How to Improve Skyrim PS3 Performance and Avoid Lag Issues

I think he main problem is that they did most of there work and testing on the 360 and then ported it to the ps3. its normal for things to run like crap on the 360 so they didnt think anything of it.

I have it on ps3 and have had no problems. Only thing is that the first towns forge floor was obsolete one time so you were knee deep in wood. It crashed once on me, during a power instability issue and it has not freezed once. I have never experienced lag at any point and the only gameplay freak out is the giant club launching me into the air. I have had internet connection from day one and I am surprised at how many problems everyone is having. My suggestion for those who don't know if they want to get it anymore is just get it; such mixed reviews lead me to believe that some people are just getting unlucky because mine is working fine and it is my favorite game right now.

The game works perfectly fine if your save game file is not too big. up to 70 Hours i think i had smooth gameplay. Im currently on 160 gameplay hours and a 27mb save file. the game has essentially become unplayable. dungeons and caves seem to be the exceptions, i.e. smaller confined section of the game world.

I need this game fixed for PS3. I decided to play on consoles because of its stability and ease of use, never mind inferior graphics to the PC but I can live with that. Now I've been pumped up for Skyrim for ove a year and it finally comes and now all these problems. Heartbreaking.

I have skyrim and I got it on 11-11-11.
The company gave a thirty day Warranty the lag is just one problem.
They should make a patch that makes skyrim auto save every 15 minutes.
Also the problems is not all game console are on the internet so not everyone that got skyrim is getting the patch and bethesda and should resolve they problems as well.

This game is kind of worrying me... I have heard so much sh*t about it i dont even know if i should get it...ps3 owner.

Totally true with me , i am really * that this issue hasnt been taken care of by Bethesda

#angry ps3 user

Want my money back ot a Xbox version

I cant get internet where i live to update. What am i supposed to do Bethesda?

then how the hell did you get o this site?

Possibly like me using a Work computer that has Internet. I my self do not have internet at my home do to I live paycheck to paycheck and internet is too costly for me where I live. Just for me to have a decent internet connection will run me about $100 dollars a month. Sorry, but cant affored it at this time. So like the guy above is correct WHAT our we going to do? Plus I guess you did not hear that 75% of all PS3 owners do not have interent so WHAT are they all going to do too if they get this game.
Lucky for me I got mine as a birthday present so it did not cost me any $$$, but the person who bought it for me was very upset when I told them about the problems with this game on PS3.

Why the * are you buying video games if you are living paycheck to paycheck! Save your money *

Get a usb drive or something if you have no internet at home. Manually download it onto said drive from whatever computer you're using, plug it into your ps3 and install it. (:

I'm getting Skyrim for Christmas for PS3, but I don't want a game that's not worth buying. Bethesda please fix the problems before Christmas!

I have 381 GB of free space at the moment and still lock up at least once an hour. Clearing space on the HDD does not make a whole lot of sense. I do not even know if turning off the autosave will help but I may try it after the frustration with a massively defective product wears off. The last lock-up occured right after I leveled a skill in the middle of a battle. Saving after every encounter and before even entering a building is annoying but not as annoying as having to force a shut-down and reboot of the PS3, followed by reloading the game. Whatever chain of foolish leadership approved the game for release on the PS3 should be let go... all of them.

bethesda needs to take a hold of themselves before a rich guy sues them for all they've got because of a game revolusion scheme.

I have downloaded the patch..i thought it solves the problem..but now my ps3 sometimes suddenly shut off by itself or freezes. =(

Same problem here, with the new patch I even cant play 30 minuts cause my ps3 freezes...And the freezes can break my ps3... I'm really tired of that cause I spent money on this game and now I cant even play the game -.-

here's another tip: dont buy the game
how the * are they telling me to modify settups so "it can run"

its your business to make it compatible to ps3 how stupid it this

Bethesda's Fallout New Vegas freezes up too a few times, but they never fixed the problem so I think that they'll never fix this one too!!! Shame on you Bethesda!!! You can at least give as for free all the extensions of the game!!! They sold 4.5 million copies in 4 days. They get more then 500.000.000$ till today, Shame on U

Maybe they sell it for $40? Maybe they rushed for a deadline and now we're suffering... not a big fan, I call BS.

Turning off autosave does help, just save on rest, and when it gets laggy just save and restart your ps3, takes just a few minutes. Game is great, be patient for the patches.

I own Skyrim on the PS3 20 odd hours in and so far no problems.
I've a 250GB PS3 with only about 100GB used...maybe this helps...

I have 170 GB of memory available. I haven't bought skyrim yet but i want to. PS3 owner. How much space does skyrim take up?

Dude, once you get to 150 hours playtime and a 30mb save file, you'll see the lag...

WORST GAME EVER OWNED WOULD RAHTER GO BACK AND PLAY FFX7 GOOD JOB ON MAKING THIS GAME YOU DESERVE WORST GAME OF THE YEAR NOT SURE HOW ITS VOTED BEST GAME OF THE YEAR IF YOUR GOING TO MAKE A GAME MAKE SURE IT IS TESTED FOR THIS * SENDING A COMPLAINT TO BETTER BUSINESS BURAL AND I WANT MY MONEY BACK OR I WILL TAKE LEAGAL ACTION

Stop wining you bitter *

If you are going to take legal action I strongly suggest you turn off caps lock and have someone proof read anything you write to correct your grammar mistakes.

the reason i bought a ps3 was to play the game properly as my pc kept freezing ,lol what a waste of money idea that was

Here's a bit of advice. Don't keep caps on and learn how to make proper use of grammar in your writing. it looks like a rant from a 9 year old kid..

During the mission darkness returns (thieves guild), upon returning the skeleton key the OBJECTIVE listen to nocturnal pops up, but upon completion of this objective nothing happens the game does not lock up but it does not proceed to the next objective and because of disabling the auto save like suggested I'm now stuck in a scenario where I cant go back or proceed rendering my 200 or so hours of game play pointless my only option now is to start again, this is not the only mission I have been unable to complete my advice, DON'T waste you're money on the PS3 version I wish I hadn't.

You got 200 hours of game play for $50. That is a pretty good value for you money. I too own the PS3 version and I have had freezing issues, and lag issues etc... but for $50 I got well over 100 hours of entertainment. Money well spent in my opinion.

Well I have to say I love Skyrim, I am a PS3 owner and i have had hardly any problems at all, some of you people are talking like the game is unplayable, i got the game for chistmas and I have played threw most of the game with no issues, a couple spots of lag here and there. wow are you guys serious? why is this even an issue for you people, and on top of all that i almost died when i saw buddy write that 75% of PS3 owners dont have the internet, i almost fell outta my chair laughing, thats really wierd since that fact that at least 60% of ps3 owners play online games such as Battlefield 3 and whatnot, and people that cant afford the internet really shouldnt being spending more on 60 dollar games or a 300$ system, i mean jeez guys thats just common sense, anyway im done ranting on you bunch of whiners, and great job Bethesda, you guys made an Awsome game keep up the good work, PS. Thumbs up for building your own town in the next game that would be bad * !

Well if your not having an issue with the game, then no one else should have issues. Come down from your mountain fella. Egomaniac I suppose everybody eats the same food and works the same jobs too. Hahaha

Not ALL PS3 players have these problems. I friend of mine has gone nearly the entire game without any problems as well. However for me, any time I loot armour, equip armour, drop armour, walk for a long distance, or kill something and the killing animation occurs... the game freezes for 2 - 10 minutes before finally loading the new character model/armour model/3 second stabbing cutscene. Or in the starting sequence when you're required to get your hands cut free from the prison ropes or wait for the NPC to open the door, the NPC would stand there for another 2-10 minutes before saying a quick line and standing there another 2-10 minutes and actually opening the door... We're not whining because of small mundane problems, we're whining because the game is literally too unbearable to play. I've literally only gotten 30 minutes of actual gameplay in a total 3 1/2 hours spent playing it.

You cant base your opinion on your own experiences only. Different ps3, different problems. Dont be so self centered.

it actually is playble on ps3...but only have 5000 kb worth of memory of skyrim so far... :S maybe too early to tell.

It will come;) if ur not one of the lucky ones like a couple of my friends

The game is amazing! It might have some lag time in loading, but it's worth it for the incredible game play. I say thanks Bethesda for putting out such an incredible game!

there are so many quests in my game that i cannot finish because the people or itsms required dont show up. for "forbidden legend" i cant pick up the las piece of the amulet becuase the game is glitchy. the arrow pointing to it is there but the piece isnt. other gamers have had this same issue. also, in another quest i have to kill 3 beasts. i killed 2. when i get to the location of the last one ( the skeever) the arrow again is there buit the skeever isnt. sh*t like this is very annoying. i understand the game is huge and takes time to fix and all that, but how long do i have to wait? i got it 12am 11-11-11 and its now january. bethesda if u ever want me to buy another game from you again fix this!!!! thanks.

Game has reached the point of standstill 14Mb after patch1.3 owned the game for 2 months. never been able to get any more then an hour of gameplay. Terrible.

I've been heavily playing Skyrim since I got it around Christmas and the only times it has ever had problems with freezing up was when I had been playing it for several hours on end, if you want to reduce lag issues, just take a * break from the game and do something else. -Swimmer

Share yoI have notice in Skyrim that when your save file gets Past 10mb it really starts to lag bad and some missions restart or you do the same mission over and over again, like the Dark Brotherhood mission where I kept killing the same targets and would not move on to the other missionsur thoughts on this story...

Will we be able to get our money back if we return the game to the store? When you put 40 hours into a game, then it become near unplayable, pisses me off. Never buying a Bethesda game again.

People that are having these problems need to provide more info then just bitchin about it.
How about you tell what version of PS3 you have along with the revision number,hardrive size,when it was bought what kind of problem your having

Okay, just called Bethesda. No help...I have a 320gb PS3 with over 300gb of free space...I have turned off auto saves and only auto save upon waking from rest. Here is a list of what I am experiencing:
1. Complete freezing that is causing me to hardboot my PS3 by unplugging it. The PS3 button on the remote doesn't do it, the button on the console doesn't do it...the only way to power off and back on is to unplug it. PS3 doesn't like it and it has taken up to 2 hours to "analyze" and restore the file system. If Skyrim crashes my PS3...Bethesda...you will buy me a new one.
2. Mannequins do not display armor...if I put an ebony helmet on the mannequin, his head disappears...same for all pieces...
3. Serious Lag, not just a lil hiccup, I hate that.
4. Getting my character stuck in places that I should not get stuck like a stair. Seriously, I was walking up the side of some stairs sneaking and got stuck and had to reload as I could not get him to move...
I think that is it. I have not heard anything about a patch and the PS3 has not updated on its own, I will try that tonite.
**Bethesda, I am not a whiner. I am an OG Gamer from way back, (Atari 2600). I am a 42 year old professional male that makes plenty of money. When I buy something, I expect to get what I paid for not this crap. DLC content should be free for PS3 console owners for the frustration we are facing. My buddy is laughing at me as I type as this doesn't happen to him on his 360. Do all of us right B...that is all I ask.
Signed,
5280 Gamer

Thats exactly what i have experienced. EXACTLY the same.

I dont have internet on my ps3. But i wish they would bring out a new patch that fixes this and is able to be done via a USB.

I haven't had many problems with it. It froze once, and I had a guy walking in the air that's it though. I have a Fat PS3(Originally 80gb, but upgraded to 500gb a while back.) I also haven't done any lazy grinding on Skyrim. I have over 30 hours in as well.

i am having several problems with the game on PS3. here is the short list.

1. During the stormcloak /imperial cial wars, the game lagged the whole way through. I simply ran as fast as I could to complete the objective. Once then cival war uest were over, the lag lightened up, but it still gets lag from time to time.

2. I cannot ge tthe dragon priest at shearpoint to come out of coffin. I have posted this on several forums, and no body has a solution.

3. I cannot get the movie scene to play through at the throatof the world, when you travel to talk to paaranax, and then read the elder scroll, the screen turns red, and movie scene takes place where 2 people kill a dragon, they keep beating it over and over, and the dragon is already dead, I have watched them mutilate the dragon for over 45 minute and it never continues. its stuck in a endless loop. There is a 3d person laying dead about 180 degrees from where the two are killing the dragon. Next to the 3rd person, is a dead skeleton of a dragon. Tried ot reboot 3 times. the 3rd time, the elder scroll book will not open now, thus the cinema scene will not activate.

4. I cannot get any doors to open now in dungeons, the door is not barred, sealed with magic or anything like that. It just reads open wooden door, but the door will not open. happens on several doors in several dungeons, etc...

5. I cannot get into master bedroom in hjerim, its like there is an invisible forcefield at the door interance. None of the mannikens work properly.

This is just a short list. I really like the game, consider me addicted, but after all these problems, I am unhappy. At first, I like dthe game so much, I recommended to 2 friends, who then bought game. they are experiencing similar problems, where they cannot finish quest, thus rendering the game pointless.

Needless to say, we spent over $200 between the 3 of us on this game, and no joy for it. Consider me unhappy to say the least.

Freezing within a minute now. Totally unplayable. You know, I don't expect perfection, but, c'mon! First, the Whiterun house book shelves were screwed up, couldn't stow weapon on rack. Then, no armor displays on mannequins, just disappears. Did everything, but no housecarl in Markarth & no Thane award. Winterhold, no house purchase or Thane award. Did everything. Multiple glitches. Items not ID'd, so are forever in my inventory. I have severe back injury, was using this game to distract as I recover. Not now.

Goshh darnit ( would much rather say something else but will not) hurry up i lost alot of stuff on my last freeze it mainly happens after you exit the items area.

I have had no problem with skyrim on ps3. I have finished the main quest with no problem so after reading all this I either got lucky or got a patched version

I love the game but disappointed with the lag issue! This problem needs addressed ASAP! Anytime I do a fast wait I get a freeze and anytime I open a door I pray to God it doesn't freeze! If you haven't had any problems yet.... you will. I paid good money for this game and it would be nice to finish sometime. Any day Bethesda!!

As a PS3 owner who has devoted over 70 hours into Skyrim so far, i'm generally pleased. After many hours of continuous play it starts getting laggy and a forced shut down only a hand full of times. Love it!

why would you mention this?

my ps3 is brand new,no previous saves until this game......all auto saves off....still freezes and lags,biggest waste of 60 dollars.wow

I got skyrim for christmas for ps3. After about 24 hours of playing the game started to lag a little, then it started to freeze. I took it back to best buy about a week later and got another one. Possibly getting a newer version of the game seemed to have alleviated some of the problem. I currently have 3 saved characters, one only has about 3 hours of play, the other 2 have over 60 hours. The two 60+ hour games take up 11MB each, and I have each of them saved 3 different times. Each of them lags a little sometimes, but since I've gotten the newer game it hasn't frozen at all and seems to be running pretty decent. Even with the lag I would never consider this an unplayable game or even a bad game. So if you're having problems with the ps3 version try returning it and a getting a newer one, maybe the problem has to do with the earlier versions being quickly mass produced. This is just a suggestion, no need for any * comments. Just trying to help fellow ps3 players.

I thought it was my PS3 that was bugged. Allmost went for a repair. Shame such a beautiful game is so biggy.

i think if ps3 isnt good enough for the game then they are the ones who should fix it.

I love the game but the lag has completely ruined it and not to mention quest breaking bugs in their HUNDREDS

When I disabled the internet connection for the PS3, the game's performance seemed to have improved DRAMATICALLY. One possible option for those of you having PS3 issues.

I think the more appropriate question is: If all these games run great on the PC & 360 -- but like garbage of the PS3... What is wrong with the PS3?
I think we've been duped, and it's the latest in a long line of disappointments on the PS3. I'm trading mine. I'm done with Sony's half-a**ed support. Mass Effect 3 is gonna be a train wreck too. I'm getting a 360.

Having a lot of the same problems as already mentioned. My ps3 is an old 80gb one and the problems didn't start until about 60 or so hours into the game. The worst problem, I think, would be the lag, making it tedious just going to a town stocking up on items or fighting multiple enemies at once. Have had the game freeze about 5-6 times within the last 30 hours of play. So far I can see past the problems and still get an ok experience playing the game, but I worry, as I keep playing, if it'll just keep getting worse. If I was to buy a new copy of the game, is there a chance it'll be better, or are even the newest versions just as flawed? It's a shame as it's a spectacular game!

I have been playing Skyrim on PS3 for a few weeks now and I downloaded the patch because I was experiencing lots of lag and some odd glitches. I have to say that the patch did actually help. Also deleting all other game info from my PS3`s hard drive also helped a great deal. I rarely get lag, and it doesn`t freeze anymore, and I am currently playing 2 games, one is 12MB and the other file is new so we will see how that handles when it gets as high as the other file.

lag or no lag this game has been the 'talk of the town' for at least 4 months now. and is so far the best ive seen.

this only got annoying when i got the ability to smith daderic armor

Most of the lag issuses do now happen on the newer systems. I have both the 60 gig fat (replaced hd with 500gig e-hd) and a 250 gig slim. I noticed that the fat model had serious lag trying to access the save function or when confirming the rest function. Takes 1-3 seconds for it to open and confirm. The slim is almost instant. I'm beginning to think it more hardware related than software.

even though i've done all this i'm still getting stuttering in a lot of places and when i'm in combat with enemies and dragons. what else do you suggest i do?

]heres what i think... I purchased a 63 dollar paperweight that isnt a very good paperweight either. my save size is 13 mb and now the game wont even load! it stays stuck on the load screen for hours (thats literal, not made up time) and the lag is so bad now that the game (if it loads) is unplayable. i tried all the fixes and none of them work now. i wonder.... will bethesda give all us ps3 owners our money back? they should! i cant think of any other product that if purchased and doesnt work the consumer isnt entitled to their mony refunded? so bethesda, i want my money back!

I think that all games from Bethesda for the PS3 are seriously flawed. Lockups, crashing, inability to read game saves, extremely slow movement and loading, and frame rate issues have been experienced on every Bethesda game I have ever played on any of my four PS3 consoles. I think they should all be ashamed of themselves for the awful job they've done, that they should refund everybody the $60+ they spent on Oblivion, Skyrim, and all Fallout games which have the same issues. They need to figure out how to make their games actually work correctly on a PS3, and for God's sake why not test them on a PS3 to find out for sure (?), before they start selling their broken junk. If I could, I'd return every Bethesda game I own. Hopefully someone will start a class action lawsuit. I'd certainly join. I just wish there were some way to get back all the time that I lost 'playing' (a real stretch of the word considering more time is spent waiting, rebooting, and replaying large chunks of their games because they lockup so much and then can't even read their own save files).
I'm definitely done buying anyting from Bethesda again.

Oblivion, Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas also have lockup issues on the PS3. I suspect there is a memory leak in the core engine.

That's what my partner said too.

This game blew my mind when I first played. It is great, but now is taking forever to load up after going through a door and the frame rate has got very slow and juddery (ps3 slim 160(?)gb. I am not exaggerating when I say it's unplayable. I really hope this patch comes soon, and that it works! Apparently We are just waiting on Sony approving/certifying it now. Let's hope they do it quickly!

my sister dad mom and i have a copy each, and our own ps3. All of ours crash, lag, and this is a P.O.S. reminds me of old PC games online. Effin rediculous that Bethesda would release this to ps3 owners in this state. they know what is wrong.

Haven't really tried turning off the autosave or anything, had lag issues (along with weird glitches, a bunch of naked dead bodies appeared face-down at the Dark Brotherhood wedding mission XD) for awhile but seems to be resolved if you actually TURN OFF your * ps3 for a minute. I mean really, give them a break. they thought it was important to release it on 11/11/11 like every other * company, so stop complaining and wait for the DLC to pile onto the lag.

the game was allright at the beginning, a wow here and a lost in awe there .. but then it took an arrow to the knee.

well, it was the same issue with Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas... Bethesda has enough time to tackle those issues and unfortunately failed.

Dear Bethesda, a small tip: instead of giving us tips on how to make your games work why don't you just MAKE A GAME THAT F**KING WORKS.

Total * spend $300 on my ps3 and it can't handle a game really?

The experience of each player is not based on the PS3 system itself. The people who have been experiencing smooth gameplay throughout their questing are the low save file people. if you have anything less than a 10 mb savefile then you really can't be complaining and your REALLY haven't explored Skyrim. Once you get to 30mb, you may write you comments here again.

Any solutions on Aela the Huntress Dead body in the Companions hall and how to proceed with a quest given by her when she is dead?

Skyrim has always been a bit laggy, but combined with the latest software update it is as mentioned many times below, pretty much unplayable. Would that i could remove all updates from my PS3 and start again.

It may just be a hardware issue, as pointed out earlier. A lot of drives in PS3's (360's too, i believe) run at 5500RPM, and may be incapable of accessing the necessary data at the speed required for the game. This could probably be rectified if Bethesda made the game read more from the BR drive rather than read seemingly EVERYTHING from the hard drive. I only suggest this because when I see the game get laggy, I also see the HDD indicator staying a solid yellow. I dont know, though. I've tested a spare 7500rpm drive in the system, and though it did reduce the amount of lag by about 20%, it didn't eliminate it, and there were still times when the game froze while the disk was accessed.

Regardless, the game is still pretty good (190 hours, 49MB save, still goin strong) as far as loading goes. If you disagree, I request that you go back and play Morrowind on the original Xbox. You go into a new coordinate sector? 3-10 seconds to load. use a silt strider or recall yourself to another town? About 5 minutes to load. Granted, the game had less glitches, but it did still freeze at times.....

did all of these to fix it and more, still freezes constantly. I even started a new game and it freezes. This game is so broken it's extremely aggravating

Why make it for ps3 if it ain't gonna play properly?

Every Time I get in the water and try to swim the game does a full freeze. So when I tryed to do the thieves guild quest with the skeleton key the room started filling and as soon as I hit the water to swim it froze. I don't know what to do please help

dude its pain in T ( ! ) it is doing same 2 me , anybody know wat to do to fix it?

my problem with Skyrim is when i go it to any water , my ps3 freezes and i have to restart it.

mine also freezes in water...total lock up of my PS3...I have 220 hours of play time...bummer

IT DID NOT WORK

so um everytime i dive under water, the ps3 freezes... any solution to this?

i have 240 hrs in @ level 48 & cant complete any thieves guild quests or kill paarthanax quest game has endless glitches & freeze-ups. Have to hardboot system alot,i can still level-up but thats it! What is the latest update for the ps3?

everytime i touch water the game freezes and i have to reset

Everytime i go into the watewr the game crashes what the hecks going on!!