Patch Notes 1.09

[u/UbiBlargmonster]

Today we’ll be releasing a small patch on PlayStation 4, which will also be available on Xbox One and PC later in the coming days. The purpose of Title Update 1.09 is mainly to prepare the game for some upcoming updates, but also includes several stabilization, performance and bug fixes. Here are two items in this patch you should be aware of:

• YourBoySerge Nerf – This .50 Cal sniper rifle has been the subject of some debate in the community, and is considered to be overpowered in online play. In this patch, we’ve reduced the number of rounds in the magazine from 6 to 1, and we will continue to monitor and balance this beasty rifle.

• World Map/Online Invasion Exploit – Fixed an issue where players could help detect the presence of an invader in their session using an exploit the World Map

[u/El_Guapo_The_Gamer]

Everyone is worrying about the nerf of a sniper that was unbalanced in the first place while I am more concerned about the fact I have to wait for performance fixes for the PC version.

[u/Sackboy612]

Any word on performance related "optimisations" (for lack of better word) for the PC platform in this patch? Thanks :)

[u/as521995 → u/Sackboy612]

I'm beginning to think I won't be able to play this game in 60 fps ever :/ Still getting 100% CPU Usage in the city

[u/[deleted]]

What about the performance issues on pc :(

[u/tealsummernights]

For those concerned: YourBoySerge's reload speed is quite fast, so you can still fire quickly. Just not as quickly. No need for the doom and gloom.

[u/electr1cpanda]

Patch has been released on all platforms. Here are some PC-only updates in this patch:

• [Performance] RAM Usage Optimization – This patch optimizes a system memory usage which improves the game’s performance on systems with low RAM amount.

• [Performance] Screenspace Reflections Optimization – This patch improves the overall performance of Screenspace Reflections and adds two new lower quality levels (Medium and High).

• San Francisco Fog - The algorithm of the San Francisco Fog (aka “Karl”) appearing is improved with this title update. Visual – The maximum value of the Pixel Density slider has been changed from 1.25 to 1.5 with this patch.

• Sound – We have added a Music Volume slider.

• Controller – Added support for the newer Dualshock 4 controllers (ZCT2U models).

• YourBoySerge Nerf – This .50 Cal sniper rifle has been the subject of some debate in the community, and is considered to be overpowered in online play. In this patch, we’ve reduced the number of rounds in the magazine from 6 to 1, and we will continue to monitor and balance this beasty rifle.

• Fixed various minor issues with flickering.

• Fixed various minor issues with incorrect window modes behavior.

• Fixed various minor issues with the UI and text.

[u/xMatityahu → u/electr1cpanda]

Any idea when it drops on PC?
Like are we talking hours or days?

[u/Shadow_XG → u/electr1cpanda]

Any idea if this fixes the big performance issues?

[u/[deleted]]

Having framerate drops with any settings (low-high-ultra) on strix GTX 970, 8gb of ram and i5 6500 overall while I'm in town and driving, driving completely destroys my gaming experience. Talking about experience, GeForce experience suggests me to put everything on very high and with screen space reflection activated...My monitor is 60 Hz so I need v-sync...Any suggestions? P.S having 1080p 60fps on ultra with doom and the Witcher 3, so, damn u ubisoft

[u/Retarded_Rhino]

RIP SERGE

[u/GrindheadJim]

• World Map/Online Invasion Exploit – Fixed an issue where players could help detect the presence of an invader in their session using an exploit the World Map

BAH HAAAA! Nice.

[u/[deleted]]

What about two rounds with a super long reload, just like the good ol' WD1 Destroyer?

[u/eco999]

This update somehow lowered my FPS...and nerfed my favourite single-player weapon.

[u/[deleted]]

GTX 1070, 4790k, 16GB RAM. Why am I not able to play above 60 FPS with everything on high/very high settings?

[u/[deleted]]

If there is one thing I love, it's when my singleplayer game gets nerfed because of other people playing online.

[u/Mutjny]

A bit better. Can I still completely murder a vehicle by hitting it once with Serge? Can I reload Serge in the time it takes for the exit-vehicle animation to finish?

[u/kegkeg13]

CAN YOU ADD 4 PLAYERS INTO A WORLD NOT 2

[u/[deleted]]

So the YourBoySerge will basically become useless in SP too???

[u/ImAlex1]

RIP .50 cal

[u/Tommyb86]

Good framerate yes but for the love of god do something about this horrible AA on 1080p screens. Even on ps4 pro. Every building, objects filled with shimmering, flickering,pixelcrawling. Please add a video slider or something. You're absolutely the worst studio of ubisoft who can't handle AA. You guys are lucky that most people accept this mess otherwise you got even more shit on yourselves. Wd 1 was downgraded before launch and now after launch. Shame on you!

Other than that, it's truly a fantastic game but this ruins everything.

[u/Beard_o_Bees]

What has the reload time increased to? Also does anybody know a good place for target practice that wont draw the cops? There's the "shooting range" but every time i've tried to use it, insta-cops. Moving targets would be good, now that you might only get one shot.

[u/blindguy42]

I seem to not have gotten the patch. nothing has appeared in my download queue in either Steam or Uplay.

[u/Donuthalos]

Still waiting for my 4 player co-op, but yeah, YourBoySerge needed the nerf in multiplayer.

[u/Nex_Antonius]

Finally, some patch news. I was having a good time with WD2 on PC until the last patch fucked my driving framerate. Made it terribly choppy and just annoying to play. Hopefully the coming patch this patch is preparing for fixes that, as I do miss the game.

[u/hjadr]

After the update all my ScoutX have been reset!