Cyberpunk 2077 1.2 patch is enormous
Cyberpunk 2077 had quite the reception when it was first released – and we don’t mean it in a positive way. While reviews of the game favoured the game, including our own Matt Kamen, the reality of the game being a complete, broken mess outside of the PC platform was crushing for console players. It’s exactly why a Cyberpunk 2077 1.2 patch is sorely needed, even now.
And well, CD PROJEKT RED are on the way to delivering that Cyberpunk 2077 1.2 patch, alright. Today the developer released an extensive list of patch notes, which after a quick copy and paste revealed that the notes are over 8000 words long. That’s a lot of things fixed.
This news comes after CD PROJEKT RED gave us a general idea a few weeks back about what they would be changing. For example: police despawning and respawning in an immersion-shattering way, the ‘life hack’ that let players escape from dying from ridiculous heights because they ‘slid’ at the right moment, and even an improvement on driving mechanics.
This full list, however, goes into a lot more depth. Because of that level of depth, we’re here to tell you straight up that you’ll need to set some time aside for you to read the whole of it. It really is just that ridiculously big.
Here are just a few of the major changes that players will see in the Cyberpunk 2077 1.2 patch:
Please note: not all player experienced the issues listed below.
Gameplay
- The NCPD spawn radius for when the player commits a crime has been increased.
- New Steering Sensitivity slider added to Controls settings. Allows reducing steering speed for all vehicles, on all input devices. Particularly useful for keyboard users.
- Adjusted the vehicle steering code to work better in low and extreme high frame rate situations to produce more consistent results. Improves steering on base consoles noticeably.
- Unstuck Rocking/Rotating feature added to all vehicles. Use Left Stick or A/D W/S or LShift/LCtrl to engage rocking and rotating to stuck/beached vehicles to try and free them.
- Minor driving model tune revisions to some vehicles to improve steering, cure excessive body roll and oversteer.
- Fixed an issue where aiming while under the effect of the “Berserk” cyberware moved the crosshair with no input from the player.
- Adjusted fire rate of the helicopter turret in Love Like Fire.
- Police vehicles will no longer immediately despawn after getting into Kerry’s car during Rebel! Rebel!
- Fixed an issue where Projectile Launch System had no cooldown.
- Bump reaction for friendly NPCs has been disabled.
- Fixed an issue where grappled enemies played voice lines as if the player bumped into them.
- Using Zetatech Sandevistan MK. 1 cyberware now correctly slows time.
- Player can no longer cancel fall damage by performing a slide action when about to fall from greater heights
- It is no longer possible to perform Gorilla Arms finishers against civilians.
- Fixed an issue where V could get pushed too far by a speeding vehicle.
- If V picks up a body containing a quest item, the item will now be automatically added to the inventory.
- Fixed an issue where a civilian running from a driving player could react incorrectly.
- Picking up or grappling an NPC with a burning or EMP status now transfers the status to the player.
UI
- Fixed an issue with ads not being properly displayed on curbs.
- Multiple visual updates and adjustments for ads.
- Fixed multiple visual issues in quests briefings.
- Updated the Arabic language layout in quests briefings.
- Updated grenades icons according to their damage type.
- Fixed multiple visual issues with the icons display.
- Fixed multiple visual issues in the UI panels, including Journal, Map, Scanner, and others.
- Fixed an issue that paused the game if the shard was read directly from the loot container in a minor activity.
- Fixed freezes and crashes related to equipping and unequipping Johnny’s Jacket.
- Added button hints in order to move forward on the treadmill in Where is My Mind?
- Fixed an issue where database links would not allow jumping to a selected entry.
- Fixed an issue that blocked a player from answering holocalls manually.
- Entering a vehicle right before opening the Vehicle Menu should no longer block further progression.
- The health bar should now be visible during car chases.
- Performance improvement to the Inventory panel.
- Fixed an issue where the NPCs could be tagged as “Minimal Threat” regardless of their actual level.
- Fixed multiple issues with button hints.
- Fixed multiple issues in the Character Creation panel.
- Multiple fixes and improvements to the Crafting panel.
- Fixed issues where the level requirement was not displayed correctly in the Upgrade menu.
- Added an option to craft multiple items at once.
- Fixed an issue where preview stats show the same values before upgrading an item.
- Added a “Crafted” icon to the tooltip of crafted items.
- Fixed multiple issues related to the Cyberware panel.
- Multiple adjustments for the D-pad input.
- Fixed multiple issues related to HUD elements.
- Multiple fixes in the Inventory and Backpack panels.
- Fixed an issue when weapons could show 0 DPS before looting them.
- Fixed an improper icon of the clothing item when looting body in Gig: Serial Suicide.
- Multiple fixes and adjustments to the Main Menu and Settings panels.
- Fixed an issue where replacing mods on some legendary items could add an empty mod slot.
- Added a disabled state to mod slots when there are no available mods to equip.
- Optimizations for Crafting panel and items display.
- Fixed an overlapping tooltip of Body attribute in the Character menu.
- Visual effect for adding attribute points in the Character menu should no longer be missing after hovering over Perks tree.
- Multiple fixes for Scanning functionality and its HUD display.
Console-Specific Changes
- Fixed an issue on PlayStation 4 where items couldn’t be dropped from the backpack as they would always reappear back in the inventory.
- Fixed an issue where Johnny’s custom HUD wouldn’t be present on Xbox One during the concert scene in Love Like Fire.
- Fixed an issue that caused the game to zoom in when pressing pause on PlayStation 4 Pro and Xbox One X.
- Fixed a streaming issue with the elevator panel in Play it Safe on Xbox One.
- Improved the mechanism for adjusting the UI texture resolution depending on the platform.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the game to become unresponsive when pressing “A” immediately after deleting a save on Xbox One.
- Fixed an issue on Xbox One that could cause the game to become unresponsive when changing profiles on the title menu.
- Fixed an issue where loading a game save while being in a car could turn the screen black on Xbox.
- Various memory handling optimizations on Xbox.
- Improved Screen Space Reflections.
- Fixed issues with Screen Space Reflections and Temporal Anti-Aliasing.
- Fixed rendering issues when fog interacts with nearby lighting on PlayStation 4.
- Various environment streaming and input/output improvements.
- Various NPCs and vehicle streaming improvements.
- Fixed multiple issues with random game freezes.
- Fixed issues on PlayStation 4 whereby corpses with head dismembered could glitch out.
- Fixed an issue where V could fall down the elevator shaft.
- Fixed an issue where the game on Xbox One would become unresponsive when signing out while the controller disconnection message is visible.
- Fixed an issue that caused the player to be unable to exit the Settings menu after making changes.
- Claire’s truck is now properly placed in the garage in The Beast in Me.
- Fixed the missing water surface shader on PlayStation 4.
As you may have quickly realized, this isn’t even half of what was included in the patch notes. It is enormous, and you can check out the full 1.2 patch list over on the official Cyberpunk 2077 website.
The release date for this patch has yet to be confirmed.
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