Starfield Patch 1.7.29 Offers Small Fixes and Mod Support Promises

Bethesda has released a second small patch for Starfield, with update 1.7.33 again targeting some minor issues with performance and stability, and general gameplay.

Bethesda has released a second small patch for Starfield, with update 1.7.33 again targeting some minor issues with performance and stability, and general gameplay.

From Oblivion to Skyrim, Fallout 3 to Fallout 4, Bethesda games and bugs go hand in hand. It’s become, essentially, part of the charm. Watching Deathclaws rocket into space, putting buckets on people’s heads to steal their gold – who doesn’t have fond memories of Bethesda bugs? Starfield, however, seems comparatively slick. Despite the size of the Settled Systems, the new world built by Todd Howard and company rarely presents any big bugs or graphical errors. Nevertheless, the ongoing community Starfield patch, which aims to remove any and all issues from the RPG, has identified a considerable 249 separate potential problems. From ships to companions and NPCs, there’s a pretty long hit list of Starfield bugs.

Starfield's latest patch has gone live on console and PC, adding a small helping of meaningful fixes, and one that may not be so welcome to the game's cheesier players.

Starfield is well on its way to becoming Bethesda’s most iconic release yet, currently sitting as the beloved developer’s biggest launch to date. If you’ve been exploring the game’s star systems and diverse planets, then you may have run into some bugs or performance issues here and there. Bethesda has just released its 1.7.33 update for Starfield, addressing some of those problems and fixing them ahead of a bigger planned update.

Bethesda Game Studios has just released Starfield patch 1.7.33 on all platforms (Xbox Series S|X, Microsoft Store, and Steam). The update weighs around 728.4 MB on Steam and mainly fixes a few bugs. Perhaps the most noteworthy one is the texture blurriness that used to happen whenever the game's native AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 2 upscaling (or one of the DLSS/XeSS mods) was enabled.

Starfield update 1.7.33 has arrived with a small cargo load of performance and stability improvements, as well as an economy-saving exploit fix that cheesy players will be less happy to see.

It’s been about six weeks since Baldur’s Gate 3 was released, and the third bigger patch is already here. Larian Studios has been quick and thorough with patches for the CRPG so far, and Patch 3 is no different. Perhaps most importantly, Patch 3 makes Baldur’s Gate 3 fully supported on Mac. Saves of previous versions are not compatible, and Larian recommends Mac players fully uninstall previous versions of BG3 to minimize potential issues.

Starfield patch 1.7.29 is live in the game alongside word from Bethesda about upcoming player-requested features in the space RPG game. With Starfield mods already attempting to fill in the gaps on issues like Nvidia DLSS support and an in-game FOV slider, it’s great to see Bethesda promise to deliver these itself.

Bethesda confirmed Starfield's built-in mod support is in the works and will be released early next year. 

Bethesda has issued a hotfix for Starfield and is taking the opportunity to respond to feedback from the community on features in the works, including wider mod support.

Starfield was easily one of the most anticipated video games released this year. Bethesda’s latest RPG is now available for those on PC or Xbox Series X/S platforms. So now that fans have been enjoying the game for a while, Bethesda is bringing out the first hotfix for the title with promises of more extensive updates planned. Meanwhile, it’s also once again confirmed that mod support will arrive in Starfield. But don’t expect it to be available anytime this year. Instead, you can expect mods to land sometime in 2024.