Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 PC Patch 8 on April 10 Fixes Spidey’s Weakness on Trees
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Insomniac Games and Nixxes Software have released Patch 8 for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 on PC, and this ushers in a new set of technical improvements and bug fixes. PC players will see this as Marvel’s Spider Man 2 update version 1.408.0.0, and this should be a small download.
The funny thing here is, now with the patch installed, Spider-Man (both heroes) can now swing and not be affected by trees as much.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 PC Update 8 Patch Notes Highlight Technical Issues
Here’s what’s new per Insomniac Games:
Spider-Man 2 Update 1.408.0.0 Release Notes
- Improved performance in areas with trees.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when exiting the game during vehicle chases.
- Resolved a bug where AMD users could see rainbow pixelated artefacts when raytracing was enabled.
- Fixed a bug that could cause character hair to appear blurry.
- Addressed flickering on character hair when using Ray Reconstruction.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the Greenwich Mural Photo Op to be invisible when the Level of Detail setting was set to Very High.
- The transition between the wet and dry parts of Spider-Men suit no longer appears pixelated.
- Fixed a bug that caused the mouse to become unresponsive after canceling the change character pop-up.
- Various user interface related bug fixes.
- Various stability improvements.
Expect more patches to be released, though those will be focused on tech improvements as well. Don’t expect any story-related DLC or content to be added to the game.
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