Starfield Just Got A 15GB Patch Update on Xbox.

[🐾]

Seems like this might be the day 1 patch, but I can't confirm that statement.

[ChuTheMan]

how can it be a day 1 patch when the game is not released?

could also just be, you know, an update for the unreleased game, something they have been doing for like a year now.

do people really not know what a day 1 patch is? people legit just use it as some kind of weird buzzword now.

[Encladeus]

It is currently day -4 so it's still kinda far off from the day 1 patch

[look at the clown]

yea day 1 patch days before release makes total sense d00d

[Hal]

Game isn't even out yet. I haven't even preloaded it yet. Update away.

[Affronter]

They finally added the bears in for the romance plot lines.

[Daedrius]

There was a large bug patch upgrading the game from version 1.6 to 1.7








(hopefully DLSS support too 😁)

[Mack]

Starfield Early Access Patch Details

Performance and Stability Fixes
Improved stability related to suspending and resuming the game. (Xbox Series X/S)
Fixed rare crash that could occur when viewing the credits after completing the game.
Fixed crash that could appear when repeatedly loading some saves inside of ships.
Various stability and performance improvements.

Visual Fixes
Fixed an issue where sometimes hair would not appear on characters.
Improved distant object appearance when transitioning to the surface of a planet.
Addressed an issue that sometimes caused face animations to move abruptly.
Fixed an issue where rarely in certain views white flashing boxes could appear in the Handscanner.
Fixed an issue that would cause an undesirable texture blend near the coastline.
Fixed an issue that would cause textures to degrade unnecessarily. (Xbox Series S)

Gameplay Fixes
Fixed a rare issue that could cause Companions to float in the air.
Fixed an issue that could cause some ship modules to become misaligned.
Fixed some issues that would prevent touch-down points from turning red in Ship Builder.
Fixed an issue that could cause the player to appear incorrectly when equipping items.
Addressed an issue that could prevent the Isolation skill from behaving as intended.
Adjusted the distance the player is able to access and store cargo in their ship.
Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause a long delay on the Press any button screen.

[Affronter]

Originally posted by Mack:

Starfield Early Access Patch Details

Performance and Stability Fixes
Improved stability related to suspending and resuming the game. (Xbox Series X/S)
Fixed rare crash that could occur when viewing the credits after completing the game.
Fixed crash that could appear when repeatedly loading some saves inside of ships.
Various stability and performance improvements.

Visual Fixes
Fixed an issue where sometimes hair would not appear on characters.
Improved distant object appearance when transitioning to the surface of a planet.
Addressed an issue that sometimes caused face animations to move abruptly.
Fixed an issue where rarely in certain views white flashing boxes could appear in the Handscanner.
Fixed an issue that would cause an undesirable texture blend near the coastline.
Fixed an issue that would cause textures to degrade unnecessarily. (Xbox Series S)

Gameplay Fixes
Fixed a rare issue that could cause Companions to float in the air.
Fixed an issue that could cause some ship modules to become misaligned.
Fixed some issues that would prevent touch-down points from turning red in Ship Builder.
Fixed an issue that could cause the player to appear incorrectly when equipping items.
Addressed an issue that could prevent the Isolation skill from behaving as intended.
Adjusted the distance the player is able to access and store cargo in their ship.
Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause a long delay on the Press any button screen.

Really should add a spoiler tag.

[Zhorge]

Originally posted by ChuTheMan:

how can it be a day 1 patch when the game is not released?

could also just be, you know, an update for the unreleased game, something they have been doing for like a year now.

do people really not know what a day 1 patch is? people legit just use it as some kind of weird buzzword now.

Day 1 patches are prepared ahead. I guess you didn't understand that. A Day 1 patch is the patch ready for the first day of access. This is, more or less, how it works:

Game goes gold.
Gold game goes to review.
Missed bugs are found during review.
Day 1 patch is prepared to squash bugs.
Game is released. This is DAY 1.
You try to start the game.
Game connects to servers, says game needs to be patched, so 'here comes your patch...'
Patch is applied DAY 1.

Ta! Da! You've been patched on Day 1 of release.

[ChuTheMan]

Originally posted by Zhorge:

Originally posted by ChuTheMan:

how can it be a day 1 patch when the game is not released?

could also just be, you know, an update for the unreleased game, something they have been doing for like a year now.

do people really not know what a day 1 patch is? people legit just use it as some kind of weird buzzword now.

Day 1 patches are prepared ahead. I guess you didn't understand that. A Day 1 patch is the patch ready for the first day of access. This is, more or less, how it works:

Game goes gold.
Gold game goes to review.
Missed bugs are found during review.
Day 1 patch is prepared to squash bugs.
Game is released. This is DAY 1.
You try to start the game.
Game connects to servers, says game needs to be patched, so 'here comes your patch...'
Patch is applied DAY 1.

Ta! Da! You've been patched on Day 1 of release.

but the patch is already released.. so its not really a day 1 patch.

a day 1 patch, as you say, will be released on DAY 1 of release, not days before, Its just a patch for the game that they have been doing for almost a year.
pretty much why the game is now version 1.7 and not 1.0

[🐾]

I think the Steam download will be around 139 GB. With this update it should hit almost 155 GB. That is a lot of space.

[Hal]

Originally posted by 🐾:

I think the Steam download will be around 139 GB. With this update it should hit almost 155 GB. That is a lot of space.

Not really, in this day and age, SSD space is probably the cheapest out of every other requirement.

[ChuTheMan]

Originally posted by 🐾:

I think the Steam download will be around 139 GB. With this update it should hit almost 155 GB. That is a lot of space.

a 15gb update does not mean its gonna add 15GB new files to the game.

also steam have some decent compression when it comes to downloading, so the download size should be smaller than the xbox PC download size.

[🐾]

Originally posted by ChuTheMan:

Originally posted by 🐾:

I think the Steam download will be around 139 GB. With this update it should hit almost 155 GB. That is a lot of space.

a 15gb update does not mean its gonna add 15GB new files to the game.

also steam have some decent compression when it comes to downloading, so the download size should be smaller than the xbox PC download size.

Thanks for the clarification.

[kdodds]

Friend d/l'd the XB version day one and it was 100.3GB. No info on whether that's still packed or not, but substantially smaller than PC reported size, so 15GB may just be part of the initial that was withheld.