Bethesda has deployed a significant beta update for Starfield, marked as version 1.10.30, to Steam Beta participants. This update is poised to be the most comprehensive beta release for the game to date, incorporating a plethora of new features alongside a broad array of bug corrections addressing quests, graphics, gameplay, and beyond. Key features introduced in this update encompass a new photomode, a scanner functionality, field of view adjustments for third-person ship views, a quality slider for anisotropic filtering, a new autosave feature, and enhancements to the ship's user interface. From a graphical standpoint, the update provides solutions for NVIDIA DLSS and AMD FSR issues, rectifies various flickering problems, and delivers numerous enhancements related to shadow quality and overall performance. Furthermore, the update addresses several gameplay and quest-related issues that had been identified in prior iterations of the game.
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The update is currently accessible through the Steam Beta program and is anticipated to be officially released to all users in a forthcoming update.
- Missed Beyond Measure: Addressed a few issues that impacted other overlapping quests.
- Missed Connections: Fixed an inconsistency with progressing the quest in a different order than anticipated.
- New Driver: Fixed an issue where markers would occasionally not appear inside the ship.
- One Giant Leap: Addressed an issue that could appear to prevent grav jumping when artifacts are split between the ship and an outpost.
- One Giant Leap: Fixed an issue where companions still wanted to talk about less relevant information after Revelation is completed.
- One Giant Leap: Addressed an issue that could cause a control lock when attempting to jump to the Unity while in Targeting mode.
- One Small Step: Fixed an issue that could cause an odd dialogue camera when Walter speaks.
- Operation Starseed: Fixed an issue where a door would be inaccessible if a crime was committed at Crucible and the player returned much later.
- Operation Starseed: The door to the restricted wing should now be correctly opened if the player leaves the facility and returns later.
- Operation Starseed: Resolved a rare issue where the door leading to Franklin Roosevelt was inaccessible on Charybdis III.
- Operation Starseed: Fixed an issue where the player could be unable to talk to Genghis Khan after the civil war on Charybdis III.
- Power From Beyond: Fixed an issue that could cause the Temple to not to appear where intended.
- Power from Beyond: It should now be easier to talk to Vladimir.
- Prank Caller: Fixed an issue where the joke ship did not grav jump away after finishing the dialogue.
- Red Tape Reclamation: Addressed an issue that could cause Hank to be away from his desired position.
- Red Tape Runaround: Fixed an issue with the pirate leader unintentionally changing poses in dialogue.
- Research Outpost: Addressed an inconsistency that could occur when boarding Dr. Sohla's ship.
- Research Outpost: Added the ability to transfer items to Dr. Sohla from the ship cargo.
- Party Cruise: Addressed some inconsistencies that could occur depending docking and boarding interactions.
- Revelation: Fixed a rare issue that could cause the quest to not successfully complete.
- Revelation: Fixed an issue where a guidance path would not appear in the Hand Scanner.
- Revelation: Resolved an issue where "Activities" would be automatically set to Active after completing Unearthed.
- Revelation: Fixed a rare issue where the Hunter/Emissary could appear in an unreachable section of the Astral Lounge.
- Robot Survey Team: Addressed an issue that could lead to inconsistent robot behavior.
- Rook Meets King: Fixed a rare issue that could cause Naeva to stall during the tour of The Key.
- Rook Meets King: Fixed an issue where the player could unintentionally get better gear from Dmitri Moldavski.
- Rook Meets King: The Captain can no longer be Instigated preventing a few inconsistencies.
- Rook Meets King: Addressed an issue that could prevent travel after dealing with the Ragana in a specific way.
- Rook Meets King: Addressed an issue with accepting the Ragana's hail if the system was left and returned to later.
- Rook Meets King: Addressed an issue with accepting the Astraea's hail if the system was left and returned to later.
- Rook Meets King: Fix a dialogue inconsistency that could occur when loading a save onboard the Ragana.
- Sabotage: Fixed an exploit that allowed the player could avoid arrest after stealing.
- Sabotage: Addressed an issue that could occur if the player was arrested after using manipulation on Demarcus at Ryujin HQ.
- Sabotage: Resolved an issue that could occur if combat was started before trying to sit on the Neurosurgery Operating Table.
- Sabotage: Fixed an issue that could make David Barron difficult to find.
- Sensible Ship: The "Collect your new ship" objective should now clear if the player destroys the ship first.
- Supply Missions: Fixed a rare issue that could list unobtainable items as the target.
- Supra et Ultra: The Quest Marker should now point to intended elevator floors.
- Supra Et Ultra: Addressed a rare issue that could interrupt Tuala from reaching his mark under the stars.
- Supra Et Ultra: Fixed an issue with power distribution changing while using targeting mode during the simulation.
- Supra et Ultra: Fixed a rare issue that could cause John Tuala to not appear at his intended location.
- Surgical Strike: Ben Armistead should now more quickly head toward Ari Miller.
- Surgical Strike: Fixed an issue that allowed players to become trapped under the mine elevator in the Bonner Eklund Excavation Site.
- Survey Says: Fixed an issue that prevented the objective from clearing if the ship was destroyed.
- The Audition: Addressed an issue with later passing a door if the area was left while Andrea escorted the player.
- The Best There Is: Resolved an issue that allowed fast travel after the Jade Swan docked.
- The Best There Is: Fixed an issue that could occur if Jasmine was downed during the dialogue with Naeva.
- The Best There Is: Added the ability to progress the quest if any ship docked at the Key.
- The Devils You Know: The door to the cockpit of The Warlock should now be open if the ship is left and returned to later.
- The Empty Nest: Addressed a rare issue where Sam Coe would sometimes not appear at the Akila Spaceport.
- The Old Neighborhood: Addressed a rare issue that could cause Sarah Morgan not to speak when traveling to Venus.
- The Unusual Outpost: Fixed incorrect quest log text.
- Unearthed: Addressed an issue that could cause the door leading to the Artifact to remain locked if the area is left.
- Runaway: Should now be visible on the Misc Mission Tab when active.
- War Relics: Fixed an inconsistency that can occur by trying to find Kaiser before his position is known.
- War Relics: Addressed a issue with the quest starting if Demeter was dead.
- Worlds Apart: The door to the Hephaestus Mine H-363 location will now be correctly accessible if the player left the planet and returned later.
- Fixed various lore issues occurring during the dialogue with Amanda Oxendine.
- Resolved an issue that could cause bonus skins to appear to be removed from stored items after loading a save.
- Fixed an issue where loading a save prior to repairing Nia Kalu's ship could prevent the player from activating the switches.
- Addressed a rare issue that could cause locations to be positioned incorrectly after loading a save.
- Fixed an rare issue that could cause the player to appear to be in a falling state, unable to interact with characters or rotate the camera as intended.
- Fixed an issue that could cause a crash or create a corrupted save file when attempting to sync with 0 local storage available (Steam).
- Fixed an issue that caused the flashlight to stay on when reloading a save with no helmet equipped.
- Resolved an issue that could cause characters to try to path through ships after loading a save.
- Resolved an issue where loading a save could cause characters to shift in the furniture they were using.
- Fixed an issue where scars and tattoos could appear removed when loading a save made in the Unity.
- Various fixes for issues when loading saves.
- Fixed a rare issue where New Atlantis would appear to follow the player ship.
- Fixed a rare issue where the player could end up in a bad state if task swapping while fast traveling in space (PC).
- Fixed an issue that could cause furniture to be doubled.
- Fixed floating items found aboard some ships.
- Fixed an issue that could result in missing items in ship after a module modification.
- Addressed clutter items blocking pathways and ladders in ships.
- Special descriptors in weapon names now appear properly when playing in localized languages.
- Updated ship persuasion minigame text for localized languages.
- Fixed various typos and translation errors.
- Fixed various text display issues.
- Added ability to invert the X-axis on a controller in the Settings menu.
- Holding RB or Alt on the Starmap will now show the names of all star systems.
- Fixed an issue that could rarely cause the wrong ship to appear on a landing pad after editing ships.
- When using a keyboard, the player can now control their ship's power allocation when pressing the Left Alt key and keys 2, 4, 6, and 8 on the number pad (PC).
- Addressed some inconsistencies with Character Creation sliders where sometimes switching back and forth would not produce expected results.
- Fixed an issue where body/face apparel would not be hidden when visiting Enhance.
- Fixed an issue where the player's skin tone could appear to change when rapidly scrolling through Apparel.
- Fixed an issue where pressing certain buttons at the same time could cause the mission objective to remain on screen while the Scanner is closed.
- Fixed an issue where the calibration image could disappear while adjusting Brightness in Display Settings.
- Resolved an issue that caused the Incoming Hail prompt to disappear when Photo Mode was entered.
- Fixed Enable VRS setting not resetting correctly when all Display settings were reset to default.
- Fixed an issue that could prevent landing after binding "Activate" to "X" while using a controller (PC).
- Fixed an issue that could cause the player to flicker when equipping apparel in the Inventory menu.
- Fixed special characters from not appearing in Precognition responses in English.
- Fixed an issue where pressing certain buttons while using a controller could prevent using the Ship Builder (PC).
- Fuel and distance should now calculate as intended for long grav jumps.
- Particle Beam weapon kills should now increment Laser Kills in Combat Stats.
- Fixed an issue where the compass would not properly indicate the player is in combat.
- Ship Builder Upgrade Mode now highlights both positive and negative stat changes.
- Fixed an issue with the item card sometimes not appearing after inspecting an item.
- Fixed an issue that caused tracked resources to not appear correctly on unvisited planets in the same solar system.
- Fixed text display issues with various scopes.
- Fixed an issue that could make the player character disappear when Show Character was switched to "On" in Photomode.
- Adjusted the name of The London Landmark on the planet map.
- Fixed various icon inconsistencies on the planet map for Landmark locations.
- Various fixes for Large Menu Fonts.
