Skyrim Mounted Combat Patch
Written by: Felix
Published on: May-27 11:17

Key game: The Elder Scrolls V
Related: The Elder Scrolls V

Skyrim patch 1.6 includes mounted combat

As we mentioned in our Skyrim review one of the annoyances in the game is the fact that you would have to dismount if something attacked you and your horse and you wished to fight back.

Bethesda, have announced the latest 1.6 Elder Scrolls V patch details, which to our delight includes the ability to swing your swords and shoot arrows from horseback. Lets take a look at the full list of patch details...

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)

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MNour
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I'm existed about this patch, however, I really wished for more implements such as companions or even enemies riding mounts as well, it would've been so cool sniping enemies off their mounts with a bow before they rush you :D
How about companions simply riding behind you? I'm tired of my follower trying as hard as he/she can to catch up with me (The weird sprint they do when they are far away from me is funny though :D) and then failing because I'm riding something four times their average speed.
Even worse? After I get off the mount I either have to wait in-game for 2 hours or never see my companion until half an hour later. So frustrating :/
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soo cool..! it something . because the elder scroll IV : oblivion it`s a bad site for this .. problem
MNour
16:59 Jun-05-2012

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I'm not sure what you meant buddy.. Were you referring to the fact that Oblivion sucked? (it totally didn't BTW :D) Or that it had no mounted combat unlike Skyrim?
Tero
18:34 May-30-2012

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I don't use mounts anyways so that new feature is not a big deal to me... Always great when developers add something new to a game, though ;)
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14:55 May-31-2012

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Yeah, I agree. The mount thing didn't really interest me so much, but it's nice to know they're adding something new :D
Tero
17:09 May-31-2012

I've never even used quick travel :D Same with Oblivion and Fallout 3/NV, I always walk from one place to another just to get the extra XP from random encounters :D
swekleskflisk
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Quick travel, has been used a lot, but not the mount thing. :)
MNour
17:26 May-31-2012

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WOW, that must've taken you over 50 hours more into every game, I've spent over 350 hours in New Vegas with fast-travel, I wonder how much it would've taken if I walked instead :D :D
Tero
19:49 May-31-2012

I stopped playing NV when I reached the maximum level, clocked in around 150h :D
MNour
10:44 Jun-01-2012

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I just can't get enough of it, it's a GOTY in my opinion.. Had over a 100 mod and finished the game 4 times with the NCR, the legion, Mr. House and myself. Truly an amazing game :D :D
edwin3c3
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Can my companion also do a mounted combat?
Chyper
13:55 May-28-2012

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Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim with Fire & Sword....XD
Naveen2195
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i just downloaded the update before this one.
i want to w8 again for tis :(
1CosMiar13
08:17 May-28-2012

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damn,i couldnt get the 1.5 patch because i didnt have steam with the game,i doubt i will be able to get this one :(
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09:16 May-28-2012

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Is it not available on other places?
TheRealYeno
13:13 May-28-2012

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Its in beta right now. Once it is fully released everyone can get it.
1CosMiar13
17:03 May-28-2012

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Awesome :D
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megaupload had it,and it was HUGE,AVG thought it was a virus so i couldnt do anything with it anyway :P
MNour
12:33 May-27-2012

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When is it coming out?
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then skyrim is more like mount&blade :D
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Sweet. I am going to start playing this from scratch with my new (not so new) 8800 GT. I set it to high settings and it runs like a gentle breeze!
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I'm still waiting for the Steam Summer sale to pick this up.
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That rig looks fantastic, but maybe when you have the money... upgrade that GPU to something a little better :D
Pip
19:15 May-27-2012

Actually I have the money. I just don't want to spend it!
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21:27 May-27-2012

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Since when do gamers save their money? :D
Pip
12:52 May-28-2012

Well it's just the rig I want to buy costs a pretty penny. Last year I bought a laptop for 1000€ and the year before for 899€. On 2009 I bought another laptop for 600€ and on 2008 I bought this rig for 1299€. I have spent so much money and it seems it's never enough. I am actually going crazy with this rig right now. Nothing seems to run smoothly.
MNour
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You should add more speed to your RAM if your motherboard can support it, cuz I think your rig can run almost all games on Low if not medium.. If nothing runs smoothly on this RES and on low settings then there is something wrong with your drivers..
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Upgrade to 4-8GB DDR3 1333MHz+
I'd say go for Vengeance 16GB DDR3 1600MHz if you can support it. (that's only like $80AUD too)
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