Textures fail to load: 19.03% of users reported that they experienced the issue.Severe framerate drops: 36.02% of users reported that they experienced the issue.The poll results revealed significant numbers of users experiencing the following problems: IGN polled readers about PlayStation 3 issues with Skyrim. Users can also try saving their game right at the spot they are when the issue starts and then re-load from that point in order to avoid losing any progress. When framerate issues start becoming serious, load a previous save. Some users speculate that the framerate issues are exacerbated by long play sessions, stretching multiple hours, and that by avoiding long play sessions the framerate issues can be minimized. By closing doors (or leaving them in their original positions) and not leaving items like dropped weapons behind, some users report that the size of the save file is kept lower. The file size of the Skyrim save appears to be affected by things like opened doors and items left behind, as the game remembers every changed position of such items. Instead of having a log of 20 or more Skyrim save files, some users suggest keeping the save file count to around six.

Speculatively, deleting extraneous save files may help alleviate framerate issues (although this has not been positively proven).

You can find them in the 'Game Data Utility' on the game column of your XMB. Deleting game data installs totalling multiple GB (not MB) may make a difference. Delete extraneous files (these are cache files and not saved game files).Some users report that disabling auto-saving has a positive impact on the framerate issue with the PlayStation 3 game. However, users report some speculative, short term 'fixes' to the problem that may or may not actually help. Since then, there is no official fix yet issued for Skyrim's framerate issues on PlayStation 3, as Bethesda has yet to address the issue.

On December 7, 2011, Bethesda issued the 1.3 Patch for Skyrim with some intention of addressing the PlayStation 3 performance issues, but the problems persist. As the save file gets over 6MB large, users report noticeable slowdown.įixes, Solutions, and how to deal with PS3 'Lag' When users make a save, the PS3 menus specify the size of the save file. The framerate issues are largely attributed to the size of the save file created for the PlayStation 3 version of the game.

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