The Last of Us Part 1 on PC is now Steam Deck Verified because of the sport’s newest replace that additionally focuses on efficiency enhancements, fixing varied crashes, and extra.
The information arrives by way of The Last of Us Part 1’s v1.1.0 patch notes for PC, and the Steam Deck verification is a welcome addition, particularly after Naughty Dog confirmed it wasn’t a precedence for the group across the recreation’s launch earlier this 12 months.
It must be a superb signal that most of the points The Last of Us Part 1’s PC gamers have been experiencing have been addressed since this lower-priority merchandise has now been checked off Naughty Dog’s listing.
The Last of Us Part 1 arrived on PC on March 28 and was nearly instantly slammed on Steam for a varied variety of its efficiency points. Naughty Dog was fast to reply and supply fixes, and a observe on the backside of this newest replace confirms the studio and its companions at Iron Galaxy are “intently watching participant studies to assist future enhancements and patches. We are actively optimizing, engaged on recreation stability, and implementing further fixes which can all be included in commonly launched future updates.”
In our The Last of Us Part 1 assessment for PS5, we mentioned, “A stunning and well-honed remake of one of many largest boppers within the PlayStation pantheon, The Last of Us Part I is the easiest way to play – or replay – Naughty Dog’s esteemed survival traditional.”
You can take a look at the total v1.1.0 patch notes beneath, and for extra, take a look at our PC vs PS5 vs Steam Deck efficiency assessment from April 2023, our assessment of the primary season of HBO’s The Last of Us, and the information of the reported troubles going through The Last of Us multiplayer recreation.
The Last of Us Part 1 v1.1.0 Patch Notes for PC
General
Downloading this patch will set off a full shader rebuild.
- Optimizations to enhance world CPU and GPU efficiency all through the sport
- Overall enhancements to texture and atmosphere loading
- Improved shader compilations instances
- Fixed a crash that would happen after altering customized controller settings
- Fixed a crash that would happen in Photo Mode when saving photos in 4K
- Fixed a crash that would happen when enjoying on Ultra graphics preset with DLSS enabled
- Fixed a crash that would happen when utilizing a mouse with a excessive DPI
- Fixed a crash that would happen when coming into Options > Graphics
- Fixed a number of crashes affecting gamers with Intel GPUs
- Fixed a difficulty the place gamers may lose the power to goal or shoot instantly after exiting menus
- Fixed a difficulty the place the Flashlight tutorial wouldn’t go away the display if ignored
- Fixed a difficulty the place exiting Photo Mode may trigger the participant to throw an geared up merchandise
- Fixed points the place gamers may see outdoors the sport world in some places
- Addressed points the place display tearing may nonetheless happen with V-Sync enabled
- Fixed an audio challenge that would happen when utilizing a USB audio system alongside Spatial Audio Plug-Ins
- Added assist for gamers utilizing third-party audio drivers
- Fixed a difficulty the place altering graphics presets (Options > Graphics > Graphics Presets) in-game wouldn’t save
- Fixed a difficulty the place the Speedrun timer may roll again after a crash or when quitting to desktop
- Fixed a difficulty the place scrollable menu descriptions couldn’t be navigated with a mouse scroll wheel
- Updated the QTE button UI to accurately show when utilizing Xbox controllers
- Corrected a number of in-game, menu, and text-to-speech translation errors
- GPU Performance HUD extra precisely shows utilization when launched, CPU Performance HUD now extra correct
- Corrected a difficulty the place the Aiming Mirror settings didn’t have an effect on movement sensor aiming
- Fixed a difficulty the place settings wouldn’t Reset to Defaults if gamers had any of the menu drop downs nonetheless open
- Fixed a difficulty in order that scrolling in Photo Mode doesn’t have an effect on the in-game digicam
- Fixed a difficulty the place the sport may reset a consumer’s Monitor setting when launching the sport
- Fixed a difficulty the place the shader loading could possibly be proven as full earlier than it truly was
- Fixed a difficulty with Corsair and Logitech system LEDs turning off on start-up
- Display settings at the moment are saved per system and never shared by cloud saves
- [The Suburbs] Fixed a crash that would happen within the sniper struggle
- [The Suburbs] Fixed a difficulty the place Sam would seem moist throughout a cinematic in a dry space
- Added a brand new Very Low graphics preset (Options > Graphics > Graphics Presets)
- Added a brand new AI Quality setting within the graphics menu (Options > Graphics)
- Added a brand new Dynamic Lights Quality setting within the graphics menu (Options > Graphics)
AMD
- Fixed a difficulty the place the sport may crash whereas shaders have been constructing on AMD {hardware}
- Fixed a difficulty the place FPS could possibly be impacted whereas enabling the GPU Usage monitor (Options > HUD > GPU Usage)
Epic Games Store
- Fixed a crash that would happen when quitting to the primary menu
- Fixed a difficulty the place vibrations didn’t work for some gamers
Steam
- Fixed a crash affecting gamers lacking a Steam consumer folder
Steam Deck
- Overall enhancements to efficiency whereas enjoying on Steam Deck
- Addressed a reminiscence leak challenge that would trigger crashes
- Fixed a difficulty the place sure button prompts can be misaligned
- Fixed a difficulty the place altering (Options > Graphics > Graphics Preset) may set off an intense lighting impact
- Fixed a difficulty the place in-game HUD didn’t match Steam Deck Performance Overlay FPS worth
- Fixed a crash that would happen throughout loading screens
- Effects Density now defaults to Very Low as a substitute of Low
- [Lakeside Resort] Fixed a crash that would happen firstly of a cutscene
- [Pittsburgh] Fixed a crash that would happen at sure checkpoints
- [The Outskirts] Fixed a difficulty the place locked FPS may make it troublesome to maneuver pushable objects
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