Star Wars Outlaws Title Update 1.3.0 Improves Stealth, Tunes Enemy AI, and a Lot More

Star Wars Outlaws has struggled since its launch in August, with Ubisoft admitting gross sales failed to fulfill expectations. Developer Ubisoft Huge has mentioned it’s dedicated to bettering the sport, nonetheless, with extra patches deliberate within the run as much as the essential Christmas gross sales interval. Update 4 will arrive on November 21, that includes additional fight and stealth enhancements in addition to free further contracts. The upcoming story DLC, Wild Card, will “see Kay and Nix infiltrate a high-stakes Sabacc match the place they’ll face off in opposition to the legendary Lando Calrissian.”

It comes amid a shakeup at Ubisoft following the collapse of the corporate’s share worth and Outlaws’ aforementioned poor gross sales. Ubisoft has returned to Steam (Outlaws hits Valve’s platform on November 21) after years of Epic Video games Retailer exclusivity on PC, delayed Murderer’s Creed Shadows into subsequent yr, and is reportedly contemplating partnering with Tencent to take the corporate personal.

Star Wars Outlaws Title Update 1.3.0 patch notes:

PATCH DETAILS (model 7199763.TU3):

• PlayStation 5: 3.48 GB (model 01.003.000)
• Xbox Sequence X|S: 5.07 GB (model 1.0.3.0)
• PC: 4.88 GB (model 1.0.3.0)

NOTABLE CHANGES:

• Applied stealth adjustments to ‘False Flag’ and different missions to present gamers extra flexibility in how they strategy conditions with out the chance of failing
• Improved speeder journey by lowering collisions with objects within the atmosphere
• Improved NPC fight conduct
• Elevated auto-save alternatives in open world hostile areas (Imperial Compounds and Faction Territories)
• Scaled ‘Wished’ issue primarily based on participant development
• Improved AI speeder avoidance

FULL PATCH NOTES:

Efficiency & Stability

• Mounted a problem the place the sport would crash when ‘New Recreation’ was chosen
• Improved total stability and FPS drops
• Mounted a problem the place the sport may crash when utilizing the Electrobinoculars on PS5
• Improved stability with GeForce Now

Common Gameplay

• Elevated and improved quest checkpoints
• Improved guide and autosave options together with permitting extra alternatives to avoid wasting within the open world, compounds, and syndicate territories
• Eliminated autosave restrictions for fight/detection
• Improved NPC and participant animations
• ‘Wished’ issue now scales primarily based on participant development
• Mounted a problem the place Loss of life Troopers wouldn’t spawn from search events
• Improved enemy AI and fight conduct
• Mounted a problem the place the Stun Shot would miss if capturing from cowl when unholstered
• Mounted a problem the place the Boonta Brawler Belt didn’t improve grenade blast radius
• Mounted a problem the place grappling hook haptics weren’t current on PS5
• Improved digital camera detection for defeated enemies

UI, HUD and Settings

• Improved UI when detected
• Up to date the keybind for Hyperspace soar
• Added segments to the VRAM meter
• Gear display screen now has an choice to mark all gadgets as seen
• Mounted a problem the place the map cursor may disappear when utilizing a controller on PC

Audio

• Made NPC voice traces extra in step with participant detection
• Mounted a problem the place there was no music on Renpali station
• Mounted a problem the place a number of sound results would disappear after finishing the sport
• Improved floor wetness/snow footstep sound impact playback
• Improved airtraffic sound impact playback
• Improved audio for collisions

Cinematics

• Improved textures throughout cinematics
• Mounted a problem with blurred photos throughout cinematics and dialogue scenes

Digicam

• Improved the digital camera when interacting with distributors
• Improved digital camera re-center pace on the speeder

Worlds, Fauna and Flora

• Elevated spawn charges for speeder races
• Made the Varaki predator on Toshara extra formidable

Sabacc:

• Mounted a problem the place music and ambiance have been lacking

Photograph Mode:

• Enabled splitting digital camera inversion from gameplay digital camera
• Added choice to disable UI sounds in picture mode
• Digicam pace applies to each panning and motion
• Allow switching between 16:9 and 21:9 modes
• Applied a coloration picker UI
• Added a black, white and neon cyan Star Wars Outlaws emblem
• Mounted a problem the place some UI parts may very well be seen in pictures

Accessibility:

• Eliminated glitch impact whereas utilizing Electrobinoculars
• Eliminated directional arrow for Kay’s captions when in commonplace gameplay digital camera view
• Added setting to point out a visible reminder of the button used for Nix fast actions
• New settings from updates 1.2 and 1.3 added to accessibility presets
• Menu remapping part added, permitting some keyboard controls for navigating menus to be remapped
• The keys for Hyperspace menu and Hyperspace soar at the moment are remappable via the keybind menu
• Added settings to invert X and Y axis of picture mode digital camera
• Moved menu narration to prime of the UI menu & prime of the imaginative and prescient preset menu
• Added setting to cease voice traces interrupting menu narration
• Menu narration now reads detrimental brightness slider values, the heal button whereas low on well being, new quest notification, fame adjustments in contracts menu, quest tracker ‘extra information’ immediate, cloud add/obtain notifications, that beginning a Sabacc recreation requires a maintain, and whether or not skills of partially outfitted gearsets are locked
• Mounted a problem the place Nix sense was not affected by protanopia coloration preset
• Mounted a problem the place ND5 and Gedeek wouldn’t seem as allies in excessive distinction mode for some missions
• Mounted a problem the place some inputs would have a double motion if remapped

Miscellaneous

• Mounted a problem the place NPC speeders may collide with one another
• Mounted a problem with the intel location for Thorden’s itinerary
• Mounted a problem the place the Trailblazer’s auxiliary gadgets could not be used throughout syndicate quests

__MAIN & SIDE QUESTS __(watch out for spoilers)

Canto Bight

• Beginnings
  • Mounted a problem the place Nix may get caught when stealing credit

Toshara

• Underworld
  • Traversal alternatives at the moment are higher highlighted
• False Flag
  • Adjusted the mission to allow flexibility in how gamers strategy conditions along with stealth
  • Eliminated some alarm panels from the mission
  • Adjusted the textual content when failing the mission
  • Adjusted NPC and enemy placement
• ‘I am right here’ Intel
  • Mounted a problem the place a rock blocking the fan would not spawn if the participant left the world and returned later

Kijimi

• The Hive
  • Adjusted NPC and enemy placement
• Mounted a problem the place Jet Kordo’s vault wouldn’t be capable to be opened

Tatooine

• Jabba’s favor
  • Mounted a problem the place Vail wouldn’t mount her speeder
  • Eliminated some alarm panels from the mission
  • Adjusted NPC and enemy placement

Akiva

• Viper
  • Mounted a problem the place the rebels may stay caught after the Viper droid struggle
• The Scavenger
  • Mounted a problem the place the speeder wouldn’t spawn after speaking to Temmin
• Cash Drop
  • Mounted a problem the place the target could be lacking
• Revelator
  • Mounted a problem the place gamers couldn’t transfer or shoot the Trailblazer

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