The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered has received its Patch 1.6 update from Nixxes, addressing several control quirks, graphic glitches, and stability issues that players might have run into. These fixes may not be headline-grabbing, but they contribute to a smoother experience overall, especially if you’ve noticed odd behavior with preparing or visual bugs in certain scenes.
One of the more noticeable fixes concerns the controls. If you use a mouse and keyboard to enter codes for safes or bank vaults, you may have accidentally skipped numbers. That should be fixed now. Controller users will find that the bow’s trigger behavior is more dependable; before, it could misfire if you released the trigger too slowly, or not draw properly based on how hard you pressed it.
Graphically, jagged lines around bodies in the snow during Screen Space Shadows have been removed, which cleans up those scenes nicely. There were also issues with leaves near the floor tank in the aquarium, which appeared distorted when the Particle Density was set to medium or higher, along with flickering textures on the aquarium floor, both of which are now addressed.
Other tweaks include saving Exclusive Fullscreen and V-SYNC settings correctly after you change them in the display menu, fixing gyro preparation on Steam Deck and compatible controllers, and improving the visibility of shotgun fire effects when effects settings are very low. The rifle scope UI will no longer shift awkwardly to the screen corner when using upscaling combined with High Contrast mode.
The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered Patch 1.6 Release Notes
- 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.
Have you noticed any of these bugs before? I find it nice when small fixes like these come through, especially for a game that’s been out for a while. Do you think these kinds of patches help keep classic titles feeling fresh?
