After launching Starfield without DLSS support, Bethesda Game Studios confirmed in a news post on Steam that the revolutionary technology will be added to the RPG soon. Currently, players have had to use a popular DLSS3 mod that was released the same day Starfield launched. Additionally, the post outlined plans to work closely with Nvidia, AMD, and Intel on driver support. An Nvidia driver released yesterday improved performance on new RTX GPUs.
The news post also highlighted the improvements in update 1.7.29 that hit Starfield today. The roughly 2.5GB update improved performance and stability and reduced crashes while increasing framerates. A few progression-blocking quest bugs were also fixed as well as part of the update.
A few other big features coming as well
In the post, Bethesda also highlighted other features that will be coming soon. Brightness and Contrast controls as well as an FOV slider are also on the way to Starfield. It’s a bit odd these aren’t in already, but it’s good to see they are coming. Especially with how dark certain environments—such as caves—can already be. Also, an HDR Calibration Menu and support for 32:9 Ultrawide Monitors are in the pipeline.
A big quality-of-life feature is in the works as well: an Eat button for food. This was present in previous Bethesda titles, but as for now is missing from Starfield. At the moment, you have to pick up food, then go into your inventory and find it to eat it. Once the feature is in, you will be able to directly eat food in the world rather than having to add it to your inventory first.
Finally, the built-in mod support system, also known as Creations, will be added to all platforms. Full support for the feature is aiming to launch early next year. For now, only PC has mod support, but that will change once Creations is implemented. The system already exists in Skyrim and Fallout 4 and is popular for both titles.
Some of these features should have been in Starfield from the start, but it’s good they are being added quickly. Hopefully, official DLSS support will fix a lot of performance issues some players are currently experiencing.
Published: Sep 13, 2023 11:33 am