A brand new Starfield replace is headed for Steam beta subsequent week, with a deal with quality-of-life enhancements and bug fixes: The scanner is getting an improve, mission monitoring is being improved, and you may lastly have the ability to smile in your photographs.
Detailed patch notes will not be revealed till subsequent week, however Bethesda hit the highlights in a series of tweets. The replace will change the scanner so you possibly can proceed to make use of it whilst you’re harvesting sources or opening doorways, and setting a course on an inactive mission within the mission tracker will mechanically make it lively.
Sensible enhancements are nice, however my favourite of the bunch is a wholly beauty change: Expressions are coming to photograph mode.
“Now you may make your character and your companions match the temper of your shot,” Bethesda tweeted. “And Vasco is getting some new poses, too.”
It is a temper, alright:
???? We’re including expressions to photograph mode! Now you may make your character and your companions match the temper of your shot – and Vasco is getting some new poses, too. pic.twitter.com/6oZhJuBqvQMarch 1, 2024
A bug that was inflicting David Barron to go lacking within the Sabotage mission will even be corrected, as will one which prompted gamers’ heads to show left whereas sprinting, and one other that was holding Starborn Temples from showing correctly.
There apparently will not be any new content material on this replace, however Bethesda stated it is on the point of begin including extra later this 12 months. The studio stated on the finish of 2023 that main adjustments to Starfield have been coming in 2024, together with “survival mechanics” and “all-new methods of travellng,” with updates anticipated to roll out roughly each six weeks, starting in February. Up to now, although, the main focus has been nearly completely on the technical aspect of issues, like bug fixes, gameplay tweaks, and assist for FSR3 upscaling, which went dwell final week.
That is all good—Starfield might actually use the work—however what followers are actually hungry for is extra stuff to truly do, and to date that hasn’t occurred. It has been six months because the launch of Starfield, which is not an enormous period of time, however solely 9 months separated the discharge of Skyrim and its first growth, Dawnguard—and up to now, Starfield actually would not appear to have the endurance of Skyrim. Official modding instruments would doubtless go a great way towards filling that individual gap, however whereas that is been promised for 2024, a launch date has not but been introduced.
The subsequent Starfield replace is about to go dwell in Steam beta on March 6.