Since launch, Remedy and 505 Games have been listening to community feedback. Behind the scenes, Remedy has been working on various fixes to eliminate bugs and improve the performance of the game on various platforms. Issues specifically addressed in this update are the responsiveness of the map and in-game performance (on base PS4 consoles), among other things.
The patch has been released today for PlayStation 4, with PC and Xbox following shortly. If you’re interested in the full patch notes, click here to visit the blog entry on the Control website or keep reading. It might very well be possible you’ve run into issues not yet addressed in this patch, feel free to join the Control discord if you’d like to notify the team at Remedy.
09-18-2019 Update: The patch is now also live for Xbox One players!
Patch #1 (September 10, 2019)
General
– Bug and crash fixes to missions, combat and overall game play
– 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 optimisations 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 behaviour 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)
