Friday, September 28th 2018
Latest "Far Cry 5" Patch Adds Higher-resolution Textures, Rollout Different for Steam Users?
Ubisoft released v1.11 patch for "Far Cry 5." The patch introduces a large number of new cross-franchise in-game items, some cosmetic such as masks, others functional, such as new weapons. A number of bugs and under-the-hood stability improvements were also introduced. Perhaps the biggest change is the new "HD textures pack," for the PC version, which makes the patch bigger in size than the one console gamers are getting. The pack increases texture resolutions across the board, which improves visuals, but can be much heavier on your video memory. The feature is recommended for graphics cards with over 4 GB of memory.
Update: I bought my copy directly from UPlay, while W1zzard got his via Steam (i.e. launching the game on Steam spawns UPlay, which then launches the game; updates are Steam's responsibility). We noticed something curious. My copy has the 29 GB HD Textures Pack (being distributed as a DLC) available as an "owned DLC," whereas although W1zzard's copy got patched to v1.11, the HD Textures Pack is not available. There are no in-game settings to enable it, nor was W1zzard's patch download as heavy as mine. This leads us to believe Steam users (i.e. people who bought the game on Steam) don't have access to the HD Texture Pack yet, whereas those who purchased it directly on UPlay do. Tell us your experience in the comments below.The detailed change-log of Far Cry 5 patch 1.11 follows.
New Additions
Update: I bought my copy directly from UPlay, while W1zzard got his via Steam (i.e. launching the game on Steam spawns UPlay, which then launches the game; updates are Steam's responsibility). We noticed something curious. My copy has the 29 GB HD Textures Pack (being distributed as a DLC) available as an "owned DLC," whereas although W1zzard's copy got patched to v1.11, the HD Textures Pack is not available. There are no in-game settings to enable it, nor was W1zzard's patch download as heavy as mine. This leads us to believe Steam users (i.e. people who bought the game on Steam) don't have access to the HD Texture Pack yet, whereas those who purchased it directly on UPlay do. Tell us your experience in the comments below.The detailed change-log of Far Cry 5 patch 1.11 follows.
New Additions
- Added New Masks:
o For Honor: Kensei
o Ghost Recon: Day of the Skull
o Ghost Recon: El Tio
o Watch_Dogs: Wrench
o Rabbids: Robber
o Rabbids: Biker - Added New Weapons (also available in Far Cry Arcade):
o P08-L
o Flamethrower "Neon Sparkle"
o MBP .50 "Blood & Dragon" - Added New Vehicles (also available in Far Cry Arcade):
o 1970 Zugspitz XS-2 "Cyber Edition"
o 2014 Adjudicor Mastadon XZT "Surface to Surface"
o 2012 Kimberlite TCZ "Hot Rockets"
- Bug fix for a freeze related to Outpost Master
- Bug fixes for general Lobby Stability when jumping between the various game modes
- Bug fix for Voice Chat losing functionality when switching game modes
- Bug fix regarding a trophy unlock issue for "Hope County Master Angler" in NG+. Now, if requirements are completed, it will trigger the trophy.
- New Addition: HD Textures Pack
- Bug fix that would reset Arcade progress when starting NG+. Players who have previously lost their Arcade level due to this reset will get it back with an additional 20% XP.
- Bug fix that allowed NPCs to be spawned in PvP maps
- Modification to Blood Dragon health for better balancing
- Adjustment of IGE Assets Costs - please check here[http//%26quot%3Bhttps] for more details
- Bug fix for the Editor settings resetting
- Bug fixes for NPCs spawned with Scripts in IGE
- Bug fix for Camera Controls in IGE
- Bug fixes for IGE Scripting Tools
- Minor bug fixes on IGE assets
- Minor bug fixes for the Icons while in IGE