People Can Fly released a massive development update today, providing the Outriders community with information about a patch coming out next week. The patch should improve overall performance, while also reintroducing cross-play for all platforms.
There's currently no release date for the patch, but People Can Fly said it will release an upd💞ated schedule as soon as possible. For now, it's simply scheduled for "next week."
The most exciting part of the update is the possibility for cross-play to finally function as intended. As it stands, console players can't join a match with pl🔴ayers on PC, and vice versa. People Can Fly is hoping to fix that in the near future.
"Once platforms have been updated to the same patch version, cross-play across platforms will 𒊎become viable again," . You'll also notice a few other connectivity improvements and crash🔯 fixes – here are a few of the highlights:
- Will Fix a performance issue where GPU is not being fully utilized. This should help with stuttering and DX11/12 issues
- Once platforms have been updated to the same patch version, cross-play across platforms will become viable again
- Overall stability improvements for the matchmaking service
- Will fix the HUD disappearing in certain cases
- Will fix bugs that interfere with players re-spawning in multiplayer Expeditions
- Will fix bugs with players getting stuck on geometry (including when using Gravity Leap) or falling out of the world
- Will change the default matchmaking setting from "Open" to "Closed"
On top of the upcoming patch, People Can Fly is also issuing a Community Appreciation Pacꦇkage. The details are still being worked out, but it sounds like most pla🌠yers will receive a Legendary Weapon and a bunch of Titanium for upgrades – along with the suitably appropriate "Frustration" emote.
Outriders server issues are no doubt having a negative impact on the game's reception, but it's g🌳reat to see People Can Fly and Square Enix working towards a solution. Here's hoping cross-play is up and running next week, and the community can expꦉerience Outriders as the developer intended.