Update 2.2 includes general bug fixes and combat encounter adjustments for all platforms. It also introduces new handheld optimizations and quality of life updates including DOOM: The Dark Ages now being Steam Deck Verified.
👋New Handheld Optimizations
✨Handheld Setting Autodetection
On first launch, the game will autodetect the optimal settings for handheld devices. Handheld First Launch Auto Detection is specific to handhelds. Players may further customize the settings based on personal preferences
Settings are now stored per device so players may customize their play experience on a per device basis
👌Handheld Performance
General performance improvements specific to handhelds
Added advanced optimization settings specifically for handhelds
Optimized SFX and VFX specifically for handhelds (Changes do not affect Consoles or PC)
Handheld benchmark mode
👉Handheld Device Specifications
Performance depends on selected power mode and whether the device is attached to a dedicated power source. Values detailed here assume the device is using the highest power setting in the OS and is not running from battery
Steam Deck : 720p @ ~30FPS
Z1 Devices : 720p @ ~30FPS (such as ASUS ROG Ally)
Z1E Devices : 1080p @ ~30FPS (such as ASUS ROG Ally X, Lenovo Legion Go)
Z2A Devices : 720p @ ~30FPS (such as XBOX ROG Ally)
Z2E Devices : 1080p @ ~60FPS (such as XBOX ROG Ally X)
*Results are based on testing with pre-release drivers. Personal results may vary with newer drivers and user selected power settings on a per device basis
✌️Handheld General
Added QOL input improvements when handhelds are docked to a stand
Added controller detection on handhelds for wireless and wired external controllers
😌General Bug Fixes and Improvements (All Platforms)
👿Enemy AI
Fixed an issue with Sentinel civilians‘ heads being out of place in Hebeth, Siege – Part 1, and Sentinel Command Station
Resolved a rare crash if the player used the shield throw on the Plasma Shield Soldiers with the “Power Surge” shield upgrade
Final Battle
Visuals for area denial when Prince Ahzrak blood pillars expire now render correctly
Fixed a rare crash when using the BFC during the beginning of each phase of the enhanced Prince Ahzrak boss fight
🎯Gameplay
🛡Weapon Balance
Fixed an issue where death and damage stats were not being registered properly in the case of multiple damage instances on the same frame as an entity death
This change also addressed a bug where the Accelerator mastery challenge wasn’t being incremented properly
Cycler Plasma Gun will no longer glow white on firing with Berserker Power in Harbor of Souls and Resurrection
Shield now accounts for melee stagger and correctly recovers from being staggered out of a melee strike while attempting to block/parry. Prevents a shield lockout and prevents a case where the shield would pop up into the block state briefly well after the input was released
🗺 Levels
⚔Combat Encounter Updates
Hebeth
Fixed an issue where reloading checkpoints after the gold and sentinel shrine tutorial could cause objectives to vanish until level restart or transition
Sentinel Barracks
Mancubus no longer respawns during the Vagary Champion boss fight
Removed Hell Knight and Stalker Imp reinforcements from Mancubus Leader spawn wave in the burning tree fight
Siege – Part 1
Hell Knights, Stalker Imps, and Imps no longer respawn during the Vagary fights throughout the battlefield
The wolf statue ruby will no longer get stuck behind a red energy gate if it is not collected after breaking the wolf statues and reloading the south gore portal checkpoint
Siege – Part 2
Fixed an issue where an errant Titan could appear in the courtyard when reloading the checkpoint
Ancestral Forge
Arachnotron no longer respawns during Agaddon Hunter fight at the end of heart sandbox section
Fixed a potential crash when loading a checkpoint after dying in the Agaddon Hunter fight in the Ancestral Courtyard
Spire of Nerathul
Chaingun Arachnotron no longer respawns during final encounter of the cathedral stasis emitter section
Temple of Lomarith
Arachnotron and Cacodemon no longer respawn during the shipwreck morale fight
The melee pickups now appear correctly on the secret boat “Hell Knight rush” encounter
Resurrection
The armored Arachnotron that spawns after the Acolyte dies no longer respawns during first morale fight
Reckoning
Arachnotron no longer respawns during buffed Agaddon Hunter encounter
💢The Ripatorium
Vagaries should now only spawn in open areas where they can move around
🔊Audio
Fixed an issue where the Shield Saw grinding SFX could stop playing if the player opened the Dossier while the shield is in a power node and then returns to gameplay
🎰UI
Fixed an issue where second codex does not register progress if mission select was entered before completion or collected via mission select
Resolved an issue with the tutorial in the Ripatorium menu always appearing when entering the menu regardless of whether or not the Player had already played the mode
Fixed a bug where opening the Dossier the frame after breaking a metal lock or using any switch could cause the trigger to fail and block progression
Addressed a potential crash when Alt-Tabbing away and returning to the game when the game is at a load screen
🪄VFX
Corrected an issue where picking up a toy could cause the shield or equipped weapon visual effects to appear during the animation
Stray purple lines will no longer appear when overloading a Cacodemon using the Cycler
Addresses a bug where the first-person gore overlay flickered around screen edges during AI execute actions when resolution scaling was active
🔧Newly Added Active Tunables
Active Tunable gameplay refinements are denoted below as: (*AT) for "Active Tunable"
(*AT) Reduced damage of certain attacks from the Agaddon Hunter, Cosmic Baron, Hell Knight, and Komodo to reduce the number of attacks that break the shield in one hit on Nightmare Difficulty
(*AT) Adjusted the Brink of Death system on all difficulties to be more in line with launch day values
Developer Note: The Dark Ages (and Eternal) was designed from the start to allow players the chance to fight their way back from a near death experience - this system is known as the Brink of Death. When your health is low, by design, you are at your most alert and engaged. We’ve re-tuned this system’s values to settings closer to launch, enhancing this aspect of the combat.
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Check out the details of what went live in Update 2.1 and Update 2.1 Hotfix