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NieR: Automata’s Steam patch goes live July 15th with a ton of fixes and bug patches — look!

July 13, 2021
Michelle Topham

Square Enix has confirmed the release date for NieR: Automata’s Steam patch, and it’s coming sooner than you might think.

July 15th is the Steam patch’s launch date, and it will include a slew of features including borderless video mode, Fidelity FX CAS and HDR support.

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Icon textures, UI elements and backdrops have also been updated so they support 4K, and rendered cut scenes will now run in 60 FPS. Hallelujah!

A number of bug fixes are also included in the patch.

These include the mouse cursor disappearing when using a controller, and the problem switching between various display modes — Fullscreen or Borderless to Windowed — among others.

According to Steam, the full fixes in the patch go like this:

  • Borderless Video Settings have been implemented.
  • AFidelity FX CAS feature has been added
  • HDR — The system will now detect whether HDR has been activated in the Windows display settings, and automatically boot the game in HDR mode if it has.
  • Adjustments to the anti-aliasing functionality have been made
  • UI textures (4K) — Approximately 270 UI textures for icons, backdrops and UI elements etc. now support 4K resolutions.
  • Cut scenes — The bit rate has been improved and all pre-rendered cut scenes adjusted, so they will now play in 60FPS and display in the correct aspect ratio without stretching the picture.
  • A new “Global illumination” feature has been implemented. This can be set to three different levels; High, Medium or Low.
  • The rendering targets for ambient occlusion and bloom effects have been changed to dynamic resolution based on the game’s resolution.

Bug fixes include:

  • It is now possible to switch between recently selected display modes for screenshots, such as between full screen and windowed mode or between borderless and windowed mode, by pushing the Alt + Enter keys together.
  • The mouse cursor is no longer displayed when using a game pad controller.
  • The frame rate has been stabilized at 60FPS under default settings.
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NieR: Automata’s was released in 2017 as the sequel to the 2010 game Nier.

Even with the numerous technical issues in the game, which the NieR: Automata’s Steam patch should help fix, NieR: Automata’s has still sold over six million copies worldwide.

You can buy the action RPG on Steam, and grab the NieR: Automata‘s Steam patch there too.

 

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