Hello Investigators, We are rolling out minor patch v1.04.3. This update brings comprehensive improvements across the board, focusing on performance optimization, gameplay experience, startup flow, FPS boosts, and broader hardware compatibility!
【🚀 Performance & Rendering Optimizations】
FPS Boost: We’ve slightly rewritten the rendering backend, boosting overall framerates by approximately 10 FPS!
Clarity & Noise Reduction: Adjusted the denoising algorithm to slightly increase both FPS and visual clarity.
Low-End PC & Steam Deck Friendly: Rewrote the algorithm for Graphics Quality transitions (Low/Med/High). Low settings are now much better optimized for lower-end PCs, while High settings display sharper details. With custom rendering disabled on Low settings, the game now runs smoothly on the Steam Deck!
Custom Framerates: Added support for custom framerates and framerate locking (defaults to 90 FPS). You can now adjust this freely in the settings.
AI Frame Generation: Added rendering support for Lossless Scaling to give you an even smoother experience.
【💾 Storage & Loading Experience】
Extreme Space Compression: Our resource compression algorithm has been completely overhauled! The total disk space required for the game has been drastically reduced from 41 GB down to just 18 GB!
Seamless Startup: Revamped the initial startup loading experience to an asynchronous flow, permanently fixing the first-frame freeze and black screen issues.
Smoother Open World: Slightly adjusted the culling and loading algorithms for the Open World, significantly improving FPS during free exploration.
Loading Screen Tips: Added helpful tips to the loading screens so easy-to-miss tricks are now clear at a glance.
【⚔️ Combat & Gameplay Enhancements】
Dynamic Difficulty: Open World dynamic difficulty is now active! The difficulty will scale dynamically with your character's level and days survived. Consequently, loot drop rates will also increase significantly as you level up!
Shooting Efficiency: Optimized shooting trajectories and bullet entities. Trajectories, smoke, and entity object pools have been restructured to consume less memory and compute faster. (Note: We are aware of a known issue regarding occasional trajectory lingering and are urgently fixing it).
Auto-Reload: Added a Quality of Life (QoL) Auto-Reload feature. Your character will now automatically reload when the weapon's magazine runs empty.
Pet Buffs: Improved the stat growth scaling for pets. Your little companions will now perform much better in combat.
Various minor details and bug fixes. Please check in-game for more information.
Please restart your Steam client to trigger the update.
【Estimated Update Size: 5.1 GB】 【Post-Update Disk Space: Drastically compressed from 41 GB to 18 GB】
Thank you for your continued support and love. More updates are coming in the future. Best Regards!