PC Patch Notes for patch Shadow of the Tomb Raider, build 1.0.453.0 (Patch #20)

[Nixxes_Official]

We have just released the a PC patch for Shadow of the Tomb Raider, build 453.0.

This patch will be applied by Steam automatically when you next start the game. If your game does not update, please restart the Steam client.

This is an update of the previous patch 449.0, reintroducing the features added in that patch while avoiding the issues reported by players after the last release.

New features and upgrades in this patch include:

• Upgraded NVIDIA DLSS to the latest version.
  
• New improved shadow denoiser for use with ray traced shadows.
  
• Updates to multiplayer infrastructure to use Epic Online Services. Use of an Epic account is entirely optional.
  
• Fixed specific compatibility issues with Intel GPU hardware.

Epic and Steam account linking and crossplay.

1) If you’ve never linked your Steam and Epic accounts, you can launch and play Tomb Raider through Steam just as you always could.

2) If you have previously linked your Steam and Epic accounts the game will not automatically use your linked account. If you wish make use of your linked accounts, please enable the feature from the options menu>>multiplayer.

3) You can unlink your Steam account via your Epic account settings, or disable the use of it from the in-game menu.

We will keep monitoring for feedback and will release further patches as it seems required. We always welcome your feedback!

The previous build has been made available through a Steam beta branch. Build298.

[Never-Mind]

eZudo님이 먼저 게시:

Never-Mind님이 먼저 게시:

In the new update, in-game prompt icons (camp, rope, looting etc) to disappear which is very annoying and makes it much harder (and no fun) to play...

I believe this is a sideeffect of FidelityFX CAS being buggy in this version, try disabling CAS, this should bring the icons back.

Unfortunately after I disabled FidelityFX (in the launch window since this option can't be edited in the game itself) the game just crashes when loading... So I had to rollback to previous version for now.

[KacperSKI_PL]

Sadly there is a problem with RT shadows, in peruvian jungle at least.. Shadows are flickering a lot :( Further fixes are needed

[niceyes]

After update the game does not launch at all.
Latest nvidia drivers.
Steam is up to date .
I try launch over steam oc, but log states:
LogEOSAntiCheat: [AntiCheatClient] Anti-cheat client not available. Verify that the game was started with the correct launcher if you intend to use it.

"rise of the tomb raider" starts just fine.

[Dicehunter]

@Devs - Don't suppose you'll be giving Rise of the Tomb Raider some RT and DLSS goodness will you ? Or at least updating ROTTR to the latest DLSS ?

[dieterdisko]

The RT shadows look awful. Especially in combination with DLSS (quality). Image errors and flickering without end. Is an update no longer tested these days ??? You can't miss that! DLSS without RT shadow looks good.

[总是积极思考]

Nixxes_Official님이 먼저 게시:

We have just released the a PC patch for Shadow of the Tomb Raider, build 453.0.

This patch will be applied by Steam automatically when you next start the game. If your game does not update, please restart the Steam client.

This is an update of the previous patch 449.0, reintroducing the features added in that patch while avoiding the issues reported by players after the last release.

New features and upgrades in this patch include:

• Upgraded NVIDIA DLSS to the latest version.
  
• New improved shadow denoiser for use with ray traced shadows.
  
• Updates to multiplayer infrastructure to use Epic Online Services. Use of an Epic account is entirely optional.
  
• Fixed specific compatibility issues with Intel GPU hardware.

Epic and Steam account linking and crossplay.

1) If you’ve never linked your Steam and Epic accounts, you can launch and play Tomb Raider through Steam just as you always could.

2) If you have previously linked your Steam and Epic accounts the game will not automatically use your linked account. If you wish make use of your linked accounts, please enable the feature from the options menu>>multiplayer.

3) You can unlink your Steam account via your Epic account settings, or disable the use of it from the in-game menu.

We will keep monitoring for feedback and will release further patches as it seems required. We always welcome your feedback!

The previous build has been made available through a Steam beta branch. Build298.

Good job with the update, gained some fps since last update
I hope this update don't bring bugs in game though

[niceyes]

update on the "rise" update: wont start either after update with same log message. please fix this or tell us how to fix it / what to do

[niceyes]

FIX: i had an OLD VERSION of Epics game launcher on my PC already installed.
I updated the version to the latest one (happens automatically after "launching the launcher") and both games SOTTR and ROTTR start again

[rusty_dragon]

niceyes님이 먼저 게시:

FIX: i had an OLD VERSION of Epics game launcher on my PC already installed.
I updated the version to the latest one (happens automatically after "launching the launcher") and both games SOTTR and ROTTR start again

How many things one should update to play the game nowadays.. GFWL, we've met again!

[Otis_Inf]

Game crashes on startup (After the logo's have been shown), both with dx11 and dx12. WTF is this... ?

[Otis_Inf]

23:25:28:267 (00013188) > [NvShadow] Configuring highlight result = NVGSDK_SUCCESS
23:25:28:275 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOS: SDK Config Platform Update Request Successful, Time: 11.754158
23:25:28:276 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOSAnalytics: Start Session (User: ...)
23:25:28:276 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOSAnalytics: Record Event: SDKOverlayComponent.Init <Redacted>
23:25:28:276 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOSAnalytics: Record Event: Overlay.OverlayLoaded <Redacted>
23:25:28:276 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOSAnalytics: Record Event: Overlay.ClientApi.ObserveBrowserStatus <Redacted>
23:25:28:276 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOSAnalytics: Record Event: Overlay.ClientApi.RegisterKeyListener <Redacted>
23:25:28:276 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOSAnalytics: Record Event: Overlay.GraphicsDeviceCreated <Redacted>
23:25:28:276 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOSAnalytics: Record Event: Overlay.GraphicsDeviceCreated <Redacted>
23:25:28:276 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOSAnalytics: Record Event: Overlay.GraphicsDeviceCreated <Redacted>
23:25:28:276 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOSAnalytics: Record Event: Overlay.GraphicsDeviceCreated <Redacted>
23:25:28:276 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOSAnalytics: Record Event: Overlay.GraphicsDeviceCreated <Redacted>
23:25:28:276 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOSAnalytics: Record Event: Overlay.GraphicsDeviceCreated <Redacted>
23:25:28:276 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOSAnalytics: Record Event: Overlay.GraphicsDeviceCreated <Redacted>
23:25:28:276 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOSAnalytics: Record Event: Overlay.OverlayInitialized <Redacted>
23:25:28:276 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOSAnalytics: Record Event: Overlay.GraphicsDeviceCreated <Redacted>
23:25:28:276 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOSAnalytics: Record Event: Overlay.LaunchRenderProcess <Redacted>
23:25:28:276 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOSAnalytics: Record Event: Overlay.ClientApi.RegisterJSBindings <Redacted>
23:25:28:276 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOSAnalytics: Record Event: Overlay.SwapChainCreated <Redacted>
23:25:28:276 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOSAnalytics: Record Event: EOSSDK.HTTP.Complete <Redacted>
23:25:28:276 (00013188) > [Epic] WARNING: LogEOSAnalytics: EOS SDK Analytics disabled for route [1].
23:25:28:278 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOSP2P: Using Port Range 7777-7876 for P2P traffic
23:25:28:278 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOSP2P: UpdateConfiguration RtcCertificateMaxLifetimeMilliseconds not specified, using default value 10800000
23:25:28:278 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOS: Updating Product SDK Config, Time: 11.762190
23:25:28:278 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOSAnalytics: Record Event: Overlay.ClientApi.RegisterJSBindings <Redacted>
23:25:28:400 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOSAnalytics: Record Event: EOSSDK.HTTP.Complete <Redacted>
23:25:28:408 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOSConnect: ConnectClientAuthTask Success
23:25:28:415 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOSAnalytics: Start Session (User: ...)
23:25:28:545 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOSAnalytics: Record Event: EOSSDK.HTTP.Complete <Redacted>
23:25:28:552 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOS: SDK Config Product Update Request Successful, Time: 12.032648
23:25:28:553 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOSP2P: Using Port Range 7777-7876 for P2P traffic
23:25:28:553 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOSP2P: UpdateConfiguration RtcCertificateMaxLifetimeMilliseconds not specified, using default value 10800000
23:25:28:553 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOS: SDK Config Data - Watermark: 315965414
23:25:28:553 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOS: ScheduleNextSDKConfigDataUpdate - Time: 12.032648, Update Interval: 319.135101
23:25:28:696 (00013188) > [Epic] LogEOSAnalytics: Record Event: EOSSDK.HTTP.Complete <Redacted>
23:25:33:788 (00013188) > [Crash] Memory statistics:
23:25:33:789 (00013188) > [Crash]   Total RAM = 31.9 GB (32665 MB)
23:25:33:789 (00013188) > [Crash]   Avail RAM = 27.0 GB (27617 MB)
23:25:33:789 (00013188) > [Crash]   Total virtual memory = 131072.0 GB (134217727 MB)
23:25:33:789 (00013188) > [Crash]   Avail virtual memory = 130997.5 GB (134141441 MB)
23:25:33:789 (00013188) > [Crash] Unhandled exception at address 0x000000009e53e5a4 (code: 0xc0000005): "Access violation"

That's in the log. No dump produced. Sorry, Square Enix but this is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ release. I've verified the game files, rebooted my system, but I can't run the game, as it crashes as soon as the logos vanish.

(edit) Disabling FidelityCAS makes it work again. OMG... Like before, did you fire the intern that was suppose to do the testing?

[Jackal]

Downloaded update and when it goes to the play screen where you can select options before it goes to the traditional start screen. A loud noise starts like a fan it’s either the video card or the cooling fans can’t narrow it down. It continues to rev as I play the game. Quitting game stops it. Other Ray tracing and DLSS games are fine. Uninstalling and reinstalling did not work. I checked the CPU and it jumps to 4.70 ghz from 2.04 ghz and the gpu jumps to 1725 ghz from 210 ghz

[DC9V]

In patch 453, the game is using DLSS 2.3.2 which is a relatively new version, but not the latest version.

Here's a how to use DLSS version 2.3.4:
0) You'll need the latest NVIDIA driver
1) Go to C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA\NGX\models\dlss\versions\131844
2) copy the file "160_B9DB490.bin", which is version 2.3.4
3) paste it in another folder and rename it to "nvngx_dlss.dll"
4) paste the renamed file in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Shadow of the Tomb Raider -> this will replace the old DLSS file.

The game might crash if you try this with beta build 449. Also keep an eye on your GPU temperatures. I personally recommend to disable RT shadows since I have only tested it without them.

[DC9V]

btw I think the DLSS quality mode looks awesome with both DLSS 2.3.2 and 2.3.4.
Thank you for doubling my frame rate!

[FFox]

Can we get some confirmation about what is the current state of DRM / Is Denuvo present in this build? That's all I want to know before re-downloading this game.