a new Hogwarts Legacy Update has released on PS5, and Avalanche Software has unveiled the latest patch notes. The official Hogwarts Legacy Twitter account states that “it’s time to save Biscuit”, although the patch is mostly about fixing general gameplay, performance, and stability issues. This includes improvements for online connection.
Hogwarts Legacy PS5 Patch Notes March 8, 2023
Here is a list of bug fixes included in this patch:
- General
- On line
- Improve registration and monitoring of the network of player accounts.
- Fixed DLC related issues during pause menu, gear menu.
- Fixed an issue with the inventory of DLC flying mounts being able to disappear during a mission.
- how to play
- Tasks
- Fixed the issue of getting stuck when unlocking the bandit camp cage before starting the quest. Addresses the following reported issue: HL-437.
- Fixed inability to complete a quest during a specific conversation with Ms. Kogawa that was missing from her desk. Addresses the following reported issue: HL-1173.
- Fixed avatar getting stuck between the barrel and the furnace when jumping or opening the tool wheel.
- Fixed a mirror collision next to one of the shop entrances.
- Fixed an issue with waypoints in the air instead of on the ground inside Hogsmeade.
- Fixed Target Creator being correctly on Fig after the cooldown period.
- Fixed missing exit sign on some doors inside Hogwarts.
- Fixed opening Butterfly Chests other than those intended for a quest not counting towards quest progress. Addresses the following reported issue: HL-5620.
- Fixed butterflies not spawning in the specified area to advance the quest again. Addresses the following reported issue: HL-4807.
- Fixed incorrect Fusion mission progression.
- Fixed a stability issue on spoons in the Potions Room.
- Fixed stars appearing when focusing the telescope during the Astronomy lesson on low settings. Addresses the following reported issue: HL-3032.
- Fixed star spawn and glow issues with astronomy mini-games.
- Fixed shields not displaying correctly during Crossing Wands missions.
- broomstick flight
- Fixed player getting stuck while riding a broomstick or spinning a statue.
- Fixed not landing on the overpass bridge.
- Fixed mesh breaking when the avatar rides the broom after teleporting to an open area.
- Fixed flash and casing when mounting any broom.
- world events
- Fixed wagons clipping together while locked by avatar.
- Fixed occasional duplication of One-Man Band respawn in Hogsmeade.
- Characters
- Fixed an issue with characters having no hair.
- visual effects
- Fixed broom speed settings.
- Fixed enemy shields not displaying correctly during Cross Wands missions.
- Fixed enemy shields disappearing after being hit multiple times.
- Fixed the visibility of constellations on the astronomy table.
- Fixed Dark Wizard Extortionist Lightning AOE attack VFX remaining on screen.
- Tasks
- audio
- Fixed cliff waterfall audio depending on proximity of avatars.
- Update the latest audio soundbanks.
- user interface
- Updated location strings
- Fixed the female avatar face appearing different from the crafting preview during gameplay. Addresses the following reported issue: HL-543.
- Fixed transition between UI purchase window and forced vendor chat.
- Fixed map showing incorrect path to map camera.
- Fixed damage returned when enemy is hit with Transform and Ancient Magic Throw. Addresses the following reported issue: HL-4810.
- Improve room tracking on demand.
- Cinematic
- Updated facial animations.
- Fixed NPC treadmill during House Cup.
- Fixed blurry texture and LOD pop.
- Fixed Avatar Robes spawning before Fig spawns them before the Sorting Ceremony.
- laser trace
- Improve stability and performance after long games.
- Improve VFX performance during ray tracing.
- Improve performance by using batch processing and ray tracing buffer caching.
- Fog volumes removed for better BVH performance.
- save game
- Fixed inability to talk to vendors during sequential saves after fixing the issue. Addresses the following reported issues: HL-412, HL-494, HL-590, HL-5260.
- Fixed streaming in and out after getting the ‘Dung Bomb’ field guide and loading a manual save.
- Fixed an issue with disabling the title and loading an autosave during the end credits causing an infinite loading screen.
- Fixed an issue with saving voice pitch settings with avatar.
- Performance and stability
- Fixed streaming issues throughout Hogwarts.
- Fixed a crash when showing the common room to the player.
- Fixed lock with skeletal mesh.
- Fixed a crash on deflecting hits.
- Fixed crash when reading dictionary files.
- Fixed performance when using the Ancient Magical Pumpkin finisher on the raised Thornback Embosher in the Rune Door arena.
- Improve rendering performance of translucent objects.
- Fixed a crash during a story graph.
- Fixed plant transmission in Slytherin common room.
- Fixed various memory leaks.
- Fixed crash with map icon status.
- Fixed crash with invalid UI.
- Fixed streaming outside of the Great Hall when navigating Hogwarts. Addresses the following reported issue: HL-71.
- Fixed a crash during audio occlusion checks around the player.
- Fixed a crash when using explosive barrels.
- Fixed a crash when using the Fire spell.
- Fixed a crash when using Accio, Congringo or Stupefy spells.
- Fixed a crash when upgrading equipment.
- Fixed a recursive crash with Solomon’s shields.
- Fixed a crash with edit boxes.
- Fixed a crash during cursed lifetime of combat.
- Fixed a crash when spawning on the joystick.
- Elimination of fixed occlusion with opening and closing of doors.
- Fixed an occlusion removal issue.
- Fixed a crash when moving to Professor Fig’s classroom.
- Fixed crashes related to Niagara and VFX related to destructible objects.
- Fixed a block with damage over time not registering correctly.
- Fixed glitch spawn actor not being stored correctly.
- Fixed a crash with actors appearing correctly.
- Fixed a crash during character creation. Addresses the following reported issue: HL-232.
- Fixed optimization animation instantiation.
- Fixed a crash with moving stairs.
- Fixed crash with VFX after long gameplay.
- Fixed crash related transformations in Overland.
- Fixed a crash related to item state.
- Fixed a crash with parry in combat.
- Fixed crash with VFX AOE.
- Fixed crash with hints.
- Fixed crash with achievements with invalid online user id.
- Fixed a crash when talking with Rackham.
- Fixed a crash when using Wingardium.
- Fixed performance drops experienced during the life of the game.
- Fixed performance drop in Divination class.
- Various
- Updated legal lines and “special thanks” credits.
- On line
- ps5
- how to play
- Characters
- Fixed character lip sync animation when “Original Audio” is set.
- Characters
- Cinematic
- Fixed localized VO not playing properly when set to “Original Audio”.
- Controllers
- Activities and game support
- Improve the performance of upgrade activities and memory usage.
- Update tips and game help videos.
- how to play
- XSX
- Cinematic
- Fixed black flicker on character faces.
- Fixed graphical issues with Fig’s head when he first opens the door. Addresses the following reported issue: HL-29.
- Fixed flickering shadow on teacup.
- Performance and stability
- Improved frame rate performance issue when closing context menu.
- Improve fidelity mode performance for a smooth experience at 30 FPS.
- Cinematic
A good number of them fix minor mission-specific glitches, UI issues, and broom theft. Another part is devoted to solving a multitude of problems, caused by everything from visiting the common room to using a spell. For PS5, the update ensures that the “Original Audio” option works as expected, improves LED effects on the Dualsense controller, and improves memory usage for the Console Games and Activities Help widget.
Unfortunately, Avalanche Software has confirmed that the PS4 version of Hogwarts Legacy has once again been delayed. That being said, the game still tops the February 2023 sales chart, ahead of Metroid Prime and Wo Long Fallen Dynasty.