In the present day Naughty Canine and Sony Interactive Leisure launched one other replace for the PC model of The Final of Us Half I.
The replace follows a hotfix launched earlier this week and it is way more sizable. It’s numbered v1.0.2.0, and it consists of many much-needed fixes to enhance the expertise on PC. It touches on efficiency, person expertise, visuals, and extra.
- Mounted a crash that will happen whereas rapidly swapping between character pores and skin thumbnails
- Mounted a crash that will happen on model 1.0.1.6 throughout shader masses when booting the sport for the primary time
- Mounted one recognized crash that may occur randomly throughout gameplay
- Up to date texture streaming to scale back CPU utilization
- Mounted a problem the place DualSense and Xbox One controllers’ analog sticks failed to reply
- Mounted a problem the place extraneous SFX performed in each fundamental and in-game “Choices” menus
- Mounted a problem the place the Depth of Subject setting’s (Choices > Graphics > Publish-Results Settings > Depth of Subject) sharpness might change primarily based on the Render Scale’s settings (Choices > Show > Decision Scaling > Render Scale)
- Up to date Graphics settings (Choices > Graphics) person interface to precisely show VRAM utilization
- Mounted a problem the place Environments Texture High quality setting (Choices > Graphics > Texture Settings > Environments Texture High quality) didn’t show the proper VRAM utilization
- Mounted a problem the place the pop-up to allow diagnostics after a crash didn’t seem
- Mounted a problem the place sure artifacts and weapon skins textures might not correctly render
- Mounted a problem with the tutorial’s person interface not displaying appropriately
- Mounted a problem the place mouse wheel scrolling in menus with dropdown choices might speed up sooner than meant
- Elevated lively loading to scale back load instances on gameplay development
- Mounted a problem the place digital camera orientation might warp to cursor place after exiting the Pause menu
- [Photo Mode] Mounted a problem the place digital camera won’t rotate in whereas within the Lighting tab
- [The Quarantine Zone] Mounted a problem the place the participant and buddy characters might all of a sudden seem moist throughout gameplay
- [The Quarantine Zone, Left Behind] Mounted a problem the place lighting and texture might flicker throughout gameplay
- [The Outskirts] Mounted a spot in geometry seen throughout gameplay
- [The Suburbs] Mounted a problem the place animations might fail to load throughout gameplay
- [The Suburbs] Restored the window-breaking and car-shaking FX within the sniper in-game cinematic
- [Tommy’s Dam] Mounted a problem the place horse animations would fail to load throughout an in-game cinematic
- [Bus Depot] Mounted a problem the place water FX might seem uneven throughout gameplay
- [The Firefly Lab] Mounted a LOD problem the place enemy NPCs’ helmets might vanish or seem corrupted
There are additionally fixes particular to Left Behind, Steam Deck compatibility, and extra. You could find a full checklist on Naughty Canine’s personal web site.
In the meanwhile, the sport has been slammed with “Combined” evaluations on Steam, and hopefully, the problems recorded at launch will function a studying expertise for Naughty Canine, which has pledged to proceed partaking in PC improvement going ahead.
In case you’re unfamiliar with The Final of Us, it is an ultra-popular post-apocalyptic journey recreation that was initially launched by Naughty Canine in 2013 for PS3 after which remastered for PS4 solely a yr after. The remake titled The Final of Us Half I was then launched for PS5 final yr, and it launched on PC at present.
A sequel, titled The Final of Us Half II was launched to important popularity of PS4 in 2020, whereas Naughty Canine is at the moment engaged on a multiplayer title set within the franchise’s world about which we all know little or no, however is claimed to be one of many developer’s most formidable tasks and extra information have been promised for later this yr.
A TV present has lately aired on HBO and HBO Max, and it has been met with widespread reward from critics and followers. It has been renewed for season 2 after simply two episodes, which is unquestionably a sworn statement to its success and to how cherished the franchise is by its followers.