Warner Bros., Rocksteady, and Iron Galaxy have released another patch for the PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight. This is the third major update released since the game relaunched on Steam last month. The update features mostly minor fixes for specific user issues, but there are also some general system stability improvements, like VRAM management to reduce framerate hitches, also involved. Here are the full patch notes:
- Fixed a hitch during some game saves
- Fixed a Windows 10 issue causing the game to be unresponsive on launch when the keyboard language was set to Japanese, Japanese Microsoft IME, Korean, Chinese (Traditional) or Chinese (Simplified)
- Fixed minor delay when aiming a gadget when playing with a keyboard and mouse
- Fixed a bug causing full screen movies to play at half the monitor’s refresh rate on some systems
- Fixed players sometimes not being able to counter the Mini-Gun Brute after being spotted when playing as Nightwing or Batman
- Fixed a performance drop that occurred when encountering Man-Bat for the first time
- Fixed some Multi-Monitor specific bugs
- Some improvements to mouse and keyboard bindings
- Improved VRAM management to reduce framerate hitches
- Stability improvements for rare crash issues
- Fixed an issue causing certain types of lights & shadows to render incorrectly
- Fixed an issue causing the game process to occasionally remain running in the background for a period of time
- Fixed the Knightfall Protocol not being able to activate under certain conditions
- Fixed a progression blocker that could occur in Stagg Airships when leaving the predator room after only knocking out one of the guards
- Fixed damage states for Batman’s V8.03 skin in Story Mode after selecting an alternate skin for AR Challenges
- Fixed missing rain effects on several Batman skins (fix for 1970s and Arkham Origins skins coming soon)
- Added support for new DLC releasing on November 24th
- Play as other characters in AR predator challenges
The PC port of Arkham Knight, despite this long list of changes, continues to perform badly for most users. The game launched disastrously on PC earlier this year, and analysis when it relaunched on Steam suggested it was still poorly optimized and buggy. Just last week, Warner Bros. let players know that the game would officially never support SLI or Crossfire GPU configurations.
Batman: Arkham Knight is out now for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. However, considering these issues, you may want to pick it up on console.
