2.21
Patch 2.21 Jan 23rd 2025
This update adds support for DLSS 4 on PC and introduces various fixes, notably to Photo Mode. For details, check the full list of changes below:
Added
- Introduced several fixes to NPC and vehicle behavior for various small events throughout Night City.
Changed
- Nibbles and Adam Smasher can now be spawned while V is in the air or in water.
- Characters spawned while V is in the air or in water will no longer snap to the ground.
- Characters will now be properly saved in presets.
- Spawned characters will now be visible after adding a background.
- V's rotation and position will now be properly saved in presets.
- NPCs that turn invisible after disabling the Surrounding NPCs option will no longer have collision.
- Enabling a background will no longer change camera position.
- Rotating the camera will now work properly with a background enabled.
- Disabling Chromatic Aberration in the Graphics settings will no longer affect the ability to adjust it.
- The rule of thirds grid will now properly adapt to the selected aspect ratio.
- Randomizer settings in Character Creation will now be preserved after advancing to the Customize Attributes step.
- Run This Town - Fixed an issue where, under certain circumstances, it wasn't possible to deactivate the Aguilar imprint after meeting with Bennett.
- The Frame Generation field in Graphics settings will now properly reset after switching Resolution Scaling to OFF.
Fixed
- Fixed the Facial Expression option for Adam Smasher.
- Fixed an issue where Adam Smasher's glowing chest cyberware was missing.
- Fixed an issue where, if Johnny's Alternate Appearance was enabled, both options to spawn him (default and alternate) resulted in the alternate look.
- Fixed an issue where adjusting the Up/Down slider for V wouldn't change their position between certain values.
- Fixed an issue where loading a preset could cause additional light sources to appear even when disabled, or spawn them in incorrect positions.
- Fixed an issue where the camera could get stuck on walls after setting Full Collision to ON.
- Fixed an issue where camera settings would only apply after loading a saved preset twice.
- Fixed an issue where the prompts for Move Camera and Rotate Camera would appear when the camera cannot be moved (e.g. when using the First-Person Perspective camera).
- Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to move the camera after spawning a character while highlighting the Edit Character option.
- Fixed an issue where some items in scenes disappeared after setting the Surrounding NPCs option to OFF.
- Fixed an issue where enabling PhysX Cloth would unfreeze NCPD vehicles.
- Fixed an issue where the image in a SmartFrame wouldn't be visible if accessed while V was not facing it.
- Fixed an issue where opening Photo Mode simultaneously with Wardrobe or Stash caused the game to become unresponsive.
- Fixed an issue where it was possible to access Photo Mode before a save file fully loaded, causing it to open without UI and block any further action.
- Fixed other minor Photo Mode issues related to spawned characters, camera movement, controls, and more.
- Fixed various UI issues in Photo Mode, SmartFrames and Gallery menus, including slider inconsistencies, localization errors, missing sound effects, incorrect behavior when interacting with certain features, and more.
- Fixed several texture and color inconsistencies for vehicles that have CrystalCoat applied.
- Fixed an issue where the explanation of the spray paint icon was missing in the Autofixer tutorial pop-up after a vehicle contract was completed.
- Fixed several minor UI issues in the CrystalCoat and TwinTone menus.
- Fixed an issue where the Piercing Color option would not be available in Character Creation after enabling piercings if V initially had none.
- Fixed other minor issues in Character Creation, including appearance options not applying correctly, visual clipping, inconsistent UI behavior, functionality issues after using the randomizer, and more.
- Fixed several instances where Johnny could appear duplicated in the passenger seat during some quests when he was already present in the scene.
- Fixed an issue where Johnny did not appear as a passenger often enough.
- Fixed an issue where some vendors were not interactable as intended.
- Fixed an issue where voiceovers on TV news channels could be missing or too quiet.
- Fixed an issue where the Quadra Turbo-R V-Tech used a description of Quadra Turbo-R 740 instead of its own unique one.
- Fixed the missing 2.2 "check what's new" pop-up in the main menu.
- Fixed artifacts and smudging on in-game screens when using DLSS Ray Reconstruction.