PC-versie Alan Wake wordt deze week nog gepatched

De PC-versie van Alan Wake krijgt deze week al een eerste patch, dat heeft developer Remedy aangekondigd.

De inhoud van de patch werd oorspronkelijk gepost op het officiële forum van Alan Wake, maar samengevat zal de update verschillende bugs fixen en, vreemd genoeg, de game compatibel maken met beeldschermen uit de jaren '90.

Voor wie niet tevreden is met die samenvatting, hieronder het volledige log:

• Fix problems of game not moving forward / triggering properly after videos. (Workaround: avoid pressing space or enter when those videos trigger, restarting the chapter helps)
• Nvidia tree flicker - if we manage to catch it. We are doing our best.
• Unofficial support for 640x480 and 800x600 resolution through command line
• Fix that blur occasionally gets re-enabled even if -noblur specified
• Add "rigidcamera" command line option for those who are sensitive to our current mouse/camera controls
• Add possibility to bind mouse buttons 4 and 5
• Fix that the Developer Video Commentary volume is more sensible
• Fix that Localized cinematic audio volume is not too loud and adjustable
• Fix that going to menus during a cine skips the cinematic when you return to game
• Fix that controller ruble works even without weird workarounds of enabling it with keyboard
• Prevent binding controller keys and thus preventing weird problems
• Real Traditional Chinese translation for added PC strings. Apologies for the current Simplified Chinese in menus
• Better CPU thread assignment for 3-Core AMD machines (smoother gameplay)

Volgende week is Remedy van plan een tweede patch uit te brengen die deze problemen oplost:

• Fix crashes when using alt-tab during loading
• Solve "File IO Failure" issue when unable to write to My Documents
• Somehow offer Latin-American Localizations through Steam
• Hopefully add a free camera for those who want to explore the world
• We'll try to get SLI support in but can't promise that yet...
• Continue sorting out other problems users have been having

Andere bugs waar Remedy van op de hoogte is maar waarvan ze nog niet weten wanneer ze opgelost zullen worden zijn:

• Solve Cursor Key / Numpad assignment issues
• Remember camera side preference (tab key)
• Improve Stereoscopic 3D
• Longer grass draw distance option
• "Low Performance Mode" improvements