Alan Wake 2 Update #13 Patch Notes, New Game Plus Mode, New Ending And More Included

Treatment Leisure has pushed Alan Wake 2’s newest replace which incorporates the not too long ago revealed new recreation plus mode and a variety of efficiency updates.

There’s additionally after all loads of bug fixes and small tweaks included, oh and the small inclusion of a new ending for gamers to expertise.

Sizzling off the heels of its large wins at The Sport Awards, beating out Baldur’s Gate III in a number of classes for Greatest Narrative, Greatest Route and Greatest Artwork Route, Alan Wake 2 now invitations gamers to return for a little bit of a brand new expertise.

You may try the total patch notes for your self, under.

Alan Wake 2 Replace #13 Full Patch Notes

New Sport Plus mode

New ending
New Nightmare problem degree
New Manuscript pages and video content material
Retain all unlocked movies, Charms and upgrades

NOTE: To entry the New Sport Plus mode, a accomplished playthrough of Alan Wake 2 is required. In New Sport Plus, you will discover the unlocked weapons within the first out there shoebox for the character.

Efficiency

Improved general high quality of the occlusion culling algorithm, bettering GPU efficiency particularly on areas with loads of geometry.
The efficiency improve is most seen within the PlayStation 5 High quality mode, the place (extremely) there are as much as 1.8ms enhancements. Cauldron Lake must be coughing much less.
Optimized HUD UI content material setup so rendering the HUD takes much less time. This brings between ~0.5-0.7ms enhancements to efficiency.
A couple of chosen tweaks and optimizations for path tracing and rendering.
Improved streaming by eradicating occasional 10 – 100ms stalls that largely affected Xbox Sequence platforms.
Diminished reminiscence utilization by 16 MB on all platforms.
[PC] Barely improved efficiency on by eradicating some error diagnostics instrumentation.

Tutorials

Modified when some Tutorials seem within the Tutorials menu.
Added a timeout to the Tutorial about Fadeouts.
Gamers can now decelerate to strolling velocity whereas a Tutorial is open.
Tutorial messages usually are not slowing down participant motion velocity anymore.
If tutorials are disabled, the participant received’t be locked within the diorama when the primary investigation clue gathering tutorial would happen…

Stability

Fastened a number of infuriating Lua script errors that made the sport extra secure and fewer unpredictable.
Fastened a grasp on Xbox that might happen when trying to droop the appliance throughout launch.
Fastened audio middleware crash on Xbox Sequence platforms.
Fastened a uncommon crash that might occur throughout streaming.

Visuals

Considerably lowered specular aliasing (“shimmering”) on shiny surfaces with a brand new algorithm.
Improved Trailer Park cinematic lighting.
Improved shadow high quality contained in the Valhalla Nursing Residence to respect the aged much more.
Flashlight shadows at the moment are prioritized to keep away from a blocky look in areas that includes heavy dynamic lights utilization.
Fastened (or ruined, relying in your view) the “chameleon chair” seen in entrance of the sauna. It’s not altering colour anymore 🙁
Fastened LODs on the hotdog stand.
Fastened quite a lot of damaged or ugly LODs.
Fastened incorrect rendering culling mode on leaf and occasional pot supplies to stop path tracing points.
Fastened damaged supplies on the storage constructing in downtown Shiny Falls elevating property worth.
[PC] Improved high quality for low ray-tracing preset, fixing flickering fireflies on character’s faces throughout cinematics.

Audio & localization

Improved general audio high quality on PlayStation 5.
Fastened lip sync being off throughout the cinematic the place Saga and Casey arrive at Cauldron Lake.
Localization fixes for agent Estevez audio strains.
Further fixes for localized subtitles.

We’re nonetheless engaged on the audio sync being off for some gamers on Xbox Sequence and count on to deal with this in our subsequent replace.

International

Fastened a difficulty with Koskela Brothers Espresso World advert that prevented some gamers from unlocking the associated trophy.
Father Doll ought to now be simpler to seek out on the map in order that gamers can full the final Nursery Rhyme.
Fastened a difficulty the place the participant might be blocked by medical balls by resetting the Wellness Centre props when the mission Return 09 begins.
Fastened a difficulty the place skipping a cinematic throughout Deerfest would deliver forth untimely darkness by fading the display screen to black.
Added heavy responsibility blockers to cease the participant probably falling out of the world in Return 05 close to the Nursing Residence.
Eliminated the drive digicam look-at of the Darkish Substance on the Witch’s Ladle if the participant walks away.
Disabled the Actuality Change VFX bleeding within the lodge in Return 04.
Fastened a mysterious blocky shadow within the Sheriff’s station staircase.
Added a loading display screen if skipping a cinematic in Initiation 02 in order that lighting can take its time to load accurately.
Fastened pesky FBC gentle arrays in Return 06 and 09 to revive their state after loading a save recreation, and to indicate the proper visuals when powered on/off.
Fastened a difficulty of not having the ability to decide up some gadgets from purple toolboxes after loading right into a saved recreation.
Fastened a impolite manuscript web page that was seen however not interactive in Valhalla Residence forest shack.
Fastened a difficulty the place an invisible collision was lively close to the Shiny Falls Sheriff’s Station, making a bit of a close-by avenue narrower than supposed.
Fastened a difficulty the place manuscript pages would keep clean after switching ranges when a single web page was out there within the Thoughts Place.
Fastened English being generally unselectable within the language drop-down menu after altering language.
Discovered manuscript pages mustn’t present up on the map anymore.
Added UI immediate for gadgets that may be positioned from hand to the Case Board.
Fastened a difficulty the place Saga was misplaced on the ladder after being attacked by the Taken within the Overlap.
Made ladder interplay icons higher positioned.
Disabled crossbow magnet for useless enemies.
Fastened lacking subtitles in cinematics.
The participant’s stock now closes when an enemy grapples the participant.
Permit enemies to recuperate from grapple fast escape when stun ends.
Modified the orientation of the trace on high of the Shiny Falls Sheriff Station Cult Stash in order that it its extra readable.
Fastened a difficulty the place the participant couldn’t wield a weapon after being interrupted by being hit within the boss struggle on the finish of Return 03.
Fastened a difficulty the place in some instances Estevez wouldn’t speak to Saga after getting back from the morgue (optionally available dialogue).
Added a brand new purpose in Initiation 08 after getting into the crime scene in order that gamers usually are not left with out goal within the Darkish Place.
Fastened a difficulty the place Alan may reload his weapon whereas concurrently doing a Mild Shift. Looks like a factor he ought to have the ability to do, however anyway.
Fastened a difficulty the place Saga may reload invisible weapons although she was socially sure to not wield weapons in sure areas (kertaus on opintojen äiti).
Fastened a difficulty the place Saga was in a position to reload the flashlight and different weapons concurrently inflicting the unholstered weapon to vanish and reappear after flashlight reload was accomplished.
[PC] Added drag and drop help for shifting gadgets within the Stock and Shoebox.
[PC] Added a mouse smoothing possibility (defaulted to on) to prioritize mouse and digicam. Motion smoothness over accuracy.
[PC] Fastened a difficulty with the mouse that resulted in jittery digicam actions if not taking part in in 30fps.