The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered just got a brand new update on PC. The developers have released Patch 1.6, and it brings a lot of helpful fixes and improvements. If you’ve had trouble with keyboard and mouse controls, ultrawide cutscenes, or strange bugs, this patch should make your game run better and smoother.

Overall, it’s a great update for PC players, especially those playing on mouse and keyboard on an ultrawide gaming monitor to flex the benefits of PC gaming. Thankfully, The Last of Us Part 2 enjoyed a much better launch than its predecessor, and it’s nice to see the devs still making improvements to the PC port. It’s also verified on Steam Deck.

What does the update offer?

The full patch notes are as follows:

Patch 1.6 Release Notes – v1.6.10721.0105

• Fixed an issue where entering codes for safes or bank vaults could sometimes skip numbers when using mouse and keyboard controls.
• Resolved a rare progression blocker where some players were unable to shoot because their pistol was invisible during the car chase scene with Ellie and Jesse.
• Fixed a bug that prevented Exclusive Fullscreen and V-SYNC settings from being saved when changed from the in-game Display Settings menu.
• Addressed a bug related to enabling Motion Sensor Function Aiming when using a Steam Deck or supported Steam Input controllers with gyro features.
• Resolved a controller issue that prevented the bow from dynamically drawing based on trigger input and could misfire when slowly releasing the trigger.
• Addressed a bug that caused the DualShock 4 controller speaker to make a subtle noise in situations where haptic feedback would be active when using a DualSense controller.
• Resolved an issue where jagged seams appeared around corpses in snow when Screen Space Shadows were enabled.
• Resolved a bug that caused flickering corrupted textures to appear on the ground inside the aquarium.
• Fixed a bug that corrupted the leaves near the floor tank in the aquarium when Particle Density was set to medium or higher.
• Addressed an issue where using upscaling combined with High Contrast mode offset the rifle scope’s UI to the left corner.
• Fixed a bug where Tommy’s sniper rifle did not display a lens flare during the ‘The Marina’ chapter, making it harder for players to determine his line of sight when the lens flare option was disabled.
• Resolved an issue where Abby’s name did not appear on the chalkboard until Owen finished writing it, when effects density was set to very low.
• Addressed a bug that caused the shotgun’s incendiary shell visual effects to be unclear in showing how they affect enemies and the environment, when Effects Density was set to very low.
• Addressed an animation bug that allowed Abby to run during the ‘Ground Zero’ chapter in Chronological mode, unlike in the original Story.
• Various visual bug fixes related to ultrawide cinematics.
• Stability improvements.
• Performance optimizations.

Source: Steam

One of the biggest issues players had was entering codes into safes and bank vaults using a keyboard and mouse. Sometimes, when typing the numbers, the game would skip digits. That made it hard to open safes and slowed down gameplay, but this update finally fixes that problem.

A few controller-related bugs have also been fixed. For example, some players had trouble using the bow. The bow wasn’t drawing properly based on how far you pulled the trigger, and it would sometimes misfire when slowly releasing it. Another bug caused the pistol to become invisible during a car chase scene with Ellie and Jesse, which would stop players from shooting. Thankfully, both have now been fixed.

If you’re using an ultrawide monitor, you’ll be glad to learn that this update improves visuals during cutscenes. Previously, there were some bugs with lighting and animations on ultrawide monitors, something that was ruining the gameplay experience for many. Aside from improving ultrawide cinematics, the update also removes jagged lines around bodies in snow and fixes broken textures in the aquarium.

The patch also fixes a bug where the sniper rifle didn’t show a lens flare, making it hard to know where Tommy was aiming during ‘The Marina’ chapter. And in the same chapter, the rifle scope UI was sometimes moved to the corner when using upscaling and high contrast mode.

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