Star Wars Outlaws’ latest Xbox update is out now with “biggest one yet” still to come

If you prefer to be stealthy while chasing down those Star Wars Outlaws achievements, you might have a better time of it with today’s Star Wars Outlaws Title Update 1.3.0, which is out now and should hopefully improve the open-world Xbox game.Title Update 1.3.0 is out now and will be around 5.07GB for Xbox Series X|S. “In this third Title Update, we’ve focused on improving stealth to give players more flexibility in how they approach situations in addition to tuning enemy AI and speeder travel,” Ubisoft says. “Many other improvements and fixes have been implemented to improve your journey across the galaxy.”The biggest changes for stealth are changes to certain missions to “give players more flexibility in how they approach situations without the risk of failing,” reducing collisions to improve the time you spend zooming around on a speeder, “Improved NPC combat behavior,” more auto-saving in hostile areas, a “scaled ‘Wanted’ difficulty based on player progression,” and more, but you can check out everything below as per the patch notes.Star Wars Outlaws Title Update 1.3.0 patch notesNotable changes:Implemented stealth changes to ‘False Flag’ and other missions to give players more flexibility in how they approach situations without the risk of failingImproved speeder travel by reducing collisions with objects in the environmentImproved NPC combat behaviorIncreased auto-save opportunities in open world hostile areas (Imperial Compounds and Faction Territories)Scaled ‘Wanted’ difficulty based on player progressionImproved AI speeder avoidancePerformance and stability:Fixed an issue where the game would crash when ‘New Game’ was selectedImproved overall stability and FPS dropsFixed an issue where the game could crash when using the Electrobinoculars on PS5Improved stability with GeForce NowGeneral gameplay:Increased and improved quest checkpointsImproved manual and autosave features including allowing more opportunities to save in the open world, compounds, and syndicate territoriesRemoved autosave restrictions for combat/detectionImproved NPC and player animations’Wanted’ difficulty now scales based on player progressionFixed an issue where Death Troopers would not spawn from search partiesImproved enemy AI and combat behaviorFixed an issue where the Stun Shot would miss if shooting from cover when unholsteredFixed an issue where the Boonta Brawler Belt did not increase grenade blast radiusFixed an issue where grappling hook haptics were not present on PS5Improved camera detection for defeated enemiesUI, HUD and SettingsImproved UI when detectedUpdated the keybind for Hyperspace jumpAdded segments to the VRAM meterEquipment screen now has an option to mark all items as viewedFixed an issue where the map cursor could disappear when using a controller on PCAudioMade NPC voice lines more consistent with player detectionFixed an issue where there was no music on Renpali stationFixed an issue where multiple sound effects would disappear after completing the gameImproved ground wetness/snow footstep sound effect playbackImproved airtraffic sound effect playbackImproved audio for collisionsCinematicsImproved textures during cinematicsFixed an issue with blurred images during cinematics and dialogue scenesCameraImproved the camera when interacting with vendorsImproved camera re-center speed on the speederWorlds, Fauna and FloraIncreased spawn rates for speeder racesMade the Varaki predator on Toshara more formidableSabacc:Fixed an issue where music and ambiance were missingPhoto Mode:Enabled splitting camera inversion from gameplay cameraAdded option to disable UI sounds in photo modeCamera speed applies to both panning and movementEnable switching between 16:9 and 21:9 modesImplemented a color picker UIAdded a black, white and neon cyan Star Wars Outlaws logoFixed an issue where some UI elements could be seen in photosAccessibility:Removed glitch effect while using ElectrobinocularsRemoved directional arrow for Kay’s captions when in standard gameplay camera viewAdded setting to show a visual reminder of the button used for Nix quick actionsNew settings from updates 1.2 and 1.3 added to accessibility presetsMenu remapping section added, allowing some keyboard controls for navigating menus to be remappedThe keys for Hyperspace menu and Hyperspace jump are now remappable through the keybind menuAdded settings to invert X and Y axis of photo mode cameraMoved menu narration to top of the UI menu & top of the vision preset menuAdded setting to stop voice lines interrupting menu narrationMenu narration now reads negative brightness slider values, the heal button while low on health, new quest notification, reputation changes in contracts menu, quest tracker ‘more info’ prompt, cloud upload/download notifications, that starting a Sabacc game requires a hold, and whether abilities of partially equipped gearsets are lockedFixed an issue where Nix sense was not affected by protanopia color presetFixed an issue where ND5 and Gedeek would not appear as allies in high contrast mode for some missionsFixed an issue where some inputs would have a double action if remappedMiscellaneousFixed an issue where NPC speeders could collide with each otherFixed an issue with the intel location for Thorden’s itineraryFixed an issue where the Trailblazer’s auxiliary devices couldn’t be used during syndicate questsUbisoft’s patch notes also contain mentions of fixes for main and side quests, so we’ve got those in spoiler tags in case you’d prefer to avoid them:*** Spoiler – click to reveal ***Canto BightBeginningsFixed an issue where Nix could get stuck when stealing creditsTosharaUnderworldTraversal opportunities are now better highlightedFalse FlagAdjusted the mission to enable flexibility in how players approach situations in addition to stealthRemoved some alarm panels from the missionAdjusted the text when failing the missionAdjusted NPC and enemy placement’I’m here’ IntelFixed an issue where a rock blocking the fan wouldn’t spawn if the player left the area and returned laterKijimiThe HiveAdjusted NPC and enemy placementFixed an issue where Jet Kordo’s vault would not be able to be openedTatooineJabba’s favorFixed an issue where Vail would not mount her speederRemoved some alarm panels from the missionAdjusted NPC and enemy placementAkivaViperFixed an issue where the rebels could remain stuck after the Viper droid fightThe ScavengerFixed an issue where the speeder would not spawn after talking to TemminMoney DropFixed an issue where the objective would be missingRevelatorFixed an issue where players could not move or shoot the TrailblazerIt’s all part of Ubisoft’s plan to improve Star Wars Outlaws, with initial reports suggesting that Star Wars Outlaws managed to sell just one million copies in its first month. Star Wars Outlaws will be getting another title update on November 21, which Ubisoft says will be its “biggest one yet with exciting new features and improvements,” so it’ll be interesting to see how the game has improved after this fourth title update.



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