Bethesda is working on a patch for the Skyrim Anniversary Edition update

But “it’s taking a little longer than we’d like”.

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Skyrim Anniversary Editioncame out a week ago, and with itSkyrim Special Editionupdated to version 1.6. WhileBethesda worked with the Skyrim Script Extender’s developersto prevent the update from being too disruptive of the RPG’s more ambitious mods, the update has caused ablack-screen bug on loading saves, which is even affecting players who don’t use mods. (Apparently,completing the Civil War questlineconsistently sets it off.)

There’s also been a general increase in freezes, infinite loading screens, and PlayStation users are reporting the return of an old glitch that tells them they need to free up “0 kb on the system storage” to play. (Here’s apost about it from two years ago—it’s apparently caused by Creation Club content.)

OnDiscord, Bethesda has said, “We are aware of the 0kb error some PS4 players are experiencing as well as the ‘black screen’ issue. The team has been working on a fix for these (it’s taking a little longer than we’d like) and hopes to have them resolved as soon as we can.” A patch is in the works, and should be ready “early next week”.

In the meantime, modders have come to the rescue. There’s arollback mod for reverting to version 1.5.97and work has resumed onEngineFixesSkyrim64, with a version for the Anniversary Editioncurrently in beta.

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