After years of waiting, Cyberpunk 2077 is now available. It's perhaps the most anticipated single-player game in history, but that doesn't mean it was entirely ready for launch. Cyberpunk 2077 has a variety of issues affecting its performance across, many of which seem likely to take significant time to fix. That isn't stopping CD Projekt Red from doing what it can as fast as possible, though. This Friday CD Projekt Red issued its 1.04 hotfix, a substantial update for PC and PS4 with Xbox to follow.
The biggest changes that Cyberpunk 2077 players across all platforms will see include three key visual fixes. The first is the reduction of vehicle appearance pop-in, which hopefully means vehicles will appear much more quickly rather than suddenly appearing in awkward ways. Second, the transition between first-person perspective and third-person while in a vehicle has been sped up. Third, certain NPCs had problems with various animations during cinematics, which have now been fixed. In other words, a lot of very visible bugs will no longer be seen.
CD Projekt Red's changes aren't all up front like those three fixes, however. Many are quest related, or happen in the background. Over 15 fixes to quests have been made, including the NPC Jackie having "issues" during the Ripperdoc quest, NPC Delamain missing in Epistrophy, and an important conversation with NPC Johnny not triggering after leaving a hotel in the Tapeworm quest. Most of these bugs can only be experienced once, so they'll at least be solved for those experiencing the quests for the first time.
There's also one big change that, despite only being a single note in the hotfix, may be the most important of them all. That note is that Cyberpunk 2077 stability has been improved, including certain big crashes. Players may not recognize the ways that performance has been improved, but hopefully, they still notice overall improvements.
One change that's definitely worth mentioning is in relation to a story that went viral shortly after launch. It was reported that someone with epilepsy reviewing the game had a seizure due to a specific animation related to braindancing. CD Projekt Red says it has modified the flashing effects in this animation, smoothing out the flashes and reducing their frequency and magnitude. This hopefully fixes the issue entirely.
The Cyberpunk 2077 1.04 hotfix is clearly a substantial change to the game, but the likelihood that it makes major improvements to some of the problems players have with the game is low. Quick incremental steps are better than waiting for something bigger and more substantial, though. These things simply take time.
Quests
Fixed an issue with completing the final objective in Gig: Freedom of the Press.
Fixed an issue with starting conversation with Johnny at the end in Life During Wartime.
Corrected a rare issue with NPCs no longer calling V if A Like Supreme quest was abandoned mid-way.
Fixed an issue with Nix not going into his default state in Spellbound and KOLD MIRAGE.
Fixed issues blocking progress in I Fought The Law if the quest area is left.
Fixed inability to find Delamain in Epistrophy.
Fixed issues related to remaining in the second phase of the quest after finishing Pacifica fight with Ozob if played after Finals.
Fixed an issue with Nomads no longer present if V leaves the quest area mid-combat in With a Little Help from My Friends/Queen of the Highway.
Adjusted mappings and re-enabled quest tracker in M'ap Tann Pèlen/I Walk the Line/Transmission.
Fixed constraints on freedom to get up and sit down if neither blueline condition is met in Violence.
Fixed issues with time and space resulting from leaving the quest area or abandoning the quest in Following the River.
Fixed an issue with conversation with Johnny not starting after leaving the hotel in Tapeworm.
Fixed an issue with quest being blocked upon leaving the quest area before climbing the hill in Following the River.
Fixed the objective “Go into booth 9” not completing if the room’s entered too fast in Automatic Love.
Fixed Jackie’s issues with sitting still in The Ripperdoc.
Other quest fixes
Gameplay
Fixed the preview in weapon crafting.
Visual
Reduced vehicle appearance pop-in.
Speeded up switching first person perspective to third person perspective in a vehicle.
Fixed issues with animations missing from important quest NPCs during cinematics.
Performance & Stability
Improved stability, including various crash fixes.
Miscellaneous
Modified the flashing effect on braindances to reduce the risk of inducing epileptic symptoms. The effect has been smoothed out and the flashes reduced in frequency and magnitude.
Removed copyrighted songs incorrectly present in the game with "Disable Copyrighted Music" feature toggled on.
PC-specific
Switching language to default in the in-game settings now correctly sets it to the language of your Steam client.
Console-specific
Improved reflections quality on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 to eliminate the smudge effect.
Fixed “The Wasteland” achievement being stuck on 97% after completing all relevant missions in The Badlands on Xbox.
Fixed an issue with missing PT-BR VO for Xbox players in Americas.
Cyberpunk 2077 is available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
