Star Wars Outlaws receives a patch to make it more save-happy and less punishing when playing in stealth. It also stops NPCs from causing 10-car pileups caused by speeders.

I'm sure of one thing: Star Wars Outlaws' stealth is a mystery. Kay Vess is quick on the draw but not light on their feet. It was easy for her to accidentally attract the attention of a stormtrooper, and be sent back to the checkpoint of one of the game's weirdly archaic, insta-fail, stealth sections.

Good news for Force fans! Ubisoft released a patch that, among other features, should make stealth a little more forgiving.

Ubi has said that it "implemented stealth improvements to 'False flag' and other missions in order to give players greater flexibility in how to approach situations without the fear of failure".

The game also has "increased quest checkpoints", "improved auto-save options in open world hostile zones (Imperial Compounds, Faction Territories),". So if you miss a sneaky section, you shouldn't be losing too much progress.

You should know that those aren't all the changes. You can now report bugs using the new Bug Reporter. The difficulty of Wanted now scales according to your progress, NPCs in combat are said to be smarter now, and developers have fixed the so-called "issue" that NPC speeders would crash into each other. This doesn't seem like an issue. Ubi, I think you've just made the game even worse.

I haven't spent much time on Outlaws yet. Perhaps I'm waiting subconsciously for it to be released on Steam. It's a pretty popular game around here.

Star Wars Outlaws was also a big hit with my colleagues Robin Valentine and Fraser Brown. Morgan Park, a PCG writer, gave it a 73% rating, saying that it had its flaws but was still "some the most fun I've ever had with anything Star Wars."

I'm eagerly awaiting the day when I can play it properly.

Star Wars Outlaws - Title Update 1.3.0

Performance and Stability

• The game no longer crashes when you select 'New Game.
• FPS drops and overall stability improves
• The game no longer crashes when using the Electrobinoculars with PS5.
• GeForce Now offers improved stability

General Gameplay

• Checkpoints for quests have been increased and improved
• The manual and automatic save features have been improved, allowing for more saving opportunities in the open world, compound, and syndicate territory.
• Removed autosave restriction for combat/detection
• Improved animations for NPCs and players
• The 'Wanted difficulty' now scales according to player progression
• Fixed a problem where Death Troopers were not spawning from search parties
• Improved AI and combat behavior of the enemy
• The Stun Shot will no longer miss when fired from cover if the holster is removed
• The Boonta Brawler belt no longer increases the grenade blast range
• Fixes a problem where the PS5 grappling hook haptics did not work.
• Improved camera detection for defeated enemies

UI and HUD

• Improved UI on detection
• Updated keybind for Hyperspace Jump
• Add segments to the VRAM meter
• The Equipment screen now allows you to mark all items as being viewed
• The map cursor was disappearing when using a PC controller with a controller.

Audio

• Make NPC voice lines more consistent to player detection
• Renpali station now plays music
• Fixes an issue where sound effects would disappear when the game is completed.
• Playback of snow footstep and ground wetness sounds improved
• Airtraffic sound effects improved playback
• Improved audio for collisions

Cinematics

• Improved textures in cinematic
• Fixes blurred images in cinematic and dialogue scenes

Camera

• Camera improved when interacting with vendors
• Improved camera recenters speed on the speeder

Worlds of Fauna and Flora

• Speeder races now have increased spawning rates
• Toshara's Varaki predator is now more powerful

Sabacc:

• Fixes an issue where music was missing and the ambiance was not playing

Photo Mode

• Split camera inversion is enabled for gameplay camera
• Added option to disable sounds in photo mode
• Both panning and moving the camera at high speed is possible
• Switch between 16:9 mode and 21:9 mode
• Implemented color picker user interface
• Addition of a black, neon cyan and white Star Wars Outlaws Logo
• Fixes an issue where certain UI elements were visible in photos

Accessibility:

• Electrobinoculars no longer glitch when used
• Kay's captions are now displayed in the standard camera view.
• Added setting that shows a visual reminder for the button used to perform Nix quick actions
• Accessibility presets now include new settings from updates 1.2 & 1.3
• Menu remapping added. Some keyboard controls can be remapped to navigate menus.
• Keys for Hyperspace menu, Hyperspace jump and keybinding menu can now be remapped
• Inverting the X and Y axis in photo mode is now possible.
• Moved the menu narration to the top of the UI menu and top of vision preset menu
• Add setting to stop voicelines interrupting menu narration
• The menu narration now reads: negative brightness slider values; the heal button when low on health; a new quest notification; reputation changes in contracts, quest tracker's'more info prompt', cloud upload/download notifications; that starting a Sabacc-game requires a hold.
• Fixes a problem where Nix sensing was not affected by the protanopia preset color.
• In some missions, ND5 and Gedeek did not appear as allies when in high contrast mode
• Remapped inputs could cause a double-action for some inputs.

Miscellaneous

• Fix for a problem where NPC speeders collided with each other
• Fix an issue with the location of Thorden's itinerary intel
• Fixed a bug where the Trailblazer’s auxiliary device could not be used during syndicate missions

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Canto Bight

• Beginnings: Fixed a bug where Nix could get stuck while stealing credits

Toshara: Underworld

• The Traversal Opportunities are now better highlighted

Toshara: False flag

• The mission has been adjusted to allow players to adapt to situations and stealth in addition to the original mission.
• Remove some alarm panels from mission
• If you fail the mission, you can adjust the text.
• Adjust NPC and enemy positioning

Toshara says: "I'm here" Intel

• Fixed a bug where a rock that blocked the fan would not spawn if a player left the area, then returned later.

Kijimi

• The Hive: NPC and enemy placement has been adjusted
• Fixed a bug where Jet Kordo’s vault could not be opened

Tattooine - Jabba's Favor

• Vail was unable to mount her speeder.
• Remove some alarm panels from mission
• Adjust NPC and enemy positioning

Akiva : Viper

• The Viper droid battle could cause the rebels to remain stuck in the game after the fight.

Akiva - The Scavenger

• After talking to Temmin, the issue with the speeder not spawning was fixed.

Akiva - Money Drop

• Fix for a problem where the goal would be missing

Akiva Revelator

• Fixes a bug where players were unable to move or shoot the Trailblazer