Watch Dogs Legion’s online mode has been delayed so Ubisoft can focus on fixing single player issues
New update will address problems with corrupted game saves this week
Ubisoft has delayed the release of Watch Dogs Legion’s multiplayer component so that it can focus on fixing issues with the single player game.
“Since the launch of Watch Dogs: Legion, some of you continue to have technical issues preventing you from enjoying the game,” Ubisoft said on Wednesday. “The dev team is committed to fixing these issues and will not stop until everyone can experience the game as intended.”
The game’s online mode was originally scheduled to arrive as part of a free update on December 3 but will now launch in 2021.
“This will allow us to focus on fixing issues with single player, and it will give us more time to test the Online experience to help ensure a smooth launch of the mode,” Ubisoft said.
The publisher will release Watch Dogs Legion update 2.20 for PC, consoles and Stadia this week.
Among other features (see the full patch notes below), it will include a fix for an issue that could cause save games to get corrupted, and add a manual Save Game button for PC players.
Further improvements for all platforms and graphics optimisations for PC are promised for next month.
Watch Dogs Legion update 2.20
Global
- Fixed an issue that could cause longer load times when exiting to the main menu.
- Fixed an issue that could cause save games to get corrupted.
- Fixed an issue that could cause lost progress during Borough Uprising missions when loading back into the game.
- Optimized game on Xbox One and Xbox One S to reduce instability during certain missions (among them “Justice for Claire”) and the open world.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when scrolling through the Team tab.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the Main Menu to become unresponsive when quitting the Single Player mode.
- Fixed a crash that could occur while auto driving on the Tower bridge during the “Inside Albion” mission.
- Further incremental optimizations made to improve game stability which improve performance and reduce crashes.
- Fixed an issue that caused the game to crash when switching between users with non-English and English text versions.
PC
- Added a manual save game button to the Pause Menu.
- Fixed an issue that could cause a Borough to not be liberated despite the player having completed all necessary activities.
- Fixed an issue that allowed players to load a save game over save file slot when playing with Permadeath enabled, resulting in an infinite loading screen.
- Fixed an issue that could cause save games to get corrupted after a crash or freeze.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when one or all Operatives die.
- Added CPU optimization that increases framerate on high end PCs in DirectX 12 mode.
- Fixed an issue that caused the game’s framerate to drop significantly when looking at water or reflective surfaces.
- Fixed an issue that could cause Operatives to go missing after the game crashed.
- Fixed an issue that caused the game to become pixelated with DLSS enabled and playing on the lowest available resolution.
- Fixed an issue that caused Reflection, Ambient Occlusion and Subsurface Scattering to not save their value after changing the graphic quality from Custom to Low/Ultra and back.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash under certain rendering conditions.
- Fixed an issue where some players would see a “Dunia Demo” error message and be unable to launch the game.
- Added further stability improvements and fixes to the game to prevent crashes.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash if a character model was not loaded correctly.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when quitting to the Main Menu.
- Added further stability improvements and fixes to the game to prevent crashes.
Stadia
- Fixed an issue that allowed players to load a save game over save file slot when playing with Permadeath enabled, resulting in an infinite loading screen.
Ubisoft+
- Fixed missing English localization for Russian users.
PlayStation 5 (Deployed on Thursday, November 19th, 2020)
- Fixed an issue where the game would crash on game launch when the graphic settings (e.g. brightness) were changed.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when quitting to the Main Menu.
- Fixed an issue that could cause a cloud save download to fail on first try.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when entering the EPC area in “Lost in the Process” mission.
- Fixed and issue that could cause longer save times.
Further reading
Watch Dogs Legion’s source code has reportedly been leaked by a hacker group
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