Alan Wake 2 Replace #13 Patch Notes, New Recreation Plus Mode, New Ending And Extra Included

Treatment Leisure has pushed Alan Wake 2’s newest replace which incorporates the not too long ago revealed new recreation plus mode and plenty of efficiency updates.

There’s additionally in fact loads of bug fixes and small tweaks included, oh and the small inclusion of a brand new ending for gamers to expertise.

Scorching off the heels of its huge wins at The Recreation Awards, beating out Baldur’s Gate III in a couple of classes for Finest Narrative, Finest Path and Finest Artwork Path, Alan Wake 2 now invitations gamers to return for a little bit of a brand new expertise.

You’ll be able to take a look at the total patch notes for your self, under.

Alan Wake 2 Replace #13 Full Patch Notes

New Recreation Plus mode

New ending New Nightmare issue degree New Manuscript pages and video content material Retain all unlocked movies, Charms and upgrades

NOTE: To entry the New Recreation Plus mode, a accomplished playthrough of Alan Wake 2 is required. In New Recreation Plus, you will discover the unlocked weapons within the first out there shoebox for the character.

Efficiency

Improved total high quality of the occlusion culling algorithm, bettering GPU efficiency particularly on places with loads of geometry. The efficiency improve is most seen within the PlayStation 5 High quality mode, the place (extremely) there are as much as 1.8ms enhancements. Cauldron Lake must be coughing much less. Optimized HUD UI content material setup so rendering the HUD takes much less time. This brings between ~0.5-0.7ms enhancements to efficiency. A couple of chosen tweaks and optimizations for path tracing and rendering. Improved streaming by eradicating occasional 10 – 100ms stalls that largely affected Xbox Collection platforms. Diminished reminiscence utilization by 16 MB on all platforms. [PC] Barely improved efficiency on by eradicating some error diagnostics instrumentation.

Tutorials

Modified when some Tutorials seem within the Tutorials menu. Added a timeout to the Tutorial about Fadeouts. Gamers can now decelerate to strolling velocity whereas a Tutorial is open. Tutorial messages usually are not slowing down participant motion velocity anymore. If tutorials are disabled, the participant received’t be locked within the diorama when the primary investigation clue gathering tutorial would happen…

Stability

Fastened a number of infuriating Lua script errors that made the sport extra secure and fewer unpredictable. Fastened a cling on Xbox that might happen when making an attempt to droop the appliance throughout launch. Fastened audio middleware crash on Xbox Collection platforms. Fastened a uncommon crash that might occur throughout streaming.

Visuals

Considerably diminished specular aliasing (“shimmering”) on shiny surfaces with a brand new algorithm. Improved Trailer Park cinematic lighting. Improved shadow high quality contained in the Valhalla Nursing Dwelling to respect the aged much more. Flashlight shadows at the moment are prioritized to keep away from a blocky look in places that includes heavy dynamic lights utilization. Fastened (or ruined, relying in your view) the “chameleon chair” seen in entrance of the sauna. It’s not altering shade anymore 🙁 Fastened LODs on the hotdog stand. Fastened quite a lot of damaged or ugly LODs. Fastened incorrect rendering culling mode on leaf and low pot supplies to stop path tracing points. Fastened damaged supplies on the storage constructing in downtown Vibrant Falls elevating property worth. [PC] Improved high quality for low ray-tracing preset, fixing flickering fireflies on character’s faces throughout cinematics.

Audio & localization

Improved total audio high quality on PlayStation 5. Fastened lip sync being off throughout the cinematic the place Saga and Casey arrive at Cauldron Lake. Localization fixes for agent Estevez audio traces. Further fixes for localized subtitles.

We’re nonetheless engaged on the audio sync being off for some gamers on Xbox Collection and anticipate to handle this in our subsequent replace.

World

Fastened a difficulty with Koskela Brothers Espresso World advert that prevented some gamers from unlocking the associated trophy.Father Doll ought to now be simpler to seek out on the map in order that gamers can full the final Nursery Rhyme.Fastened a difficulty the place the participant might be blocked by medical balls by resetting the Wellness Centre props when the mission Return 09 begins. Fastened a difficulty the place skipping a cinematic throughout Deerfest would deliver forth untimely darkness by fading the display screen to black. Added heavy responsibility blockers to cease the participant probably falling out of the world in Return 05 close to the Nursing Dwelling. Eliminated the pressure digital camera look-at of the Darkish Substance on the Witch’s Ladle if the participant walks away. Disabled the Actuality Change VFX bleeding within the lodge in Return 04. Fastened a mysterious blocky shadow within the Sheriff’s station staircase. Added a loading display screen if skipping a cinematic in Initiation 02 in order that lighting can take its time to load appropriately. Fastened pesky FBC gentle arrays in Return 06 and 09 to revive their state after loading a save recreation, and to point out the right visuals when powered on/off. Fastened a difficulty of not with the ability to decide up some objects from purple toolboxes after loading right into a saved recreation. Fastened a impolite manuscript web page that was seen however not interactive in Valhalla Dwelling forest shack.Fastened a difficulty the place an invisible collision was energetic close to the Vibrant Falls Sheriff’s Station, making a piece of a close-by avenue narrower than meant. Fastened a difficulty the place manuscript pages would keep clean after switching ranges when a single web page was out there within the Thoughts Place. Fastened English being generally unselectable within the language drop-down menu after altering language. Discovered manuscript pages shouldn’t present up on the map anymore.Added UI immediate for objects that may be positioned from hand to the Case Board. Fastened a difficulty the place Saga was misplaced on the ladder after being attacked by the Taken within the Overlap. Made ladder interplay icons higher positioned. Disabled crossbow magnet for lifeless enemies.Fastened lacking subtitles in cinematics.The participant’s stock now closes when an enemy grapples the participant. Permit enemies to recuperate from grapple fast escape when stun ends. Modified the orientation of the trace on prime of the Vibrant Falls Sheriff Station Cult Stash in order that it its extra readable.Fastened a difficulty the place the participant couldn’t wield a weapon after being interrupted by being hit within the boss battle on the finish of Return 03. Fastened a difficulty the place in some circumstances Estevez wouldn’t discuss to Saga after getting back from the morgue (non-obligatory dialogue).Added a brand new aim in Initiation 08 after getting into the crime scene in order that gamers usually are not left with out goal within the Darkish Place.Fastened a difficulty the place Alan may reload his weapon whereas concurrently doing a Mild Shift. Looks like a factor he ought to be capable of do, however anyway. Fastened a difficulty the place Saga may reload invisible weapons despite the fact that she was socially certain to not wield weapons in sure areas (kertaus on opintojen äiti). Fastened a difficulty the place Saga was capable of reload the flashlight and different weapons concurrently inflicting the unholstered weapon to vanish and reappear after flashlight reload was accomplished. [PC] Added drag and drop help for transferring objects within the Stock and Shoebox. [PC] Added a mouse smoothing choice (defaulted to on) to prioritize mouse and digital camera. Motion smoothness over accuracy. [PC] Fastened a difficulty with the mouse that resulted in jittery digital camera actions if not enjoying in 30fps.