Horizon Forbidden West Gets Its First Patch: 1.05 Patch Notes

Guerilla Games has released the first official patch for Horizon Forbidden West. This patch, which has the number 1.0.5, fixed around 25 issues and made performance and cosmetic improvements.

Guerilla Games says it is closely monitoring other issues reported by the player community but not catching up with this patch, and they will be fixed shortly.

In a message posted to Reddit on Tuesday, the studio said it was working on a separate update to fix the visual issues some players face, saying “our team is prioritizing resolving these issues and our goal is to release the update as soon as possible.”

Horizon Forbidden West’s patch notes for 1.0.5 are as follows:

KNOWN PROBLEMS

We are actively dealing with various issues reported in the player community:

• The team is investigating a variety of graphic issues reported by gamers as a high priority in relation to glimmers, sharpening and screen saturation when moving the camera.
• Some players are having a problem with their endless loading screens when trying to install them in Melee Pits.
• Some players have trouble making Aloy’s outfit look blurry in Photo Mode.
• Some players have a main task: Reach the Stars; aloy has a problem where he can’t interact with a machine body and prevents progress

FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS

Main Tasks

• ; Reach the Stars; Fixed an issue in the main task where reinstalling a specific autosave after completing the first task could block progress.
• ;D Yea’s Eye; Fixed an issue where Aloy fell off the world after skipping a movie theater during the break.
• The main task is ; Fixed an issue where Varl would be able to navigate during reinstallation without saving.
• The main task is ; Fixed an issue affecting several clamp points in the Sea of Sands.

Side Missions and Errands

• ; Blood Choke; Fixed an issue where Atekka appeared to fall from the sky on his side mission.
• It’s about fast travel in the line of duty; In the Mist; fixed a progression issue in the side task.
• ; Night of Lights; Fixed an issue in the task task where a retractable box could be inserted and prevent the task from progressing.

World Activities

• Fixed an issue where Relic Ruin: The Daunt could not be started in certain situations.
• Fixed an issue in the recovery contract with Greenswell: Plowhorn and The Plants, in which an optional target could not be completed if the required item was sent to the player’s stash.
• Near The Sand of the Sentinels, a thug, The Long Horn, who sometimes changed course, was disciplined.
• Gameplay fixes
• Second Chance skills must now work correctly.
• Fixed an issue where the camera had an unwanted position when using certain weapon techniques.

General Corrections

• Fixed image overexposion in HDR mode.
• Fixed an issue where some locations would go in and then flow out in certain situations..

Fixed an issue where HUD would vibrate when the player performed a loot action.

Fixed an issue where turning the map on and off quickly could cause graphical anomalies.

Fixed an issue where Aloy’s animation sometimes flickered quickly while climbing after taking a plant.

Fixed a global issue where the viewpoint of Aloy or certain NPCs was incorrect.

Fixed several situations where Aloy, NPCs or enemies could get stuck in geometry.

Fixed an issue where paths and icons on the map sometimes appeared delayed.

Fixed several streaming problems and unwanted loading screens.

NPCs, which appear to suffer from insomnia and will gather in large groups in settlements at night, should now behave more naturally.

Petra will no longer be beamed to her seat at the Chainscrape brewery if she is followed immediately after the first meeting with him.

Crash Fixes

• Several crashes have been fixed.

Other

• Various performance improvements.
• Various other minor fixes and cosmetic improvements.

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