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Latest Starfield update fixes one of the game’s biggest annoyances - eating stuff - while adding DLSSA Chunky patch indeed
A Chunky patch indeed
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda Game Studios
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda Game Studios
Bethesda’sStarfieldis awash with things to eat or drink, from half-munched club sandwiches to bits of steaming alien gizzard, but chugging your fill has always been fussier than it needs to be, involving a trip through the game’s irritating menus. No more! The nextStarfieldpatch, which is currently available as an opt-in Steam beta, will let you guzzle things without opening your inventory, on top of various tweaks to the game’s graphics and quests.
In accordance with the industry-standard “a bit of something frivolous to wash down something serious” approach to game updates, the new Starfield update also introduces Nvidia DLSS support on PC.
“Compatible Nvidia graphic cards can now use DLSS Super Resolution, Deep Learning Anti-aliasing (DLAA), Nvidia Reflex Low Latency, and DLSS Frame generation,” reads the blurb. “Please note: While DLSS Frame Generation is active, VSync needs to be toggled OFF to see the benefit. We are working to automatically adjust this setting in a future update.”
This is just the tip of the lootberg that isthe update changelog, of course. Stealth is apparently “a bit more forgiving” in beta 1.8.83, and they’ve quashed a bug that caused Andreja’s head to be permanently cloaked. I’ve not run into that one and it sounds pleasantly eerie - great Halloween content, surely?
Bethesda have also fixed an issue that would cause NPCs to randomly appear naked, because Bethesda are a bunch of conformists who hate Free Love. They’ve also changed how ambient occlusion works for ultrawide resolutions, and given background crowd characters better eyes. As for quests, they’ve fixed a problem with Operation Starseed that caused the key needed to exit the facility to vanish, together with the non-appearance of NPC David Barron during the Sabotage quest.
