the new patch fixes several issues and makes it easier to progress in the game

Today Wednesday, Avalanche Studios released a new patch to solve problem in Hogwarts Legacy. The update addresses various issues that were affecting both the PC and console versions.

The new update mainly focuses on fixing issues with missions, but it also brings some performance optimizations for PC gamers. Additionally, the developer appears to have fixed issues that prevented access to purchased DLC items.

Attention witches and wizards – it’s time to save Biscuit! The latest patch for #HogwartsLegacy is now live for Console and PC.

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— Hogwarts Legacy (@HogwartsLegacy) March 8, 2023

Hogwarts Legacy also fixed issues with facial animations in cutscenes, issues with ray tracing performance on PC, and made UI and localization adjustments. Additionally, Avalanche Studios fixed some display issues that occurred when using 32:9 monitors.

Hogwarts Legacy PC Patch Notes

On-line

• Improved registration and monitoring of the network of player accounts.
• Fixed DLC related issues during pause menu and team menu.
• Fixed the issue with the inventory of the DLC flying mount that could disappear during a mission.

gameplay

• Fixed a crash issue when unlocking the bandit camp cage before starting the quest. The following issue has been resolved: HL-437.
• Fixed the issue of not being able to complete a mission during a specific conversation where Madam Kogawa was not at her desk. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-1173.
• Fixed avatar getting stuck between barrel and furnace when jumping or opening tool wheel.
• Fixed a duplicate collision next to one of the shop entrances.
• Fixed an issue that caused waypoints to be in the air instead of on the ground inside Hogsmeade.
• Fixed the issue where the goal creator would correctly overlay after a cooldown period.
• Fixed missing exit indication on some Hogwarts doors.
• Fixed the issue where opening Butterfly Chests other than those intended for a quest does not count towards quest progression. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-5620.
• Fixed butterflies not spawning in the specified area to re-progress the quest. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-4807.
• Fixed incorrect Fusion mission progression.
• Fixed a stability issue with spoons in the Potions classroom.
• Fixed the presence of stars when focusing the telescope during Astronomy class on low settings. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-3032.
• Fixed starburst and glitter issues in the Astronomy minigames.
• Fixed incorrect display of shields during Crossing of Wands missions.
• Fixed the issue where the player would get stuck while riding the broom or spinning a statue.
• Fixed the issue of not landing on the viaduct bridge.
• Fixed the mesh breaking when the avatar rides the broom after teleporting to an open area.
• Fixed flashing and crashing when riding a broom.
• Fixed the issue where wagon carts crash into each other when blocked by the avatar.
• Fixed occasional duplication of One Man Band spawn in Hogsmeade.
• Fixed an issue with characters not having hair.
• Fixed broom speed parameters.
• Fixed incorrect display of enemy shields during Crossed Wands missions.
• Fixed enemy shields disappearing after being hit multiple times.
• Fixed constellation visibility on the astronomy table.
• Fixed the Extortionist Dark Magician’s AOE lightning VFX attack staying on screen.

Audio

• Fixed waterfall audio on the cliff depending on the proximity of avatars.
• Updated latest audio soundbanks.
• Solved location and selection VO play correctly.

Interface

• Location strings have been updated.
• Fixed the difference between the female avatar face and the in-game crafting preview. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-543.
• Fixed the transition between the UI purchase window and forced conversation with vendors.
• Fixed incorrect path to map camera.
• Fixed the rendering of damage when the enemy is hit with transformation and casting of ancient magic. Fixed the following issue: HL-4810.
• Room of Requirements tracking has been improved.
• Fixed an issue with Ansel when the FOV is too high.
• Fixed UI controller icons displaying correctly depending on controller platform type.

kinematics

• Facial animations have been updated.
• Fixed NPC stomping during the House Cup.
• Fixed blurry texture and LOD appearance.
• Fixed Avatar Robes spawning before Fig makes them appear before the Sorting Ceremony.

ray tracing

• Improved stability and performance after long games.
• Improved performance of visual effects during ray tracing.
• Improved performance by pooling and caching ray tracing buffers.
• Fog volumes have been removed to improve BVH performance.
• Fixed RTAO making black decals.
• Fixed the shadows of the turn signals.
• Fixed shadows on trees.
• Fixed performance of culling lights on frontend.

saved

• Fixed issue with not being able to talk to vendors during sequential saves after patching the issue. Resolves the following reported issues: HL-412, HL-494, HL-590, HL-5260.
• Fixed entry and exit after getting the “Dung Bomb” field guide and loading a manual save.
• Fixed an issue with disabling the title and loading an autosave during the end credits that would cause an infinite loading screen.
• Fixed an issue with the avatar saving the pitch of voice setting.

Performance and stability

• Fixed streaming issues throughout Hogwarts.
• Fixed a bug with showing the common room to the player.
• Fixed bug with skeletal mesh.
• Fixed crash with deflection hits.
• Fixed a bug when reading dictionary files.
• Fixed performance when using the Ancient Magic Smash Finisher on the Elevated Thornback Ambusher in the Rune Gate Arena.
• The rendering performance of translucent objects has been improved.
• Fixed crash during a story graph.
• Fixed streaming of plants in the Slytherin Common Room.
• Fixed various memory leaks.
• Fixed bug with map icon status.
• Fixed invalid UI crash.
• Fixed exit from the Great Hall when navigating Hogwarts. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-71.
• Fixed crash during audio occlusion check around player.
• Fixed crash when using explosive barrels.
• Fixed crash when using the Fire spell.
• Fixed crash when using Accio, Confringo, or Stupefy spells.
• Fixed crash when upgrading equipment items.
• Solomonic shields recursive blocking has been fixed.
• Fixed blocking of mount zones.
• Fixed crash during cursed life combat.
• Fixed crash during run and spawn on broom.
• Fixed culling occlusion with opening and closing gates.
• Fixed occlusion issue.
• Fixed a bug when traveling to Professor Fig’s classroom.
• Fixed crashes related to Falls and destructible visual effects.
• Fixed an issue where damage over time was not tracking correctly.
• Fixed issue where actors were not being stored correctly.
• Fixed the bug that caused the actors to spawn correctly.
• Fixed a bug during character creation. Fixed the following issue: HL-232.
• Fixed optimization of animations.
• Fixed bug when moving stairs.
• Fixed VFX crashing after multiple matches.
• Fixed crash related to transformations in Overland.
• Fixed crash related to item state.
• Fixed crash in combat.
• Fixed crash with VFX AOE.
• Fixed crash with hints.
• Fixed crashing achievements with an invalid Online User ID.
• Fixed crash when talking to Rackham.
• Fixed crash when using Wingardium.
• Fixed performance drops experienced during game longevity.
• Fixed performance drop in Divination classroom.
• Improved VRAM usage especially for low memory video cards.
• Fixed performance of raytracing lighting on the frontend.
• Fixed using Ansel while casting a spell.
• Fixed Ansel being used while the avatar is mounted on a broom.
• Updated shader build with latest PSO cache.
• Fixed lighting optimization with Nvidia drivers.

Others

• Resolved 32:9 aspect ratio issue when using an Ultrawide monitor. Solves the following problem: HL-260.
• Fixed Ansel issue when FOV is too high.
• Updated “Special Thanks” credits and legal lines.
• Updated Nvidia and AMD minimum video driver recommendations.

Performance and connectivity were the focus on consoles

In regards to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles, the fixes for the game focused on performance and connectivity issues. The vast majority of improvements were made to remove some crashes that could appear when starting broom racesstart dialogue scenes or enter specific areas of the game.

This week, publisher Warner Bros. Games announced that it was forced to once again delay the release of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of the title. The game will debut on them on May 5 this year, while the Nintendo Switch-specific version is still scheduled to debut on July 25.