Hogwarts Legacy is a 2023 action role-playing game developed by Avalanche Software and published by Warner Bros. Games under its Portkey Games label. The game is set in the Wizarding World universe, based on the Harry Potter novels, and was released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S in 2023. It is scheduled for release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch later in 2023. The title receives a new update today, which focuses on several changes. Check out the Hogwarts Legacy July 17th update patch notes below.
Hogwarts Legacy July 17th Update Patch Notes
General
- Gameplay
- Missions
- Resolved Imelda’s conversations being able to be triggered outside the race locations HL-8677
- Resolved quest failing to progress upon starting the final battle with the Pensieve Guardian HL-12745
- Resolved losing interaction prompt with Imelda after teleporting right after losing a race HL-8677
- Resolved Percival Rackham’s Trial not being able to be completed causing a progression blocker HL-12745
- Cinematics
- Resolved avatar using a generic NPC wand instead of their unique wand HL-11594
- Avatar
- Resolved the avatar’s robe moving unnaturally while drinking the potion if they are created immediately after making a manual save on another character’s slot
- Achievements/Trophies
- Resolved large gold chests being lootable after patching
- Resolved achievements not working correctly when no internet was available
- Resolved Gregory and Goblet of fire field guide pages not showing complete after latest patch HL-12917
- Resolved with Daedelian Key and not being able to open the chest to get house reward HL-12673
- Resolved “Allow “Known” Collection items to count correctly toward proper achievements
- Missions
- UI
- Updated localization overlapping issues related to location names
- Resolved quest tracking icon remaining on map and minimap after the quest is completed
- Resolved intro outfit and robe being available in your gear appearances by default HL-4880
- Resolved untracking missions in-game, in the map and/or mini-map not updating their icons and/or disappearing
- Resolved the user getting stuck on the ‘Field Guide’ screen if they spam the [MENU] button while transitioning to the ‘Map’ screen
- Save Game
- Resolved restarting from a manual save can place Sir Nicholas at the mission’s starting point
- Resolved player being able to permanently lock themselves out of the conversation with Natsai when using a manual save during a mission HL-12659
- Resolved avatar being able to unlock the talent menu during a mission after reloading a manual save
- Resolved reloading an autosave after gathering any collection chest allows the avatar to obtain the same chest rewards again
- Performance
- Resolved a crash when fast traveling to Hogsmeade using floo flames
- Optimization of overall lighting
- Resolved crashes during level and mission transitions/loading
- Resolved a crash when opening and closing the pause menu during missions
- Resolved crash related to foliage
- Resolved a crash when ornate chests in the game
- Resolved a crash related to in-game beacons
- Resolved memory optimization
- Resolved single-frame hitching throughout the game
- Resolved localization crash when dictionaries are reloaded from a save game
- Resolved landscape streaming issues during Hogwarts
- Miscellaneous
- Resolved improper shadowing around the vines of dungeons
- Update to game credits
PC
- Performance
- Resolved crash VRAM memory leaking HL-313
- Update to latest NVIDIA Streamline SDK
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