Hogwarts Legacy March 8th Patch Notes released

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Hogwarts Legacy March 8 Patch Notes released

March 8, 2023

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Almost a month following the release of the critically acclaimed Hogwarts Legacy on Xbox Series, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam, Avalanche Studios and Warner Bros. released a patch today that addresses overall gameplay, performance, and stability as well as online connection improvements.

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

Full notes: https://t.co/9Cods9nzvD pic.twitter.com/TFmrq6Q5sd
— Hogwarts Legacy (@HogwartsLegacy) March 8, 2023

Below are the patch notes for each specific platform.

Hogwarts Legacy March 8 Patch Notes:

PC
- 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.
- Gameplay
  - 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.
- Audio
  - Fixed audio of waterfall in the cliffside based on avatars proximity.
  - Update latest audio soundbanks.
  - Resolved localization and VO selection properly playing correctly.
- UI
  - 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.
- Cinematics
  - 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.
- Raytracing
  - 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.
- Save Game
  - 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.
- Performance and Stability
  - 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.
- Display
  - 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.
- Miscellaneous
  - Updated “Special Thanks” credits and legal lines.
  - Updated minimum Nvidia and AMD video driver recommendations.

PS5 and Xbox Series X

General
- 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.
- Gameplay
  - 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 or 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.
- Audio
  - Fixed audio of waterfall in the cliffside based on avatars proximity.
  - Update latest audio sound banks.
- UI
  - 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.
- Cinematics
  - 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.
- Raytracing
  - 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.
- Save Game
  - 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.
- Performance and Stability
  - 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, Congringo, 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 user id.
  - 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.
- Miscellaneous
  - Updated “Special Thanks” credits and legal lines.
PS5
- Gameplay
  - Characters
    - Fixed character lip-sync animation when “Original Audio” is set.
- Cinematics
  - Fixed localized VO not playing correctly when set to “Original Audio” is set.
- Controllers
  - Improve LED effects.
- Activities and Game Help
  - Improve Activities performance update and memory usage.
  - Update to Game Help hints and videos.
XSX
- Cinematics
  - Fixed black flickering on characters face.
  - Fixed graphical glitches with Fig’s head when he first opens the door. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-29.
  - Fixed shadow flicker in tea cup.
- Performance and Stability
  - Improved frame rate performance issue when dismissing the contextual menu.
  - Improve fidelity mode performance for smooth 30 FPS experience.