Patch Notes - March 08, 2023

- This patch addresses overall gameplay, performance and stability as well as online connection improvements.

• ONLINE
  
  
• Improve player account network registration and tracking.
  
• Fixed DLC related issues during pause menu, gear menu.
  
• Fixed DLC flying mount inventory issue potentially disappearing during a mission.
  

• MISSIONS
  
  
• Fixed blocker issue when unlocking the bandit camp cage before starting the mission. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-437
  
• Fixed not being able to complete a quest during a specific conversation with Madam Kogawa missing from her desk. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-1173
  
• Fixed avatar getting stuck between barrel and furnace by jumping or opening tool wheel.
  
• Fixed a duplication collision next to one of the store entrances.
  
• Fixed issue with waypoints being in the air instead of the ground within Hogsmeade.
  
• Fixed objective maker being over Fig properly after waiting period.
  
• Fixed missing exit prompt on some doors within Hogwarts.
  
• Fixed opening butterfly chests other than the intended ones for a quest doesn't count toward mission progression. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-5620
  
• Fixed butterflies to not appearing at the specified area to progress the mission again. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-4807
  
• Fixed incorrect merge mission progression.
  
• Fixed stability issue in the Spoons in the Potion’s classroom.
  
• Fixed stars being present when focusing telescope during Astronomy class on low settings. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-3032
  
• Fixed stars brightness and pop issues with Astronomy mini-games.
  
• Fixed shields not displaying correctly during Crossing Wands missions.
  

• BROOM FLIGHT
  
  
• Fixed player getting trapped while mounting a broom or while rotating a statue.
  
• Fixed not landing on Viaduct bridge.
  
• Fixed mesh breaking when avatar mounts broom after teleporting in open area.
  
• Fixed flash and shuttering when mounting any broom.
  

• WORLD EVENTS
  
• Fixed wagon carts clipping into one another while avatar is blocking them.
  
• Fixed occasional respawning duplication of One Man Band in Hogsmeade.
  

• CHARACTERS
  
  
• Fixed issue with characters that do not have hair.
  

• VFX
  
  
• Fixed broom speed parameters.
  
• Fixed enemy shields not displaying correctly during Cross Wands missions.
  
• Fixed enemy shields disappearing after being hit several times.
  
• Fixed visibility of constellations at the astronomy table.
  
• Fixed Dark Wizard Extortionist AOE lightning VFX attack remaining on screen.
  

• Fixed audio of waterfall in the cliffside based on avatars proximity.
  
• Update latest audio soundbanks
  
• Resolved localization and VO selection properly playing correctly.
  

• Updated localization strings.
  
• Fixed female avatar face appearing different from the creation preview during gameplay. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-543
  
• Fixed transition between UI purchase window and forced conversation with vendors.
  
• Fixed map showing wrong path to the map chamber.
  
• Fixed damaged being represented when enemy is hit with transformation and Ancient Magic Throw. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-4810
  
• Improve tracking for Room of Requirement.
  
• Fixed Ansel issue when FOV is set too high.
  
• Fixed UI controller icons displaying correctly based on controller platform type.
  

• Updated facial animations.
  
• Fixed NPC treadmilling during the House Cup.
  
• Fixed blurred texture and LOD pop.
  
• Fixed Avatar robes appearing before Fig makes them appear before the sorting ceremony.
  

• Improve stability and performance after long play throughs.
  
• Improve VFX performance during while raytracing.
  
• Improve performance by batching and caching raytracing buffers.
  
• Removed fog volumes for better BVH performance.
  
• Fixed RTAO making decals black.
  
• Fixed directional light shadows.
  
• Fixed shadows on trees.
  
• Fixed performance of the culling of lights in the frontend.
  

• Fixed not being able to talk to Vendors during sequential saves after issue being patched. Resolves the following reported issues: HL-412, HL-494, HL-590, HL-5260
  
• Fixed streaming in and out after getting the 'Dung Bomb' field guide and loading a manual save.
  
• Fixed an issue when turning off the title and loading an auto-save during final credits causing an infinite loading screen.
  
• Fixed voice pitch setting save issue with avatar.
  

• Fixed streaming issues throughout Hogwarts.
  
• Fixed crash when common room is being shown to the player.
  
• Fixed crash with skeletal mesh.
  
• Fixed crash with deflection impacts.
  
• Fixed crash when reading dictionary files.
  
• Fixed performance when using ancient magic squash finisher on elevated Thornback Ambusher in Rune Door arena.
  
• Improve rendering performance of translucent objects.
  
• Fixed crash during a story graph.
  
• Fixed streaming of plants in the Slytherin Common Room.
  
• Fixed several memory leaks.
  
• Fixed crash with map icon state.
  
• Fixed crash with invalid UI.
  
• Fixed streaming out of the Great Hall while navigating Hogwarts. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-71
  
• Fixed crash during audio occlusion checks around player.
  
• Fixed crash when using explosive barrels.
  
• Fixed crash when using Incendio spell.
  
• Fixed crash when using Accio, Confringo, or Stupefy spells.
  
• Fixed crash when updating gear items.
  
• Fixed crash recursive crash with Solomons shields.
  
• Fixed crash with mount zones.
  
• Fixed crash during combat cursed lifetime.
  
• Fixed crash during and spawning race on broom
  
• Fixed occlusion culling with doors opening and closing.
  
• Fixed occlusion culling issue.
  
• Fixed a crash when travelling to Professor Fig’s classroom.
  
• Fixed crashes related with Niagara and destructible related VFX.
  
• Fixed a crash with damage over time not registering correctly.
  
• Fixed crash spawning actor not being stored correctly.
  
• Fixed crash with spawning actors correctly.
  
• Fixed crash during character creation. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-232
  
• Fixed optimization animation instancing.
  
• Fixed crash with moving stairs.
  
• Fixed crash with VFX after prolonged play throughs.
  
• Fixed crash related transformations in Overland.
  
• Fixed crash dealing with object state.
  
• Fixed crash with parry in combat.
  
• Fixed crash with VFX AOE.
  
• Fixed crash with hints.
  
• Fixed crash with achievements with an invalid online userid.
  
• Fixed crash while speaking to Rackham.
  
• Fixed crash when using Wingardium.
  
• Fixed performance drops experienced during longevity of the game.
  
• Fixed performance drop in Divination classroom.
  
• Improve VRAM usage specially for video cards with reduced memory.
  
• Fixed raytracing lighting performance in the frontend.
  
• Fixed using Ansel while a spell is being cast.
  
• Fixed using Ansel while the avatar is riding a broom.
  
• Updated shader compilation with latest PSO cache.
  
• Fixed lighting optimization with Nvidia drivers.
  

• Resolved 32:9 aspect ratio issue when using an Ultrawide monitor. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-260
  
• Fixed Ansel issue when FOV is set too high.
  

• Updated “Special Thanks” credits and legal lines.
  
• Updated minimum Nvidia and AMD video driver recommendations