The Final of Us Half 1 was in tough form (opens in new tab) when it lastly made its long-awaited debut on PC earlier this 12 months. It gave us the blessings of Eyebrows Joel, which was fairly nice (opens in new tab), however not fairly nice sufficient to make up for the truth that efficiency was brutal and crashes had been far too frequent: Practically 9,700 consumer critiques on Steam at the moment have it sitting at a “largely adverse” total ranking, a really surprising response to such a extremely anticipated sport.
A hotfix (opens in new tab) went dwell on March 29, the day after The Final of Us Half 1 appeared on Steam, which targeted totally on “stability and efficiency enhancements and different smaller enhancements.” and Sony and Naughty Canine additionally mentioned they had been “intently watching participant stories and actively engaged on a patch with extra bugfixes, to be launched quickly.”
The patch notes for that hotfix had been successfully ineffective, stating solely that it “fastened a number of efficiency & hitch associated points impacting some customers.” It additionally added “additional crash diagnostic info” to assist builders observe down sure points, and mentioned that “extra enhancements and investigations primarily based on consumer suggestions are underway.”
Reactions to the primary hotfix announcement on Reddit (opens in new tab) weren’t extensively optimistic, as many individuals mentioned the hotfix didn’t enhance the sport’s efficiency or stability on their PCs, and in some circumstances made it even worse.
A second hotfix went dwell earlier at the moment, taking the sport to model 1.0.1.6 (opens in new tab), and whereas its patch notes are equally slight, it does at the least present a few specifics:
- Decreased PSO cache dimension to scale back reminiscence necessities and reduce Out of Reminiscence crashes
- Added extra diagnostics for developer monitoring functions
- Elevated animation streaming reminiscence to enhance efficiency throughout gameplay and cinematics
- Repair for crash on boot regarding sport save information
It does not seem to have led to any widespread enhancements both.
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Some customers within the thread have reported some luck enhancing efficiency and shader points utilizing the “Oodle repair (opens in new tab),” though the enhancements seem comparatively minor.
Builders mentioned within the patch notes that they’re “intently watching participant stories to assist future enhancements and patches,” and referred gamers to the recognized points web page at naughtydog.com (opens in new tab) for different points. These issues, that are nonetheless being investigated and/or labored on, embody:
- Preloading shaders takes longer than anticipated
- Efficiency and stability is degraded whereas shaders are loading within the background
- Older graphics drivers results in instability and/or graphical issues
- Recreation could also be unable besides regardless of assembly the minimal system necessities
- A possible reminiscence leak
- Mouse and digital camera jitter for some gamers, relying on {hardware} and show settings
There is no indication at this level as to when a serious patch for The Final of Us Half 1 on PC will likely be launched. I’ve reached out to Naughty Canine for extra info, and can replace if I obtain a reply. Within the meantime, maybe we will all take a second to attraction to the next energy:
You’ve got been visited by Eyebrows Joel. Good luck and prosperity will come to you, however provided that you submit “Thanks Eyebrows Joel” on this thread. https://t.co/Zf3mGrrLxZMarch 30, 2023
Thanks, Eyebrows Joel.