# The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition Skyrim Special Edition 1.1.51 Steam Beta

- Product: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-special-edition)
- Vendor: Bethesda Game Studios
- Date: 2016-11-03
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/489830/view/4645982290497329181
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-special-edition/releases/2016-11-03-skyrim-special-edition-1.1.51-steam-beta

What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog.

Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'.

---

- **fixed** — General performance and optimization improvements
- **fixed** — Fixed rare issue with NPCs not appearing in proper locations
- **fixed** — Fixed issue with saves erroneously being marked as Modded, even though no mods are active
- **changed** — Updated some sound files to not use compression

The 1.1.51 Update is available on Steam Beta. Please provide feedback in our Bethesda.net Steam Beta forums: https://beta-community.bethesda.net/category/135/steam-beta

**Skyrim Special Edition 1.1.51 Update**

**Fixes**

- General performance and optimization improvements

- Fixed rare issue with NPCs not appearing in proper locations

- Fixed issue with saves erroneously being marked as Modded, even though no mods are active

- Updated some sound files to not use compression

**How to access the Steam Beta **

- Log into Steam.

- Right Click on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition in your Library.

- Select Settings.

- Select Betas.

- A drop down menu will appear. Select Beta.

- Select OK.

- Wait a few minutes and Skyrim Special Edition should update.

- When done, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition should appear as The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition  in your Library.