Outer Wilds receives a new update that adds graphical upgrades, performance improvements, and lots of bug fixes for one platform.
Highlights
- The new Outer Wilds Switch update improves visuals and fixes bugs, enhancing the gaming experience for fans.
- Changes include better graphics for water, murals, holograms, and performance upgrades for stability during long play sessions.
- The update also addressed various frustrating bugs like infinite load screens and collisions issues, keeping players immersed in the game.
The Switch edition of Outer Wilds has received a new update that adds performance improvements, visual upgrades, and bug fixes. This is Outer Wilds' second update on the Switch since the game launched.
Following the reveal of Outer Wilds coming to Switch back in November, the acclaimed game generated plenty of excitement among Nintendo fans. However, its Switch release came with some drawbacks, most notably its graphical downgrades. While this did not come as a surprise to many fans due to Outer Wilds' expansive nature and the Switch's hardware limitations, some were still disappointed with the game's look on the Nintendo platform. Fortunately for these fans, the game's newest update improved its graphics in certain ways, although the changes don't seem to be too major.
Outer Wilds' April 22 Switch update applies visual improvements to six aspects of the game, including the water on Giant's Deep, the murals in the Old Settlement, holograms on Giant's Deep and the Vessel, and the resolution of lights in the fog of Dark Bramble. The update also fixed a variety of frustrating bugs, like one that caused an infinite load screen while quitting out of Echoes of the Eye and another that caused areas to appear white and lose all item collision while playing the same DLC. Outer Wilds on Switch also received stability improvements during long play sessions and various performance improvements, although these upgrades were not explained in more detail.
The Outer Wilds update included plenty more bug fixes that should help users stay immersed in one of the most atmospheric indie games available. The fixed bugs include the Nomai shuttle floating away after recalling it on Ember Twin, incorrect music playing during certain sequences in Echoes of the Eye, lighting flickering when taking pictures near Dark Bramble, users getting stuck while viewing slide reels, and more.
Developer Mobius Digital Games has not confirmed when fans can expect the next Switch update for Outer Wilds, but in the meantime, users can check out some of Outer Wilds' best-kept secrets spread around its universe. These range from a hidden satellite based on Voyager 1 to a giant, digital cat that purrs.
In terms of spicing the game up, fans who own Outer Wilds on PC are especially in luck. Outer Wilds features an assortment of mods that add major gameplay improvements or features, as well as minor quality-of-life upgrades. Unfortunately, these are not available to Xbox, PlayStation, or Switch users.
Outer Wilds Patch Notes for April 22 Update
Gameplay
- Fixed incorrect music playing during certain dark sequences in Echoes of the Eye
- Fix for getting stuck while viewing slide reels when button prompts are disabled via the Options menu in Echoes of the Eye
- The Nomai shuttle no longer floats away when recalling it on Ember Twin
- It is no longer possible to take a scout photo of a certain character before meeting them
- Fixed some out of order slide reel images in Echoes of the Eye
- Various fixes to collisions
Art & Visuals
- Improved the animation of a hologram on Giant's Deep
- Fixed a hologram in the Orbital Probe Canon
- Fixed certain environmental animations in Echoes of the Eye
- Improved the resolution of a certain easter egg
- Improved the look of water on Giant's Deep
- Improved the resolution of the murals in the Old Settlement
- Improved resolution of a hologram in the Vessel
- Increased the resolution of lights in the fog of Dark Bramble
- Lighting no longer flickers while taking pictures when the Scout is inside Dark Bramble but the player is not
- Fixed damage effect visuals on ship cockpit so they look more like cracks
- The color of certain glowing Nomai platforms are now the correct color when viewed from a distance
- More fixes for assets appearing where they shouldn't
- Various fixes for LODs so they match better with their high resolution versions and reduced noticeable LOD popping
- Various fixes for incorrect, misaligned or missing textures and materials
- Various lighting adjustments and fixes
- Fixes for various minor visual issues
Tech
- Improved loading and unloading of assets throughout the game, but primarily in Echoes of the Eye, fixing the issue where sometimes areas would appear white and may not have collisions
- Quitting to the main menu while playing Echoes of the Eye no longer causes an infinite load
- Fixed an image that appeared frozen for too long at the end of Echoes of the Eye
- Various stability improvements for long play sessions
- Various performance improvements
UI
- Fixed a rare issue where the Scout's photos stop being displayed
Platform(s) PS4 , Xbox One , PC Released May 28, 2019 Developer(s) Mobius Digital Publisher(s) Annapurna Interactive Genre(s) Adventure See at Nintendo eShop$25 at Amazon
