyrim Game Jam video is arriving by way of a free title update. In fact, by opting into the latest Steam Beta Update, PC users can check out the feature today.
  
  As we have more details on the update – including when it will arrives on consoles – we’ll let you know.
  
  Read the current 1.6 release notes below…
  
  1.6 Update (all platforms unless specified)
  
  NEW FEATURES
  
  Mounted Combat - Skyrim now allows you to do melee and ranged combat while riding a horse
  BUG FIXES
  
  General stability and memory optimizations
  General AI pathfinding optimizations and bug fixes
  Optimizations and crash fixes for data leaks
  Fixed rare crash with lighting
  Fixed crashes related to loading and saving games
  Fixed crash with summoned creatures/NPCs
  Fixed rare issue where saves would be corrupted
  Improved logic for when ranged kill cams are played
  Fixed issue with ranged kill cams while killing a dragon
  Fixed rare issue with certain ranged kill cams not playing properly
  Fixed issue with nirnroot lighting not properly cleaning up
  Fixed issue where bow damage was being calculated incorrectly
  Fixed rare problem with werewolf kill moves would not finish animating properly
  In “The Break of Dawn” fixed rare issue where Meridia’s Beacon would disappear from player’s inventory
  Fixed occasional issue where followers would disappear after player pays off a bounty after committing a crime
  Fixed issue where certain creatures and NPCs would fail to respawn properly
  Fixed rare issue with dialogue subtitles not displaying properly
  Fixed issue with water appearing blurry when loading a saved game after creating a save underwater
  Fixed issue where map cursor would occasionally disappear after closing a message box with Kinect enabled (Xbox 360)
  Fixed rare issue with shouts only performing the first level and not other unlocked levels with Kinect enabled (Xbox 360)
  Fixed issue where the shout buttons would stop working properly if users mashed LB and RB during cooldown with Kinect enabled (Xbox 360)
  DOWNLOADING THE BETA UPDATE ON STEAM
  
  If you’d like to download the 1.6 Beta Update on Steam, you’ll need to follow these steps:
  
  Log into Steam
  Click on Steam in the upper menu
  Select Settings
  Under the Account tab, go to the Beta Participation section and select Change.
  A drop down menu will appear. Select Skyrim Beta.
  Select OK.
  Steam will now restart. After Steam restarts, Skyrim will be updated to the Beta version currently available.
  If you opt into the Beta, be sure to back up your saved games or simply be careful not to overwrite your existing saves. If you decide to opt out of the beta program, your old saves will still work with the current release of Skyrim on Steam (v 1.5).
  
  If you decide you don’t want to run the Beta anymore, redo steps 1 – 4. At the drop down, select NONE – Opt out of all beta programs. Let Steam restart, and Skyrim will automatically update itself back to the latest released version.

  
  
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• Bakuryu wrote on 2012-05-24 20:50
  hmm, horses won't be as annoying and useless now. Looking forward to trying Mounted Archery, don't have my desktop for now though, so it'll have to wait º3º
• Kayate wrote on 2012-05-24 20:54
  Haven't played in a while.
  
  Is that invisible chest by dawnstar still there or was it fixed?
• User495 wrote on 2012-05-25 03:30
  [Image: http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4b0hvd1Fy1rwtl2oo1_400.jpg]

  
  some mods will become obsolete now
  
  Also more respect towards Bethesda, they didn't have to add content like this but they are
  and I'm excited about more optimizations
• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2012-05-25 04:56
  Fighting melee on a horse is gonna be a pain in the ass. Good thing I'm an archer!
• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2012-05-25 09:59

  Quote from Seviraph;872518:

  
  Also more respect towards Bethesda, they didn't have to add content like this but they are
  and I'm excited about more optimizations

  
  
  more like things that shouldve been in the game in the first place
• Osayidan wrote on 2012-05-25 11:06

  Quote from BobYoMeowMeow;872636:

  more like things that shouldve been in the game in the first place

  
  
  Seriously. When I first got a horse I was already an archer, so I tried to take out my bow to shoot and it wouldn't work and I thought it was a bug. I had to go on google to find out for whatever retarded reason you couldn't use weapons on mounts.
• User495 wrote on 2012-05-25 12:25
  has anyone tried out the beta yet? cause I'm thinking about installing it
  
  (probably would before this gets a response)
• Excalibur wrote on 2012-05-25 13:52
  Hm. I hope they fixed that bug with missing world objects caused by mods that change/add location.
• User495 wrote on 2012-05-25 16:44
  [video=youtube;COEPQ42VxVk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COEPQ42VxVk&feature=plcp[/video]
  
  made a quick video of it, it's not quite as bad as some of the feedback made it sound, but the controls could be improved on for sure
• Excalibur wrote on 2012-05-25 19:03

  Quote from Seviraph;872743:

  [video=youtube;COEPQ42VxVk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COEPQ42VxVk&feature=plcp[/video]
  
  made a quick video of it, it's not quite as bad as some of the feedback made it sound, but the controls could be improved on for sure

  
  
  Reminds me of mount and blade.
  
  Also, sucks for this guy [video=youtube;CD07afsS3iw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD07afsS3iw&list=FLCQdvf8Yo4plm1qEViAAnsA&index=22&feature=plpp_video[/video]
• User495 wrote on 2012-05-26 01:21

  Quote from Excalibur;872807:

  Reminds me of mount and blade.
  
  Also, sucks for this guy [video=youtube;CD07afsS3iw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD07afsS3iw&list=FLCQdvf8Yo4plm1qEViAAnsA&index=22&feature=plpp_video[/video]

  
  
  I'll probably try the mod out once the guy gets around the "it's already in the game now" aspect of things for the mod