Global Illumination not working after 0.2.0h

After yesterday's 0.2.0h patch, the game looked noticeably worse to me. Especially the spell effects looked jarringly bad.

After comparing my game to footage from before the patch, I noticed distinct differences in lighting and shadows. Additionally, when toggling the Lighting setting between "Shadows" and "Shadows + Global Illumination", there is no noticeable difference in image quality and performance. Consequently, I believe the cause is broken Global Illumination in the new patch.

Here are two screenshots showing the issue. The first one was taken before patch 0.2.0h.



The second one was taken today after the patch.



You can clearly see a massive difference in lighting on the map device, the portals as well as the left border of the images.

Both screenshots were taken on a standard PS5 with the settings shown below. As you can see, Global Illumination is enabled.



I tried different settings, but could not find any configuration that improved lighting to the before-patch quality.

I sincerely hope this is a bug since it was not mentioned in the patch notes.
Last edited by mexxpower99#9143 on May 15, 2025, 5:23:41 PM
Last bumped on May 17, 2025, 4:56:35 AM
having the same issue :( pls fix :)
same issue. PS5
Same here, playing a Mjolner build and the downgrade to the lightning effects were immediately noticable.
Thanks for your reports.

We're looking into this.
Also seeing significantly worse graphics following the patch. PS5 player.
Same issue ps5pro
Last edited by riguardli996#9479 on May 16, 2025, 2:28:57 AM
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After yesterday's 0.2.0h patch, the game looked noticeably worse to me. Especially the spell effects looked jarringly bad.

After comparing my game to footage from before the patch, I noticed distinct differences in lighting and shadows. Additionally, when toggling the Lighting setting between "Shadows" and "Shadows + Global Illumination", there is no noticeable difference in image quality and performance. Consequently, I believe the cause is broken Global Illumination in the new patch.

Here are two screenshots showing the issue. The first one was taken before patch 0.2.0h.



The second one was taken today after the patch.



You can clearly see a massive difference in lighting on the map device, the portals as well as the left border of the images.

Both screenshots were taken on a standard PS5 with the settings shown below. As you can see, Global Illumination is enabled.



I tried different settings, but could not find any configuration that improved lighting to the before-patch quality.

I sincerely hope this is a bug since it was not mentioned in the patch notes.




Same issue PS5

thanks for bringing this up!
Last edited by Tomo#8039 on May 16, 2025, 5:48:41 AM
The big question: is the framerate now better?
Same issue here PS5 and possible other consoles too.

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