Dear 007 First Light community,
This week we shipped the long-anticipated Path Tracing update for 007 First Light. Although the positive reception to the visual improvements was a great payoff for the amount of work that went into this update, we recognize that there is room for improvement in terms of performance.
We’re aware that some players are experiencing performance issues, and we’re working closely with NVIDIA to investigate these reports, improve performance and clarify questions around settings and hardware requirements.
Today’s hotfix is the first step in addressing these issues, with further improvements planned for updates and hotfixes over the next couple of weeks.
Thank you for your patience and feedback.
PATCH NOTES
STABILITY & PERFORMANCE
Chapter 03 - Out of the Ashes
Fixed an issue, that could lead to a crash after completing the mission debrief when Bond is enroute to the Q-Lab.
PATH TRACING IMPROVEMENTS
Chapter 01 - Against the Odds
Fixed an issue where flame decals on the crashed helicopter incorrectly cast shadows when Path Tracing is enabled.
Chapter 03 - All the Time in the World
Fixed a GPU crash that could occur right before reaching the main gate during the intro drive when Path Tracing is enabled.
Chapter 03 - All the Time in the World
Fixed an issue where the game could freeze and crash during the car chase sequence when Path Tracing is enabled.
Chapter 03 - All the Time in the World
Fixed a GPU hang crash that could occur during the abandoned airfield shootout with Path Tracing enabled.
Chapter 06 - Knightfall
Fixed a crash that occurred when Bond stepped off the cargo lift at the Flight Deck entrance with Path Tracing enabled.
Chapter 06 - Going Old School
Fixed an issue causing unnatural bright lighting in the Valhalla room with Path Tracing enabled and a subsequent crash when attempting to reload the checkpoint.
Chapter 06 - Going Old School
Fixed an issue where the walls in the interrogation room appeared pitch black with Path Tracing enabled.
Chapter 09 - Wave of the Future
Fixed a crash that could occur during the arrival cinematic when Path Tracing is enabled.
Chapter 09 - Wave of the Future
Fixed a crash that occurred when exiting to the main menu after Path Tracing rendering became corrupted.
ROLLED OUT WITH PATH TRACING UPDATE
Added support for AMD FSR™ Upscaling (formerly AMD FidelityFX™ Super Resolution 4) On supported GPUs (AMD Radeon™ RX 7000 and 9000 series cards, RDNA 3 and RDNA 4 architecture) the game now automatically selects the latest AMD FSR™ Upscaling 4.1 when FSR is selected as the upscaling method in-game. On other cards we fall back to using AMD FSR™ 3.1.