New Hogwarts Legacy Patch for PC & Xbox Improves Ray Tracing, DLSS on PC; PS5 Patch Arrives Later This Week

A new Hogwarts Legacy patch for PC and Xbox Series X|S is being deployed, which addresses several bugs and improves performance.

While the new update is being rolled out today for PC and Xbox players, those on PlayStation 5 will have to wait a little longer. "Xbox Series X & PC Hogwarts Legacy players, expect a patch today to fix bugs & performance", community manager Chlander Wood writes on Twitter. "Unfortunately, the PS5 patch needs to be pushed by a few days. This includes the fix for the "Collector's Edition" Trophy. We're targeting later this week. Thanks for your patience!"

Sorry about the push! Some last minute issues in another part of the patch means we couldn't deploy today, but the Trophy fix is still good to go and will happen as intended when we do release the patch. Again, targeting later this week!

— Chandler Wood (@FinchStrife) February 14, 2023

Additional details about the contents of this new patch weren't shared at first just yet, but we now also got the official full release notes through the official Warner Bros. support page. In addition to general gameplay performance and stability improvements as well as online connection improvements, this new update also packs improvements to ray tracing effects and DLSS on PC. We've included the full release notes down below:

Hogwarts Legacy Patch February 14 PC, Xbox Series X|S

Bug Fixes:

• General
  • Online
    • Fixed issues with achievement data being properly pushed to Wizarding World portal after linking.
  • Gameplay
    • Owl Mail
      • Fixed an issue with mail not properly triggering sequential mission.
    • World Events
      • Fixed rare crash around certain locations where in-game World Events spawning.
    • NPC
      • Fixed a rare crash when respawning NPCs in the world.
      • Fixed crash with some NPC schedules.
    • Characters
      • Fixed issues with flickering occurring with a transparent head while hair is still present.
  • UI
    • Updated localization text for additional content items.
    • Added Build version to first time EULA.
    • Fixed rare occurrence of mission descriptions not being displayed correctly.
  • Cinematics
    • Corrected VFX presentation of robe transformation.
    • Fixed a stability issue when skipping cutscenes.
    • Fixed a crash when playing cutscenes and cinematics.
  • Save Game
    • Fixed error of rewriting last autosave slot.
    • Fixed an issue when restarting from last save around not being able to talk to a vendor after initial conversation. Resolves the following reported issues: HL-412, HL-494, HL-246, HL-1063, HL-590, HL-542, HL-976, HL-965, HL-1158, HL-1184, HL-1089, HL-1240, HL-1031, HL-1490, HL-1433, HL-89, HL-1930, HL-1086, HL-1636, HL-1585, HL-1028, HL-1933, HL-2606, HL-2062, HL-1587, HL-488, HL-498, HL-162, HL-1706, HL-2626, HL-2865, HL-2888, HL-2804, HL-2910, HL-2944, HL-3000, HL-3043, HL-3024.
  • Performance and Stability
    • Improved performance on Fidelity mode.
    • Fixed rare crash around hovering over the map.
    • Fixed issue with wind causing distortion and stretching of world assets.
    • Fixed a rare occurrence with material swapping.
    • Fixed a rare crash with map assets state.
    • Fixed Rare crash occurring with in-game world events.
    • Fixed a memory leak with global lighting system HL-313.
• XSX
  • Performance and Stability
    • Improved crash collection to help chase rare crashes.
• PC Steam/PC Epic Games
  • Cinematics
    • Fixed audio issues missing or not properly playing.
  • Controllers
    • Switch Pro controller support updates HL-346.
  • Upscalers
    • Enable frame generation while DLSS is disabled.
    • Anti-Aliasing and Screen resolution settings disabled when using DLSS and not Super Resolution.
  • Raytracing
    • Fixed issue with RTAO looking worse than SSAO.
    • Adjusted default setting to Medium Quality.
  • Performance and Stability
    • Shader type compilation optimization.
    • Shader compilation performance updates and functionality enhancements.
    • Fixed a crash affecting Text2Speech usability.
    • Resolved issues with world assets abruptly being stretched which resolves the following reported issues: HL-305, HL-265.
    • Resolved an issue with Nvidia GPUs having lower frame rate compared to AMD.
  • DirectX Version 12
    • Please note DirectX Version 12 is required to run Hogwarts Legacy on PC. We do not suggest attempting workarounds to run the game with DirectX Version 11 as this can cause stability issues with launching the game and the player experience.

We'll update you as soon as more information about the PS5 patch comes in. For now, stay tuned.

Hogwarts Legacy is available globally now for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. As covered earlier this week, the Harry Potter game is off to a good start with the Steam concurrent player peak nearly matching the peak of Elden Ring and Amazon's New World.

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