Oblivion Remastered Patch 1.2 Detailed, Adds New Difficulty Options, Improves Performance, More

The developers have unveiled another significant update for Oblivion Remastered, focusing on resolving some of the game’s most noticeable flaws.

Patch 1.2 is out now in beta form on Steam, but it’ll (hopefully) be coming to PS5 soon enough.

The title here refers to introducing fresh challenge levels. Ever since its launch in April, gamers have voiced their concerns about the game’s existing difficulty settings, arguing that they are either overly simple or excessively laborious.

It seems you can modify the ‘Player Combat Damage’ and ‘Enemy Combat Damage’ settings according to your preferences now. The ‘Journeyman’ level of difficulty serves as a balance point between Adept and Expert settings.

As a gamer, I can’t hide my excitement about this update! The thing that has me hooked is the promise of enhanced performance. From what I gather, they’ve done some serious under-the-hood tweaking to make the game run smoother. And if the rumors are true, those annoying frame rate dips in specific areas? Gone! That alone makes this update a must-have for me.

You can get the full scoop via the patch notes, which we’ve collected below.

Oblivion Remastered Update 1.2 Patch Notes

SETTINGS CHANGES

We’ve added additional difficulty settings to allow players to further tune their “Player Combat Damage” & “Enemy Combat Damage”. Players can now select from “Novice”, “Apprentice”, “Adept”, “Journeyman”, “Expert”, and “Master” options in the Gameplay menu. We hope the “Journeyman” setting, specifically, will act as a better bridge between “Adept” and “Expert” for players.

Fixed map markers disappearing
Fixed missing punctuation in Simplified Chinese text
Fixed “Toggle All” button on Map screen to work as a ‘Hold’
Various fixes to localized text
Fixed controller issues in Spell making menu
Fixed menus being cropped incorrectly in 1280×1024
Fixed the incorrect player stance in the inventory menu after fast travel
Fixed rebinding keys for Lock Picking
Fixed keybinds not updating in AZERTY
Fixed soft lock with controller in Enchanting menu
Fixed stats not updating when equipping enchanted items
Fixed a character skin glitch when closing the inventory menu

CRASHES

Fixed crashes that could occur while fighting Jyggalag
Fixed crashing when killing a paralyzed NPC with an arrow
Fixed crashing when paralyzing an already-paralyzed NPC
Fixed crashing in Spellmaking menu when rapidly removing & implementing effects
Fixed various GPU crashes
Fixed crashes that could occur during auto saves

AUDIO

Fixed underwater SFX persisting after leaving exiting water
Fixed missing ambient SFX in Shivering Isles

QUESTS

Fixed NPCs floating after being knocked down during Priory of the Nine quest
Fixed crashing when entering Flooded Mine during Final Justice quest
Fixed pathing for Shaleez in Flooded Mine during Final Justice quest
Fixed crashing when opening Gate to The Fringe during Retaking the Fringe quest
Fixed mages loading without clothes in Fort Ontus during The Necromancer’s Amulet quest
Fixed NPC pathing issues in Gardens of Flesh and Bone during ‘Through the Fringe of Madness’ quest
Fixed missing VFX during the closing of the Great Gate
Fixed Ilav Dralgoner’s missing facial animation during ‘Saving Time Itself’ quest
Fixed Sir Thredet’s speech during ‘Umaril the Unfeathered’ quest
Fixed NPC pathing issues during ‘Baiting the Trap’ quest
Fixed Obelisk Crystals spawning disconnected during ‘Baiting the Trap’ quest
Fixed crash at end of ‘Through a Nightmare, Darkly’ quest
Fixed wall crumbling in Malada during ‘Nothing You Can Possess’ quest
Fixed misaligned food at the Castle Leyawiin County Hall dinner party during ‘Sanguine’ quest
Fixed an issue with visibility of ghosts during ‘Ghosts of Vitharn’
Fixed cutscene not playing during ‘Light the Dragonfires’
Fixed missing textures in Cropsford Campsite after finishing ‘Goblin Trouble’

PERFORMANCE

Fixed frame rate drop in Deepscorn Hollow
Fixed frame rate drops in Black Rock Caverns
Fixed frame rate drop between Skingrad and Skingrad Castle
Fixed frame rate drop south of Bravil Castle courtyard
Reduced the frequency of hitches in the open world.
General improvements to frame time in many locations.
Optimize updating of character attachments.
Optimize rendering of water volumes in the open world.
Optimize light/shadow updates in several lairs.
Optimize waterfall particle FX and rendering.
Optimize the weather system.
Optimize character animation system.

GAMEPLAY

Fixed player character height scaling
Fixed armor items hiding Argonian and Khajiit tails
Fixed slow camera movement when initiating NPC dialogue
Fixed soft lock when a player with a high bounty goes to jail
Fixed Orrery animations
Fixed physics bug with floating necklaces
Fixed vampire sleeping animations
Fixed NPC beards not following facial animation.
Fixed ghost NPCs being completely invisible
Fixed missing animation when talking to Shamada in Leyawiin
Fixed occasional very long load times when fast traveling
Fixed missing facial animation for Snak gra-Bura
Fixed falling unconscious in water preventing player from getting up
Fixed NPCs losing collision when swimming
Fixed NPCs stopping combat when player is blocking
Fixed female Dremora teeth clipping
Fixed soft lock after choosing player class
Fixed Amber weapons clipping in first person view
Fixed vines clipping into columns
Fixed helmets clipping into player character’s head
Fixed missing textures on Daedric statues
Fixed duplicated pages between Oghma Infinium and Mysterium Xarxes

SYSTEM

Fixed flickering shadows when using XeSS Upscaling
Fixed title properly restarting after purchasing the Deluxe Upgrade on PC
Fixed settings properly migrating between PC and XBOX
Fixed water disappearing after fast travel
Fixed cursor slowdown when enabling high frame rate V-Sync
Fixed shaders not preloading due to cloud save replication
Fixed long blackout during loading screens
Fixed weather VFX flashing while outside
Fixed motion blur artifacts while in the Oblivion Plane
Fixed NPCs not obeying the Wait action from the player

2025-07-09 19:37

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