‘AC Valhalla’ replace patches NPC lip syncing points and different issues

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has had fairly a number of points since its launch late final 12 months, and gamers have been clamoring for fixes to enhance its gameplay. A few of its most troublesome issues embody save bugs that corrupt knowledge, stop gamers from transferring ahead of their sport or from loading their progress. A patch launched in January additionally inadvertently introduced a facial animation bug that causes NPC’s lip actions to maneuver out of sync with their dialogue. Now, Ubisoft has announced an upcoming patch that may repair these issues and a prolonged checklist of extra points.

Primarily based on the gaming firm’s change log, replace 1.1.2 addresses “NPC animation points.” Whereas it did not explicitly point out the mouth-moving bug, the Murderer’s Creed franchise group supervisor on Reddit confirmed that it is included within the issues the patch was designed to repair. The patch can even repair save issues, akin to one that forestalls loading saves made after knocking in Clues and Riddles and one other that causes knowledge corrupt errors to pop up after coming into the save menu.

Other than the bug fixes, the replace additionally comes with new options, together with the River Raids sport mode that may let gamers raid as a lot as they need and can give them entry to unexplored areas of England. It brings new talents, as nicely — one among which known as “Berserker Entice” provides gamers a method to connect traps like hallucinatory powder to their arrows. Lastly, it contains new expertise, like the power to hold a physique after a profitable assassination and to slip into enemies and knock them off steadiness whereas sprinting.

Valhalla’s replace 1.1.2 will begin rolling out at this time at 7AM EST.