Alan Wake 2 Update 1.000.008 Scratches Out for November 1

Remedy Entertainment has released Alan Wake 2 update 1.000.008 across the PS5, Xbox Series, and PC, which brings over 200 bug fixes and improvements. Read on for the complete Alan Wake 2 Nov. 1 patch notes.

Alan Wake 2 Update 1.000.008 Patch Notes | Alan Wake 2 November 1 Patch Notes

Size: 3.4GB (PS5)

The 08 update contains over 200+ individual improvements and fixes (not all listed) to the game.  

Global

• Various localization fixes, such as improved subtitle timings for all languages
• Improved localized audio for live-action cinematics
  
• Various audio-related improvements and additional polish
  
• Improved lip sync in some instances
  
• Fixed various graphical issues in the environments
  
• Fixed various minor issues in cinematics
  
• Minor improvements to image aliasing in Performance mode and Xbox Series S
  
• Improved lighting
• Fixed lighting bugs in multiple locations
  
• Various UI-related fixes and additional polish
  
• Various gameplay fixes and improvements
  
• Minor gameplay finetuning
  
• Improved auto-aim for specific circumstances
  
• Fixed rare player character animation issues
  
• Fixed various issues in the Case Board
  
• Fixed various map issues
  
• Several conversations failing to trigger and thus blocking progress later have been fixed
  
• Fixed Rose’s dialogue choices, sometimes not being selectable, blocking progress
  
• Fixed a rare issue with Saga’s lines not playing when going to the Sheriff’s Station, blocking progress
  
• Resolved a potential problem in the player getting stuck in a Case Board Tutorial
  
• Fixed exploration rewards for Lighthouse 

Mission specific

INVITATION:

• Fixed a bug where Saga could get stuck in the environment (“Crazy forest”)

CASEY:

• Fixed potential issue with players able to get stuck when falling from ladders
• Fixed potential issues with Dark Presence (it remains a threat)
• Fixed a rare crash

ZANE’S FILM:

• Fixed a bug where Alan could fall through the environment

SCRATCH:

• Fixed a bug where Saga could fall through the world
• Fixed a bug in where a gate could get locked after reloading a save game, causing the player to get blocked from progressing
• Fixed an issue where, in rare circumstances, the player could end up outside of the game world when opening the map
• Fixed an issue where, in rare cases, the Lighthouse key could not be picked up

WE SING:

• Fixed a bug where Alan could get stuck in the environment

ROOM 665:

• Fixed an issue that caused the Oceanview Hotel Lobby Echo not to align correctly (this one was really annoying; we apologize)

MASKS:

• Fixed an issue where if the player performed specific tasks in an unpredictable order, the mission progress could get blocked

DEERFEST:

• Fixed an issue (much to Rose’s chagrin) with physics-related props that could block the player in and halt progress

COME HOME:

• Fixed an issue where the player, in rare instances, could not exit the radio, TV, or manuscript interact modules. 

PC specific

• Added drag-and-drop support for inventory
• Fixed a bug that could cause graphics settings to reset when launching the game
• Improvements to PC Window handling logic
• Fixed mouse cursor sometimes not appearing in menus 

Source: Alan Wake

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