Patch Notes History

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Hotfix 1.0.3

July 18th, 2024 News Post


Content Improvements

(1) UI/UX

- An option has been added to turn off other players' effects (projectile explosion).

- In order to improve the visibility, the explosion effect and the duration of ‘Vestigial Organ’ have been reduced.

- A system message has been added to make it easier to check the DBNO status of allies, and an extra measure has been added to the party member UI.

- Reduced the research completion visual effect duration for materials frequently used in research.

- ‘Away from keyboard (AFK)’ has been added to the player report menu.

- The UI has been updated so that major rewards obtained from chain quests that have already been cleared are checked in the quest list.

- A function has been added to view acquisition information directly in the target section of Library.

- Fixed an issue of scrolling to the top when moving from the target item of Library to the corresponding item list.

- Added Firearm types and Rounds types to the Library Weapon List.

- Fixed an issue where a player who joined the Void Fusion Reactor could use the Reconstructing Device even if there were no Void Shard after completing the mission.

- When completing a Void Fragment mission obtaining two types of Void Shard, the amount obtained has increased by approximately 1.5 times.

- Void Fusion Reactor mission tooltip has been updated to display the number of Void Shards.

- Added Linked Amorphous Material to Void Fusion Reactor mission tooltip.

- Void Shard attribute will now be displayed on the map directly.

- The number of Attached Items that can be registered has been updated to 1,000 each for weapons, reactors, and external components.

(2) Descendants

- ‘Thrill Bomb’ and ‘Lightning Emission’ with the Ultimate Bunny ‘High-Voltage’ module will now target nearby targets rather than random targets.

- ‘Allergy’ of ‘Reconstruction Serum’ of Yujin now applies to Colossus as well.

- Ultimate Bunny ‘Electric Charge’, ‘High-Voltage’ and Bunny ‘Electric Condense’ sound effects have been changed.

- ‘Use Bunny's Skills to inflict Electrocution on enemies’ has been removed from the 2nd and 3rd stage evolution conditions of the bunny Evolving Skin ‘Speedy Awakened One’.

(3) Infiltration Operation

- You can now view mission results through the ESC menu after completing an Infiltration Operation.

- The time limit for destroying the Ironheart has been removed in the Infiltration Operation ‘Fortress – Heart of the Fortress’.

- The location of the supply droid in the Infiltration Operation ‘Fortress - Quarantine Zone’ has been moved to the battle zone, making it easier to supply bullets.

(4) Mission

- The position of immunity spheres of Named Monsters will not change anymore as the monsters move or rotate.

- The sequential sphere type of the Named Immunity of ‘Alternate Hand of Nazeistra’ that appears in White-night Gulch ‘Eye of Truth’ has been updated.

(5) Field

- The drop quantity on Hard difficulty has been increased by approximately 1.5.

(6) Miscellaneous

- The stack limit for consumable items has been increased from 1 million to 100 million.

- Updated some icon images. 


Optimization Improvements

- Fixed the memory leak that occurred intermittently in windowed mode.

- Fixed the memory leak when using Frame Generation.

- Fixed the issue of temporary frame drops when opening inventory with DLSS Frame Generation.

- Fixed an issue where frame limit was not restored even if additional options were changed to Off when DLSS Frame Generation or FSR Frame Generation is enabled.


Bug Fixes

(1) UI/UX

- [Russian][Spanish][Portuguese] Fixed an issue where the material quantity text was cut off in Weapon Transmission.

- Fixed an issue where the top menu remained when Scroll Map > Top Library through Acquisition Information, and then moving to the screen with ESC.

- Fixed an issue where a black screen was briefly displayed when starting Special Operation.

- Symbol effects have been added for ‘Code Analyzer’, ‘Code Breaker’, and ‘Core Material’ dropped.

- Fixed an issue where account names starting with ‘#’ were not visible.

(2) Descendants

- Fixed an issue where the Descendant couldn't be changed after completing the exclusive dungeon of the quest ‘To Bunny, Our Beloved Daughter’ in the Bunny quests.

- Fixed an issue where Bunny's Lightning Emission was used even if there was no moving distance when rolling over a box or wall.

- Fixed an issue where sound effect was not played intermittently when landing on the floor with Kyle's ‘Superconductivity Thrusters’.

- Fixed an issue where the charging motion was repeated with Kyle’s ‘Repulsion Dash’.

(3) Modules

- Fixed an issue where the ‘Arche Acceleration’ module did not increase the speed and distance of projectiles.

- Fixed an issue where Ajax’s ‘Body Enhancement’ module did not reflect the max shield in the current shield after moving to the map.

- Fixed an issue where the Firearm ATK of the ‘Shoot Focus’ module was applied as a sum operation and not as a multiplication operation.

- Fixed an issue where the module list scroll was reset to the top after Module Enhancement.

(4) Mission

- Fixed an issue where monsters would not spawn if the first monsters spawned upon entering the Vulgus Strategic Outpost were immediately killed.

- Fixed an issue where the next quest could not be started under certain circumstances.

- Fixed an issue where the sphere would tremble when it was far away during the Named Monster's sphere gimmick.

- Fixed an issue that prevented field change by removing the shield created during the ‘Upper Hatchery’ mission in the White-night Gulch Hatchery.

- Fixed an issue where monsters would spawn even without an actual battle in the White-night Gulch ‘Fortress Outskirts’.

5) Field

- Fixed an issue where ‘Code Analyzer’ was intermittently required when working with the Encrypted Vault in the Hard difficulty.

- Fixed an issue where falling while using a grappling hook in a certain section of the prologue caused you to spawn at the next location with the Mission Unfinished status.

(6) Void Intercept Battle

- Fixed an issue where the Removal did not happen intermittently and the grappling hook was maintained during a battle.

(7) Miscellaneous

- Fixed an issue where items were not collected when purchasing multiple items of the same product.

Hotfix 1.0.2

July 11th, 2024 News Post

Content Improvements

- Added the 'Start Public Operation' function (matchmaking) to Infiltration Operations (Hard). 'Start Public Operation' is available even if you change the selected reward, but if you select an additional option, only 'Start Private Operation' will be available.

- Removed the sequential type Immunity Spheres from Named Monsters. They have been changed to either the default or extermination types.

- Increased the quantity of rare basic materials dropped from Encrypted Vaults three-fold. The Elite Vulgus that appear in Field Missions and Infiltration Operations will now drop them too.

- Reduced the time from two 90-second to two 60-second occupations for the Kingston 'Vulgus Data Transmitter' Hacking Mission.

- Improved the Battle Pass Battle Supply Shop button's visibility by redesigning it in the format of the Bonus Shop banner.

- Updated the Library window from closing when the map is opened and closed through the Acquisition Information pop-up.

- Improved the duration of party invitation messages to make them easier to confirm and accept.

- Improved the duration of the Descendant Instructor's lines.

- Moved the guide NPC you meet after first arriving in Albion closer.

Optimization Improvements

- [PC] Improved the stability of the shader preparation process by reducing the CPU load during shader generation.

(Updated)Due to shader optimization, shader has to be generated again. It may take some time depending on the device

Currently, we are actively monitoring this issue, and if you encounter issues with a 13th or 14th gen Intel, please refer to Intel's official guide.

- [PC] Lowered GPU memory usage when set at High or higher quality.

- [PC] Fixed an issue where character skins were displayed abnormally in low graphics settings intermittently during extended play.

- [PC] Fixed a bug that allowed frame limits to be set when using Nvidia and AMD's Frame Generation.

- [Common] Fixed an issue where shadows were intermittently displayed abnormally depending on the view.

- [Common] Made various other fixes for optimization purposes, and we will continuously monitor them.

Bug Fixes

(1) UI/UX

- Fixed an issue displaying unused items in the Library.

(2) Descendants

- Fixed an issue where Descendants could not get out of DBNO when their HP was below -100% from module settings.

- Fixed an issue where Kyle would occasionally go up into the air when using 'Superconductivity Thrusters' during 'Repulsion Dash'.

- Fixed an issue where Esiemo could not get back up while using 'Arche Explosion' and being inflicted with Knockback.

(3) Modules

- Fixed an issue where the increase in Firearm ATK per stack in the 'Sharp Precision Shot' module was summed instead of multiplied.

(4) Equipment

- Fixed an issue where a weapon's attribute damage did not apply damage over 100,000.

- Fixed an issue where higher values were displayed as the Ultimate (Gold) option despite the Reactor's Skill Cooldown and Skill Cost stats being preferable with lower values.

- Fixed an issue where lower values were displayed as the Ultimate (Gold) option despite the Weapon Change Speed stat being preferable with higher values.

(5) Field

- Fixed an issue where 'Amorphous Material Pattern: 118' and 'Shape Stabilizer Form 8' were not dropped at 'Frozen Valley: Vulgus Strategic Outpost' in Fortress (Hard).

- Fixed an issue where Elite Vulgus in the White-night Gulch 'Upper Hatchery' Battlefield Missions did not drop rewards.

- Fixed an issue where monster spawning was interrupted at some Vulgus Strategic Outposts.

(6) Instance Dungeon

- Fixed an issue where Vespers resource box materials were dropped from Echo Swamp, Agna Desert, White-night Gulch, Hagios, and Fortress Infiltration Operation resource boxes.

(7) Research

- Fixed an issue where the core materials of Ultimate Descendants were incorrectly displayed as Rare instead of Ultimate Tier.

(8) Miscellaneous

- [French] Fixed an issue where the 'Go to title screen' menu was displayed with the same phrase as 'Exit Game'.

- [French] Fixed an issue in the story where 'Ultimate Chimera' was used for 'Dreadful Abomination'.

- [French] Added missing words in the probability display for Executioner Tier 3 Set 4.

Hotfix 1.0.1

July 5th, 2024 News Post

Platform & System

- Fixed the issue where the logo sound volume was too high when launching the game.

- Server and client stabilization has been carried out.

- (PS5) Removed unintended factors that were degrading performance.

- (PS5, XSX) Fixed the issue where FSR Upscale was malfunctioning.


Content Improvements

- Knockback and knockdown recovery times have been sped up by 1.5 times.

- The maximum usage of the Eterllick shield skill per phase has been reduced from 2 times to 1 time.


Bug Fixes

(1) UI/UX

- Fixed the issue where the back button did not work after closing the capacity exceeded popup in the module enhancement UI.

(2) Descendant

- (XB1) Fixed the issue where the heads of other players wearing skins would intermittently not display.

(3) Module

- Fixed the issue where the ‘Skill Power Modifier’ number was not applied correctly after level 5 enhancement of the ‘Lethal Infection’ module.

- Fixed the issue where the ultimate module drop animation was used when the normal module ‘High-Power Rounds Capacity Increase’ was dropped.

(4) Field

- Fixed the issue where object destruction animations did not appear in the Strategic Outpost.

- Fixed the issue where the name and description of the NPC Dominique in the Hagios region were displayed incorrectly.

(5) Equipment

- Fixed the issue where the Guided Round of the Ultimate Weapon ‘Restored Relic’ did not apply the ‘Ancient Fire’ status effect.

- Fixed the tooltip error for the Fire Skill Power of the ‘Active Volcano’ External Components 2-set effect.

- Fixed the tooltip error for the Weak Point Damage of the ‘Frozen Heart’ External Components 4-set effect.

Maintenance-Free Patch

July 2nd, 2024 News Post

- Fixed issue where boost effects become occasionally disabled during area transfer.

- Fixed issue where players were occasionally placed on servers without other players during field transfer.