Patch Notes
January 17, 2023
NEW GAME+
- Users who previously completed the game will have access to NewGame+ after the patch.
- Application restart may be required.
- Requires an active save file from game completion.
GLOBAL
- Fixed an issue where some users were not correctly granted the "The Protocol is About Life" achievement
- Added New Game Plus. Complete the game to unlock New Game Plus and carry your progression over to a new save. All weapons, upgrades, and Callisto Credits can be collected at the first Reforge
- General performance optimizations across all platforms
- Players no longer take damage when vaulting over obstacles
- Fixed multiple issues where certain camera angles or progression paths could cause environments to stream out and allow Jacob to fall through the ground
- Consistency pass on cabinets, lockers, and shelves to display correctly in High Contrast mode
- Voice leveling and subtitle mismatch adjustments across localized languages
PC
- Fixed low frequency crash in the Tunnels level during the Two Head fight
- Skip Death Cinematics button has been mapped to the Interact/Pickup input
- Fixed a long hitch when enabling Ray-Traced Shadows in the main menu
- Prevented mouse cursor from displaying during some area transitions
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December 15, 2022
GLOBAL
COMBAT OPTIMIZATION
- Prevent enemies from attacking while you are attacking another enemy by adjusting uninterruptible windows for all player baton attacks vs standard enemies to add an extra 7 frames between hit and recover
- Reduced frequency of players being attacked from behind. Enemies now prioritize grappling or repositioning instead of attacking
- Widened incoming attack camera angle
- Widened angle for dodging off screen attacks
- Reduced damage taken multiplier when attacked from behind
- Increased player facing away maximum angle for Grunt and Blind
- Dodge optimization:
- Valid dodge angle now allows player to have stick slightly forward and right/left while still dodging (45 -> 30 degrees)
- Dodging at the end of the dodge window no longer means playing dodge animation and getting hit
Increased animation speed for:Health injector usageWeapon swappingWeapon reloadingUpper receiver swappingAuto-play reload animation when switching to an empty weaponContinue initiated weapon swaps after interruptionsExtend amount of time between KTV appearance and mutationFixed phantom arm kills by armless NPCsIncreased audio cue volume for DanglersReduced default setting for camera shakeAdded player invulnerable window to all 150 cm vaultsChanged Two Head to a two hit kill on the player in Medium Security, and a three hit kill in Minimum SecurityFinal boss encounter combat optimizationsMinetown AI pathing and spawning improvementsPERFORMANCE AND STABILITY
- Optimized streaming to reduce memory usage in:
- Habitat Water Maze
- Snowcat Bridge Collapse
Fixed a memory leak with the Reforge 3d PrintersLOCALIZATION
- Fixed voice leveling issues in multiple languages
- Fixed subtitle/vo mismatch issues in Korean
- Fixed instances of unlocalized lines in multiple languages
- Fixed incorrect text descriptions on menus in Korean
- Fixed untranslated instances of “Unlocked” on doors in multiple languages
- Fixed instances of missing voice processing in multiple languages
OTHER
- Added an option to enable performance mode when creating new games
- Added an option to skip death cinematics and restart from checkpoint faster
PC
- Improved lighting performance on AMD cards (reduced VGR pressure of FDeferredLightPS)
- Fixed an exploit that allowed players to receive the "The Protocol is About Life" achievement after beating the game once on a lower difficulty
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December 06, 2022
PC
- Added popup dialog to display when players change ray-tracing settings and trigger a shader compile
- Added a popup progress dialog to display in the main menu when compiling shaders
- (Epic Specific) Fixed an issue preventing achievements from unlocking and displaying correctly
- (Epic Specific) Fixed an issue causing the Terms Of Service to always display upon loading the app
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December 02, 2022
PC
- Updated PSO cache to further reduce stuttering during gameplay