The Dwarves Are Prettying Up for Their Debut – Day 1 Patch Addresses Console Performance

The Dwarves Are Prettying up for their Release – Day-One Patch will Address Console-Performance Issues

The release of the Fantasy-RPG The Dwarves is just around the corner. We are aware of performance-related issues in the console builds distributed to media for review purposes. We want to assure that the Dwarves is getting a Day-1-Patch addressing aforementioned issues on Playstation™4 and Xbox One. It will also add some improvements to UI, camera controls, and the world map. Here is the list of fixes, that will be going live with release:

Changes for Xbox One and PS4

Performance Optimizations

Lag spikes in multiple locations fixed
Better FPS in multiple combat arenas due to preloading, enemy behavior changes and enhanced trackers
Better FPS in additional locations due to graphical adjustments/optimizations
Some texture adjustments (slightly better loading times, reduced potential lag spikes)

Graphical Improvements

Soft particles in all quality settings
Updated fog in multiple locations
Added effects (Steam, smoke) in multiple locations
Tone-Mapping/HDR adjustments in multiple locations

Improvements

Many camera colliders had been optimized for less camera jumps/clipping problems
Nav-Mesh/Character collider improvements
UI improvements in Shop-, Level-Up, Party and XP screen; HUB fixes
Rodarios Fake Death ability works as described now
Balancing changes in some battles
Added a hint to the world map to show how many days a village will withstand its attackers
Boindil can’t knock himself out anymore by running into walls
If the game is paused, there is now an indication for that and an info how to resume
Sidequest marker for the world map
Additional loading screen tips

Bug fixes