The Talos Principle 2 Update 2.005 Out for Version 1.1.0 This Jan. 26

• Added water ripples.
• Added AMD FSR 3 (with Frame Generation).
• Added extra decorations to the Lost Labs areas.
• Added visual effect for locked elevator beam.
• Toned down sky occlusion on some levels to avoid shimmering of DFAO effect and adjusted non-Lumen color to better match Lumen.
• Reduced performance degradation when moving.
• Fixed some of the ghost audio logs using incorrect models.
• Fixed incorrect numbers on some of the character appearances in Photomode.
• Fixed incorrect lighting on supported integrated GPUs from AMD.
• Fixed the issue where Laser Beams were affecting the background when using TSR upscaling and Lumen.
• Fixed a lot of instances where light was abruptly changing when not using Lumen.
• Fixed a lot of shadow and AO artifacts both in Lumen and Non-Lumen configurations.
• Fixed a lot of instances of premature Landscape LODing when using extreme FOV values.
• Fixed a lot of instances of inconsistent pop-in of far-away structures across all levels.
• Fixed “crazy-swaying” trees and grass across all levels.
• Fixed visual issues with volumetric fog in the Prometheus Sequence level when GI quality is set to ultra.
• Fixed an issue where long triangles on certain meshes were sometimes not rendered on AMD cards.
• Various minor environment visual fixes related to crumbs, foliage distribution, missing terrain and holes in cliffs

• Players can now sprint when moving backwards.
• Left mouse button can now consistently be used to interact with objects.
• A player is no longer required to press the Use button to use the elevator beam, instead it triggers automatically upon entering.
• Dialogue options can now be navigated with keyboard arrows.
• Most menus can now be closed by clicking the right mouse button.
• Improved Guided Jump reliability.
• Posters in the Chamber of the First Companions now display translatable text when aimed.
• Most of the travel sequences are now skippable as long as story events related to those travel sequences have been experienced at least once (e.g. in another playthrough).
• Increased the number of last stored Dialogue Logs from 10 to 20.
• Added a slider that controls the Photomode window’s opacity.
• Added HUD hints when using the Gravshifter.
• Fixed the bug where third-person animations and camera were not working correctly after using Fast Travel.
• Fixed the issue where photomode would sometimes be invoked with the field of view being set to zero and impossible to change.
• Fixed the issue where the objectives panel would appear in a puzzle if the player restarts checkpoint while being inside one.
• Fixed the issue where the character rotation slider in Photomode was not accounting for changed gravity.
• Fixed an issue where using keyboard or gamepad to navigate in settings menu would not play respective sounds.
• Fixed QR codes in the museum being readable from the backside of their panels.
• Fixed the bug where the player could softlock themselves by falling out of the elevator with the help of the Photomode.

• Terminal font size option will now affect content in palm reader terminals.
• Added controller vibration (can be switched off in Controls settings).
• Photomode inputs can now be remapped.
• Sprint toggle option now behaves as sprint lock.
• Added “Player Speed” setting. Does not affect sprint speed.
• Added a setting to switch audio output devices.
• Added a setting to change the third person camera’s relative position behind the player.
• Added a setting that allows instantly teleporting to a gravity surface, instead of smoothly transitioning to it.
• Added a setting to switch camera behavior when transferring to another body.
• Added a setting to change subtitles size.
• Added a setting to change compass size.
• Added a setting to toggle developer console.
• Added video previews for motion sickness settings and image previews for color blindness settings.
• Enabled ambient occlusion in high GI quality preset.
• Improved accuracy of auto-detection of GPU performance.
• Limited texture and shadow quality options based on graphics card video memory size.
• Fixed the bug where Video Settings auto-detect would set upscaling method and/or preset incorrectly.
• Fixed an issue with sRGB gamma setting not saving between game sessions.

Puzzles:

• Moved S3 Sphinx puzzle element to the correct location as indicated by the map.
• Improved S3 Pandora secret setup.
• Fixed a number of easy exploits where the player could enter a puzzle in an unintended way and/or finish the puzzle without solving it.
• Fixed a number of errors related to collisions and item placements inside puzzles which were making puzzles too hard/too easy when encountered.
• Fixed the bug where Avatar monuments statues didn’t have proper collision, which enabled the player to target Pandora receiver from any position.
• Fixed the bug where some metal fence doors wouldn’t stay open in solved puzzles after restarting the game or checkpoint.
• It is no longer possible to connect devices through one side of the plasma door which had collisions set up improperly.
• In E2 “Loop” puzzle it is no longer possible to place drill hole and place it on pressure plate
• In N2-5 puzzle it is now possible to turn off the fan instead of jumping into it to remove the cube from bouncing fans.
• It is no longer possible to connect to the emitter in puzzle N2-1 from N2-3.
• It should no longer be possible to connect to blue receivers before plasma doors are open on the N2-Lost1 “Field of View” puzzle.
• S2-Gold “Out of the box” cannot be cheesed by putting a gravity beam over the plasma door and jumping into it anymore.
• In W1-2 It is no longer possible to place the Connector on top of the Rail Drone + Cube using a metal beam which the player could climb on.
• It is no longer possible to cheese E2-Gold puzzle by simply putting Connector onto the cube.

Other:

• (PS5, XSX) Added Photomode.
• Changed shader compression algorithm to eliminate crashes on certain system configurations.
• Reworked audio engine for better surround support.
• Added progress bar for shaders precaching.
• Added benchmark.