Patch 1.04 and the Early Access Patch introduce a number of general performance improvements and bug fixes. Patch 1.04 corrects an issue causing players to experience a black screen on launch, as well as a problem with hearing character audio in multiplayer.

Patch 1.04

Singleplayer

Fixed an issue whereby players were unable to land on Ark Natanus

Fixed an issue whereby the game loaded to a black screen or ran as a background process when Corsair Utility Engine or similar programs were running

Multiplayer

Fixed an issue causing players to stop hearing their character’s audio and start hearing another player’s instead

Fixed an issue causing the game to crash when using the Human Male Soldier and F key

Early Access Patch

General

Overall performance improvements

Fixed an issue with the title only accepting input from the last controller synced when two controllers are assigned to the same profile

Fixed various collision issues

Fixed a few rare audio issues

Singleplayer

Improvements to many cinematics, conversations, and other character interactions

Improved quest rewards

Fixed an issue whereby a door could become jammed in mission 5

Fixed issues with objective markers not appearing correctly

Minor performance improvements after some Tempest transitions

Fixed an issue whereby the combat music was not functioning as designed

Fixed some minor quest-related issues

Fixed a small cinematic issue during the Drack loyalty quest

Minor balancing change to the “Remove the Heart” quest

Improvements to quest tracking and waypoints

Multiplayer

Improvements to Strike Teams UI screens

Additional multiplayer tutorials implemented

Balance changes to guns, reward packs, and objectives scoring

Improved appearance of character portraits

Added new artwork for MP characters, armor, and challenges in menus and codex entries