Patch 9 for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor focuses on enhancing performance and addressing various quality of life improvements for PC players. The patch aims to provide a smoother gameplay experience by optimizing framerate for different hardware configurations and addressing issues related to framerate hitching. Notably, Ray Tracing has been optimized to scale better with high-end GPUs, improving the visual quality while reducing the load on CPUs. In addition, the update includes fixes for performance problems related to mouse input, ensuring better control during gameplay.
Quality of life improvements have also been implemented, particularly in optimizing the “Optimizing Game Files” screen, which now benefits from multi-core CPUs for faster processing. Mouse and keyboard functionality has been refined across multiple in-game menus, improving user interaction. Furthermore, several bugs, including collision issues and intermittent crashes, have been resolved. In a significant update, Denuvo DRM has been removed, which may positively impact the game’s performance and user experience.
Star Wars Jedi Survivor Update 9 Complete Patch Notes:
- Performance Improvements:
- Framerate improvements for various hardware configurations.
- Fixed several sources of framerate hitching for smoother gameplay.
- Ray Tracing optimized for CPU usage and improved scalability for high-end GPUs.
- Fixed performance issues related to using a mouse as gameplay input.
- Quality of Life:
- Optimized the “Optimizing Game Files” screen, which can now see speed improvements from multiple CPU cores.
- Improved mouse and keyboard functionality across various menus, including:
- First-time user screens
- Title menu
- Game menu
- Workbench menu
- Bug Fixes:
- Fixed collision issue where players could fall through elevators at low framerates.
- Fixed crash related to walking away from NPC conversations.
- Fixed various, intermittent crashes.
- General:
- Removed Denuvo DRM.
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is an action-adventure game developed by Respawn Entertainment, set in the expansive Star Wars universe. It follows the story of Cal Kestis, a Jedi Knight continuing his fight against the Empire after the events of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. The game combines exploration, puzzle-solving, and lightsaber combat in a narrative-driven experience.