Hogwarts Legacy March 8th Update

March 8th update for Hogwarts Legacy. El March 8, 2023 , an update for Hogwarts Legacy with several updates that want to fix bugs found in online games, quests, world events, and other features.

Hogwarts Legacy March 8 Bug fixes

Online bug fixes

• Registration and monitoring of player accounts on the network.
• Fixed DLC related issues in the pause menu and options menu.
• Fixed an issue that caused the inventory of DLC flying mounts to disappear during a mission.

Mission bug fixes

• The crash issue when unlocking the bandit camp cage before the mission started has been resolved.
• Fixed not being able to complete a quest due to a specific conversation with Mrs. Kogawa being absent at her desk.
• Fixed the situation where the avatar would get stuck between the barrel and the furnace when jumping or opening the tool wheel.
• Fixed a duplicate collision near one of the shop entrances.
• Fixed missing exit indication on some doors inside Hogwarts.
• Fixed situation where opening butterfly chests other than intended for a mission does not count towards mission progression.
• Removed butterflies that would appear in the specific area to advance the quest.
• Fixed incorrect progression in the fusion mission.
• Fixed a stability issue with spoons during potions classes.
• Fixed stars that appear when the telescope is focused during astronomy class on low settings.
• Fixed star pop and brightness issues in astronomy minigame.
• Fixed shield display issue during Crossing Wands mission.

Broomstick plane bug fixes

• Fixed the situation where the player would get stuck when riding a broom or spinning a statue.
• Fixed the issue of not being able to land on the Viaduct bridge.
• Fixed broken grid error that appeared when the avatar was riding a broom after teleporting in an open area.
• Fixed flickering and closing issue when running on any broom.

Bug fixes for world events

• Carts hook up and get stuck while the avatar blocked them.
• An occasional doubling of the One Man Band character in Hogsmeade.

Bugfixes for characters

• Fixed the issue where some characters appeared without hair.

VFX bug fixes

• Fixed speed parameters have been set for brooms.
• Fixed issues where enemy shields would not display correctly during Cross Wands missions and would disappear after being hit multiple times.
• The visibility of constellations on the astronomy table has been improved.
• Fixed Dark Mage Extortionist Lightning AOE attack VFX staying on screen.

Audio bug fixes

• Fixed the sound of the waterfall on the cliff to be proportional to the avatars proximity.
• Updated latest soundbanks.
• Fixed localization and selection of voiceovers so they play correctly.

UI bug fixes

• Updated position strings.
• Fixed the appearance of the female avatar differing from the in-game team preview.
• Improved the transition between the UI purchase window and the mandatory conversation with vendors.
• Fixed map showing incorrect route to map camera.
• Fixed damage rendering when the enemy was hit with transformation and Ancient Magic Throw.
• Improved tracking for rooms of need.
• Fixed Ansel issue when setting FOV too high.
• Fixed UI controller icons displaying correctly based on controller platform type.

Kinematic bug fixes

• Facial animations have been updated.
• Fixed NPC treadmill behavior during House Cup.
• Fixed blur texture and LOD pop.
• Fixed issue with avatar capes appearing before Fig made them appear in the ranking ceremony.

Ray tracing bug fixes

• Improved stability and performance after long gaming sessions.
• Improved the performance of visual effects during ray tracing.
• Performance has been improved by batching and caching ray tracing buffers.
• Removed fog volumes to improve Bounding Volume Hierarchy (BVH) performance.
• Fixed RTAO issue causing decals to appear black.
• Fixed directional light shadows.
• Fixed shadows on trees.
• Improved performance of light selection in the user interface.

Performance and stability bug fixes

• Transmission issues throughout Hogwarts were resolved.
• Fixed crash when displaying the common room to the player.
• Fixed a crash related to skeleton mesh.
• Fixed a crash related to deflection hits.
• Fixed a crash when reading dictionary files.
• Improved performance when using the Ancient Magical Gourd finisher on the elevated Thornback Embosher in the Rune Door Arena.
• The rendering performance of translucent objects has been improved.
• Fixed a crash during a history graph.
• Plant transfer in the Slytherin Common Room has been fixed.
• Fixed various memory leaks.
• Fixed a crash related to the map icon status.
• Fixed a crash related to invalid UI.
• Fixed streaming outside the Great Hall while navigating Hogwarts.
• Fixed crash when performing sound occlusion checks around the player.
• Fixed crash when using explosive barrels.
• Fixed crash when using the fire spell.
• Fixed crash when using Accio, Confringo or Stupefy spells.
• Fixed crash when upgrading equipment.
• Fixed recursive crash with Solomon's Shield.
• Fixed crash with mount zones.
• Fixed crash during battle's cursed lifetime.
• Fixed crash during spawn run on broomstick.
• Fixed occlusion removal when opening and closing doors.
• Fixed occlusion removal issue.
• Fixed a crash when traveling to Professor Fig's classroom.
• Fixed crash related to Niagara and visual effects related to destructibles.
• Fixed an issue with damage over time not tracking correctly.
• Fixed an issue where the glitch spawn actor was not saving correctly.
• Fixed a crash related to spawn actors.
• Fixed a crash during character creation.
• Improved animation instantiation.
• Fixed crash with moving stairs.
• Fixed a crash with VFX after long gaming sessions.
• Fixed Overland transformation issues causing crashes.
• Fixed a crash related to item status.
• Fixed a crash when stopping a match.
• Fixed a crash with VFX AOE. • Fixed a crash with hints.
• Fixed a crash related to achievements when the online user ID was invalid.
• Fixed a crash when talking to Rackham.
• Fixed a crash when using the Wingardium spell.
• Fixed performance drops experienced during long gaming sessions.
• Fixed performance drop in Divination classroom.
• VRAM usage has been improved, especially for video cards with low memory.
• Fixed ray tracing light performance in UI.
• Fixed using Ansel when casting spells.
• Fixed Ansel being used while the avatar is riding a broom.
• Updated shading with latest PSO cache.
• Optimized lighting with Nvidia drivers.

Show bug fixes

• Fixed 32:9 aspect ratio issue when using an Ultrawide display.
• Fixed Ansel issue when setting FOV too high.

Various bug fixes

• Updated legal information and "special thanks".
• Updated minimum video driver requirements for Nvidia and AMD.