Horizon Zero Dawn PC update improves performance, fixes bugs
Another update has been released for the PC version of Horizon Zero Dawn by Guerrilla Games that focuses on performance improvements and bug fixes.
According to the patch notes, this latest update has made improvements to CPU performance that “can result in a 1-10% performance improvement.” There are also improvements for camera cuts in cinematics, aiming, volumetrics, HDR, and mouse controls.
Additionally, a number of bugs have been fixed, including a crash when creating a new game with all save slots full, an AI crash in combat, GPU hangs, Read the full patch notes below:
Crash Fixes
- Fixed a crash that could occur when users would create a new game and their save game slots were full
- Fixed a startup crash related to temp folder
- Fixed an AI crash that could occur during combat
- Fixed an AI crash in the EventMessageHandler
- Fixed a crash related to WorldData sampling (the callstack would end in WorldMapData::SampleAtPixel)
- Fixed a crash when users would instantly back out when changing sliders in the Settings menu
- Fixed a crash that would occur when having the “Greetings” option open in photo mode and then exiting
- Potential fix for memory corruption in AI routines which could lead to crashes
- Potential fix for a GPU hang caused by a threading issue
- Fixed a mismatch that would occur on Shader Model 6.0 and 6.1 hardware which could lead to a crash
Performance improvements
- General improvement to CPU performance (depending on CPU/GPU speeds, this can result in a 1-10% performance improvement)
- Improved performance of camera cuts in cinematics and conversations
Other Improvements
- HDR – Fixed colour banding issues in HDR mode
- Mouse Controls – Fixed an issue where mouse sensitivity was incorrect when framerate wasn’t constant
- Aiming – Fixed an issue where Aloy was unable to shoot while being able to do a critical attack near a machine
- Cutscenes – Fixed an issue where geometry and textures would pop in after camera cuts
- Adaptive Performance – Fixed an issue where lighting glitches would occur when turning on Adaptive Performance
- Volumetrics – Fixed an issue which could cause blinking artifacts in volumetric effects, like fog
- Visibility – Fixed an issue which could sometimes cause geometry to briefly disappear after streaming
Horizon Zero Dawn is available now on PlayStation 4 and PC.
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