General

Build Version – 1126182
Developer Note – This patch addresses overall gameplay, performance, and stability as
well as online connection improvements.

Online

• Improve player account network registration and tracking.
• Fixed DLC-related issues in the pause menu and 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 the 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 the waiting period.
• Fixed missing exit prompt on some doors within Hogwarts.
• Fixed opening butterfly chests other than the intended chests for a quest doesn’t count toward mission progression. Resolves the following reported issue: HL-5620
• Fixed butterflies 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 Potions 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 while on or rotating a statue.
• Fixed not landing on the Viaduct bridge.
• Fixed mesh breaking when avatar mounts broom after teleporting in an 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 the latest audio sound banks.
• 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 the wrong path to the map chamber.
• Fixed damage being represented when an 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 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 front end.
  

Save Game

• Fixed not being able to talk to Vendors during sequential saves after the issue was 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 the 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 the player.
• Fixed crash when using explosive barrels.
• Fixed crash when using Incendio spell.
• Fixed crash when using Accio, Confringo, or Stupefy.
• Fixed crash when updating gear items.
• Fixed crash recursive crash with Solomon’s shields.
• Fixed crash with mount zones.
• Fixed crash during combat cursed lifetime.
• Fixed crash during and spawning race on a broom.
• Fixed occlusion culling with doors opening and closing.
• Fixed occlusion culling issue.
• Fixed a crash when traveling to Professor Fig’s classroom.
• Fixed crashes related to 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 parrying 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 the longevity of the game.
• Fixed performance drop in the Divination classroom.
• Improve VRAM usage, especially for video cards with reduced memory.
• Fixed raytracing lighting performance in the front end.
• Fixed using Ansel while a spell is being cast.
• Fixed using Ansel while the avatar is riding a broom.
• Updated shader compilation with the 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.