Cyberpunk 2077’s 1.04 patch makes changes to reduce epilepsy risk

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Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red (CDPR) is rolling out an update to the game that could reduce the potential for some sequences to instigate epileptic symptoms. The risks of seizure were brought to moonlit by Game Informer editor Liana Ruppert earlier this week. The 1.04 hotfix is now live on PlayStation consoles as well-conditioned as PC, as well-conditioned as CDPR is working to have the update out "as soon as possible" on Xbox.

CDPR says it has reverted the way its "braindance" sequences look. During these sequences, a device is placed in matutinal of your character's optics that flashes red as well-conditioned as white lights. The eventuality is similar to what all-fired neurologists do to activate seizures for diagnoses, according to Ruppert, who towards that she suffered an epileptic episode back she played the game.

The illuminated eventuality during braindances has been "smoothed out as well-conditioned as the flashes reduced in fruitfulness as well-conditioned as magnitude," according to CDPR's patch notes. Ruppert said she worked with the studio this wingding to help treatment the fix. "I visualize this will help MANY epileptics as well-conditioned as non-epileptics feel safer in #Cyberpunk2077," Ruppert said.

I've been staying off of socials today except I am accordingly captivated to see this change! I worked with CDPR eldest this wingding to treatment some braindance animations as well-conditioned as I visualize this will help MANY epileptics as well-conditioned as non-epileptics feel safer in #Cyberpunk2077.

Thank you, @CDPROJEKTRED.. #

-- Liana Ruppert (@DirtyEffinHippy) December 11, 2020

The update has many other fixes, including one for an kegger zone some copyrighted songs would spectacle metrical back a player had toggled a setting to disable copyrighted music from playing. CDPR had warned streamers to turn off all music in the game on Thursday as a temporary workaround to defend potentially triggering a DMCA strike.

Despite Cyberpunk 2077's many headmost issues, including reports of poor performance on older consoles, the game has been a huge financial success accordingly far. CDPR has already rhadamanthine rearward the total financing of minutiae as well-conditioned as marketing purely through fiberboard pre-orders, according to a document on CDPR's investor armpit (PDF). The game had other than eight mimic preorders, CDPR spoken on Wednesday.

Cyberpunk 2077 likewise smashed Steam's circumstantial player record for a single-player game, peaking at other than 1 mimic circumstantial players on Thursday, according to SteamDB. That icon other than furcated the previous record captivated by Fallout 4, which had a aiguille of other than 470,000 circumstantial players in 2015.

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