Horizon Zero Dawn needs a lot of post-release attention. The game’s PC port hasn’t exactly been the smoothest. Horizon Zero Dawn on PC is riddled with issues and has suffered from countless crashes. Developer Guerrilla Games recently released update 1.01, however, that only fixed a couple of issues. Now, the devs are back with yet another update.
Patch 1.02 for #HorizonZeroDawnPC is out now! This patch aims to address various crashes and graphical issues reported by our community.
— Guerrilla (@Guerrilla) August 19, 2020
Thank you for your support and patience as we continue to improve your experience on PC!
?️ Patch notes: https://t.co/kWhp91laV6 pic.twitter.com/K6J9JstVzZ
Update 1.02 was released today and it addresses tons of problems. The update especially addressed crash issues and also improved the game’s performance during auto-saving. Memory usage was reduced and an out-of-sync facial animation bug that occurred due to the 30FPS lock has also been fixed.
This update won’t mark the end of all problems for Horizon Zero Dawn. There are still several issues that need to be worked on, but now the game is at least playable.
You can check out the official patch notes of the update below.
Horizon Zero Dawn Update 1.02 Patch Notes
Crash Fixes
- Fixed an issue where some players would crash during their first game boot when the ‘game optimization’ screen is active and they ran out of disc space.
- Fixed an issue where some players would crash if they updated their video drivers after the game was already optimized previously.
- Fixed an issue where some players would crash during gameplay because of memory incorrectly being overwritten.
- Fixed an issue where some players would crash during gameplay due to a texture unstreaming bug.
Game Improvements
- Improved performance when auto-saving (e.g. when completing a quest step).
- Fixed an issue where some players experienced that V-sync wouldn’t properly turn off in borderless mode
- Fixed an issue where some players experienced out of sync facial animations due to them being locked at 30FPS.
- Reduced memory used when streaming shaders.
Other changes
- Improved crash report flow and messaging. Each crash now includes an identifier you can use to communicate with our Customer Support.
- Added more features to improve diagnostic data collection when submitting a crash report.
So what do you think? Have you been playing Horizon Zero Dawn recently? Did you encounter any crash issues? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
