ACE COMBAT 8: Wings of Theve Update 1.01.002 is scheduled for release on October 23 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Steam. The update addresses a wide range of campaign issues, including mission progression blockers, crashes, enemy behaviour, audio problems and visual glitches.
ACE COMBAT ONLINE also receives several fixes, alongside adjustments to special weapon effects and improvements to account creation, controls and social features. The update additionally introduces an Async Compute toggle for supported GPUs on Steam, fixes ACE COINS purchase issues and makes various other adjustments.
ACE COMBAT 8 Update 1.01.002 Patch Notes
Update 1.01.002 focuses on improving campaign stability, resolving mission progression issues and addressing problems across ACE COMBAT ONLINE and other game systems. Here are the complete patch notes for the October 23 update.
Campaign
Enemy Behaviour and Difficulty Adjustments
- Adjusted enemy aircraft behaviour in certain missions.
- Mission 15: Adjusted the difficulty of Ladon on ELITE difficulty and above.
- Mission 28: Adjusted the maximum number of flares available to Shadow 22 and wingmen.
Mission Progression Fixes
- Fixed an issue that could prevent missions from progressing properly under certain conditions.
- Mission 6: Fixed an issue that could cause mission failure if a wingman used an MPBM against a nearby ground target while the transport was taking off.
- Mission 10: Fixed an issue that could block progression after landing on the aircraft carrier.
- Mission 11: Fixed a crash that could occur during a chain explosion involving Podarge.
- Mission 13: Fixed an issue that prevented a cinematic scene from progressing when the L key was assigned to camera controls in BUTTON MAPPING.
- Mission 14: Fixed an issue that could allow missiles to hit the player after crossing the safe zone.
- Mission 16: Fixed an issue where a wingman could attack container ships other than the disguised ships after they were discovered.
- Mission 18: Fixed an issue where attacking rocket debris near the ground could cause it to sink into the ground and block mission progression.
- Mission 25: Fixed an issue where the timer could stop after retrying under certain conditions and eliminating all enemy forces.
- Mission 28: Fixed an issue where radio communications would not play when attempting to sortie again after resupplying weapons, preventing progression.
- Mission 30: Fixed an issue where the TGT HULL could not be destroyed despite repeated attacks.
- All missions: Fixed a crash in SELECT AIRCRAFT when sorting by an aircraft role for which the player owns no aircraft.
- All missions: Fixed a crash that could occur when first entering the AIRCRAFT TREE screen while holding the Left directional input and owning certain DLC aircraft.
- All missions: Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash on the mission title screen on PS5.
- Made further fixes and adjustments to unintended mission progression issues.
Audio, Visuals and General Campaign Improvements
- Fixed issues that could prevent radio communications and sound effects from playing correctly during missions.
- Fixed issues affecting the display of subtitles and speaker names during missions.
- Fixed issues that could cause certain models and effects to render incorrectly.
- Improved stability during cinematic scenes and replay playback.
- Adjusted behaviour in the Hangar.
- Adjusted camera behaviour.
- Fixed certain error messages.
ACE COMBAT ONLINE
Gameplay and Stability Fixes
- Fixed an issue that could prevent players from proceeding to the next screen after creating an account.
- Steam: Fixed an issue where disconnecting a controller during the mission start sequence could prevent the game from returning to normal after reconnecting it.
- Fixed issues affecting certain social features.
- PS5: Fixed an issue that could cause controls to become unresponsive after deploying on a mission under certain conditions.
- Fixed an issue in MILITARY TRAINING where certain actions performed while landing could prevent the landing from registering correctly.
- Adjusted certain display elements on the ARCADE GAMES screen.
Special Weapon Adjustments
- Reduced the effect duration of the following special weapons in ACE COMBAT ONLINE:
- ECM
- ESM
- IEWS
Future UI and Menu Improvements
The developers have acknowledged feedback regarding the user interface and menu controls in ACE COMBAT ONLINE. Improvements intended to make the experience more comfortable are being prioritised and will be introduced gradually in future updates.
Other Fixes and Adjustments
- Steam: Fixed an issue that could prevent ACE COINS purchases from proceeding correctly when “Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game” was disabled.
- Steam: Added an option in SYSTEM to enable or disable Async Compute when using a GPU that supports asynchronous computation.
- The Async Compute option will be greyed out and unavailable on GPUs that do not support the feature.
- PS5: Fixed an issue that could prevent activities from appearing in certain features.
- Adjusted key assignments for certain keyboard controls.
- Changed connection settings for certain peripheral devices. Players should contact the relevant manufacturer for information about operating their devices following these changes.
- Fixed various other minor issues.
The developers will continue investigating reported problems and other unintended behaviour not covered by the listed fixes.
ACE COMBAT 8: Wings of Theve was released on October 2, 2026, and is available on PlayStation 5, Windows and Xbox Series X|S. The game is developed by Bandai Namco Aces in collaboration with ILCA and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.
