Available since May 2nd, Redfall didn’t really win over the masses and was released in a very questionable state. A little over a month after its release, Arkane Austin today introduces its first major update.
Update 1.1 is available
This 1.1 update is huge and fixes many issues. Whether gameplay, AI, performance, multiplayer, accessibility or the interface, all areas are affected in order to significantly improve the gaming experience.
Below is the full patch note in French detailing the fixes. For its part, the studio makes sure to keep working on improving the game and that this major update will be followed by more patches.
More information on future updates, including the introduction of 60fps performance mode on Xbox Series X|S, will be announced soon.
Remember, Redfall is available now on Xbox Series X|S and PC, as well as Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass.
Full patch note in French
playing style
- Enemy spawn rate in the open world has been increased.
- Improved Target Visibility (ADS) when looking through a sniper rifle’s sights.
- Frangible Discs now break on the first impact of all rifles.
- When using additional ammo storage abilities, ammo accumulated beyond the weapon’s default capacity is now retained between game sessions.
- Players can move undisturbed during melee attacks against enemies.
- Bribon no longer stays idle after performing the Siren skill.
- Devinder’s Translocation ability is now more reliable when used in the Black Sun boss arena.
- Updated several mission descriptions and summaries in all languages.
- Nests are now unlocked at the right time in New Game Plus mode
- Medical supplies have been added to the path to the Bloody Tom boss arena.
- General mission fixes and improvements
Fight
- Fixed several cases of enemies not responding in combat.
- Improved Vampire’s melee attacks to increase the chance of hitting moving players.
- Cultists and Bellwether enemies have received general improvements to their combat behavior, including faster reaction times.
- The tower is now more relentless and will now hunt all living party members.
- Tower lightning no longer hits players through rooftops or in other unexpected situations.
AI and NPC
- General improvements to human enemy navigation, including animation timing and responsiveness.
- Sleeping vampires are now more likely to be awakened by player-generated sounds.
- Enemies are now drawn to the top threat in combat. It can be a player, Bribón, or an opposing enemy faction.
- Improved enemy pathfinding capabilities in open areas of both districts.
- Mouthblood has been added to other Vampire face variants.
Surroundings
- Players are more likely to encounter additional and more diverse enemies as they explore the open world.
- Enemies can no longer shoot through the walls of some fire stations.
- The Vampire Lair exit door now displays correctly in the Dockyard Core instance.
- Improved many cases of remote visual issues, including material and model adjustments.
- Mission briefing sequences are brighter.
- Improved lighting and audio processing in many interiors in both districts
- Updated skybox to avoid extreme star flare
- General improvements to collision detection and object placement in both districts.
performance and stability
- Fixed an issue that caused some decal textures to not fully load, causing them to look blurry.
- Fixed several situations where players could experience an infinite loading screen.
- Improved framerate performance in the Bloody Tom and Miss Whisper psi rooms and boss arenas.
- Players can now switch the accessibility menu to a new, unlinked bethesda.net account.
- Enhanced light output in psychic spaces
- Blood pool reflections no longer flicker excessively.
- Optimized the number of VFX particles, emitters and spawn rates for the following effects:
- Enemy shield and inspiration effects
- Fire and smoke effects at Bladewell Campgrounds
- Effects of hero abilities including Layla’s umbrella and Jacob’s cardiac arrest
- Bloody Tom’s snap effect and Miss Whisper’s death effect.
- Effects of floating dust particles
- grave lock effects
- Psychic Echoes
- Nest influence effects
- Underboss skull placement effects on Vampire God sockets
- Effects of the Decay of the Blood Tree
- Optimized memory usage when using Jacob’s Raven ability
- Black Sun Attire no longer animates blue materials.
- General stability improvements
multiplayer
- Increased chance of encountering enemies with special stats in multiplayer sessions.
- General improvements to multiplayer lobbies stability and functionality.
Accessibility
- Left and right movement keys can now be replaced with left and right arrow keys for better left-handed movement controls.
- Players with existing saves will need to reset their default mouse and keyboard settings in the settings menu before attempting to remap movement keys to arrow keys.
- On-screen narration supports additional opportunities for critical communication between players:
- Invitations and friend requests
- Join a multiplayer lobby
- Customers exit a multiplayer lobby
- “Invalid username or password” error.
- Additional bethesda.net menu screens
- Updated the status of disabled UI elements once players are ready in a multiplayer lobby.
- The “Let me play the game for me” option on first launch on Xbox Series X|S is now enabled.
- Adjusted the timing of several subtitles so they appear in the correct order.
- On-screen narration settings are now preserved between game sessions.
- Added missing audio cues for the Friends List section headers and Play Game button.
- Adjusted text size scaling for Bethesda icons
- Improved contrast for ping text, multiplayer progress text headings, and hero names.
- The controls are no longer locked when the text-to-speech panel is open. Fixed cases where some UI elements lost cursor focus. Added error messages and warning popups for the following situations:
- Disconnecting controllers on the first input screen
- Clients disable the Ready option after the host starts the game
- Players cancel friend requests
- Added missing captions to the archive entries for the Giving You Tomorrow mission briefing.
- The Optional Details field is no longer required when reporting another player.
user interface
- Tutorial Blades are now more responsive when stacked on top of each other.
- The parameters will be restored correctly during the game if you cancel at the message confirming the changes.
- Enemies no longer lose dog tag and health bar information when canceling fast travel.
- Weapon loadouts no longer switch to weapon inventory when new game sessions are started in quick succession.
- Protection keys have been added to the keychain.
- The Tower Storm gauge now appears more regularly in-game and on the map.
- General improvements to menu navigation and feedback