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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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Developers
Bethesda Game Studios
Publishers
Bethesda Softworks
Engines
Creation Engine
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

A wide array of bugs have been fixed through the community patches. See Unofficial patches.
Active modding community, more mods can be found here and here.
Due to the v-sync used as a kind of frame limiter, disabling it or playing with a non ~60 Hz screen will result in the physics behaving incorrectly.[citation needed]

General information

Official forums
Steam Community Discussions
Geforce Tweak Guide

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Amazon.com
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Also available in The Elder Scrolls Anthology.
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Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
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GamersGate
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Green Man Gaming
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Humble Store
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Steam
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Ubisoft Store
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UK version, some languages may be missing.
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All versions require Steam.

Version differences

The Elder Scrolls Anthology includes Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim along with all the main expansions and DLC.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Legendary Edition is a complete edition of Skyrim with all its DLC.

DLC and expansion packs

Paid community content is available from the Steam Workshop (not listed below).[1]
Name Notes
High Resolution Texture Pack Available here.
Windows
Hearthfire
Windows
Dawnguard
Windows
Dragonborn
Windows

Essential improvements

OneTweak

Provides a native borderless mode, skips the main intro along with some other tweaks and fixes such as the double cursor issue.

Elys Alt+F4 Tweak

Allows the player to close the game by pushing Alt+F4, while also fixing an issue which caused media keys to not work.

Mods

Before installing any mods, SKSE and Mod Organizer should be installed.

Unofficial patches

Unofficial Skyrim Patch
Unofficial Dawnguard Patch
Unofficial Dragonborn Patch
Unofficial Hearthfire Patch

Mod Organizer

Powerful and easy to use mod manager with mod virtualization, in order to keep the main installation folder clean.
Features a configuration editor, the SKSE executable can also be set to be launched through the configurator.

SkyUI

SkyUI is required by certain mods in order to tweak and configure them.
Advanced user interface, optimized for keyboard and mouse usage while being highly customizable.

SKSE

Required by most mods, simply extract the files into the main Skyrim path.
Instructions
Instructions

ENB

Use the installation instructions from the preset if used
Fixes issue when there is no more available video memory, a problem that occurs when using high resolution texture mods.
Allows for significant graphical interments when used with a preset at the cost of performance but can be disabled.
Can force V-sync, frame limiter, and Borderless-Windowed mode.
Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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

Save game data location

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

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video settings

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

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Field of view (FOV)

Use Flawless Widescreen or the Skyrim Configurator.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Instructions

Input settings

In-game gameplay settings.

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Mouse acceleration

Instructions

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

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

Virtual reality support

3D modes State GG3D Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
TriDef 3D
iZ3D
Headsets
SteamVR
This game might be playable with the Revive Compatibility Layer (compatibility list).
Oculus VR (LibOVR)
A workaround is available here.
Windows Mixed Reality
This game might be playable with the Revive Compatibility Layer.
Devices
Tracked motion controllers
Traditional controller
Keyboard/Mouse

Issues fixed

Blurry text

Instructions

Stuttering on a laptop

This fix only applies to laptops running on Windows 7.
Instructions

Quiet audio

Skyrim has multiple issues with Realtek HD boards.
Instructions
Instructions

Crash on startup

Instructions

Slowdown and stutter in cities

Instructions

Media keys not working

See Elys Alt+F4.

Mouse not responding

After playing Watch Dogs the mouse may become unresponsive, close the game and restart the computer.[2]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok

Enabling shadows to be cast from trees and rocks

Instructions

Skyrim Configurator

Allows the game to be fully tweaked.
Certain tweaks are unstable and may break the game.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) Dual Core 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
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