Visual Improvements to Player HP and Stamina bars.All of the widgets that are set Hidden or Dynamic become visible in Extended HUD.The Time of Day Indicator becomes visible during day-night transitional periods. The dynamic setting for the Time of Day Indicator is the new default setting.The Item Selector becomes visible when in combat and when performing combat actions or using D-Pad. The dynamic setting for Item Selector is the new default.The dynamic setting for Player Health Bar is the new default and hides the bar when the player is at 100% health.Added feature to show, hide or dynamically display Player Health Bar, Item Selector, and Time of Day Indicator.Improvements to the Options Menu information architecture incl.Survivor Sense now works correctly and can be triggered without any cooldowns after getting hit or performing specific parkour actions.Level 4 of the chase is now more difficult.
new issue tracking mechanisms (-safemode switch, additional logs, minidumps always, full dumps on request).blocked users cheating by not allowing changes to Dying Light’s data files.fixed a number of crashes in various situations.compatibility fixes in relation to language and regional system settings.made a number of performance optimizations, both general and configuration-specific, that resolve many performance-related problems some users are experiencing.A number of the changes are very suspect though, with a new Very High Shadow quality setting added, when it actual fact it looks to be just a renaming of the five tiers from Very Low-High to Low-Very High.ĭying Light’s View Distance slider has also been altered users who’ve been poking around the config files report that the maximum option is now just 55% of what it was pre-patch. It’s not all bad news though, because there’s a number of performance optimisations also creeping their way, which should have see some FPS gains in some configurations. Users are now reporting these fixes and tweaks no longer work.
Mods already created for Dying Light included graphical tweaks that can allow users to disable the depth of field, or chromatic aberration effect, as well as an option to remove the grainy filter used automatically in the game.
The patch notes for Dying Light’s update 1.2.1 indicate there is a fix in place to block cheaters from altering any of Dying Light’s game data files, eradicating the tricksters but also severely hampering the ability to mod. Dying Light’s first major post-launch patch has arrived, and in amongst improvements to performance and optimisation, Techland has also taken aim at the modding community in order to combat cheating.