Gotham Knights is getting a series of patches. In a Twitter thread, developer WB Games Montreal has looked to address issues starting with performance issues in the PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox series S/X through future updates. A patch for the former is now live, aimed at fixing common keyboard input issues, co-op matchmaking invites and stability that resulted in game crashes for many players on PC. PS5 and Series S/X will receive the patch later in the week, though the studio didn’t provide many details.
“For our console players, the next Gotham Knights Patches are planned for the end of the week, with more specifics coming soon. Similar to PC, this patch will address a mix of improvements needed since launch,” the tweet reads. on a broad scale, WB Games Montreal says it is aware of the performance challenge, and is working hard on a major update promising the “best possible experience”. A week before launch, executive producer Fleur Marty confirmed on Gotham Knights official discord Server that the game will be locked to 30fps PS5 And Xbox Series S/X,
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Calling all knights! Thanks to the community for your continued support #gotham knights, It’s amazing to see the game live and in your hands! As we begin rolling out the patch, we’d like to outline what to expect in the coming weeks as well as clarify a few things: (1/7)
— Gotham Knights (@GothamKnights) 26 October 2022
A 60fps performance mode was not an option on current-gen consoles, and even then, the game presented technical issues at launch, with frequent lag spikes that manifested themselves when traversing the open world. In this new tweet thread, the developers said: “For console users, we specifically aim to address challenges with framerate stability.” This means that even with the patch, WB Games Montreal isn’t prioritizing unlocked 60fps performance on the PS5 and Xbox Series S/X. At least, not soon.
In our pc performance reviewwe said: “WB Games Montreal clearly has a lot more than it can chew on here, resulting in a bloated mess that fails on a technical level. Running on Unreal Engine 4, Gotham Knights on PC many The bar may look tempting, but the constant frame drop and high-end PC requirements inevitably ruin it.”
System Requirements Gotham Knights were on the high end, seeking a NVIDIA RTX 2070 graphics card to run it at 60fps locked to the “High” preset. This is in addition to the general gameplay problems that the developers have addressed in latest patch,
Changes have been implemented to fix UI issues, graphical settings not being applied correctly, and “attention animations”, which appear to be Gotham Knights’ version of T-posing, where the character Models mess up. “Various crash fixes throughout the title, most notably during Star Labs’ ‘Free the Scientists’ fight and Harley Quinn Hospital Boss Fight,” the patch note reads. At the time of writing, WB Games Montreal is investigating compatibility issues with the Nvidia Photo Mode tool, Ansel.
On a related note, Gotham Knights temporarily disabled its anti-piracy measure, Denuvo When pulling out DRM, PC patches. It didn’t take long for the news to air on this crackwatch subreddit, essentially letting pirates make free copies, though they’ll be left out of the co-op experience. A new construction with anti-tamper protection was eventually released, but the damage was already done.
Gotham Knights is out now pc, PS5And Xbox Series S/X,