Hogwarts Legacy Patch for Xbox and PC Launches Today

Avalanche Studios has recently revealed that the Hogwarts Legacy patch for post-launch has now arrived on PC and Xbox platforms but the PS5 will be delayed a bit.

The new update will finally resolve a number of bugs and performance issues on the Xbox Series X/S and PC but the PS5 update will be released a few days later.

Xbox Series X and PC players, expect a patch today that resolves a number of bugs and performance issues!

PS5 players, due to some unforeseen issues, we're targeting later this week to get your patch to you. Thanks for your patience! https://t.co/hPF39oNyGz
— WB Games Avalanche (@AvalancheWB) February 14, 2023

“PS5 players, due to some unforeseen issues, we’re targeting later this week to get your patch to you,” says the post on the Avalanche Studio’s Twitter account. Community Manager Chandler Wood revealed that the PS5 patch will be delayed for a few days and the target is within this week. This will fix a Collector’s Edition trophy bug.

Check out the full patch notes below:

Bug Fixes

General

Online
- Fixed issues with achievement data being properly pushed to Wizarding World portal after linking.
Gameplay
- Owl Mail
  - Fixed an issue with mail not properly triggering sequential mission.
- World Events
  - Fixed rare crash around certain locations where in-game World Events spawning.
- NPC
  - Fixed a rare crash when respawning NPCs in the world.
  - Fixed crash with some NPC schedules.
- Characters
  - Fixed issues with flickering occurring with a transparent head while hair is still present.
UI
- Updated localization text for additional content items.
- Added Build version to first time EULA.
- Fixed rare occurrence of mission descriptions not being displayed correctly.
Cinematics
- Corrected VFX presentation of robe transformation.
- Fixed a stability issue when skipping cutscenes.
- Fixed a crash when playing cutscenes and cinematics.
Save Game
- Fixed error of rewriting last autosave slot.
- Fixed an issue when restarting from last save around not being able to talk to a vendor after initial conversation. Resolves the following reported issues: HL-494, HL-246, HL-1063, HL-590, HL-542, HL-976, HL-965, HL-1158, HL-1184, HL-1089, HL-1240, HL-1031, HL-1490, HL-1433, HL-89, HL-1930, HL-1086, HL-1636, HL-1585, HL-1028, HL-1933, HL-2606, HL-2062, HL-1587, HL-488, HL-498, HL-162, HL-1706, HL-2626, HL-2865, HL-2888, HL-2804, HL-2910, HL-2944, HL-3000, HL-3043, HL-3024.
Performance and Stability
- Improved performance on Fidelity mode.
- Fixed rare crash around hovering over the map.
- Fixed issue with wind causing distortion and stretching of world assets.
- Fixed a rare occurrence with material swapping.
- Fixed a rare crash with map assets state.
- Fixed Rare crash occurring with in-game world events.
- Fixed a memory leak with global lighting system HL-313.

XSX

Performance and Stability
- Improved crash collection to help chase rare crashes.

PC Steam/PC Epic Games

Cinematics
- Fixed audio issues missing or not properly playing.
Controllers
- Switch Pro controller support updates HL-346.
Upscalers
- Enable frame generation while DLSS is disabled.
- Anti-Aliasing and Screen resolution settings disabled when using DLSS and not Super Resolution.
Raytracing
- Fixed issue with RTAO looking worse than SSAO.
- Adjusted default setting to Medium Quality.
Performance and Stability
- Shader type compilation optimization.
- Shader compilation performance updates and functionality enhancements.
- Fixed a crash affecting Text2Speech usability.
- Resolved issues with world assets abruptly being stretched which resolves the following reported issues: HL-305, HL-265.
- Resolved an issue with Nvidia GPUs having lower frame rate compared to AMD.
DirectX Version 12
- Please note DirectX Version 12 is required to run Hogwarts Legacy on PC. We do not suggest attempting workarounds to run the game with DirectX Version 11 as this can cause stability issues with launching the game and the player experience.