Paul McNally has been around consoles and computers since his parents bought him a Mattel Intellivision in 1980. He has been a prominent games journalist since the 1990s, spending over a decade as editor of popular print-based video games and computer magazines, including a market-leading PlayStation title. Paul has written high-end gaming content for GamePro, Official Australian PlayStation Magazine, PlayStation Pro, Amiga Action, Mega Action, ST Action, GQ, Loaded, and the The Mirror. He has also hosted panels at retro-gaming conventions and can regularly be found guesting on gaming podcasts and Twitch shows. Believing that the reader deserves actually to enjoy what they are reading is a big part of Paul’s ethos when it comes to gaming journalism, elevating the sites he works on above the norm.
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced gets a sizeable patch – here’s what you need to know about it
By Paul McNally
It’s time for Ubisoft to patch up some of the holes in the old Black Flag ship and get her seaworthy once more. We were hoping they would patch in scurvy and maybe a little dose of rickets, but it was not to be. Maybe you can advance time until the next patch.You’ll just have to keep eating your weevils. Quite a bit has changed here and there some spoilers towards the end of the list regarding quests, so be wary of that if it concerns you.
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Patch 1.0.4 Highlights
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced update 1.0.4 addresses a broad range of performance, stability, and progression problems across the game. Among the more notable fixes are multiple save and load issues, improved lighting in indoor areas and caverns, and the removal of a PC bug that locked cutscenes to 30 FPS when using custom graphics settings. The update also resolves several potentially serious gameplay problems, including the Jackdaw disappearing after being upgraded while docked, players becoming stuck during harpooning or after minigames, and an issue preventing them from dodging a fatal humpback whale tail attack.
Several quest blockers have also been fixed, including problems affecting The Observatory, A Governor No Longer, Rift: Wayward Desires, and the simultaneous completion of Imagine My Surprise and The Commander’s Ruse. Elsewhere, Ubisoft has tweaked the weather system to produce more sunshine and clear skies, restored foggy conditions, fixed disappearing map icons and fast travel problems, and added clearer hints explaining how to break El Tiburon’s defence during his boss battle.
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Patch Notes 1.0.4
General
- Fixed multiple save/load issues.
- Fixed various localization issues for Simplified Chinese, Italian and Arabic.
- Fixed a dubbing issue that was affecting voiceover playback and cutscene visuals in localized versions.
- Improved performance and stability.
- Fixed an issue on PC where Cutscenes are locked at 30 FPS when graphics settings are set to ‘Custom’.
- Fixed multiple lighting issues when players are indoors or in caverns.
- Fixed an issue where players can double jump when advanced parkour option is turned on.
Gameplay
- Fixed issues where players can clip into the ship’s hull while swimming.
- Fixed an issue where players are locked out when attempting to move immediately after exiting a mini game.
- Fixed an issue where the ally would stop moving if players were to assassinate their kill.
- Fixed an issue where players can get stuck harpooning if they start Boarding immediately after starting Harpooning.
- Fixed an issue where Civilians are entering Brawl zones.
- Fixed an issue where players are unable to dodge the fatal Humpback Whale’s Tail slap during Harpooning.
- Fixed an issue where players do not go back into aiming if they are hit by an enemy while aiming with “Rope Dart” and “Smoke Bomb”.
- Fixed an issue where upgrading the Jackdaw while docked can cause it to disappear, leaving players without their ship.
- Fixed an issue where Edward’s hands have no movement while playing the mini game.
World
- Fixed various Animus walls issues.
- Fixed various Fast Travel issues.
- Fixed various issues where players are able to reach locations they shouldn’t be able to access.
- Fixed the issue where the weather never becomes foggy.
- Fixed floating bushes by grounding them to the world.
- Tweaked weather system balancing to increase the proportion of sun and clear skies.
UI/Menu
- Fixed an issue where players can get stuck in Desynchronization screen when opening and closing the menu repeatedly.
- Fixed an issue where Location activity icons on the Map disappear after rebooting the game.
Visuals & Graphics
- Fixed various minor graphical issues.
- Fixed a visual issue for some Hideout ship models.
- Fixed various character clipping issues.
- Fixed various clothes clipping issues.
- Corrected texture issues on some side characters.
Audio
- Fixed an issue where killing an enemy will cause a single body drop to sound like multiple bodies dropping.
SPOILERS AHEAD!
Quests
- “Rift: Wayward Desires”: Fixed an issue where players will miss the second zipline when falling from the first.
- Fixed an issue where “Imagine my surprise” and “The Commander’s Ruse” cannot be completed at the same time.
- “The Other Brother”: Fixed an issue where Upton can be assassinated early.
- “The Observatory”: Fixed an issue where your allies do not arrive together with Roberts.
- “A governor no longer”: Fixed an issue where players are unable to progress due to being stuck by the Animus wall.
- During the battle with El Tiburon, it might be unclear for some players on how to break his defense. We have added hints for players on how to break it.
