To my surprise I found that for some reason Hotfix #18 fixed/improved beard textures in my game, so that it actually looked like hair and you could see the individual strands, so both my Tav’s and Gale’s beards (same style) looked massively better and looked more realistic. But since Hotfix #19 came through however, it has now broken the beard textures yet again, so they’re now patchy, blurred and uneven, and look nothing like hair. They have unfortunately looked like this since release on Xbox, I had gotten used to it I admit, but after seeing how it’s supposed to look, it so frustrating that the fix I’ve been waiting so long for, only lasted for 2 Days!! Please Fix It! It clearly can be fixed, as it worked wonderfully for the 2 days or so between Hotfixes, so if they could re-apply whatever that fix was from #18, I would be most grateful.
Since patch 6 the player’s icon in the inspiration menu is now a completely random default tav, that looks nothing like mine. The issue was present in the past but was already fixed quite a while back in a previous update, but is now broken yet again since the latest patch, and neither of the 2 new Hotfixes corrected it either.
Also my character is always labeled as ‘Player’ in the menus, and never by their name, I know it’s been like that since release of course, but I’m wondering if it will ever be changed to actually show the name? Like all the companions have in the menus.
A new bug I came across (caused by patch 6 I believe?) was during Gale’s romance scene, the alt version on the bed seems to be bugged, in that the kissing animations don’t play at all. Gale’s head just hovers over my Tav’s head weirdly, so his face never touches my Tav’s, nor do their mouths ever move. The sounds seem to still play for the most part, but seem quieter/different to me, not unless I’m just imagining that? As I swear Gale is more quiet? Another thing I noticed is that beforehand during the conversation with Gale, and he kisses my Tav, there’s no kiss sound, but I honestly can’t remember if it was always like that though?
The romance scene in the weave is of course, frustratingly, still bugged, the body textures, or rather the normal maps, still don’t load at all, so the body’s have no definition at all, basically the raw models, and the neck seams are very clearly visible. It completely ruins the entire scene and has been like this since release on Xbox. Plus how come the bodies show as the sfw version when the spirits first appear and ascend, and then only change to the nsfw versions after you click on the option to proceed, I was never sure if that was a bug or intended? However the body textures/normals are still non existent in either case unfortunately. Additionally the scene during which you touch the book and the spirit figures ascend, the dialog option selection menu shows up during the entire scene, before the option should even be available. It obviously ruins the scene unfortunately as it covers the lower section on the screen.
Also I recently heard rumour mention that there was apparently, at some point in time, a picnic blanket on the ground in the forest scene of his romance, is that true? As I’ve never seen it, and I’m guessing is why the characters hover oddly over the floor?
Additionally the missing dialog option about Gale’s Surname after meeting Tara is still missing, is it actually a bug? Or has it actually been removed on purpose?
(I realise I’ve posted a couple of these bugs with Gale in the past, but nothing ever seems to be done about it unfortunately)
