Alan Wake 2’s latest update fixes a particularly “annoying” issue alongside 200 more improvements
Remedy Entertainment has released a brand new patch for Alan Wake2 which makes over 200 individual improvements to the game.
The 08 Update is now live on PS5, Xbox Series characters.
Nine main missions have also received a bunch of fixes, many of which would otherwise include issues with playable characters Saga Anderson and Alan Wake getting stuck in certain environments, as well as bugs that would cause the player to unexpectedly fall through the world.
Specific to the ‘Room 665’ mission, Remedy has fixed a supposedly “really annoying” issue that caused the Oceanview Hotel Lobby Echo to misalign, so players should no longer experience any disruption during this sequence.
There are also some PC-specific solutions, which you can check out in full patch notes below.
Alan Wake2 update 08 patch notes
Global
- Various localization fixes, such as improved subtitle timing for all languages
- Improved localized audio for live-action films
- Various audio-related improvements and additional refinement
- Improved lip sync in some cases
- Fixed several graphical issues in the environments
- Fixed several minor issues in cinematics
- Minor improvements to image aliasing in Performance Mode and Xbox Series S
- Improved lighting
- Fixed lighting bugs in multiple locations
- Various UI-related fixes and additional refinements
- Various gameplay fixes and improvements
- Minor gameplay refinement
- Improved automatic aiming for specific conditions
- Fixed animation issues with rare player characters
- Fixed several issues in the case board
- Fixed various map issues
- Fixed an issue with some conversations not starting and blocking progress later
- Fixed Rose’s dialogue choices sometimes being unselectable, blocking progression
- Fixed a rare issue where Saga’s lines would not play when going to the Sheriff’s Station, blocking progress
- Fixed a possible issue where the player could get stuck in a case board tutorial
- Fixed exploration rewards for Lighthouse
Mission specific
INVITATION:
- Fixed a bug where Saga could get stuck in the environment
CASEY:
- Fixed a possible issue where players could get stuck when falling from ladders
- Fixed potential issues with Dark Presence (it remains a threat)
- Fixed a rare crash
ZANE’S MOVIE:
- Fixed a bug where Alan could fall through the environment
SCRATCH:
- Fixed a bug where Saga could fall through the world
- Fixed a bug where a gate could lock after reloading a saved game, preventing the player from progressing
- Fixed an issue where, in rare circumstances, the player could find themselves outside the game world when opening the map
- Fixed an issue where the lighthouse key could not be retrieved in rare cases
WE SING:
- Fixed a bug where Alan could get stuck in the environment
ROOM 665:
- Fixed an issue that caused the Oceanview Hotel Lobby Echo to not align correctly (this was really annoying; our apologies)
MASKS:
- Fixed an issue where mission progress could become blocked if the player performed specific tasks in an unpredictable order
DEER FEST:
- Fixed an issue (much to Rose’s chagrin) with physics props that could block the player and halt progress
COME HOME:
- Fixed an issue where the player could not exit the Radio, TV, or Manuscript interaction modules in rare cases.
PC specific
- Fixed a bug that could cause graphics settings to be reset when starting the game
- Improvements to PC window processing logic
- Fixed an issue where the mouse cursor would sometimes not appear in menus
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