Control update improves performance, adds motion blur toggle

A new update has been released for Control on PlayStation 4 that targets performance, loading times, and bugs. Xbox One and PC owners will be getting the update “very soon.”

According to the patch notes, today’s update improves general stability on all platforms, includes “general frame-rate performance” improvements, and speeds up map loading times.

As well as this, toggles have been added for motion blur and film grain in the options menu and several progression issues have been addressed. Take a look at the full patch notes below:

General

• Bug and crash fixes to missions, combat and overall gameplay
• Fixed multiple issues with the PC launcher related to DX11/DX12 crashes

Performance

• Improved title stability on all platforms
• Improved general frame-rate performance through optimizations made to multiple systems and content

UI

• Improved map loading times (map will no longer tease information)
• Motion Blur On/Off toggle added to Options menu
• Film Grain On/Off toggle added to Options menu
• Fixed incorrect UI behavior on ultra-wide monitors (PC)
• Fixed multiple issues when incorrect subtitles are shown for multiple languages
• Fixed issue when the game centers the aim on Jesse’s head
• Fixed multiple UI related issues

Progression

• Fixed an issue when player could not acquire ‘Pierce Charging Efficiency’ and ‘Spin Grouping Efficiency’ upgrade
• Fixed issue when Crafting Charge and personal Mods would not give the weapon/Mod but take the materials (Sorry. The Board was greedy)
• Fixed issue that prevented players activating the Pierce weapon form upgrade
• Fixed issue when Jesse is unable to cleanse the ‘Transit Corridor South’ Control point upon returning from Prime Candidate Program area in the mission The Face of the Enemy
• Fixed an issue when Heptonstall would not spawn during certain story missions in the “Old Friends” side-mission (still looking for his buddy Remus)
• Fixed issue when Hiss Barrier remains in the Directorial Override mission’s Control Room if the player dies during the binding cut scene

Sound

• Fixed issue when certain licensed music tracks play after enabling the ‘Mute Copyrighted Tracks’ option
• Fixed and issue when audio is out of sync in the Dr Darling videos (PS4)

Misc

• Fixed issue with the Charge weapon forms erroneous blast radius causing (way) too much visual damage to the environments
• Fixed an issue where game would stall when completing a story mission and unlocking a trophy (PS4)

Control is available now on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.