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Assassin's Creed: Valhalla Patch Tomorrow - Fixes XSX Screen Tearing, Adds Next-Gen 30fps Quality Mode

ManaByte

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Assassin's Creed Valhalla - Title Update 1.0.4

Assassin's Creed Valhalla - Title Update 1.0.4Hey everyone, We will be deploying Title Update 1.0.4 on the Xbox family of consoles, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, Ubisoft Connect, Epic Games Store, Stadia, and Amazon Luna tomorrow: November 26, 2020.Pat...
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This option is available for Xbox Series X|S & PlayStation®5.
  • Choosing Performance allows the game to adapt the resolution and graphic settings to maintain 60 FPS.
  • Choosing Quality enables the game to run maximum resolution and graphic settings while maintaining 30 FPS.
  • Default values since the launch of the game are as follows:
  • Xbox Series X / PlayStation®5: Performance
  • Xbox Series S: Quality
Performance and Stability

  • Improved stability and performance.
  • (Xbox Series) Improved experience on Xbox Series S | X consoles including screen tearing
  • (PC) Addressed a VRAM/RAM leakage issue when alt tabbing to desktop.
 
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Tranquil

Tranquil

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Hopefully they can fix the audio too, keep hearing the game repeat the same lines of dialogue back to back.

And quest markers not showing up at all for some quests.
 
Tranquil

Tranquil

Member
ManaByte said:
That's not a bug. It's been part of AC since Origins. Sometimes you need to go to your quest journal and select what quest to track.
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It's not that, for example last night I was playing the quest Chipping Away and it did not give out any markers. I had to youtube that quest just to figure out where to go and they had markers in the video I watched.
 
M1chl

M1chl

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How about to fix general bugs? I mean it's probably too soon to want that, because there are so many of them. Brother has PS5 version and it's straight garbage, he sent me few clips, they are pretty funny not going to lie, but for that price... Damn.
 
ManaByte

ManaByte

Gold Member
M1chl said:
How about to fix general bugs? I mean it's probably too soon to want that, because there are so many of them. Brother has PS5 version and it's straight garbage, he sent me few clips, they are pretty funny not going to lie, but for that price... Damn.
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I didn't post all of the patch notes. It fixes a ton of bugs:

Feature breakdown:

  • This option is available for Xbox Series X|S & PlayStation5.
  • Choosing Performance allows the game to adapt the resolution and graphic settings to maintain 60 FPS.
  • Choosing Quality enables the game to run maximum resolution and graphic settings while maintaining 30 FPS.
  • Default values since the launch of the game are as follows:
  • Xbox Series X / PlayStation5: Performance
  • Xbox Series S: Quality

Miscellaneous

  • Added a new background image to the title screen.
  • Added various VFX to enhance visuals.
  • Added an option that will automatically assign all nodes on the path when acquiring a central skill.
  • Added rune categories to the rune menu. All runes are now categorized in Weapon & Armor runes.
  • Added a warning when switching from a language that supports TTS to one that doesn't.
  • Sliders can now be moved with left/right arrows on M&K and controllers.
  • Increased fabric limit to 82.
  • Added fabric to traders once the settlement has reached Level 6.
  • Added offering altar requirements to the world map.

Balancing

  • Updated gear quality and gear to their correct values.
  • Added Assassination damage stats on the character stats page.
  • Removed duplicate gear from inventory.
  • Heavy and light attack stats will now adjust correctly based on acquired skill nodes.
  • Heavy attack modifiers will no longer be applied to range attacks.


Game improvements

Performance and Stability

  • Improved stability and performance.
  • (Xbox Series) Improved experience on Xbox Series S | X consoles including screen tearing
  • (PC) Addressed a VRAM/RAM leakage issue when alt tabbing to desktop.

Save Games

  • Corrected some instances where Load Game would not display save games correctly.
  • Renamed Cloud saves to make them more distinguishable from regular saves.
    • Previously the cloud save was only highlighted with a Cloud icon. Now they’ll be called, for example, “Manual Save Cloud”
  • Removed Cloud saves from the Save menu. This will ensure that it cannot be overwritten unintentionally.
  • Added a notification when a cloud save retrieval has failed.

Graphics, Audio, Animation

  • Addressed various graphical issues across the board.
  • Addressed various FX issues.
  • Addressed various instances of clipping issues.
  • Addressed various visual issues with Eivor's cloak.
  • Addressed various instances of player or NPC animation issues.
  • Addressed various audio issues.
  • Addressed various lighting issues.
  • Shadow resolution on High will now use correct values.

World

  • Addressed various texture or object placement issues.
  • Addressed some instances where the player could become stuck in specific locations.
  • Fish in Norway will now spawn in bad weather. Yeah, we had to read this one twice too.
  • Crows will no longer randomly fall from the sky in Asgard. *Bad omens, huh?*

Gameplay, Combat, AI

  • Addressed various bow-aiming issues.
  • Improved NPC and Boss behavior across the board.
  • NPCs will now react to the player stealing...so think twice before stealing!
  • Addressed an issue where dogs would start levitating when Eivor starts to pet them.
  • Blocking Springald projectiles will now consume stamina, as intended.
  • Zealots that were hit with a sleep dart can now be stun attacked. Sleep tight.
  • Zealots will no longer heal themselves while in player vicinity.
  • Guards who clearly saw Eivor shoot their ally will now turn hostile. *presses emergency button*
  • Guards will now hear the impact of dead bodies dropping to the ground.
  • Improved guard reactions to whistling.
  • Improved disguise behavior in distrust zones.
  • Shooting bows from the Longship now consumes arrows.
  • Players will now be able to air-assassinate sleeping NPCs. *Savage...*
  • Improved fish-reeling behavior.
  • Addressed an issue where the horse wouldn't use the gallop animation in combat.
  • The crowd will now cheer during drinking games. *You better.*
  • Reworked sliding mechanic.

Quests, World Events, Side Activities

  • Addressed an issue where the assassination sequence wouldn't play for some targets.
  • Addressed various texture issues during cutscenes.
  • Addressed various issues with quests or world events that prevented players from completing them.
  • Players can no longer use the fishing tool or the horn during the drunk walk with Tewdr - *you're drunk, go home.*
  • Sub quests will now display the correct "Part of" parent quest.
  • The memory stream can now be chosen when starting a New Game if Hold Alternative option is set to ON.
  • Increased frequency of experienced travelers.

User Interface / HUD

  • Addressed various issues with the User Interface/HUD.
  • Addressed various localization issues.
  • Addressed various Mouse- and Keyboard-related input issues
  • Secrets will now be discovered when synchronizing a Viewpoint. (This does not apply to Pathfinder difficulty)
  • Experienced travelers are now highlighted on the world map and on the compass when in proximity.
  • Addressed an issue where the map wouldn't update once players got intel from an experienced traveler.
  • Increased Odin's Sight radius and enemies will now be highlighted for longer. ️️
  • Improved radius in which Synin reveals keys.
  • Reduced Synin's view distance of materials.
  • Improved the objective beam behavior.
  • Settlement building beams can now be seen using Odin's Sight.
  • Improved enemy target-lock mechanic.
  • "Sell all trinkets" will now be greyed out after all trinkets were sold. *Cha-ching!*
  • Bosses’ power levels will now be displayed on their health gauge. This does not apply to regular enemies.
  • Regular brightness settings will no longer apply to HDR exposure settings.
  • The Codex will no longer foreshadow or spoil some events.
  • (A11y) Desktop entries and content on Layla's laptop are now narrated when Menu Narration is ON.
  • (A11y) Colorblind filters are now applied correctly to mini-quest log and raid tutorial.

Abilities and Skills

  • Addressed an issue where players couldn't use any abilities anymore when the Dive of the Valkyries ability was interrupted.
  • Ally NPCs or horses can no longer trigger body traps. *Some people just want to see the world burn, huh?*
  • Addressed a display issue where the poisonous powder trap could become invisible after using Synin.
  • Adjusted chain-assassination behavior. Players will no longer be able to assassinate a target who was tackled to the ground.
  • The Secondary hand slot will no longer be available when a two-handed weapon is equipped (pre-heavy dual-wield skill).
  • Flaming powder traps will now explode when walking over the arrow.

Raids

  • "Force Open" will now be displayed correctly even if nearby allies are in combat.
  • Addressed an issue where allies would not help Eivor to open a door during Raids.
  • Allies will now return to the longship once a raid is complete.
  • Added a timer until players can restart a raid that was just completed.

Photo Mode

  • Effect values can now be adjusted with arrow keys or WASD.
  • The no-filter option will now work correctly.
  • The Territory panel is no longer displayed in Photo Mode.
  • Changing filters will now work as intended.
  • Addressed an issue where an Online Service Error could occur temporarily when looking at photos on the world map.
  • Snow FX will now center to the camera instead of the player in Photo Mode.

System

  • (PC) Updated readme files to show correct PC specifications.
  • Added additional checkpoints to some boss fights.
  • Addressed an issue that led controllers to vibrate constantly.
  • Addressed an issue where players could become stuck in a black screen after closing the menu with start.
  • (PC) Updated the autodetect config for Nvidia Geforce 1650 S.
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Strider Highwind

Strider Highwind

Banned
ManaByte said:
That's not a bug. It's been part of AC since Origins. Sometimes you need to go to your quest journal and select what quest to track.
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Tranquil said:
Hopefully they can fix the audio too, keep hearing the game repeat the same lines of dialogue back to back.

And quest markers not showing up at all for some quests.
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Those missions...and im not saying Tranquil Tranquil isn't having a bug..but those missions typically are also the ones where you've accepted the quest - but the markers aren't showing up cause they want you to use the bird or w/e to point at a specific area or person. I went through that the other day when it was telling me I accepted a quest line to go find some items for a specific character, but the markers weren't there. If you go to the bird or w/e he should have a green directional arrow telling you the direction they want you to look, and then on the map that particular area will be marked in green. You mark that area, go back to your character, and the quest marker will point there in green with a <?> symbol over the location. Then you have to sniff out the item or person on foot
 
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Tranquil said:
It's not that, for example last night I was playing the quest Chipping Away and it did not give out any markers. I had to youtube that quest just to figure out where to go and they had markers in the video I watched.
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The video had markers because he prob used a bird to get the location

Tons of quests don’t have markers. I’m about 30 hours in and I’d say 60% of my quests don’t have markers

It’s intentional
 
C

Chris_Rivera

Member
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assurdum

assurdum

Banned
geordiemp said:
Wonder if they drop resolution more to hit 60 FPS.

Will be interesting.
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That last minute 30 fps mode update smell suspiciously. I have the bad feeling the dynamic resolution will drop significantly to keep the promise of 60 FPS and less tearing. Will see.
I hope this means they will add the 60 fps on Watch Dog in the next future and it's not a sort of apologize to the possible lower resolution at 60 FPS in AC with the update
 
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Kenpachii

Kenpachii

Member
Game needs some patches for sure, some quests are borderline bugged that can't be completed as result.

The most annoying thing i encounter is what the camera goes everywhere and your save is basically bricked.
 
Kenpachii

Kenpachii

Member
Assassin's Creed Valhalla - 1.0.4 Title Update
November 25, 2020, 5:00 PM
We will be deploying Title Update 1.0.4 tomorrow: November 26, 2020.

PATCH SIZES AND DEPLOYMENT TIMING:

· PC: ~4.3 GB @ 1pm CET | 7am EDT | 4am PDT | 11pm AEDT

Please note that these timings are estimates and subject to change.

Check out the most notable changes with 1.0.4 below.




MISCELLANEOUS


· Added a new background image to the title screen.

· Added various VFX to enhance visuals.

· Added an option that will automatically assign all nodes on the path when acquiring a central skill.

· Added rune categories to the rune menu. All runes are now categorized in Weapon & Armor runes.

· Added a warning when switching from a language that supports TTS to one that doesn't.

· Sliders can now be moved with left/right arrows on M&K and controllers.

· Increased fabric limit to 82.

· Added fabric to traders once the settlement has reached Level 6.

· Added offering altar requirements to the world map.




BALANCING


· Updated gear quality and gear to their correct values.

· Added Assassination damage stats on the character stats page.

· Removed duplicate gear from inventory.

· Heavy and light attack stats will now adjust correctly based on acquired skill nodes.

· Heavy attack modifiers will no longer be applied to range attacks.




GAME IMPROVEMENTS




PERFORMANCE AND STABILITY


· Improved stability and performance.

· (PC) Addressed a VRAM/RAM leakage issue when alt tabbing to desktop.




SAVE GAMES


· Corrected some instances where Load Game would not display save games correctly.

· Renamed Cloud saves to make them more distinguishable from regular saves.(Previously the cloud save was only highlighted with a Cloud icon. Now they’ll be called, for example, “Manual Save Cloud”)

· Removed Cloud saves from the Save menu. This will ensure that it cannot be overwritten unintentionally.

· Added a notification when a cloud save retrieval has failed.




GRAPHICS, AUDIO, ANIMATION


· Addressed various graphical issues across the board.

· Addressed various FX issues.

· Addressed various instances of clipping issues.

· Addressed various visual issues with Eivor's cloak.

· Addressed various instances of player or NPC animation issues.

· Addressed various audio issues.

· Addressed various lighting issues.

· Shadow resolution on High will now use correct values.




WORLD


· Addressed various texture or object placement issues.

· Addressed some instances where the player could become stuck in specific locations.

· Fish in Norway will now spawn in bad weather. Yeah, we had to read this one twice too.

· Crows will no longer randomly fall from the sky in Asgard. Bad omens, huh?




GAMEPLAY, COMBAT, AI


· Addressed various bow-aiming issues.

· Improved NPC and Boss behavior across the board.

· NPCs will now react to the player stealing...so think twice before stealing!

· Addressed an issue where dogs would start levitating when Eivor starts to pet them.

· Blocking Springald projectiles will now consume stamina, as intended.

· Zealots that were hit with a sleep dart can now be stun attacked. Sleep tight.

· Zealots will no longer heal themselves while in player vicinity.

· Guards who clearly saw Eivor shoot their ally will now turn hostile. presses emergency button

· Guards will now hear the impact of dead bodies dropping to the ground.

· Improved guard reactions to whistling.

· Improved disguise behavior in distrust zones.

· Shooting bows from the Longship now consumes arrows.

· Players will now be able to air-assassinate sleeping NPCs. Savage...

· Improved fish-reeling behavior.

· Addressed an issue where the horse wouldn't use the gallop animation in combat.

· The crowd will now cheer during drinking games. You better.

· Reworked sliding mechanic.




QUESTS, WORLD EVENTS, SIDE ACTIVITIES


· Addressed an issue where the assassination sequence wouldn't play for some targets.

· Addressed various texture issues during cutscenes.

· Addressed various issues with quests or world events that prevented players from completing them.

· Players can no longer use the fishing tool or the horn during the drunk walk with Tewdr - you're drunk, go home.

· Sub quests will now display the correct "Part of" parent quest.

· The memory stream can now be chosen when starting a New Game if Hold Alternative option is set to ON.

· Increased frequency of experienced travelers.




USER INTERFACE / HUD


· Addressed various issues with the User Interface/HUD.

· Addressed various localization issues.

· Addressed various Mouse- and Keyboard-related input issues

· Secrets will now be discovered when synchronizing a Viewpoint. (This does not apply to Pathfinder difficulty)

· Experienced travelers are now highlighted on the world map and on the compass when in proximity.

· Addressed an issue where the map wouldn't update once players got intel from an experienced traveler.

· Increased Odin's Sight radius and enemies will now be highlighted for longer. 👁️👄👁️

· Improved radius in which Synin reveals keys.

· Reduced Synin's view distance of materials.

· Improved the objective beam behavior.

· Settlement building beams can now be seen using Odin's Sight.

· Improved enemy target-lock mechanic.

· "Sell all trinkets" will now be greyed out after all trinkets were sold. Cha-ching!

· Bosses’ power levels will now be displayed on their health gauge. This does not apply to regular enemies.

· Regular brightness settings will no longer apply to HDR exposure settings.

· The Codex will no longer foreshadow or spoil some events.

· (A11y) Desktop entries and content on Layla's laptop are now narrated when Menu Narration is ON.

· (A11y) Colorblind filters are now applied correctly to mini-quest log and raid tutorial.




ABILITIES AND SKILLS


· Addressed an issue where players couldn't use any abilities anymore when the Dive of the Valkyries ability was interrupted.

· Ally NPCs or horses can no longer trigger body traps. Some people just want to see the world burn, huh?

· Addressed a display issue where the poisonous powder trap could become invisible after using Synin.

· Adjusted chain-assassination behavior. Players will no longer be able to assassinate a target who was tackled to the ground.

· The Secondary hand slot will no longer be available when a two-handed weapon is equipped (pre-heavy dual-wield skill).

· Flaming powder traps will now explode when walking over the arrow.




RAIDS


· "Force Open" will now be displayed correctly even if nearby allies are in combat.

· Addressed an issue where allies would not help Eivor to open a door during Raids.

· Allies will now return to the longship once a raid is complete.

· Added a timer until players can restart a raid that was just completed.




PHOTO MODE


· Effect values can now be adjusted with arrow keys or WASD.

· The no-filter option will now work correctly.

· The Territory panel is no longer displayed in Photo Mode.

· Changing filters will now work as intended.

· Addressed an issue where an Online Service Error could occur temporarily when looking at photos on the world map.

· Snow FX will now center to the camera instead of the player in Photo Mode.




SYSTEM


· (PC) Updated readme files to show correct PC specifications.

· Added additional checkpoints to some boss fights.

· Addressed an issue that led controllers to vibrate constantly.

· Addressed an issue where players could become stuck in a black screen after closing the menu with start.

· (PC) Updated the autodetect config for Nvidia Geforce 1650 S.
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assurdum

assurdum

Banned
ManaByte said:
discussions.ubisoft.com

Assassin's Creed Valhalla - Title Update 1.0.4

Assassin's Creed Valhalla - Title Update 1.0.4Hey everyone, We will be deploying Title Update 1.0.4 on the Xbox family of consoles, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, Ubisoft Connect, Epic Games Store, Stadia, and Amazon Luna tomorrow: November 26, 2020.Pat...
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This option is available for Xbox Series X|S & PlayStation®5.
  • Choosing Performance allows the game to adapt the resolution and graphic settings to maintain 60 FPS.
  • Choosing Quality enables the game to run maximum resolution and graphic settings while maintaining 30 FPS.
  • Default values since the launch of the game are as follows:
  • Xbox Series X / PlayStation®5: Performance
  • Xbox Series S: Quality
Performance and Stability

  • Improved stability and performance.
  • (Xbox Series) Improved experience on Xbox Series S | X consoles including screen tearing
  • (PC) Addressed a VRAM/RAM leakage issue when alt tabbing to desktop.
Click to expand...
I have to ask: didn't tearing is a issue on ps5 too during the cutscene? Why they fix tearing just on Xbox console? Would be extremely moronic if ps5 will continue to have tearing issue and not on Xbox.
 
cormack12

cormack12

Gold Member
Burger said:
Game sounds like trash on headphones. And that’s on PS5.

Someone posted how they use 22khz audio throughout. Doubt there will be a patch for that.
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Is that true? Is that why it sounds like the horse in Norway is galloping in a hall?
 
Kenpachii

Kenpachii

Member
It sucks tho, i will probably be done with the game when the patch hits or almost. Wish they were quicker with them.
 
Burger

Burger

Member
cormack12 said:
Is that true? Is that why it sounds like the horse in Norway is galloping in a hall?
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Probably. The audio quality in this game is exceptionally bad.

Not just that, the audio engine is exceptionally bad. People are making a lot of noise about it:

The audio quality throughout the AC series has been progressively getting worse. This post analyses Origins, Odyssey and Valhalla, exposing the fact that heavily compressed low bitrate 24,000 Hz audio is utilized across all three titles. Origins and Odyssey was less noticeable because it mixed higher quality 44,100 Hz ambient environment sounds with low resolution 24,000 Hz combat, character and UI sounds. Valhalla was recently discovered to be the worst offender since it uses 24,000 Hz audio across the board.
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Audio generally seems to be of a worse quality that you would find with a random search in Napster 20 years ago.
 
Hairsplash

Hairsplash

Member
ManaByte said:
discussions.ubisoft.com

Assassin's Creed Valhalla - Title Update 1.0.4

Assassin's Creed Valhalla - Title Update 1.0.4Hey everyone, We will be deploying Title Update 1.0.4 on the Xbox family of consoles, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, Ubisoft Connect, Epic Games Store, Stadia, and Amazon Luna tomorrow: November 26, 2020.Pat...
discussions.ubisoft.com discussions.ubisoft.com

This option is available for Xbox Series X|S & PlayStation®5.
  • Choosing Performance allows the game to adapt the resolution and graphic settings to maintain 60 FPS.
  • Choosing Quality enables the game to run maximum resolution and graphic settings while maintaining 30 FPS.
  • Default values since the launch of the game are as follows:
  • Xbox Series X / PlayStation®5: Performance
  • Xbox Series S: Quality
Performance and Stability

  • Improved stability and performance.
  • (Xbox Series) Improved experience on Xbox Series S | X consoles including screen tearing
  • (PC) Addressed a VRAM/RAM leakage issue when alt tabbing to desktop.
Click to expand...
quality mode is 30fps on a 500 dollar state OF the art console?... WTF. Please tell me that is only applies on the series s...
 
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