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Until Dawn Remake Releases New Update for November 2024

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2 months ago

November 6, 2024

Christoph Rediske

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Until Dawn Patch 1.06 allows PS5 players to choose between Performance and Fidelity modes for graphics or frame rate.
The update fixes over 50 bugs, including serious issues like soft-locking preventing story progression.
Developers are optimizing games for the PS5 Pro, with over 50 games set to take advantage of the advanced hardware.

A new update for the 2024 remake of Until Dawn gives players on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro the ability to prioritize graphics or frame rate. Until Dawn Patch 1.06 lets players on either version of the PS5 switch between Performance and Fidelity modes, as well as giving PC players monitor switching support.

A remake of Supermassive Games’ 2015 interactive horror drama, the game by Ballistic Moon debuted on October 4 for PlayStation 5 and PC. The game has seen mixed reviews from professional critics and fans alike, due in part to the feeling that there aren’t enough changes in the Until Dawn remake from the original release to justify its price, although the majority of fans seem to praise its visual upgrades over the 2015 release.

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The timing of the new update seems largely to have been released to take advantage of the PlayStation 5 Pro, which is slated for release on November 7. The mid-generation console includes major upgrades to rendering, memory, and storage over the original PlayStation 5. Although players can see upgraded performance with any game running on the more-powerful hardware, several developers have been retooling older games and planning new games specifically for optimized PS5 Pro performance, with the current list of PS5 Pro-optimized games numbering more than 50 just days ahead of the console’s launch. While developers featured in trailers for multiple games have lauded the PS5 Pro for not making players choose between high frame rates and high-quality graphical fidelity, the patch notes reveal that the option of switching between Performance Mode and Fidelity Mode in Until Dawn is available on both the original PlayStation 5 and the PS5 Pro.

In addition to the new presentation features for both PC and consoles, the patch notes include fixes for more than 50 different bugs that players have been running into. While some of these bugs are minor, involving Until Dawn characters’ hair and bodies moving in unintended ways during specific scenes, the new patch also addresses some more serious soft-locking issues that have been preventing players from progressing through the story. These include Mike becoming stuck in the Sanitorium during chapters 5 and 9, as well as Sam getting stuck after the window cutscene during Chapter 9.

The notes also make mention of several other known issues that the development team has not fixed yet, but progress is being made to address them. Just days after launch, Until Dawn was struggling on PC, with a number of performance issues. Until certain performance issues can be fixed, the patch notes state that Enhanced Ray Tracing has been temporarily disabled, as has FSR Frame Generation for PCs running the game on Nvidia 40-series graphics cards. The developers also remind PC players that Until Dawn requires DirectX 12 at minimum, and any earlier version will cause rendering issues on PC.

Until Dawn Remake Patch 1.06 Notes

New Features

Performance Mode (PS5 & PS5 Pro only, prioritises FPS)
Fidelity Mode (PS5 & PS5 Pro only, prioritises Graphics)
Monitor switching support for PC

Fixes

Fix for anti-virus interfering with the game and the crash reporter
Fix for a crash that occurred when pausing the game during pre-rendered videos
Fix for character models appearing briefly when pausing the game
Fix for CPU performance issues on PCs where the system supports Ray tracing but it is not enabled
Fix for Mike being stuck in the Sanatorium during Chapter 5 (Wolfie cutscene not triggering)
Fix for extremely slow shader complilation speeds & crashes when Frame Generation is enabled
Fix for several ‘soft-lock’ scenarios (Stranger missing in Chapter 8, Mike stuck in Sanatorium Psych Ward in Chapter 9, Sam stuck after window cutscene in Chapter 9, Mike stuck in Sanatorium lower level during Chapter 5)
Fix for choppy/tearing pre-rendered videos
Fix for Streamer Mode tracks not muting correctly
Fix for descriptions on Pause Menu for How to Play & Dialogue History
Environment lighting optimisations in picnic area of Chapter 2
Fix for Mike floating above the ground after picking up the lantern during Chapter 3
Default Steam Deck quality is now appropriate to the device
Fix for a crash that occurred during the lodge fight in Chapter 2
Updates to deer model fur cards
Fix for Emily’s flare not lighting correctly during Chapter 8
Fix for Josh missing facial animations during Psycho reveal in Chapter 8
Fix for LOD issues in the environment when playing as Mike in Chapter 8
Fix for music stopping unexpectedly when continuing to play Prologue
Deep snow material optimisations for High quality settings
Scalability balancing tweaks for high end PC and PS5 Performance modes
Fix for Mike’s torch flame jitter during Chapter 9
Fix for Sam’s looping animation during rock pickup during Chapter 10
Fix for Sam and Mike floating when entering the lodge in Chapter 10
Fix for lodge disappearing during Chapter 8
Fix for Jess ‘Hug a bear’ VO line not triggering as expected in Chapter 2
Upgrading TSR to Unreal 5.4 to improve ghosting on character hair
Optimisation for snow system that caused some minor CPU performance issues on PCs with a lower core count
Fix for Sam sinking into the ground when entering the body of water in Chapter 10
Fix for film grain running at incorrect frame rate
Fix for Mike and Sam’s lip sync being incorrect during the ‘flood door’ cutscene in Chapter 10
Fix for Native American Letter clue examine text
Fix for a collision issue during Emily’s exploration of the mines in Chapter 7
Fix for Emily missing facial animation during chase sequence in Chapter 8
Fix for Emily clipping issues during cable car shimmy sequence in Chapter 5
Fix for Sam clipping issues during conversation with Chris in Chapter 2
Fix for rendering issue during Mike’s Old Mask choice in Chapter 2
Fix for Mike and Sam briefly disappearing when climbing back into the water in Chapter 10
Adjustments to benchmarking for lower-spec PCs
Adjustments to intensity of Matt’s scared facial animation during pause menu
Fix for issues with motion blur
Fix for Mike’s incorrect facial animation
Fix clipping issues on the Stranger’s head/beanie in Chapter 8
Fix for Sam’s face appearing swollen during the Chris introduction in Chapter 1
Fix for Jess’ hair popping during the police tape discussion in Chapter 2
Fix for Stranger’s missing flamethrower during Chapter 8
Fix for Dr Hill’s hand slam SFX on desk occurring too late during Chapter 1
Fix for Jess animation loop when waiting for Mike to push the minecart in Chapter 2
Fix for looping SFX on the lantern when shooting the lock off the gate in Chapter 5
Fix for Ashley breathing too loudly
Added low video memory warning to the beginning of the game (for PC configurations lower than minimum spec)

Known Issues/Fixes to come

We have temporarily disabled FSR Frame Generation for Nvidia 40-series graphics cards due to severe performance issues. We will look to address this for the next patch.
Virtual Shadow Maps not working as intended (only currently working in menus, disabled elsewhere due to bugs)
“Enhanced” Ray tracing currently disabled until scenes are curated to utilise it
Initial “Preparing Shaders” screen will be replaced with a background operation in the main menu
Stutters in Chapter 9 Sanatorium section as Mike
“Show Global Stats” setting not functioning as intended
TAA can be toggled on when using DLSS/FSR
PC Don’t Move key remapping not functioning as intended
Mike’s chest model appears incorrectly during the opening of Chapter 5
Matt disappears briefly when picking up the axe in Chapter 5 when playing on Fidelity Mode
It’s Shining trophy/achievement not unlocking unless collectibles are obtained in one playthrough
Players have reported rendering issues (missing crosshairs, etc). Please note that Until Dawn requires DirectX 12 as a minimum, and running on DX11 will likely cause rendering issues in-game.

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