First Horizon Zero Dawn PC Patch Released, Helps With Crashes

The Horizon Zero Dawn PC port is available, but it didn’t exactly have a smooth landing. When it appeared on the new platform, players reported various issues with the game. For example, crashes were a big deal, as were problems with lag, frame rate inconsistencies, and graphical issues. Well, the first Horizon Zero Dawn PC patch has arrived, and it starts to fix things a bit.

Guerrilla Games noted specifically that this first patch will work to help with some of the crashes. One part of it fixes an issue where the SteamUI didn’t work right. It also will collect more data when the game crashes, so the developer can see what is going wrong and hopefully fix it. And, while most of the problems aren’t being fixed yet, the patch begins with an acknowledgement that a lot needs to be done and will be addressed.

Here are the full Horizon Zero Dawn PC patch notes for 1.01 from Steam.

KNOWN ISSUES

In addition to the issues identified previously, we’re working on a number of high-priority issues:

• Some players are experiencing startup crashes. Patch 1.01 fixes a few, but not all, of these crashes.
• Some players are experiencing GPU-related hangs during gameplay. The improved diagnostic data collection added in Patch 1.01 is aimed at making it easier to track these down.
• Some players are experiencing graphical settings issues, such as Anisotropic Filtering not working, 4K not displaying correctly, or HDR not working correctly.
• Some players are experiencing performance issues on specific GPUs or hardware combinations.
• We’re aware of and continue to investigate all issues in this list on Reddit as well. Thank you to u/EvilMonkeySlayer for compiling this for us.

PATCH NOTES

Crash/Hang Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where the game would crash if the SteamUI didn’t initialize properly on startup.

Functionality Issue Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where Concentration and other slowdown mechanics wouldn’t work for everyone.
• Fixed an issue where Windows/Steam profile names containing special characters would prevent some players from saving the game. We are still investigating other saved game issues as well.
• Fixed an issue where Windows/Steam profile names containing special characters would prevent some players from saving screenshots in Photo Mode.

Other Fixes:

• Added improved diagnostic data collection when submitting a crash report.
• Fixed several backend issues.
• Fixed a video corruption issue for specific hardware. We’re continuing to look at other hardware configurations as well.

Horizon Zero Dawn is available for the PlayStation 4 and PC.