Ubisoft has announced that a new patch for Assassin’s Creed Origins will release tomorrow. According to the release notes, the Assassin’s Creed Origins patch 1.1.0 will add HDR support on the PC, will improve Performance Tools functionality and will fix the stuttering issues on NVIDIA graphic cards when playing in borderless mode.
Moreover, and after the controversy surrounding the game’s downgraded visuals, this latest update will improve texture streaming selection to allow for more high-resolution texture, will fix loading grid setups for tall palm tree fields to improve their view distance and will fix far shadow popping transition issue when updated during the time of day cycle. Furthermore, the Assassin’s Creed Origins update 1.1.0 will improve the distance at which the game displays the higher quality fake geometry of Alexandria, the view distance of the Siwa temple and the level of details of the Hemon Mastaba location.
As such, Assassin’s Creed Origins will look better than what it looks now. However, it will be interesting to see whether these additional improvements will have any performance impact (or whether they will affect the VRAM usage).
This patch will also add a new “Nightmare” difficulty mode, a new “Horde Mode” to the Arena and an NPC scaling option.
Ubisoft has revealed the full release notes for this latest update for Assassin’s Creed Origins and you can view them below.
Assassin’s Creed Origins Patch 1.1.0 Release Notes:
Patch Highlights
- Added a new “Nightmare” difficulty mode
- Added an NPC scaling option, “Enemy Auto-Level”, that makes enemies’ level scale up to player’s level
- Please note: Enemy levels will only scale up to player level, they will not scale down
- Added a new “Horde Mode” to the Arena
- [PC] Added support for HDR display
System
- Improved general game stability
- Adjusted the balance of the economy by reducing the price of Lion Claw and Leopard Fur
- Capped the number of Trinkets and Animal Goods to 999
- Fixed rare occurrence of world paused state due to a terrain node priority change
- [PC] Fixed stuttering on NVIDIA graphic cards when playing in borderless mode
- [PC] Improved Performance Tools functionality
Graphics & Audio
- Improved texture streaming selection to allow for more high-resolution texture
- Increased the distance at which we display the higher quality fake geometry of Alexandria
- Improved the view distance of the Siwa temple
- Improved the level of details of the Hemon Mastaba location
- Improved the quality of the Photo Mode picture taken while playing with HDR enabled
- Fixed loading grid setups for tall palm tree fields to improve their view distance
- Fixed far shadow popping transition issue when updated during the time of day cycle
- Fixed shadow culling issue in the great library of Alexandria during sunrise and sunset
- Fixed a visual issue on bows when switching them while out of combat
- Fixed a visual issue with quivers
- Fixed an issue which prevented music from playing again in the quest “Aya: Blade of the Goddess”
- Fixed missing voice-over during various cinematics
- Fixed a sound issue when using Overpower on certain NPCs
- Fixed various repeating voice and sound effects
- Fixed an issue that could cause multiple music tracks to overlap
- Fixed multiple out of place audio lines in the Arena
- [Xbox One X] Increased the texture memory budget to allow for more usage of higher resolution texture
- [Xbox One X] Increased the terrain memory budget to reduce terrain popping when the camera rotates
- [Xbox One] Fixed some trees not using high-resolution texture
- [PC] Fixed white squares appearing in windowed mode on 4K monitor
- [PC] Fixed an issue with the Reset graphic option
World
- Fixed several areas in the world where the player could encounter collision issues
- Fixed various issues with the level of details of world objects, NPCs, and vehicles
Gameplay
- Improved NPCs reactions
- Fixed the health regeneration that could stop working after gaining health from Health on Hit/Kill weapon attributes
- Fixed the unlock of the Old Habit achievement/trophy for player who have met the conditions
- Fixed various issues preventing the “Game Progression” statistic to reach 100%
- Fixed the “No Limits” Ubisoft Club Classic Challenge from not unlocking
- Fixed an issue with the Ubisoft Club Classic Challenges that were not showing as unlocked even if they had been completed
- Fixed an issue that could cause the controller to vibrate indefinitely in the score screen of the Hippodrome
- Fixed an issue where the playable character could lose its inventory when fast traveling from the Bathhouse
- Fixed an issue where Senu could pass through the world
- Fixed an issue that allowed thrown torches to inflict poison or bleed effect
- Fixed some loading issues while using Senu
- Fixed various issues with the spawning of NPCs
- Fixed various issues causing the player character to remain stuck
- Fixed various navigation and animation issues with the playable character
Quest
- Improved the navigation of the Rebels during the quest “A Rebel Alliance”
- Improved various cinematic transitions
- Fixed an issue where the playable character could remain stuck or fall through the world during the quest “The Battle of the Nile”
- Fixed an issue where the playable character could lose its equipped weapons during the quest “The False Oracle”
- Fixed an issue preventing the playable character from dealing damage to crocodiles during the quest “Blood in the Water”
- Fixed an issue preventing the quest objective marker to be displayed during the quest “Family Reunion”
- Fixed an issue that could cause the player to lose the prisoner during the quest “His Secret Service”
- Fixed an issue that could cause a gladiator to remain stuck with the playable character during the quest “The Crocodile Jaws”
- Fixed an issue causing Daily Quests from disappearing from the Quest Log
- Fixed an issue that could prevent the “Control Nuisance” Daily Quest from giving its reward”
- Fixed an issue that could prevent the dialogue scene from playing during the quest “Blood in the water”
- Fixed an issue that could prevent Hallucinations from ending during Taimhotep’s Song
- Fixed an issue that could make the quest “Children of the Streets” impossible to complete
- Fixed an issue that could prevent the key for Eudoros’ chest to appear in the inventory in the quest “End of The Snake”
- Fixed an issue that could cause Cleopatra to die at the end of the quest “Way of the Gabiniani”
- Fixed an issue forcing Bayek to receive a spear instead of a bow during the chariot fight of the “The Battle of the Nile” quest
- Fixed an issue that could cause Aya to spawn as Bayek
Activities
- Increased the number of Drachmas rewarded by Hippodrome tournaments
- Tweaked controls sensitivity in Hippodrome
- Fixed an issue that could prevent the introduction cinematic of Seleucid from playing
- Fixed an issue that could prevent the use of bows in the Arena
User Interface
- Added Hood, Hair, and Beard customization options in the Gear menu
- Added an “Uncompleted Locations” filter to the World Map
- Added a “friends-only” pictures filter to the World Map
- Added the option to hide the Compass and the Enemy Proximity Feedback on the HUD
- Improved on-screen feedback with Friend Challenges in Arena
- Increased display time of the on-screen feedback when the playable character gets hit by an arrow
- Changed input button for the Compare Equipped action
- Fixed various icon issues in the World Map
- Fixed an issue with the Trial of the God reward being displayed incorrectly in the Quest Log
- Fixed an issue with the quest objective of Trial of the Gods appearing below the world
- [PC] Fixed the display of Photo Mode pictures captured on multi-monitor configuration
- [PC] Enabled Eye Tracking by default
- [PC] Added “Quit to Desktop” option to the pause menu
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Never buy a ubisoft game at launch
Why?
If you like the series and/or want to try something new, I see no harm.
But ok…
DC: Granted they have had issues on release day, everyone has for the most part, but seriously, if you like it, why not support them, that goes for every dev or pub? Then again, what do I know, Steam link in my profile. I might just be more rich than stupid.
I would remove “at launch” from your sentence.
Might as well just say never buy any AAA game on launch day or come to think of it any game on launch day. That is the reality of of where we stand for pretty much everyone these days.
Ubisoft is not the only one that patches their games after release, others are way worse to the degree of what is being fixed completed post launch.
“Mr policeman please dont arrest me, I only killed 5 people. But others
killed more so Im not that bad”
Are you really trying to sell me this fucced up logic?
I am not trying to sell anything, hate and boycott any company you want.
So you don’t agree that almost every AAA game this year has been patched post release and are not complete?
I am not saying things are awesome they are not, but this is how the industry is and it’s not going to change. This is factual not a opinion.
so now you are pushing “bad is new normal” narrative, im having giggles
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No, he’s saying don’t buy any game at launch which is correct.
EDIT: Okay he may not have been sincere about that part, but it’s obviously true.
>Might as well just say never buy any AAA game on launch day or come to think of it any game on launch day.
Correct.
the witcher 3 had problems and performance issue on launch too this isn’t just ubisoft thing
Wither 3 was actually pretty much a full, fully playable product on launch. Most of the patches were cream on top (this is, of course, compared to an EA or Ubi game, etc etc)
i bought both games on launch and they are both the same in terms of launch performance issues it’s not like AC origins is bad port like unity it’s playable form me on gtx 970 and 4670k and i get 60 to 50 which was the same wiht W3 it’s just patches to fix issues and add things atleast it’s not Nier aoutomata
Psssh. Witcher 3 was a mess and ran like a cripple pigeon. It was not in any way ready for prime time.
In this rare instance I would have to disagree. Remember this is in comparison to other ‘triple A’ games — the game ran fairly well out of the box for a majority of people. Most of the patches to the game were to improve things (though obviously there were a lot of bugs fixed to). Remember — in comparison to other ‘triple A’ games.
In comparison to other triple A games? I don’t play that game. Just because it’s good enough for the other guys in a buggy, glitchy, low performing state, doesn’t mean it should be good enough for everyone. My standards are higher than that.
If it’s not solid on day one, I generally don’t bother for years until it’s dirt cheap, and they’re losing money there.
I actually agree with you completely and the more I think about it, the more I agree that, while I think it’s a ‘valid’ comparison in this instance, it’s not a comparison we should have to make as paying customers.
I would still argue that Witcher 3 out of the box was almost perfectly playing for the majority of people (I think I jumped in about a week later and I guess 1 or 2 patches would have dropped by then). But for me, I think you’re also right — ignoring the bugs (for the sake of argument), the patches -for me- added a lot of great improvements to the game (MUCH improved minimap for instance). And of course if they’d let the game bake in the over for another 2-4 weeks the game would have launched in better shape with many of these improvements.
I think the point I would like to make is that other ‘triple A’ games can literally launch almost unplayable for a majority of users, where as Witcher 3 wasn’t exactly in terrible shape.
But again, I would agree that this isn’t a discussion we should even be having!!! 😛
I mostly give games at least 3 months, usually longer, and wait till they’re on sale before buying them. Even if it’s a game that I have to play right away (very rare) I’ll wait a few days to make sure it’s not completely broken before jumping in.
You’re definitely smart to wait on games when possible. Games simply, often, are not finished upon release. Development often continues for months after. Not only are you getting the better experience, you’re paying less for it. You can’t get that first experience back, so waiting for them to actually finish the game is the way to go.
Some devs push great, polished games (Uncharted, Mario, Infamous, Gears of War) but those games are becoming the exception.
The Witcher 3 on PC was pretty good, but the console versions were indeed in pretty rough shape, with a few scenes dropping into what seemed like the tens of frames per second at several marks. I initially tried to play the PS4 game and couldn’t handle it, eventually returning to the PC version. So, this time at least, the PC version came out pretty decent.
And here I was apparently thinking Witcher 3 ran absolutely superb at launch (on PC). Because it did.
If you could bother yourself to read, I stated the PC version was O.K.
You’re just arguing with yourself here.
A few bugs at launch? Sure, it’s a huge open world RPG. Not a problem.
Performance issues? None that I recall.
Or a Bethesda game
Or a EA game
Or a CDProjekt game
You can buy other games as most other games don’t require too many patches and usually most bugs are ironed out before launch. But, be a good consumer and stop buying sht on launch, wait a week and see before you dump your money on it.
You take that back about CDProjekt. I mean sure, their games do indeed get *dramatically* better in 1 year’s time, but their games deserve launch price admission for the quality and for the support their games get.
This game ran fine at launch. The only thing truly debatable is the high CPU usage, that many speculate is caused by DRM though there is no proof one way or the other.
Most of the LOD/draw distance fixes in this patch were undoing changes they made in the last update that lowered the LOD quality to some degree.
So – at launch, this game was fine.
so when is it suppose to drop?
I just installed it and am trying it out now…
Wow, those patch notes seem epic! Very cool, so nice to see the continued support for the PC.
Awesome. Can’t wait, especially for the new difficulty and scaling, still loving the game.
downgrade-ation … Wut?
Yeah, I don’t get that either.
To be honest I don’t know what to hope, with the 388.0 drivers and 1.03 patch the game was ok and on the benchmark I use to score around 7100-7200~, now with 388.59 and patch 1.05 I dropped to 7000-6950~.
Also about graphical downgrades I just noticed a lowered texture distance for the ground mostly. Now after few in-game meters like 3/4 the ground starts to look blurry.
The only difference I had is that before I had like a RAM bleeding issue, where I got like 15gb or ram used, and now it never exceeds 8gb.
A part from I’m really looking forward the nightmare mode and the npc scaling option, finally I will have a reason to finish the game fully 🙂
Even with this patch continues with the problems of cpu and stuttering.