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Hogwarts Legacy — Patch Notes - March 08, 2023

Patch Notes - March 08, 2023

Developer Note - This patch addresses overall gameplay, performance and stability as well as online connection improvements.

Bug Fixes:

PC

  • ONLINE

  • Improve player account network registration and tracking.

  • Fixed DLC related issues during pause menu, gear menu.

  • Fixed DLC flying mount inventory issue potentially disappearing during a mission.

Gameplay

  • MISSIONS

  • Fixed blocker issue when unlocking the bandit camp cage before starting the mission. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-437

  • Fixed not being able to complete a quest during a specific conversation with Madam Kogawa missing from her desk. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-1173

  • Fixed avatar getting stuck between barrel and furnace by jumping or opening tool wheel.

  • Fixed a duplication collision next to one of the store entrances.

  • Fixed issue with waypoints being in the air instead of the ground within Hogsmeade.

  • Fixed objective maker being over Fig properly after waiting period.

  • Fixed missing exit prompt on some doors within Hogwarts.

  • Fixed opening butterfly chests other than the intended ones for a quest doesn't count toward mission progression. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-5620

  • Fixed butterflies to not appearing at the specified area to progress the mission again. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-4807

  • Fixed incorrect merge mission progression.

  • Fixed stability issue in the Spoons in the Potion’s classroom.

  • Fixed stars being present when focusing telescope during Astronomy class on low settings. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-3032

  • Fixed stars brightness and pop issues with Astronomy mini-games.

  • Fixed shields not displaying correctly during Crossing Wands missions.

  • BROOM FLIGHT

  • Fixed player getting trapped while mounting a broom or while rotating a statue.

  • Fixed not landing on Viaduct bridge.

  • Fixed mesh breaking when avatar mounts broom after teleporting in open area.

  • Fixed flash and shuttering when mounting any broom.

  • **WORLD EVENTS **

  • Fixed wagon carts clipping into one another while avatar is blocking them.

  • Fixed occasional respawning duplication of One Man Band in Hogsmeade.

  • CHARACTERS

  • Fixed issue with characters that do not have hair.

  • VFX

  • Fixed broom speed parameters.

  • Fixed enemy shields not displaying correctly during Cross Wands missions.

  • Fixed enemy shields disappearing after being hit several times.

  • Fixed visibility of constellations at the astronomy table.

  • Fixed Dark Wizard Extortionist AOE lightning VFX attack remaining on screen.

Audio

  • Fixed audio of waterfall in the cliffside based on avatars proximity.

  • Update latest audio soundbanks

  • Resolved localization and VO selection properly playing correctly.

UI

  • Updated localization strings.

  • Fixed female avatar face appearing different from the creation preview during gameplay. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-543

  • Fixed transition between UI purchase window and forced conversation with vendors.

  • Fixed map showing wrong path to the map chamber.

  • Fixed damaged being represented when enemy is hit with transformation and Ancient Magic Throw. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-4810

  • Improve tracking for Room of Requirement.

  • Fixed Ansel issue when FOV is set too high.

  • Fixed UI controller icons displaying correctly based on controller platform type.

Cinematics

  • Updated facial animations.

  • Fixed NPC treadmilling during the House Cup.

  • Fixed blurred texture and LOD pop.

  • Fixed Avatar robes appearing before Fig makes them appear before the sorting ceremony.

Raytracing

  • Improve stability and performance after long play throughs.

  • Improve VFX performance during while raytracing.

  • Improve performance by batching and caching raytracing buffers.

  • Removed fog volumes for better BVH performance.

  • Fixed RTAO making decals black.

  • Fixed directional light shadows.

  • Fixed shadows on trees.

  • Fixed performance of the culling of lights in the frontend.

Save Game

  • Fixed not being able to talk to Vendors during sequential saves after issue being patched. Resolves the following reported issues: HL-412, HL-494, HL-590, HL-5260

  • Fixed streaming in and out after getting the 'Dung Bomb' field guide and loading a manual save.

  • Fixed an issue when turning off the title and loading an auto-save during final credits causing an infinite loading screen.

  • Fixed voice pitch setting save issue with avatar.

Performance and Stability

  • Fixed streaming issues throughout Hogwarts.

  • Fixed crash when common room is being shown to the player.

  • Fixed crash with skeletal mesh.

  • Fixed crash with deflection impacts.

  • Fixed crash when reading dictionary files.

  • Fixed performance when using ancient magic squash finisher on elevated Thornback Ambusher in Rune Door arena.

  • Improve rendering performance of translucent objects.

  • Fixed crash during a story graph.

  • Fixed streaming of plants in the Slytherin Common Room.

  • Fixed several memory leaks.

  • Fixed crash with map icon state.

  • Fixed crash with invalid UI.

  • Fixed streaming out of the Great Hall while navigating Hogwarts. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-71

  • Fixed crash during audio occlusion checks around player.

  • Fixed crash when using explosive barrels.

  • Fixed crash when using Incendio spell.

  • Fixed crash when using Accio, Confringo, or Stupefy spells.

  • Fixed crash when updating gear items.

  • Fixed crash recursive crash with Solomons shields.

  • Fixed crash with mount zones.

  • Fixed crash during combat cursed lifetime.

  • Fixed crash during and spawning race on broom

  • Fixed occlusion culling with doors opening and closing.

  • Fixed occlusion culling issue.

  • Fixed a crash when travelling to Professor Fig’s classroom.

  • Fixed crashes related with Niagara and destructible related VFX.

  • Fixed a crash with damage over time not registering correctly.

  • Fixed crash spawning actor not being stored correctly.

  • Fixed crash with spawning actors correctly.

  • Fixed crash during character creation. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-232

  • Fixed optimization animation instancing.

  • Fixed crash with moving stairs.

  • Fixed crash with VFX after prolonged play throughs.

  • Fixed crash related transformations in Overland.

  • Fixed crash dealing with object state.

  • Fixed crash with parry in combat.

  • Fixed crash with VFX AOE.

  • Fixed crash with hints.

  • Fixed crash with achievements with an invalid online userid.

  • Fixed crash while speaking to Rackham.

  • Fixed crash when using Wingardium.

  • Fixed performance drops experienced during longevity of the game.

  • Fixed performance drop in Divination classroom.

  • Improve VRAM usage specially for video cards with reduced memory.

  • Fixed raytracing lighting performance in the frontend.

  • Fixed using Ansel while a spell is being cast.

  • Fixed using Ansel while the avatar is riding a broom.

  • Updated shader compilation with latest PSO cache.

  • Fixed lighting optimization with Nvidia drivers.

Display

  • Resolved 32:9 aspect ratio issue when using an Ultrawide monitor. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-260

  • Fixed Ansel issue when FOV is set too high.

Miscellaneous

  • Updated “Special Thanks” credits and legal lines.

  • Updated minimum Nvidia and AMD video driver recommendations

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