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Revision as of 23:57, 28 July 2014

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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Developers
Bethesda Game Studios
Publishers
Bethesda Softworks
Engines
Creation
Release dates
Windows November 11, 2011
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on Wikipedia
The Elder Scrolls: Arena 1994
The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall 1996
An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire 1997
The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard 1998
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind 2002
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 2006
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 2011
The Elder Scrolls Online 2014
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition 2016
The Elder Scrolls: Legends 2017
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR 2018
The Elder Scrolls: Blades TBA
The Elder Scrolls VI TBA

Key points

Extensive modding community, including Steam Workshop integration.
Minor bugs not fixed officially, but fixed by third-party patches.
Physics/timing glitches above 60 FPS. Enable vsync or limit frame rate (high refresh monitors must limit FPS).
Graphics glitches on Nvidia SLI. Disable SLI.
Official patch causes lip sync glitches; character's mouths move inconsistently with speech. No fix available.

General information

Bethesda Forums, Skyrim
Steam Community Discussions
Tweakguides/Geforce, Skyrim

Availability

Template:Availability Table

All versions require Steam.

Version differences

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Legendary Edition is a complete edition with all DLC.
The Elder Scrolls Anthology includes Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim together with all expansions and DLC.
The Elder Scrolls Anthology includes a single Steam key that unlocks Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim.[1]

Essential improvements

Unofficial patches

Unofficial Skyrim Patch
Unofficial High Resolution Patch
Unofficial Dawnguard Patch
Unofficial Hearthfire Patch
Unofficial Dragonborn Patch

Utilities

TES5Edit - Used for merging patches and cleaning plugins and master files
LOOT (successor of BOSS), third-party pre-launcher. Resolves some mod incompatibilities.
Wrye Bash, third-party mod manager. Resolves some mod incompatibilities and opens game settings for edits.
Mod Organizer, powerful mod manager with mod virtualization to keep the installation folder clean.
Skyrim Configurator, A GUI configuration file editor for Skyrim.

Modifications

Some mods are incompatible\need to overwrite other similar mods. Read about compatibility before installing multiple mods.
Steam Workshop, Skyrim; official host included with Skyrim. Subscribed mods are automatically installed and updated (.
Nexus Mods, Skyrim; third-party host. Maintains Nexus Mod Manager and/or mod files for manual installation.
Skyrim G.E.M.S.; third-party host. Attempts to maintain a collection of lesser-known gameplay-enhancing mods.
SKSE, third-party code. Required by many mods. Enables advanced scripting capabilities.
SkyUI, advanced menu interface. Optimized for keyboard and mouse control, supports advanced sorting, search, scaling. Requires SKSE.
Categorized Favorites Menu, advanced "favorites" interface. Optimized for keyboard and mouse control, supports hotkey slots, sets, sorting, uses full screen. Requires SKSE.

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Enable multi-CPU

Follow this link and its instructions. Do not touch ANY files located in the steam folder, use only the Skyrim.ini and SkyrimPrefs.ini located in %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Skyrim\ unless told otherwise by a mod author.

Remove screen tearing and smoothing mouse movements

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/72850/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/72850/pfx/[Note 1]
You can import/export saved games from/to the Xbox 360 version by following this guide.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Launcher video settings.
Launcher advanced video settings.
In-game display settings.

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Enable shadows for trees and rocks

Instructions
Setting bDrawLandShadows=1 may greatly increase the amount of shadow striping on the ground, even with mods such as Realistic Lighting Overhaul.

Tweak rendering distance

Instructions


Field of view (FOV)

Instructions
Instructions

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Instructions
Instructions

Input settings

In-game gameplay settings.

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Mouse acceleration

Instructions

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Turkish

Issues fixed

General troubleshooting

Instructions

Blurry text/font

Instructions

Game stutters when playing on a laptop

Instructions

Quiet audio

Instructions
Instructions

Crash on launcher or starting game

Instructions

Stuttering in first person

Instructions

Media Keys Not Working

Instructions

Other information

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) Dual Core 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) 512 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/72850/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (72850) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References