A new Outer Wilds update 1.15 rolling out on PS4, PS5, PC and Xbox. According to the official Outer Wilds 1.15 patch notes, the latest addresses issues on the Steam Deck and enhances accessibility on all platforms. Notable additions include the Large UI Mode, improved button icon legibility, and an FOV slider for consoles. Apart from this, today’s Outer Wilds patch 1.15 also includes various gameplay and visual improvements as well as localization adjustments.
Previously, a major update added quality of life improvements. Unfortunately, players are facing several bugs in the game. Today’s Outer Wilds version 1.15 will address a few of these issues.
Read more details below.
Outer Wilds 1.15 Patch Notes – September 25, 2023
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.
Download free Outer Wilds update 1.15 on Sony PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC and Xbox.
