Outer Wilds Version 1.15 Patch Notes (Official)

Outer Wilds game update 1.15 is now available to download on PS4. According to the official Outer Wilds 1.15 patch notes, the latest hotfix addressed freezing and crashing bugs on PlayStation. Apart from this, today’s Outer Wilds patch 1.15 also includes performance improvements. The game is now available on Xbox Game Pass.

Previously, a major update was released with quality of life improvements. Recently, a hotfix was also released.

Unfortunately, players are facing several bugs in the game. Today’s Outer Wilds version 1.15 will address a few of these issues.

What is new in today’s Outer Wilds 1.15 Patch Notes?

Gameplay

  • New Gamma calibration screen
  • Damage received only in your mind no longer counts toward the “Die Hard” achievement
  • The player’s dead body can no longer trigger ship log entries
  • Translator tool bug fixed where it would sometimes break when “auto-equip translator” is turned off
  • Pursuers no longer pass through certain barriers
  • Minor adjustments to the Starlit Village
  • You can no longer parkour yourself out of [REDACTED]

Art & Visuals

  • Plants no longer appear to “glow” when gamma is set to High
  • Lights no longer glow through the Ship dashboard
  • Players probe no longer gets mis-scaled when fired at certain spots
  • A certain cosmic event is now correctly visible through a specific screen
  • Fix for certain weather phenomena not correctly forming on Giant’s Deep under specific circumstances
  • Materials on certain masks now match
  • Various fixes for assets floating or intersecting in odd ways
  • Various fixes for incorrect, misaligned or missing textures and materials
  • Various fixes for issues where the player could get stuck
  • Various fixes for missing or odd collisions
  • Various minor visual fixes

Tech

  • Fixed invisible gravity crystals
  • Fix for certain areas thinking the player is outside of its LOD zone when the player enters the area under specific circumstances
  • Fixed leaving a specific type of item on a certain craft causing the item to disappear under certain circumstances
  • Fix for the screen going black during some vertical transitions in the DLC
  • Fixed a few issues with the ship’s align-with-target behavior in landing mode

UI

  • New Large UI mode! To manually set UI size, go to Options > Audio & Language > UI Size
  • Improved legibility of button icons for control sticks, shoulder buttons, and triggers
  • Reorganized the Graphics Menu Options
  • HUD markers now display the correct distance to objects inside Dark Bramble
  • Various UI bug fixes

Text & Localization

  • Fixed missing characters in various languages most notably Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
  • Improved line breaks and spacing in various languages
  • Fixed various typos

PC Only Changes

  • Workaround for NVidia driver bug is now disabled by default.  If you have an NVidia card, please make sure that you have updated to driver version 528.02 or later. (Workaround can still be enabled by editing the secret settings file.)
  • Updated default graphics settings when playing on Steam Deck
  • Minor code fixes and improvements for the modding community.  Happy hunting!

Console Only Changes

  • Field of View (FOV) can now be adjusted in the in-game Options menu > Graphics > Field of View. Warning: changing this may affect certain puzzles

PS5 Only Changes

  • The player should no longer occasionally flip upside down when changing Render Mode
  • It is now possible to earn the “Mmm… Carcinogens” achievement on a transferred PS4 save file that had previously unlocked that achievement

Other

  • A can of marshmallows somewhere seems to have expired
  • Fixed an issue where the game froze after the credits.
  • Added stability and performance fixes.
  • Other minor bug fixes.

Download free Outer Wilds patch 1.15 on Sony PlayStation 4.

Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson mainly writes about game-related news and updates. He is a passionate gamer, music lover, and traveler.

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