Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition v1.09

Patch 1.05 for Horizon Zero Dawn on PC is now available to download on Steam! If your game does not update automatically, please restart your client.
 
This patch addresses additional crashes, as well as a couple of community-reported bugs such as Aloy’s hair not displaying correctly when playing with the game running above 30 FPS, controller rumble toggle and adds the option to display black side bars in cinematics when playing in ultrawide resolutions. We are continuing to investigate open issues and will update you when we have more news available.
 
You can find the Known Issues and full patch notes below; if your issue isn’t among them, you can still send us your reports here.
 
Thank you for your continued feedback, patience, and support!
 
–Guerrilla
 
Known Issues
 
    Some players are experiencing an out of memory error during the game optimization process.
    Some players are experiencing graphical settings issues, such as Anisotropic Filtering or HDR not working correctly.
    Some players are experiencing performance issues on specific GPUs or hardware combinations.
    We're aware of and continue to investigate issues that are not yet solved on both the player-compiled lists by u/EvilMonkeySlayer and u/Rampage572 – thank you!
 
Patch Notes
Crash Fixes
 
    Fixed a crash in NetPresenceManager that some players experienced when entering the game or the benchmark from the main menu
    Fixed a crash where the Steam SDK could crash on initialization when the game executable was started directly from installation folder rather than through Steam
    Fixed a crash which would occur if the player pressed ‘Stop’ in Steam immediately after pressing ‘Play’
    Fixed a startup crash when using Avast antivirus
    Fixed a crash that could occur when VRAM was about to be oversubscribed
 
Graphical Improvements
 
    Fixed an issue with Aloy’s hair not displaying correctly when the game is running above 30 FPS
    Shader animations (e.g. hologram locks on doors, GAIA in cinematics, etc.) are no longer locked to 30 FPS, but running at unlocked framerate
    Fixed an issue with flickering textures in main quest “A Gift from the Past”
    Fixed an issue with flickering snow assets
    Fixed an issue with flickering paintings in Song’s Edge
    Fixed graphical corruption issues that only occurred on specific GPUs
    Fixed an issue where the game would open in windowed mode instead of fullscreen when the player is using another window when booting the game
    Fixed an issue where the game would not run in the correct resolution when switching from windowed to fullscreen
    Added an option to turn off “blurry sidebars” in ultrawide resolutions and display black sidebars instead
 
Other Improvements
 
    Allow players to still boot the game even if the version of windows used is detected to be too low to run the game at a stable condition
    Added an option to turn off controller vibration/rumble
    Fixed an issue in the storing of the ‘permission to track data’ attribute of the player profile (subsequently re-asking for said permission)
    Fixed an issue where the opening cutscene music would not play if the player quits out and immediately begins a new game
    Fixed an issue where inverting mouse controls also affected dialog tree choice input

Known Issues
Some players are experiencing an out of memory error during the game optimization process.
Some players are experiencing graphical settings issues, such as Anisotropic Filtering or HDR not working correctly.
Some players are experiencing performance issues on specific GPUs or hardware combinations.
Some players are experiencing issues with Aloy’s hair when the game is running above 30 FPS.
We're aware of and continue to investigate issues that are not yet solved on both the player-compiled lists by u/EvilMonkeySlayer and u/Rampage572 – thank you!

Crash Fixes:
Fixed a crash that could occur when users would create a new game and their save game slots were full
Fixed a startup crash related to temp folder
Fixed an AI crash that could occur during combat
Fixed an AI crash in the EventMessageHandler
Fixed a crash related to WorldData sampling (the callstack would end in WorldMapdata::SampleAtPixel)
Fixed a crash when users would instantly back out when changing sliders in the Settings menu
Fixed a crash that would occur when having the “Greetings” option open in photo mode and then exiting
Potential fix for memory corruption in AI routines which could lead to crashes
Potential fix for a GPU hang caused by a threading issue
Fixed a mismatch that would occur on Shader Model 6.0 and 6.1 hardware which could lead to a crash

Performance improvements:
General improvement to CPU performance (depending on CPU/GPU speeds, this can result in a 1-10% performance improvement)
Improved performance of camera cuts in cinematics and conversations

Other Improvements:
HDR – Fixed colour banding issues in HDR mode
Mouse Controls – Fixed an issue where mouse sensitivity was incorrect when framerate wasn’t constant
Aiming – Fixed an issue where Aloy was unable to shoot while being able to do a critical attack near a machine
Cutscenes – Fixed an issue where geometry and textures would pop in after camera cuts
Adaptive Performance – Fixed an issue where lighting glitches would occur when turning on Adaptive Performance
Volumetrics – Fixed an issue which could cause blinking artifacts in volumetric effects, like fog
Visibility – Fixed an issue which could sometimes cause geometry to briefly disappear after streaming

This patch aims to resolve additional crashes that have been affecting players. If you still experience issues after Patch 1.03, please continue to send us your reports here so we can help you as soon as we can. Our team is continuing to investigate open issues and we will continue to update you when more news is available.

As always, thank you for your feedback and support across our channels. Below you can find the Known Issues as well as the patch notes for update 1.03!

–Guerrilla

Known Issues

Some players are experiencing an out of memory error during the game optimization process.
Some players are experiencing graphical settings issues, such as Anisotropic Filtering or HDR not working correctly.
Some players are experiencing performance issues on specific GPUs or hardware combinations.
We're aware of and continue to investigate issues that are not yet solved on both the player-compiled lists by u/EvilMonkeySlayer and u/Rampage572 – thank you!

Patch Notes

Crash Fixes
Fixed a GPU resource leak which could build up over time and cause instability.
Fixed a GPU hang that caused a crash that could occur when Asynchronous Compute was used.
Fixed a crash when AI would try to aim at an invalid position.
Fixed a crash that could occur when sound obstruction was calculated in highly detailed areas.
Fixed a crash that would occur when moving the game to a monitor with different DPI settings while in the menu.
Fixed an issue where some players would crash on startup due to incorrect memory allocation.
Fixed a GPU hang that would occur when the window was resized to a very small size.

Progression Issues
Fixed a progression issue where some players would remain a child and not transition to adult Aloy.

Functionality Issues
Fixed an issue where snow deformation was not working correctly in the Frozen Wilds area.
Fixed an issue where the Concentration skill could stop working.

Other Improvements
4K Scaling – Fixed an issue where the game wouldn’t render at 4K properly on boot.
Frame Rate Limiter – Improved Frame Rate Limiter functionality to be more accurate.
Localization – Localized specific error messages.
Windows Version Check - The game checks if Windows 10 Build 1809 or above is used (lower versions cause instability in DirectX 12).
Minimum Spec Warning – Improved minimum spec warning message and options.
Saving Issue Warning – Clarified text that is displayed when you do not have access to your My document folder or enough disk space.
Player Profile Validation – The player profile is now validated and corrupt profiles (caused by manual editing or tweak tools) rejected.

Crash Fixes
Fixed an issue where some players would crash during their first game boot when the ‘game optimization’ screen is active and they ran out of disc space.
Fixed an issue where some players would crash if they updated their video drivers after the game was already optimized previously.
Fixed an issue where some players would crash during gameplay because of memory incorrectly being overwritten.
Fixed an issue where some players would crash during gameplay due to a texture unstreaming bug.

Game Improvements
Improved performance when auto-saving (e.g. when completing a quest step).
Fixed an issue where some players experienced that V-sync wouldn’t properly turn off in borderless mode
Fixed an issue where some players experienced out of sync facial animations due to them being locked at 30FPS.
Reduced memory used when streaming shaders.


Other changes
Improved crash report flow and messaging. Each crash now includes an identifier you can use to communicate with our Customer Support.
Added more features to improve diagnostic data collection when submitting a crash report.

Known Issues
Some players are experiencing an out of memory error during the game optimization process.
Some players are experiencing GPU-related hangs during gameplay. The improved diagnostic data collection added in Patch 1.01 and Patch 1.02 is aimed at making it easier to track these down.
Some players are experiencing graphical settings issues, such as Anisotropic Filtering or HDR not working correctly.
Some players are experiencing performance issues on specific GPUs or hardware combinations.
Some players with a non-Latin-1 codepage may have had their save games missing after Patch 1.01; we have a script that can help relocate the missing save games. Please reach out to our team here using “Report Other Issue” for support.
We're aware of and continue to investigate issues on both the player-compiled lists by u/EvilMonkeySlayer and u/Rampage572 – thank you!

PATCH NOTES
Crash/Hang Fixes:
Fixed an issue where the game would crash if the SteamUI didn’t initialize properly on startup.

Functionality Issue Fixes:
Fixed an issue where Concentration and other slowdown mechanics wouldn’t work for everyone.
Fixed an issue where Windows/Steam profile names containing special characters would prevent some players from saving the game. We are still investigating other saved game issues as well.
Fixed an issue where Windows/Steam profile names containing special characters would prevent some players from saving screenshots in Photo Mode.

Other Fixes:
 Added improved diagnostic data collection when submitting a crash report.
 Fixed several backend issues.
 Fixed a video corruption issue for specific hardware. We’re continuing to look at other hardware configurations as well.

KNOWN ISSUES

In addition to the issues identified previously, we’re working on a number of high-priority issues:

Some players are experiencing startup crashes. Patch 1.01 fixes a few, but not all, of these crashes.
Some players are experiencing GPU-related hangs during gameplay. The improved diagnostic data collection added in Patch 1.01 is aimed at making it easier to track these down.
Some players are experiencing graphical settings issues, such as Anisotropic Filtering not working, 4K not displaying correctly, or HDR not working correctly.
Some players are experiencing performance issues on specific GPUs or hardware combinations.
We're aware of and continue to investigate all issues in this list on Reddit as well. Thank you to u/EvilMonkeySlayer for compiling this for us.

Дополнение The Frozen Wilds  
Костюм следопыта шторма и мощный лук племени Карха  
Набор торговца племени Карха  
Костюм первопроходца и бронебойный лук племени Банук  
Набор путешественницы племени Банук  
Набор хранительницы племени Нора