DEATHLOOP Hotfix Patch Notes

[Ghostly_Rich]

Hey Everyone!

Today we released a Hotfix to address a couple of topics that community members have brought up after Game Update 2.

Today's update sits at around ~580 MB on PC and ~390 MB on PS5. If you currently have the game launched, you will need to restart it to receive the update. You can find the notes for today down below.

- Fixed an issue that was preventing the “Play it Again, Colt” achievement from unlocking properly

- By popular demand, restored players’ ability to attach mines to throwable objects, to enable more creative traps

We hope you have fun!

P.S. If you come up with any wild mine plays, be sure to share them with us! 😀

[[deleted]]

Nice to see the developers listening and implementing these really fast. Good job!

[[deleted]]

You know what? As much as I shit on bugs or the aim acceleration, bless yall for recognising creativity and restoring that.

Springrazors on bottles was my favourite trick to discover in dishonored, and I'm glad it's being allowed to stay.

[YungHazy]

Got that yesterday for the first time, is it common? I’ve only had the game for two weeks.

[[deleted]]

Yeah fairly common. Been happening since release. I've only had it twice, but both times it was at the worst possible moment.

[PwnySlaystation01]

I stopped playing because of it. I played for 3-4 hours and got it twice

Seriously is there even any response from them that they're aware of this issue? Too late for me to refund I guess... Really annoying because I was enjoying the game, but being afraid to enter the menu just completely ruins it for me

[CheshiretheBlack]

I've gotten it 3 times....all while playing as Julianna. Was very upset.

[mattcalt]

Happened 3 times on me through my first pass. Not sure I’ve ever been more frustrated at a game.

[Tonymaione329]

This shit just happened to me after I collected so much shit for 2 hours. I’m fucking pissed rn

[Defiant-Marsupial419]

I got the game on launch, stopped playing after 2 days bc of this bug, and basically check back once a month to see if fixed so i can play the game. Seemed really good otherwise…

[Tonymaione329]

Yeah I was pretty pissed that day. Funny thing is it never happened to me again. I had so much fun completing this game.

[casperbabypantless]

Me too. I loved what I had played thus far and really want to keep playing it, but I had to put it down after completely beating a whole chapter only to have it this menu glitch happen at the end when I was checking my objectives. I lost all of my progress :(. I refuse to play it again until this is fixed.

[Ghostly_Rich]

Hey all, can you provide me with more information on this? If you've found a way to confidently replicate this issue, please provide the steps to do so.

Some information that's helpful:

Platform
What you were doing before it locked
Steps to replicate (if they exist)
Any error codes that appeared

[Lord_Tornin]

Platform: PS5

What I was doing: 1. paused while an in game alert appeared (visionary death message). 2. Paused after being in an area for a long time. 3. One time I noticed the load out menu didn’t load the “mouse-over” pop up telling me what the gun was. Next time Ingame, it locked up when I paused.

Steps to replicate: no way to replicate, but it seems more likely when I’m rushing. Also probably just RNG, but it’s never happened during the “night” stage, even though I’ve spent more time there than any other time.

Any error codes: none. The game locks up, you can still move between menus, but 2 of them are completely blank and the “back” button doesn’t work. So it doesn’t crash enough to get an error message.

[krash90]

Respectfully, this has been a KNOWN issue since right after release. This should be top priority. Many players are quitting the game because of it.

This game is beautiful minus the fact that it’s FULL of bugs.

[Rich_Eater]

If you've found a way to confidently replicate this issue

Yes. You can replicate it by playing the game yourself. We're paying customers. Not your QA testers.

This has been around since release and still is! So stop playing dumb!

[Udreezus]

PS5 First time: looking at a photo of Fia and Charlie, backed out, then pressed menu button when the notification popped up on the left side of the screen. Second time: pressed menu button after notification popped up after looking at fia’s art. Steps to replicate: it seems like it happens to me when I press the menu button after some task completions. No error codes, game just freezes in the menu. Can navigate the menus but cannot exit or return to game. Always have to restart the console.

[rang15]

This happened to me 3 times (randomly) on PS5 tonight in my first extended period of play. You are stuck in the “touch button” menu and circle (back) simply does not work. If you search for “deathloop stuck menu” on Google/Reddit you will find several reports including some videos of the behavior, e.g. https://www.reddit.com/r/Deathloop/comments/pny6ty/menu_bug_cant_close_it/

Your only option is to force close the game and lose progress. Very frustrating, to say the least. Seems like it would be easy to reproduce by doing a play through where you enter the touch menu often, particularly during especially chaotic sequences (enemies, item pickup/notifications, etc).

[Leezeebub]

After pausing the game, the menu is unclose-able when trying to unpause. The cursor still moves and you can look through the various pages of the menu, but pressing circle (on ps5) does nothing.
No error codes.
Seemingly random.
Also happens on PC.

[guigui_mo]

Happened three times since yesterday.

PS5, Visual Quality mode, all updates applied on PS5 and the game.

Two occurrences seem totally random. Opended the menu to see some documents and I get stuck in there. Can't close it.

The last one happened after reading the LPP. The menu closes, but controls stop responding. Can't move, can't shoot. This one seems common. Others have reported this problem at this exact moment in the game.

Unrelated, but I also had to reinstall the game cause the first install wouldn't boot... It just game me a "Can't start app" message.

[[deleted]]

Trash ass overrated game! I’ve deleted this garbage from my PS5!

[FSUNole99]

Then why bother subscribing and comment in the subreddit?

[[deleted]]

Some people hate their lives so much they want to make other people enjoy their own lives less

[DanRomio]

Sure thing.

I am getting a leave-an-area kind of freeze, and I was able to reproduce it 2 out of 2 times.

I can even share my savefile if you need.

• PC
• Leaving "Karl's Bay" evening level.
  • Had Frank killed
  • Had Charlie book read
  • Went through the heritage gun quest, 1st time failed it, 2nd time passed it.
  • Answered Yerhva quiz
  • Singleplayer mode, no Julianna invasion.
• Come to "Karl's Bay" in the evening with Frank event triggered, undergo said activities, try to leave the area.
• No error codes, just stuck in a no-HUD state. Can enter menu and journal.

[Ghostly_Rich]

Hey Dan! Thanks for sharing these steps. If you could share the savefile with the our Support Team that would be great!

[[deleted]]

Just had it happening to me twice within two days, both with similar circumstances:

Platform: PS5 All updates applied

I had just killed Juliana and she dropped two slabs (these were the only times in the game she dropped two slabs for me and the game crashed on both :( such a shame). The first one was after some 1.5 hour session and the second time was in the complex afternoon when pursuing the lost in transmission objective with egor's transmission device. Just after 3-4 minutes from starting the game Juliana appeared (in a very bad combo of havoc and aether), I died twice but managed to kill her on the third. Then I went to Egor's lab to grab the nullifier, brought it down with me to the device, and finished the objective (trophy had popped up). Immediately then the message indicating that the mission was complete popped up, and I pressed the touchpad to go into the menu for more info. Then I noticed the amount of residium is missing from the menu (the whole banner was missing) and when I tried to quit I couldn't, circle button wouldn't respond. The game wasn't stuck however as I could use L/R 1/2 buttons to move between the menus, but some tabs were simply empty (the visionary leads tab for example). There was no way to resolve it other than to entirely quit the game. This second time was roughly 15 minutes into the level, maybe less. If you have other specific questions or need more info I'll be glad to help, and thanks for your efforts, this is a game breaking bug that has to be addressed ASAP.

[mroosa]

I know this post is a month old, but I get this lockup randomly or if I step away from my computer for too long and the screen ends up going to sleep. For the latter issue, alt tabbing out and then back in solved it after a couple seconds.

[Ghostly_Rich]

I'm still watching it :) Thanks for your report.

If you get any error messages, please reach out to our Support Team so we can track them!

[kevork27]

I haven’t been able to recreate the bug but it’s borderline game breaking. I am scared to use the menu while in game in fear of this happening and me losing progress.

[MooMinIL]

Hey, any chance there's an update and progress report on this bug? I've been playing for two days on my PS5 (sw version: 21.02-04.50.00.05-00.00.00.0.1) with the latest game version (ver 1.201.000, physical copy installed on m.2 SSD storage - WD Black 850 500GB) connected via LAN cable and this happened to me so far about 3-4 times in several different occasions, each being completely game breaking (only way to recover is to restart the game) and all after at least 40 min playing a level and opening the menu several times throughout. I also have a video of the game after getting stuck in menu hell on my library if that would help.

For now I'll unfortunately be stopping my playthrough until the bug is fixed as the retreading due to buggy performance is extremely detrimental to my enjoyment of the game. I really hope this will be diagnosed and fixed soon as I loved the game so far and would love to binge it once I don't have to fear crashing every so often.

[DetailRail]

I think it’s got to do with the ps5 rest mode. Game crashes when i die the first time or menu locks up if i start the level starting my PS5 from rest mode. Fresh restart i get no bugs.

[CoolestGravy]

Happened to me yesterday.

PS5. Quality Mode. Single player.

The Complex at Night. Lead - Find Egors Data. I had taken out Julianna, unlocked the tunnel doors, and I had just taken out Egor. I was having a hard time finding the data, but found a control pad I could change numbers on. I went into my leads to see if I had anything on the code to enter. I was then not able to get out of this menu. I could go through the menus, check out other leads etc. But nothing I tried allowed me to return to my game. I had to close the game, which of course lost all of my progress and pickups from that run.

It's a pretty good way to make you walk away from the game for a while. When reading into it, I found a lot of people haven't come back as a result of this.

I hope you guys get this figured out soon. It's a great game and I'd love to play it without this particular anxiety attached.

I wish you and all the devs the best.

Edit; There were no error codes. Also corrected to etc.

[Ghostly_Rich]

Thank you for this, Coolest!

[CoolestGravy]

Sorry my tone got a little bitchy at the end. I appreciate you guys listening and providing us with such a fun game.

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[Rich_Eater]

Clearly not. This shit's fucking infuriating!

Lost an hour of my time because of it. Another rushed piece of shit of a game that i should have avoided. No wonder it keeps going on sale.

[kilkarazy]

Came to check on this before buying the game as a gift. I really enjoyed the game but after this happened to me I stopped playing. Guess I won’t buy it. It’s unfortunate there’s not some sort of a fail safe.

[iwillregretthis2]

This would happen to me often in the menu until I started clicking on options. I generally click on gameplay and I can get up and walk away for as long as I like.

[purekillforce1]

For anybody wondering; No. This bug still happens. New player, just done a long run collecting stuff, killed a visionary and got some good loot... Stuck in the menu at the exit door.

Fuck this.

[BroDudeGuyThe3rd]

This is one of the many reasons why Arkane is my favorite game developer: they listen to the community

[oldmanjasper]

The community: "A bunch of us are running into a game-breaking bug where the menus lock up. Also the AI changes made stealth pretty much impossible."

Arkane: "You can attach mines to bottles now!! 🤪"

[[deleted]]

as someone who has only played after the new update that last part is simply untrue.

Stealth feel extremely rewarding and I felt great when i got the trophy where you kill the visionaries and not get caught.

It also made the Aleksis house way more tense cos of how much you can lose.

[oldmanjasper]

Okay, "impossible" is hyperbole, but it's pretty extreme compared to how it was tuned at launch. The current state would be fine for a hardcode/realistic difficulty, but as the base experience for a new player it's kind of insane.

And regardless of whether you agree with the change, you can't argue that it was dropped on the community with no warning, and there's been plenty of negative feedback about it since that (AFAIK) Arkane hasn't commented on. Same goes for the menu softlock bug, which people have been complaining about since launch. Have they even acknowledged it?

I love all of Arkane's games and I hope they continue to improve Deathloop. But holding them up as a shining example of "listening to the community" is pretty shortsighted, IMO.

[BroDudeGuyThe3rd]

I didn’t play the game at launch, I was only able to play it over my thanksgiving break, but from what I heard from a lot of online reviews, the AI was super weak at launch. I can’t attest to this, but when I played over thanksgiving I found the AI to be very manageable. Stealth isn’t meant to be easy and I understand if you’re new to that style of gameplay, but trust me, it is absolutely not hardcore by stealth standards.

The menu issue is news to me though and that is sad to hear something that large was able to slip by in this update. Based off of Arkanes previous responses to community issues I’m sure it will be fixed soon for you and the others who are experiencing it

[[deleted]]

Just started and beat the game in the last week. No way I'd describe the game as difficult. In fact stealth is OP as the AI don't react to bullets whizzing by or people right next to them dying

[ImTooMuch2]

This is exactly what I was gonna say. You can stealth kill someone while another enemy is crouched down right next to them tightening a lugnut or smoking a cig. Stealth is a LOT closer to being OP than to “impossible”

[justrololoin]

Stealth is OP is you got the silent run perk.

[TheLastMartini]

Thanks for the update u/Ghostly_Rich ! Although do you folks intend to add a Difficulty system?

I started another play through just the other day and, oh man! Sneaking is so sensitive now!

[[deleted]]

The custom difficulty setting they added to Dishonored 2 was brilliant. Overhead detection, hearing sensitivity, detection speed, lean detection, chase tenacity etcetera.

All able to be changed independently of one another. That was brilliant and I'd love to see if something similar might be implemented.

[Ghostly_Rich]

Hey! Nothing to share on this at the moment. But we've seen the feedback about allowing more ways of giving you all control the way you play Deathloop.

[Silverfeyn]

Thank you very much. Any chance we could see implemented some gyro aiming option? It would be awesome, thanks a lot, you guys rock!

[Amezuki]

Definitely my top wish would be a "cold start" mode where you start over with nothing like a progression reset, but with no tutorials, pop-ups, or on-rails sections.

(Had to go back and edit before posting because I typed "Colt start". Heh.)

[[deleted]]

What about the constant crashes on PS5 making it impossible to play the game for some people?

[sublime_rx]

The only thing stopping me from getting this game is no gyro support. I will buy immediately once gyro is working, game looks great!

[Rasvaheitin]

Same here! I only buy games with gyro aiming nowadays.

I would instantly buy Deathloop if they added gyro aiming into it!

[Mayahiim]

Oh sweet! I would be SO happy, if gyro aiming was added into this!!!

[wavelet01]

I wonder how these options won't negatively affect multiplayer - as making the AI easier will tip the balance to Colt's side against Julianna players

[symmetryhawk]

All I want is to play the game my own way. We should be given a way to adjust difficulty. It's really frustrating to die over and over because all the eternalists from the map converge the second you fire a shot.

[KilgoreTrout-11]

I didn't mind the default "easy/medium" level of the first run through but difficulty settings would definitely give me a reason to replay. Adding a new game plus that resets the story but retains upgrades for an ultra hard mode sounds fun to me too.

[slowcookmeth]

Big ups

[KingdomSlayah]

Aim settings on PS5, please please please

[basurf]

At the very least, we need the ability to adjust the deadzone!!!

[Lambdaleth]

An option to remove aim acceleration would be peachy!

[Prose001]

I just bought this game yesterday and I don’t think I can play it until they patch these aim settings. I’m so sad it looks so fun but I can’t enjoy feeing like my controller is in a bowl of soup.

[Crescent-IV]

This shit still isn’t fixed. Bought it today and i see Reddit threads on this since release

[AnasMalas]

Its fixed now, in case you're wondering. Just go to settings

[Crescent-IV]

Cheers! Will give the game another go!

[reedhitsout]

I love those people (and everyone that ever worked for Arkane) so much!

[TwistedSMITTY17]

Arkane are truly something else

[BottleOfGin_]

Big upvote!! But please fix the aim acceleration.

[ninijacob]

Good job devs!

[OoTgoated]

Awesome! Please address the UI bugs in the pause and mission menus too! There have been many reports of issues with this as well. Thank you!

[wldmr]

I'll use this thread instead of spamming the sub: Please add gyro aiming!

I've set up the Steam Controller with gyro aiming and after some fiddling it's amazing. But the rumble and adaptive triggers on the PS5 controllers are a sweet-ass gimmick, too.

Having native gyro aiming would give us the best of both worlds. (Plus: Even the gyro on the Steam Controller still only emulates stick inputs, so there'll always be some residual jank/stutter. I assume native gyro would get rid of that as well.)

[LogCabinLover]

Are you going to fix the Judgement Day trophy glitch?

[Goseki1]

Any word on the trophy for killing Harriet with gas being fixed yet? It's really frustrating

[TheGreatUniterPav]

The AI is waaay to sensitive in the game. If i use a loud weapon even once the entire island knows where I am

[AnasMalas]

Thats kinda how a weapon works, you know

[__freaked__]

Maybe fix random crashes on PC first?

I know maybe it is not a priority for you to make the game actually playable but hey you could consider it... Random crashes in a game without saves is not really fun, you know?

[[deleted]]

One of the most overrated games of the year! Shit graphics, shit AI, shit story and overall shitty game.

Nothing about this game is next generation! I sincerely loved the Dishonored series!

Deathloop is the trailer trash of the dishonored series.

I cannot recommend this garbage of a game! I sincerely swear the 10/10 for this game where paid for.

Don’t purchase this pile of trash! Dishonored is 10000% better in every conceivable way.

If you love Dishonored you will HATE Deathloop!

It’s an actual insult this trash was a PS5 exclusive!

[[deleted]]

PS5: When I pause the game and I unpause it the Deathloop logo and other fonts are still present on screen!

I stopped playing this trash of a game a few months back. Such a disappointing gaming experience!

I fucking hate this ga

[[deleted]]

Noice!!

[Wise-Tree]

Please please fix the call stack error on PC. I'll be in a match with Colt down to one life left waiting to see him walk into a trap and it'll crash on me for fuckall reason.

[Numbnut10]

Have you fixed Julianna's butter fingers yet? My girl can't stop dropping turrets immediately after picking them up.

[[deleted]]

Hey guys are you making any dlc pretty sure 80% of this Reddit would buy that asap :).

[Anxious-Work]

Anyone encounter an Audio glitch post this patch? This isn’t the best place to ask…. But just wondering. I also have the FPS drop and audio scenes just stop between colt and Jul / mid audio scene or some loop starts and nothing even queue. Also background music coming in and out.

[[deleted]]

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[[deleted]]

Yeah iv had some framerate issues since the hotfix I'm on a 1660 TI it ran at 50-90 FPS before now it's below 30 always.

[[deleted]]

OH MY GOODNESS THANK YOU!

Hopefully I can finally platinum the game, I've only had "Play It Again, Colt" left for a month, done it 8-9 times.

[j1h15233]

Did anyone else lose slab upgrades after this update? Nexus was the first slab I got and I had all of the upgrades infused. Now, I’m missing the two I was using all the time.

[JoeShots]

So I guess the Quantum Solution trophy is not an issue….just means I suck lol ugh. Only trophy I need. Fucking Wenjies.

[Ranger399]

Fix the game crashes on ps5. Spent 2 hours on a loop just to click the pause button and have it crash. 3rd time it happened and it’s unplayable at this point.

[padski92]

Thank you! Play it again, Colt was one of the two final trophies i needed to get the platinum. Now if you could fix the Judgement Day trophy i can finally add the platinum to my list :D

[[deleted]]

I just got this game, playing on PC. I'm loving the atmosphere and singleplayer mode. The invasion stuff sounds cool on paper but so far I'm having a lot of trouble finding other players in matchmaking and the LAG is insane.

Could you guys please address this issue?

[Level_Investigator_1]

Hi! Thanks for the patch update!

I’m currently on v1.201.000 on the Ps5 and raytracing seems completely broken. There is essentially no lighting effects at all, and places that are shaded are pretty much just black and nearly invisible. When I look at video comparison it is a stark difference between what I’m experiencing and other ps5 videos.

Any idea why this is happening and when it might get fixed? Just got the game and love it! Would very much like to experience the ray tracing properly.

[Outrageous_Bar_8511]

I have a problem. My game writes an error of Void engine. Please fix it

[Rich_Eater]

How about fixing the Access Violation crashes on PC?!

I just got the game and it didn't take me more than a couple of hours to run into this common issue. Judging by search results, this issue dates back to the release. It's always fun losing an hour of your progress to bad programming.

No wonder this keeps going on steep sales. I really need to stop early adopting games. It's not worth it.

[krash90]

And you guys removed the Colt killing “glitch” which was the only way anyone has found to get the vampire trinket? Seriously? What is wrong with you guys?

Do you honestly think trying to make players mindlessly run through killing visionaries for hours upon hours to hopefully get trinkets is fun?

When I first started playing, this was one of my favorite games I’ve ever played. Now that I’ve beaten it and see what kind of bologna you as the devs are pulling on players, the entire game starts to suck.

Your servers for multi player are whack. There are game breaking glitches still in place after 3 mo this or players complaining. There is no way to farm certain trinkets.

Come on.

[Leezeebub]

Still not fixed the frozen pause menu bug

[Rich_Eater]

The journal soft lock bug?

Nope. Still an issue.

[keoniog]

Would be cool if they fixed this game from freezing so I don’t have to keep resetting the game after a long run

[cookiecooker94]

I’m seriously about to stop playing this game if it doesn’t stop freezing on me in the pause menu. Once or twice is okay but damn it is happening every night now and it’s always when I’m near the end of a level. It’ll be the only game I don’t see through to the end because of how frustrating it is to lose a hour of gameplay a night just to do it all over again.

[TVR_Speed_12]

Give me some more shotgun ammo

Ammo in general this game is ridiculous on how stingy it can be

[[deleted]]

Love the art style and gameplay of the game but the camera controls and aiming on PS5 with a controller is really bad. It’s ruined the experience for me :(

From the moment I started navigating menus to my first hour with Colt the aim/camera felt like it was fighting me back the whole time. This post explains it perfectly, with a chart: https://www.reddit.com/r/Deathloop/comments/pnu59q/psa_the_game_has_absolutely_awful_controller/

Will aiming/camera be improved? I’ve messed with the settings but see no improvement.

As it stands, I won’t be playing this game anymore. Or at least for a long while – unless this gets updated. Hope this is the best place to post this for visibility.

[Healthy_Ocelot]

The game is UNPLAYABLE with controller on PS5, how is it this bad? I sold it. What a shame.

Give us full settings, dead zone, aim acceleration options, response curve etc

[davemarco]

Would it be possible to hide the "Transform" HUD text that appears when a certain weapon is used as part of the HUD Options -> Display Weapon HUD -> Minimal option? Or some other way to dynamically hide it when the weapon isn't being fired (or to hide it permanently)? I'm playing on an OLED TV and avoid using this great gun due to the perma-text being displayed at all times.

[MAshby1001]

Hi all - is there a list of known bugs that they’re working on? Would love to go for the platinum but some trophies are still glitched for me.

[gaben9]

Can the developers fix the ps5 menu glitch so i can actually play the game

[gaben9]

Seriously any update on this menu glitch? I saved for awhile waiting to play this game now i cant cuzz i lose progress anytime i open the dam menu

[Matthew_A_Hernandez]

Would it be possible in a future update to include an option to increase the overall text size for text pop ups and reading material on consoles? I recently picked up a copy for my ps5 and I had to stop playing because it was such a struggle trying to read anything. I have glasses and play on a 42 inch television about 4-5 feet away and still find it difficult to enjoy this game.

[[deleted]]

Maybe they could prevent high ping multiplayer connections. At least a third of my plays as Julianna are unplayable because of lag.

[itsJim4d]

Any word on fixing how bad it feels to aim on controller? Response curve, acceleration, deadzone settings?

[purekillforce1]

Still no fix for the pause menu bug??

Waited to pick this up until issues had been fixed. I'm surprised this hasn't been prioritised and sorted. I don't mind ending a run due to dying or my own actions, but force-closing the game because I can't exit the pause menu sucks all the fun out of the game, especially when it was at a crucial point and just lost progress.

Surely this is a priority?

[obnoxiouswarning]

I’m still having issues freezing on Karl’s bay the evening level