Game Update 1.2.1

Greetings, 007 First Light community,

Earlier this week, we finally rolled out the much-anticipated Path Tracing update for 007 First Light. While the overwhelmingly positive response to the enhanced visuals made all our hard work worthwhile, we completely understand that optimization and framerates still need refinement.

We are actively tracking reports of performance hurdles, and our team is collaborating closely with NVIDIA to analyze diagnostics, boost efficiency, and provide clearer guidance regarding hardware specifications and graphical configurations.

Today’s hotfix marks our initial stride toward resolving these concerns, with several subsequent optimizations and patches slated for release over the coming weeks.

Thank you immensely for your continuous support, constructive feedback, and patience.

PATCH NOTES

STABILITY & PERFORMANCE

Chapter 03 – Out of the Ashes
Resolved a bug that occasionally triggered a crash right after the mission debrief while Bond was traveling to the Q-Lab.

PATH TRACING ENHANCEMENTS

Chapter 01 – Against the Odds
Fixed an inconsistency where flame decals on the wreckage of the helicopter improperly cast shadows when Path Tracing was active.

Chapter 03 – All the Time in the World
Mitigated a GPU-related crash that could happen immediately before arriving at the main gate during the introductory driving sequence with Path Tracing enabled.

Chapter 03 – All the Time in the World
Eliminated an issue causing sudden game freezes and subsequent crashes during the high-speed car chase while Path Tracing was active.

Chapter 03 – All the Time in the World
Fixed a GPU hang and crash scenario encountered during the shootout at the abandoned airfield when using Path Tracing.

Chapter 06 – Knightfall
Rectified a crash sequence triggered precisely when Bond exited the cargo lift at the Flight Deck entrance with Path Tracing turned on.

Chapter 06 – Going Old School
Corrected a glitch that produced unnaturally blinding illumination inside the Valhalla room under Path Tracing, which also crashed the game upon trying to reload the checkpoint.

Chapter 06 – Going Old School
Fixed a rendering bug that caused the interrogation room walls to appear completely pitch black when Path Tracing was enabled.

Chapter 09 – Wave of the Future
Patched a rare crash that could interrupt the arrival cinematic when Path Tracing was active.

Chapter 09 – Wave of the Future
Resolved a crash triggered when attempting to return to the main title screen after a Path Tracing rendering error.

INTRODUCED WITH THE PATH TRACING UPDATE

Added native support for AMD FSR™ Upscaling (previously AMD FidelityFX™ Super Resolution 4):
On compatible graphics hardware (specifically AMD Radeon™ RX 7000 and 9000 series cards utilizing RDNA 3 and RDNA 4 architectures), the game will now default to the cutting-edge AMD FSR™ Upscaling 4.1 whenever FSR is chosen as the preferred upscaling technique. For all other compatible GPUs, the system will seamlessly default to AMD FSR™ 3.1.

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