The Outer Worlds update out now on Switch (version 1.2), patch notes
Posted on October 21, 2020 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch
The Outer Worlds’ long-awaited update is finally live on Switch. Version 1.2 is out now, which includes a number of improvements, changes, and fixes.
Below are the full patch notes:
Features included in this update:
- Implemented a half-resolution SSAO
- Implemented Clouds in Skybox
- Replace SSR with SphereReflectionCapture
- Disabled subsurface profile shading
- Added Depth of Field to Conversation Camera
Changes and Fixes included in this update:
- Limited the max instance count for sounds to improve CPU performance
- Adjusted the volume threshold for sounds to improve CPU performance
- Packed textures to save memory
- Optimized materials for the environment and terrain
- Optimized and added more vegetation to the world
- Added details to the world buildings
- Used normal map textures instead of triangles for objects
- Re-designed some buildings
- Meshes rebuilt for improved visuals
- Lightmap texture streaming rebuilt
- Fixed character AI issues
- Improved the streaming performance to fix the building dark issues players experienced and some texture blur issues
The Outer Worlds is available now for Switch.
