The Ascent News

The Ascent – Steam Hotfix September 1st

We have implemented improvements related to Ray Tracing in the last patch that went live on Steam last Friday (Patch 2, August 27th) however, thanks to community feedback, we have identified that these improvements didn’t deploy correctly for all Steam players. The following Hotfix addresses this issue and will improve Ray Tracing for all players on Steam.

Please note that the hotfix will (by default) turn “OFF” Ray Tracing for ALL players on Steam once the hotfix is delivered.

If you wish to play The Ascent with Ray Tracing enabled, please note you will have to re-enable it through the Graphics option in the Main Menu.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused; unfortunately this is the only available method for us to address the issue for the affected players.

Please also note since the last update on Steam, and in order to improve performance for all players, DX12 is now the default mode. Please make sure you enable DX11 in the in-game Main Menu if you were previously playing with DX11 and/or want to continue doing so. Note: after changing DX version, you will need to reboot the game for changes to be recognized.

For Nvidia card owners, if you are continuing to have performances issues with Ray Tracing enabled, please enable DLSS and this should resolve the issue.

You can visit this page to see the full details of our patch updates and hotfixes: https://www.curve-digital.com/en-us/ascent-patchnotes.

We are very grateful for all the feedback we’ve received from players and want you to know that our team is fully dedicated to continuing working hard improving The Ascent based on your feedback. Thank you everyone for your support and patience.

The Ascent Team

The Ascent Patch 2 – Live for Steam players – August 27th

The following summary covers the key areas we have addressed in this new major Patch update for The Ascent.

This update is now live and available for The Ascent on Steam (deployed 27th August), Windows 10 store and Xbox console players (deployed 3rd September). Thank you for your patience.

Our team is still continuing to work hard on improving the game and we continue to be very grateful for all the support and feedback from our players.

Performance (PC Steam & Win10)

DX12 is now the default for Windows Store Players.
DX11 is now supported for Windows Store.
Improvements made to reduce stuttering and hitching, for DX11 and DX12, more work will continue here for future updates.
Ray Tracing is set to default ‘off’ on all platforms
Improved Hot Joining loading times on Steam & XB Family devices, more work will continue here for future updates

Stability (all platforms)

Fixed a number of crashes in Single Player and Coop
Save Progress (all platforms)
Fixed an issue where Weapon Skins could be lost
Fixed an issue where Character Shirts could be lost
Fixed an issue where Gear could be lost
Fixed an issue where Clients items could be unequipped when a Host disconnects inside a tier elevator
Fixed an issue where Clients could lose their save progress when fast travelling in certain circumstances

Gameplay (all platforms)

Fixed the issue where sometimes a FullChrome wouldn’t spawn in ‘Mutual Dependencies’ (Mission 2)
Fixed an issue where ‘Sell All Duplicates’ worked incorrectly
Changed the frequency of Kira lines when civilians are killed (will now trigger less often)

Achievements (all platforms)

Fixed an issue with the Achievement ‘Added Extras’
Fixed an issue with the Achievement ‘Aficionado’
Fixed an issue with the Achievement ‘Helping Hand’
Fixed an issue with the Achievement ‘Win’
Fixed an issue with the Achievement ‘Fair Trade’

Translation (all platforms)

Minor bug fixes in other languages
Please note that we are still working on improving the quality of the translation in all languages

Other Fixes (all platforms)

Multiple reported minor collision issues have been fixed

If you want to access the patch notes history, please visit this page: https://www.curve-digital.com/en-us/ascent-patchnotes

Many thanks to all our players for their continued support.
The Ascent Team

The Ascent's patch is causing issues for players on Game Pass

The Ascent's first major patch brought stability fixes and ray tracing to the Windows 10 version of the game earlier this week, in line with an earlier Steam patch. Unfortunately it looks like it's also brought new stability and performance issues for a number of players on the Game Pass version.

August 16th – Steam Hotfix

- Fix for crash seen in some cases at the end of MM04 (Spiderboss fight)
- Fix for crash when losing internet connection during the 'create game' sequence

Please note these fixes have been deployed today for Steam players and will also be landing for Xbox and Windows 10 players shortly in the next patch, once through submission.

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