[v. 5.04]

July 25, 2023

GLOBAL

• Fixed some instances where New Game+ manual saves were not generated after completing the base game.

[v. 5.03]

July 17, 2023

PC

• Fixed an issue related to ray tracing which caused crashes

PLAYSTATION

• Fixed an issue where users could not obtain an unreachable audio log in Tower

GLOBAL

• Fixed Out-of-World streaming issues in Final Transmission
• Continued performance optimizations

[v. 5.02]

June 29, 2023

AUTO-PLAY AUDIO LOGS

• Added in auto-play functionality for audio logs based on player feedback. In order to maintain The Callisto Protocol's narrative structure and avoid over-lapping audio, some of the in-game audio log locations were moved. Full list below;
  
  • OUTBREAK
    • Moved one log pickup to the end of the hallway before the medical room, after the beta path door
    • Moved one log pickup inside the cafeteria section
  • AFTERMATH
    • Moved one corpse harvest/pickup to the corner of the red room
  • HABITAT
    • Moved one log pickup back to its original location in the upper corner of a room onto a box with a valve wheel
  • LOST
    • Moved one corpse harvest/pickup to the far corner of the garage
  • BELOW
    • Moved one log pickup to the left of the moving platform exit
  • COLONY
    • Moved one corpse harvest/pickup to the top of a ladder before the shimmy
    • Moved one log pickup closer to a REFORGE station
  • TOWER
    • Moved one log pickup to be inside a prison cell
    • Moved one log pickup to be inside a Biophage infested hallway
    • Moved one log pickup onto a table by a cherry tree

[v. 5.01]

April 18, 2023

DISMEMBERMENT MODE

• Take your enemies apart limb by limb and experience the thrill of instantly dismembering your foes
• Players cannot earn campaign achievements or trophies while playing Dismemberment Mode

GLOBAL

• Added functionality allowing players to skip cutscenes

[v. 4.01]

February 07, 2023

HARDCORE MODE

A challenging take on The Callisto Protocol’s survival-horror experience, intended to push you to your limits, Hardcore Mode is not for the faint of heart. Here’s what you can expect;

• Ammo, health, and credits are harder to come by and not every Biophage will drop loot
• Increased enemy damage
• Decreased Stun Baton damage
• Increased enemy mutation speed
• Contraband value is reduced
• Hardcore Mode New Game+ (requires completion of standard Hardcore Mode playthrough)
• New Achievements / Trophies to hunt

GLOBAL

• Players that were not correctly granted the "The Protocol is About Life" achievement upon completing the game will be automatically granted the achievement
• Localization fixes for leveling and VO/subtitle mismatches
• Optimized enemy combat AI when player is surrounded by multiple enemies

PC (STEAM DECK)

• Updated font rendering and UI elements for readability
• Created a rendering functionality profile specifically for Steam Deck with the best settings for smooth gameplay
• Updated control schemes for SteamDeck controls

PC

• Ray tracing performance improvements

[v. 3.01] 

January 17, 2023 

NEW GAME+ 

• Users who previously completed the game will have access to NewGame+ after the patch. 
• Application restart may be required. 
• Requires an active save file from game completion. 

GLOBAL 

• Fixed an issue where some users were not correctly granted the "The Protocol is About Life" achievement 
• Added New Game Plus. Complete the game to unlock New Game Plus and carry your pression over to a new save. All weapons, upgrades, and Callisto Credits can be collected at the first Reforge 
• General performance optimizations across all platforms 
• Players no longer take damage when vaulting over obstacles 
• Fixed multiple issues where certain camera angles or progression paths could cause environments to stream out and allow Jacob to fall through the ground 
• Consistency pass on cabinets, lockers, and shelves to display correctly in High Contrast mode 
• Voice leveling and subtitle mismatch adjustments across localized languages 

PC 

• Fixed low frequency crash in the Tunnels level during the Two Head fight 
• Skip Cinematics button has been mapped to the Interact/Pickup input 
• Fixed a long hitch when enabling Ray-Traced Shadows in the main menu 
• Prevented mouse cursor from displaying during some area transitions 

PS4 

• Fixed low frequency crash in Snowcat when Jacob is talking to Dani 

[v. 2.01]

December 15, 2022

GLOBAL

COMBAT OPTIMIZATION

• Prevent enemies from attacking while you are attacking another enemy by adjusting uninterruptible windows for all player baton attacks vs standard enemies to add an extra 7 frames between hit and recover
• Reduced frequency of players being attacked from behind. Enemies now prioritize grappling or repositioning instead of attacking
• Widened incoming attack camera angle
• Widened angle for dodging off screen attacks
• Reduced damage taken multiplier when attacked from behind
• Increased player facing away maximum angle for Grunt and Blind
• Dodge optimization:
  • Valid dodge angle now allows player to have stick slightly forward and right/left while still dodging (45 -> 30 degrees)
  • Dodging at the end of the dodge window no longer means playing dodge animation and getting hit
• Increased animation speed for:
  • Health injector usage
  • Weapon swapping
  • Weapon reloading
  • Upper receiver swapping
• Auto-play reload animation when switching to an empty weapon
• Continue initiated weapon swaps after interruptions
• Extend amount of time between KTV appearance and mutation
• Fixed phantom arm kills by armless NPCs
• Increased audio cue volume for Danglers 
• Reduced default setting for camera shake
• Added player invulnerable window to all 150 cm vaults
• Changed Two Head to a two hit kill on the player in Medium Security, and a three hit kill in Minimum Security
• Final boss encounter combat optimizations
• Minetown AI pathing and spawning improvements 

PERFORMANCE AND STABILITY

• Optimized streaming to reduce memory usage in:
  • Habitat Water Maze
  • Snowcat Bridge Collapse
• Fixed a memory leak with the Reforge 3d Printers

LOCALIZATION

• Fixed voice leveling issues in multiple languages
• Fixed subtitle/vo mismatch issues in Korean
• Fixed instances of unlocalized lines in multiple languages
• Fixed incorrect text descriptions on menus in Korean
• Fixed untranslated instances of “Unlocked” on doors in multiple languages
• Fixed instances of missing voice processing in multiple languages

OTHER

• Added an option to enable performance mode when creating new games
• Added an option to skip death cinematics and restart from checkpoint faster

PC

• Improved lighting performance on AMD cards (reduced VGR pressure of FDeferredLightPS)
• Fixed an exploit that allowed players to receive the "The Protocol is About Life" achievement after beating the game once on a lower difficulty

PS5

• Optimized lighting for multiple cinematics in Habitat and Tower

[v. 1.02]

December 06, 2022

PC

• Added popup dialog to display when players change ray-tracing settings and trigger a shader compile
• Added a popup progress dialog to display in the main menu when compiling shaders
• (Epic Specific) Fixed an issue preventing achievements from unlocking and displaying correctly
• (Epic Specific) Fixed an issue causing the Terms Of Service to always display upon loading the app

[v. 1.01]

December 02, 2022

PC

• Updated PSO cache to further reduce stuttering during gameplay