“We’ve seen a few reports of certain textures temporarily scaling down on the Xbox 360, and not scaling back up. We have verified that this issue does not occur when playing off the disc and when the game is fully cached (not installed).
“Skyrim makes heavy use of the Xbox 360 caching system, and caches over the normal course of play while in menus or interiors. This cache can be wiped when other games are played or when the user manually removes it. We’re working on a solution in the next title update for those who have installed the game.”
So, to recap: play it from the disc until the patch is issued. It will make your game run and look better.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Xbox 360 Update 1.1 Notes
Bug Fixes
- General optimizations related to stability and performance.
- Essential followers recover properly if player fast travels away.
- Fixed rare instances of dragons flying improperly though objects after player exits an interior.
- Fixed rare instance where the a music track would not stop playing properly.
- Autosave message properly displays when going through a load door.
- The fifth level of the Light Fingers perk correctly calculates the Pickpocket skill bonus.
- Enchanting an item to improve the Sneak skill properly calculates the bonus to the player's Sneak skill.
- Enchanting an item to improve the Lockpick skill properly calculates the bonus to the player's Lockpick skill.
- Corpus Enchanter perk properly calculates bonuses to stats for the player’s new enchantments.
Quest Fixes
- Fixed rare issue where a character would not arrive properly to the Thalmor Embassy during Diplomatic Immunity.
- Rescue/Attack on Fort Neugrad will trigger properly if player travels to Fort Neugrad by foot.
- In To Kill an Empire, Gianna will now talk to player with certain diseases.
- Fixed rare instance of Civil War battle not starting properly if player receives a Companions quest from Farkas.
- During Brelyna's Practice, fixed rare issue where the player could be permanently invisible.
- Triggering combat in Largashbur no longer stops progression to The Cursed Tribe.
- Fixed rare instance where fighting a Civil War battle during The Fallen would prevent the Jarl of Whiterun from accepting their axe in Message to Whiterun.
- In The Horn of Jurgen Windcaller, fixed rare instance where Arngeir would not teach player the last word of Unrelenting Force.
- In Taking Care of Business, fixed issue where Brynjolf would not give player this quest if Talen Jei was dead.
Kotaku - Before You Start… Tips for Playing Skyrim The Best Way
1) Don't worry if you haven't played earlier Elder Scrolls games
- Skyrim picks up 200 years after the events of the last game, Oblivion, and while it still takes place on the continent of Tamriel, it tells its own unconnected story.
2) Play it on PC if you can
- It is easily the best-looking version of the game, and the load times are significantly shorter.
3) Don't install it to your Xbox 360's hard drive
- For the time being anyway, you'll get better graphics on Xbox 360 if you don't install to the console's hard drive.
4) Try the PC version with an Xbox 360 controller
- The swing and crash of melee combat feels much more natural with a controller than a mouse and keyboard. Give the controller a shot. It's nice.
5) Don't lower the difficulty—some fights are supposed to be hard
- The game is supposed to be hard, and it will force you to level your character and improve your skills until you can take on the challenge before you.
6) Don't worry which ancestral stone you choose at first—character classes aren't permanent
- They're not permanent. You'll have time to decide which style of play suits you over the course of the game. There's no need to agonize over the decision at the beginning, since you can always change your mind.
7) Save often
- It's possible to wander Skyrim for an hour, find some good stuff, and then be killed by a mammoth and loose all your progress.
8) Don't piss off the mammoths
- Seriously.
9) Don't piss off the giants, either
- Well, unless you want this to happen to you.
10) Travel with a friend
- When you get your first companion (likely in Whiterun), take her with you on difficult quests. It'll make your life a lot easier.
11) Try using a shield
- Given Skyrim's improved melee combat, it's worth giving shield combat a try. Also shield-bashing is really fun.
12) Stick to first-person perspective in combat
- In combat, you'll want to stick with first-person, partly for gameplay reasons, and partly because the chaos of first-person makes the combat seem more impactful and exciting than it actually looks in 3rd-person.
12) Don't spend your gold on equipment
- Instead, save your money to spend on training, which allows you to get out of the low-level dregs a bit faster, while improving your combat prowess much more substantially than a puchased weapon.
13) In the early goings, buy health potions whenever you can
- These are worth your money—health potions can be applied immediately in combat, unlike the finniky healing spell you begin with.
14) Wander!
- Skyrim is encapsulated by that moment when you're walking down a path towards an objective and suddenly, you notice another path off to the right. Where does it lead? To a cave, a bandit hideout? Some magical stone, some lost artifact? Something altogether more interesting and dangerous? Only one way to find out.