Hogwarts Legacy released a new patch today for the PC version of the game, featuring several bug fixes. This includes fixes for a number of crashes, an issue with the Owl Mail not probably triggering missions, and a horrifying issue with flickering occurrences that would cause a head to become transparent. Apparently it wasn’t just a 
Disillusionment charm gone wrong!
The patch also added several performance and stability updates. This includes optimizing shaders and improving fidelity mode. Finally, there is a note at the end of the post, stating that DirectX Version 12 is required to play Hogwarts Legacy on PC. Any workarounds to get the game to run on DirectX Version 11 are apparently inadvisable. You can check out the full patch notes below.
Hogwarts Legacy PC Patch Notes 2/24/2023
Online
- Fixed issues with achievement data being properly pushed to Wizarding World portal after linking
Gameplay
- Owl Mail
- Fixed an issue with mail not properly triggering sequential mission
- World Events
- Fixed rare crash around certain locations where in-game World Events spawning
- NPC
- Fixed a rare crash when respawning NPCs in the world
- Fixed crash with some NPC schedules
- Characters
- Fixed issues with flickering occurring with a transparent head while hair is still present.
UI
- Updated localization text for additional content items
- Added Build version to first time EULA
- Fixed rare occurrence of mission descriptions not being displayed correctly
Cinematics
- Fixed audio issues missing or not properly playing
- Corrected VFX presentation of robe transformation
- Fixed a stability issue when skipping cutscenes
- Fixed a crash when playing cutscenes and cinematics
Save Game
- Fixed rebuilding of Save Game list if manually deleted
- Fixed error of rewriting last autosave slot
- Fixed an issue when restarting from last save around not being able to talk to a vendor after initial conversation. Resolves the following reported issues: HL-494, HL-246, HL-1063, HL-590, HL-542, HL-976, HL-965, HL-1158, HL-1184, HL-1089, HL-1240, HL-1031, HL-1490, HL-1433, HL-89, HL-1930, HL-1086, HL-1636, HL-1585, HL-1028, HL-1933, HL-2606, HL-2062, HL-1587, HL-488, HL-498, HL-162, HL-1706, HL-2626, HL-2865, HL-2888, HL-2804, HL-2910, HL-2944, HL-3000, HL-3043, HL-3024
Controllers
- Switch Pro controller support updates HL-346
Upscalers
- Enable frame generation while DLSS is disabled
- Anti-Aliasing and Screen resolution settings disabled when using DLSS and not Super Resolution
Raytracing
- Fixed issue with RTAO looking worse than SSAO
- Adjusted default setting to Medium Quality
Performance and Stability
- Shader type compilation optimization
- Shader compilation performance updates and functionality enhancements
- Fixed a crash affecting Text2Speech usability
- Resolved issues with world assets abruptly being stretched which resolves the following reported issues: HL-305, HL-265
- Resolved an issue with Nvidia GPUs having lower frame rate compared to AMD
- Improved crash collection to help chase rare crashes
- Improved performance on Fidelity mode
- Fixed rare crash around hovering over the map
- Fixed issue with wind causing distortion and stretching of world assets
- Fixed a rare occurrence with material swapping
- Fixed a rare crash with map assets state
- Fixed Rare crash occurring with in-game world events
- Fixed a memory leak with global lighting system HL-313
DirectX Version 12
Please note DirectX Version 12 is required to run Hogwarts Legacy on PC. We do not suggest attempting workarounds to run the game with DirectX Version 11 as this can cause stability issues with launching the game and the player experience.
