Horizon Zero Dawn PC update includes performance improvements
Guerrilla Games has released another update for the PC version of Horizon Zero Dawn that focuses on performance and bug fixes.
According to the official patch notes, this update fixes RenderTarget aliasing, which reduces VRAM usage and “may improve performance, texture quality, and model quality.” There’s also an improvement for automatic shader optimization that should make the optimization step message appear less frequently on mid-high spec machines.
In addition to the above improvements, a number of graphical issues have been addressed, including HDR looking washed out, graphical glitches, fog being turned off with shadows, and plant simulation issues above 30 FPS. Read the full patch notes below:
Crash Fixes
- Fixed a crash that could occur when switching resolutions
- Fixed a crash that occurred during the cutscene during main quest “The Face of Extinction” after objective “Defend The Ridge”
- Fixed a cause of GPU hangs on certain combinations of GPU/driver/memory
Performance Improvements
- Improved the automatic Shader Optimization step in the menu – The optimization step message should now show less frequently on mid-/higher spec machines (please note you are also able to skip it on most machines!)
- Added a VRAM Gauge that indicates amount of VRAM available and used, to help you optimize graphical settings for your hardware
- Fixed RenderTarget aliasing, which reduces VRAM usage which may improve performance, texture quality and model quality
Graphical Improvements
- Fixed HDR looking washed out on certain HDR configurations
- Fixed Depth Buffer Copies which should fix multiple graphical glitches
- Fixed graphical glitches due to RenderTarget aliasing not working correctly
- Fixed that fog turned off when you turn off shadows in graphical settings
- Fixed plant simulation at frame rates higher than 30FPS
Gameplay Improvements
- Fixed that holding W when looting no longer stops registering other keys until release
Other
- Fixed several warning message localization issues on Windows
- Improved the benchmark results screen
Horizon Zero Dawn is available now on PlayStation 4 and PC.
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