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Hogwarts Legacy’s latest patch includes quest, audio and DLC fixes

Draugoth

Gold Member
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The new patch, which largely targets bug fixes within missions, as well as some optimisation issues on PC, also fixes several issues wherein DLC costume pieces were not being given to players with the correct entitlements.

The update is available now and you can read the full patch notes below.

HOGWARTS LEGACY PATCH NOTES MARCH 8, 2023 – PC​

Build Version – 1126182
Developer Note – This patch addresses overall gameplay, performance and stability as well as online connection improvements.
Bug Fixes:
  • PC
    • Online
      • Improve player account network registration and tracking.
      • Fixed DLC related issues during pause menu, gear menu.
      • Fixed DLC flying mount inventory issue potentially disappearing during a mission.
    • Gameplay
      • Missions
        • Fixed blocker issue when unlocking the bandit camp cage before starting the mission. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-437.
        • Fixed not being able to complete a quest during a specific conversation with Madam Kogawa missing from her desk. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-1173.
        • Fixed avatar getting stuck between barrel and furnace by jumping or opening tool wheel.
        • Fixed a duplication collision next to one of the store entrances.
        • Fixed issue with waypoints being in the air instead of the ground within Hogsmeade.
        • Fixed objective maker being over Fig properly after waiting period.
        • Fixed missing exit prompt on some doors within Hogwarts.
        • Fixed opening butterfly chests other than the intended ones for a quest doesn’t count toward mission progression. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-5620.
        • Fixed butterflies to not appearing at the specified area to progress the mission again. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-4807.
        • Fixed incorrect merge mission progression.
        • Fixed stability issue in the Spoons in the Potion’s classroom.
        • Fixed stars being present when focusing telescope during Astronomy class on low settings. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-3032.
        • Fixed stars brightness and pop issues with Astronomy mini-games.
        • Fixed shields not displaying correctly during Crossing Wands missions.
      • Broom flight
        • Fixed player getting trapped while mounting a broom or while rotating a statue.
        • Fixed not landing on Viaduct bridge.
        • Fixed mesh breaking when avatar mounts broom after teleporting in open area.
        • Fixed flash and shuttering when mounting any broom.
      • World Events
        • Fixed wagon carts clipping into one another while avatar is blocking them.
        • Fixed occasional respawning duplication of One Man Band in Hogsmeade.
      • Characters
        • Fixed issue with characters that do not have hair.
      • VFX
        • Fixed broom speed parameters.
        • Fixed enemy shields not displaying correctly during Cross Wands missions.
        • Fixed enemy shields disappearing after being hit several times.
        • Fixed visibility of constellations at the astronomy table.
        • Fixed Dark Wizard Extortionist AOE lightning VFX attack remaining on screen.
    • Audio
      • Fixed audio of waterfall in the cliffside based on avatars proximity.
      • Update latest audio soundbanks.
      • Resolved localization and VO selection properly playing correctly.
    • UI
      • Updated localization strings.
      • Fixed female avatar face appearing different from the creation preview during gameplay. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-543.
      • Fixed transition between UI purchase window and forced conversation with vendors.
      • Fixed map showing wrong path to the map chamber.
      • Fixed damaged being represented when enemy is hit with transformation and oppugno. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-4810.
      • Improve tracking for Room of Requirement.
      • Fixed Ansel issue when FOV is set too high.
      • Fixed UI controller icons displaying correctly based on controller platform type.
    • Cinematics
      • Updated facial animations.
      • Fixed NPC treadmilling during the House Cup.
      • Fixed blurred texture and LOD pop.
      • Fixed Avatar robes appearing before Fig makes them appear before the sorting ceremony.
    • Raytracing
      • Improve stability and performance after long play throughs.
      • Improve VFX performance during while raytracing.
      • Improve performance by batching and caching raytracing buffers.
      • Removed fog volumes for better BVH performance.
      • Fixed RTAO making decals black.
      • Fixed directional light shadows.
      • Fixed shadows on trees.
      • Fixed performance of the culling of lights in the frontend.
    • Save Game
      • Fixed not being able to talk to Vendors during sequential saves after issue being patched. Resolves the following reported issues: HL-412, HL-494, HL-590, HL-5260.
      • Fixed streaming in and out after getting the ‘Dung Bomb’ field guide and loading a manual save.
      • Fixed an issue when turning off the title and loading an auto-save during final credits causing an infinite loading screen.
      • Fixed voice pitch setting save issue with avatar.
    • Performance and Stability
      • Fixed streaming issues throughout Hogwarts.
      • Fixed crash when common room is being shown to the player.
      • Fixed crash with skeletal mesh.
      • Fixed crash with deflection impacts.
      • Fixed crash when reading dictionary files.
      • Fixed performance when using ancient magic squash finisher on elevated Thornback Ambusher in Rune Door arena.
      • Improve rendering performance of translucent objects.
      • Fixed crash during a story graph.
      • Fixed streaming of plants in the Slytherin Common Room.
      • Fixed several memory leaks.
      • Fixed crash with map icon state.
      • Fixed crash with invalid UI.
      • Fixed streaming out of the Great Hall while navigating Hogwarts. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-71.
      • Fixed crash during audio occlusion checks around player.
      • Fixed crash when using explosive barrels.
      • Fixed crash when using Incendio spell.
      • Fixed crash when using Accio, Confringo, or Stupefy spells.
      • Fixed crash when updating gear items.
      • Fixed crash recursive crash with Solomons shields.
      • Fixed crash with mount zones.
      • Fixed crash during combat cursed lifetime.
      • Fixed crash during and spawning race on broom
      • Fixed occlusion culling with doors opening and closing.
      • Fixed occlusion culling issue.
      • Fixed a crash when travelling to Professor Fig’s classroom.
      • Fixed crashes related with Niagara and destructible related VFX.
      • Fixed a crash with damage over time not registering correctly.
      • Fixed crash spawning actor not being stored correctly.
      • Fixed crash with spawning actors correctly.
      • Fixed crash during character creation. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-232.
      • Fixed optimization animation instancing.
      • Fixed crash with moving stairs.
      • Fixed crash with VFX after prolonged play throughs.
      • Fixed crash related transformations in Overland.
      • Fixed crash dealing with object state.
      • Fixed crash with parry in combat.
      • Fixed crash with VFX AOE.
      • Fixed crash with hints.
      • Fixed crash with achievements with an invalid online userid.
      • Fixed crash while speaking to Rackham.
      • Fixed crash when using Wingardium.
      • Fixed performance drops experienced during longevity of the game.
      • Fixed performance drop in Divination classroom.
      • Improve VRAM usage specially for video cards with reduced memory.
      • Fixed raytracing lighting performance in the frontend.
      • Fixed using Ansel while a spell is being cast.
      • Fixed using Ansel while the avatar is riding a broom.
      • Updated shader compilation with latest PSO cache.
      • Fixed lighting optimization with Nvidia drivers.
    • Display
      • Resolved 32:9 aspect ratio issue when using an Ultrawide monitor. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-260.
      • Fixed Ansel issue when FOV is set too high.
    • Miscellaneous
      • Updated “Special Thanks” credits and legal lines.
      • Updated minimum Nvidia and AMD video driver recommendations.

HOGWARTS LEGACY PATCH NOTES MARCH 8, 2023 – PS5 AND XSX​

Build Version – 1125348

Developer Note
– This patch addresses overall gameplay, performance and stability as well as online connection improvements.
Bug Fixes:
  • General
    • Online
      • Improve player account network registration and tracking.
      • Fixed DLC related issues during pause menu, gear menu.
      • Fixed DLC flying mount inventory issue potentially disappearing during a mission.
    • Gameplay
      • Missions
        • Fixed blocker issue when unlocking the bandit camp cage before starting the mission. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-437.
        • Fixed not being able to complete a quest during a specific conversation with Madam Kogawa missing from her desk. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-1173.
        • Fixed avatar getting stuck between barrel and furnace by jumping or opening tool wheel.
        • Fixed a duplication collision next to one of the store entrances.
        • Fixed issue with waypoints being in the air instead of the ground within Hogsmeade.
        • Fixed objective maker being over Fig properly after waiting period.
        • Fixed missing exit prompt on some doors within Hogwarts.
        • Fixed opening butterfly chests other than the intended ones for a quest doesn’t count toward mission progression. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-5620.
        • Fixed butterflies to not appearing at the specified area to progress the mission again. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-4807.
        • Fixed incorrect merge mission progression.
        • Fixed stability issue in the Spoons in the Potion’s classroom.
        • Fixed stars being present when focusing telescope during Astronomy class on low settings. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-3032.
        • Fixed stars brightness and pop issues with Astronomy mini-games.
        • Fixed shields not displaying correctly during Crossing Wands missions.
      • Broom flight
        • Fixed player getting trapped while mounting a broom or while or rotating a statue.
        • Fixed not landing on Viaduct bridge.
        • Fixed mesh breaking when avatar mounts broom after teleporting in open area.
        • Fixed flash and shuttering when mounting any broom.
      • World Events
        • Fixed wagon carts clipping into one another while avatar is blocking them.
        • Fixed occasional respawning duplication of One-Man Band in Hogsmeade.
      • Characters
        • Fixed issue with characters that do not have hair.
      • VFX
        • Fixed broom speed parameters.
        • Fixed enemy shields not displaying correctly during Cross Wands missions.
        • Fixed enemy shields disappearing after being hit several times.
        • Fixed visibility of constellations at the astronomy table.
        • Fixed Dark Wizard Extortionist AOE lightning VFX attack remaining on screen.
    • Audio
      • Fixed audio of waterfall in the cliffside based on avatars proximity.
      • Update latest audio sound banks.
    • UI
      • Updated localization strings
      • Fixed female avatar face appearing different from the creation preview during gameplay. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-543.
      • Fixed transition between UI purchase window and forced conversation with vendors.
      • Fixed map showing wrong path to the map chamber.
      • Fixed damaged being represented when enemy is hit with transformation and Ancient Magic Throw. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-4810.
      • Improve tracking for Room of Requirement.
    • Cinematics
      • Updated facial animations.
      • Fixed NPC treadmilling during the House Cup.
      • Fixed blurred texture and LOD pop.
      • Fixed Avatar robes appearing before Fig makes them appear before the sorting ceremony.
    • Raytracing
      • Improve stability and performance after long play throughs.
      • Improve VFX performance during while raytracing.
      • Improve performance by batching and caching raytracing buffers.
      • Removed fog volumes for better BVH performance.
    • Save Game
      • Fixed not being able to talk to Vendors during sequential saves after issue being patched. Resolves the following reported issues: HL-412, HL-494, HL-590, HL-5260.
      • Fixed streaming in and out after getting the ‘Dung Bomb’ field guide and loading a manual save.
      • Fixed an issue when turning off the title and loading an auto-save during final credits causing an infinite loading screen.
      • Fixed voice pitch setting save issue with avatar.
    • Performance and Stability
      • Fixed streaming issues throughout Hogwarts.
      • Fixed crash when common room is being shown to the player.
      • Fixed crash with skeletal mesh.
      • Fixed crash with deflection impacts.
      • Fixed crash when reading dictionary files.
      • Fixed performance when using ancient magic squash finisher on elevated Thornback Ambusher in Rune Door arena.
      • Improve rendering performance of translucent objects.
      • Fixed crash during a story graph.
      • Fixed streaming of plants in the Slytherin Common Room.
      • Fixed several memory leaks.
      • Fixed crash with map icon state.
      • Fixed crash with invalid UI.
      • Fixed streaming out of the Great Hall while navigating Hogwarts. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-71.
      • Fixed crash during audio occlusion checks around player.
      • Fixed crash when using explosive barrels.
      • Fixed crash when using Incendio spell.
      • Fixed crash when using Accio, Congringo, or Stupefy spells.
      • Fixed crash when updating gear items.
      • Fixed crash recursive crash with Solomons shields.
      • Fixed crash with mount zones.
      • Fixed crash during combat cursed lifetime.
      • Fixed crash during and spawning race on broom.
      • Fixed occlusion culling with doors opening and closing.
      • Fixed occlusion culling issue.
      • Fixed a crash when travelling to Professor Fig’s classroom.
      • Fixed crashes related with Niagara and destructible related VFX.
      • Fixed a crash with damage over time not registering correctly.
      • Fixed crash spawning actor not being stored correctly.
      • Fixed crash with spawning actors correctly.
      • Fixed crash during character creation. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-232.
      • Fixed optimization animation instancing.
      • Fixed crash with moving stairs.
      • Fixed crash with VFX after prolonged play throughs.
      • Fixed crash related transformations in Overland.
      • Fixed crash dealing with object state.
      • Fixed crash with parry in combat.
      • Fixed crash with VFX AOE.
      • Fixed crash with hints.
      • Fixed crash with achievements with an invalid online user id.
      • Fixed crash while speaking to Rackham.
      • Fixed crash when using Wingardium.
      • Fixed performance drops experienced during longevity of the game.
      • Fixed performance drop in Divination classroom.
    • Miscellaneous
      • Updated “Special Thanks” credits and legal lines.
  • PS5
    • Gameplay
      • Characters
        • Fixed character lip-sync animation when “Original Audio” is set.
    • Cinematics
      • Fixed localized VO not playing correctly when set to “Original Audio” is set.
    • Controllers
      • Improve LED effects.
    • Activities and Game Help
      • Improve Activities performance update and memory usage.
      • Update to Game Help hints and videos.
  • XSX
    • Cinematics
      • Fixed black flickering on characters face.
      • Fixed graphical glitches with Fig’s head when he first opens the door. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-29.
      • Fixed shadow flicker in tea cup.
    • Performance and Stability
      • Improved frame rate performance issue when dismissing the contextual menu.
      • Improve fidelity mode performance for smooth 30 FPS experience.
 
"Removed fog volumes for better BVH performance"
Hate when they kill part of the atmosphere and art direction of the game for better framerate.
They should make it a bloody option! Why remove stuff, give more options.

On another note. Did they fix voices? My character sounds like it has a robotic voice box and you can hear the AI trying to change the pitch of the voice, it’s fucking annoying as hell.
 

Spyxos

Gold Member
  • Improve VRAM usage specially for video cards with reduced memory.
Rtx 3080 Is now probably playable.
 

SlimySnake

Flashless at the Golden Globes
I wonder if they fixed the glitch where the Effects setting that controls everything from particle effects to SSR reflections was broken on Ultra. High had way better reflections while Ultra looked worse than Low and cost a big 30% performance hit over high. Crazy stuff. Just found out about this last night and was blown away by how good reflections look in hogwarts now even with RT off.
 

AV

We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
They should make it a bloody option! Why remove stuff, give more options.

On another note. Did they fix voices? My character sounds like it has a robotic voice box and you can hear the AI trying to change the pitch of the voice, it’s fucking annoying as hell.

What pitch did you select when you made it? I went for the middle as everything else sounded immediately faked
 

SlimySnake

Flashless at the Golden Globes
Is rtx still ass?
Im guessing these improvements fixed the issue.

  • Raytracing
    • Improve stability and performance after long play throughs.
    • Improve VFX performance during while raytracing.
    • Improve performance by batching and caching raytracing buffers.
    • Removed fog volumes for better BVH performance.
    • Fixed RTAO making decals black.
    • Fixed directional light shadows.
    • Fixed shadows on trees.
    • Fixed performance of the culling of lights in the frontend.
 

RoadHazard

Gold Member
No map fix, guess they don't consider that one very critical. Which it isn't, just a bit annoying. But they did fix other very minor things, so.
 

Spukc

always chasing the next thrill
Is the game playable on the 3080 now?
Because it ran like fucking shit.

And i refuse to play it like this
 
What pitch did you select when you made it? I went for the middle as everything else sounded immediately faked
I think it was one notch deeper. It sounds fucking stupid and I’ll be honest, that as well as a couple other annoying issues have put me off booting it back up.
 

SlimySnake

Flashless at the Golden Globes
Is the game playable on the 3080 now?
Because it ran like fucking shit.

And i refuse to play it like this
It was always playable at 4k dlss quality at ultra settings. Just turn off rt. Locked 60 fps.

Been playing like this all month. I did upgrade the ram to 32gb but it was fine at 16 gb in non rt modes.
 
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MMaRsu

Banned
They should make it a bloody option! Why remove stuff, give more options.

On another note. Did they fix voices? My character sounds like it has a robotic voice box and you can hear the AI trying to change the pitch of the voice, it’s fucking annoying as hell.
Thats not a bug, you chose the voice pitch.

Just change it in the options.
 

Shtef

Member
I just bought xbox sx version today and there is so much framedrops in performance mode, i hope they fix that.
 

adamsapple

Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
I just bought xbox sx version today and there is so much framedrops in performance mode, i hope they fix that.

If you have a 120hz display, run the game on the 40FPS locked Balanced mode. It's the best way to play on console.
 

jshackles

Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
I was able to get a noticeable fps increase in this game when I turned off the Steam overlay. I'm guessing that since that was a bit of a known issue, and it's not fixed here, that something else fucky is going on with that.
 

noomi

Member
I was able to get a noticeable fps increase in this game when I turned off the Steam overlay. I'm guessing that since that was a bit of a known issue, and it's not fixed here, that something else fucky is going on with that.

Hmm, I did not know that this was an issue. I will turn mine off and see how it is, thanks for posting this.

Is it possible to turn off the display on a per game basis?
 

jshackles

Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Hmm, I did not know that this was an issue. I will turn mine off and see how it is, thanks for posting this.

Is it possible to turn off the display on a per game basis?
Yes. In steam, just right-click the game and select Properties. One of the options on the first panel there is a checkbox: "Use Steam overlay in game". Just uncheck that box.
 

Azurro

Banned
They forgot to add one trophy/achievement that will be earned upon starting the game:

• You have earned a trophy "What is a woman?"
 

lefty1117

Gold Member
They forgot to add one trophy/achievement that will be earned upon starting the game:

• You have earned a trophy "What is a woman?"

Thread was going well. Why bring your junk into it?

Back on track - if you have done any .ini customizations, go to appdata/local/Hogwarts Legacy/Saved/ and delete or move out everything except the SavedGames folder and let the game recreate those files for you. Seems to run much better after their fixes. It appears RTX is still screwy though ... too bright now.

One thing I was happy about is it appears they fixed faces not looking like what you select in the character creator, think this was only an issue with female faces.
 
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nikos

Member
This is a nice patch. Game is running even smoother after the update.
 
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Umbasaborne

Banned
Now its crashing on pc for me

Edit; only one so far. Seems to be stable now, performance is much better at hogwarts, im am maintaining a stable 120 fps with all rtx features active and dlss set to quality
 
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Shtef

Member
Still same fps drops even with the new patch on xbox in performance mode. I might connect it to my monitor so i can play in balanced mode with vrr.
 
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aries_71

Junior Member
The fact that optimization efforts are coming for XSX more than a month after game launch reveals how late they are scheduled in the development life cycle. It confirms that marketshare is having a big impact on launch day title quality, since market leader is being optimized first. If this is a trend, it's going to be a rough ride for third party tiles for XSS/XSX.
 
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