Hi everyone!
This patch primarily addresses camcorder footage missing in save-game and Collectible Mode issues, while also improving game performance. It additionally fixes progression blockers, crashes, and general gameplay problems.
Highlights
- Players can now repair save-games with ‘broken’ memoirs by filming and replacing missing clips with new alternate footage.
- Collectible Mode has been improved for easier and more stable footage library management.
- Improved game performance with better framerate stability and faster loading of high-resolution textures.
- Fixed multiple progression blockers, crashes and implemented general fixes (read below).
What to do with your memoirs containing broken/missing footages?
Some of your issues might be automatically fixed when loading your save-game for the first time. For example, this should address some inconsistent memoir counters (amount recorded / amount to record to complete the memoir).
However, as the game cannot automatically re-create missing camcorder footage, we’ve given you the possibility to fix yourself the memoirs with broken/missing clips (represented by a blue icon of a broken link).
If you already have extra alternate footages in your library matching a memoir, you can simply swap memoir’s broken clips with one of them.
- For Collectible memoirs (white title), this can be done in Story mode or in Collectible mode.
- For Story memoirs (pink title), this should be done only in Story mode.
If you don’t have extra footage available (that is not already assigned to a memoir), you can use Collectible mode to record some, which can then be used for fixing both Collectible or Story memoirs.
- After recording some footage in Collectible mode, you can swap the broken clips with them right away for Collectible memoirs.
- For Story memoirs, this is a bit trickier, as you will need to record extra footage for that memoir during Collectible Mode, and then return to Story mode to do the swap.
As a side note, the management of space usage for recorded footage has been greatly improved (as well as footage deletion), so the process should be easier now.
If you encounter any issues while playing, please don’t hesitate to report them via our support platform.
Thanks for your patience and understanding.
Camcorder footages & Memoir clips fixes
The game now correctly manages missing video or thumbnail files, and several fixes were made to prevent these issues.
- Added proper handling of missing video files:
- Missing video files are automatically detected, with a blue missing file icon displayed and a placeholder footage to playback.
- Players can repair memoirs by replacing missing clips with alternate footage.
- Missing camcorder footages are now hidden in the Footage tab.
- [PS5 Only] No more CE-100002-3 system message displayed when video or thumbnail files are missing.
- Bug fixes:
- Fixed an issue where the Collectible video deletions were sometimes not saved.
- Fixed an issue where the footage deletions were sometimes saved even if the player returned to the menu without saving.
- Fixed an issue with memoir clips reordering or replacement not always being saved properly.
- Fixed an issue occurring when editing story memoirs during Collectible Mode, which could potentially cause missing videos when returning to Story Mode.
- Fixed an occasional issue preventing the player from filling gaps in memoirs with available alternate footage.
- Fixed an issue where a collectible object’s recorded footage would not be counted in its associated memoir’s progression value.
- Fixed an issue where a collectible object already recorded would show ‘not recorded’ on the brackets when looking at the collectible object in the world in camcorder view.
- Unreferenced video files in save-game storage are now cleaned up, ensuring accurate available space reporting for camcorder recordings.
Collectible Mode fixes
Collectible Mode has been improved for better stability and easier footage library management:
- Players now have access to all available footage in Collectible Mode, including unused or junk footage from later chapters, making it easier to free up storage space.
- All discovered collectible memoirs are now shown and editable, regardless of the chapter being replayed.
- Any additional recorded footage is now kept after completing the replay of a chapter in Collectible mode.
- All collectible related footages are properly saved.
- Any extra footage recorded for story memoirs is also saved, which can be used to replace missing story memoir clips.
- Players can also film footage with no subject (neither collectible nor story memoirs), and they will be properly saved.
- The only footages that aren’t saved, are existing Story memoirs clips shot again during a Collectible mode replay, since the existing version of the Story mode must be preserved (note: when playing Collectible mode, Story memoirs of chapters later than the one being played are hidden).
Game Performance Improvements
- More stable FPS throughout the game.
- Disabled Variable Frame Rate support to improve FPS stability on certain TV models.
- Improved many textures loading times across the game, including faster high-resolution loading for Autumn’s vest in the Bar booth scene.
Game Progression Blockers Fixes
- Fixed a blocker in “Echoes of Summer” where Swann could get stuck in a bush when approached by Kat.
- Fixed a blocker in “Movie Night” where Swann could get stuck in the garage after watching camcorder footage on the TV.
Crash Fixes
- [PS5 Only] Fixed a crash when skipping a specific cinematic in “Riot Grrrls.”
- Fixed a crash that could occur when opening camcorder menu just after recording a memoir clip.
- Fixed a crash that could occur in "Phone A Friend" when playing the TV again after picking up items in the trunk.
- Fixed a crash which may occur due to broken capture data (reflection).
General Fixes
- [XS only] Increased the save-game storage limit from 256MB to 1GB.
- Fixed an issue in the chapter “Riot Grrrrls” where the position of the "Break" interaction on the padlock could lead to unintended choices or consequences.
- Fixed an issue preventing completion of the MothGirl collection due to an incorrect count.
- Fixed an issue where pressing the camcorder input during the camcorder tutorial rendered all in-game inputs unresponsive.
- Fixed an issue where PhotoMode's rotation/tilt adjustments carried over to the gameplay camera after closing it.
- Fixed an issue where dates displayed in the camcorder’s footage menu were incorrect by one day.
- Fixed low or missing voice-over audio when replaying camcorder footage.
- Added camera motion effects from Swann drinking alcohol to the Camera Shake toggle in the video settings (camcoder view must be closed and re-opened for the setting to be effective).
- Updated the game’s Credits