Square Enix releases major bug-fixing update for Final Fantasy XVI PC demo

Final Fantasy XVI’s demo has received a bug-fixing update, and more fixes are on the horizon

Last week, Final Fantasy XVI was revealed for PC, and alongside that announcement was a free PC demo version. Unfortunately, this demo did not run well on PC, with many gamers reporting issues. Now, an update has been released for the game that should improve many technical aspects of the demo.

For starters, Dynamic Resolution settings now work as intended, and upscaling though DLSS, FSR, and XeSS has been improved. Beyond that, a suite of other graphical issues have been addressed, and an issue which caused the game to crash.

Unfortunately, the demo’s known stuttering issues remain. Thankfully, Square Enix has confirmed that an investigation into this issue is underway. Basically, that means that more updates for the demo are on the way. After all, they need to address this issue before Final Fantasy XVI launches next month.

The following issues have also been addressed with update 1.01 for Final Fantasy XVI’s Steam Demo:

• Improvements have been made to DLSS, FSR, and XeSS quality.
  (This should help to alleviate various graphcial issues such as blurring (DLSS/XeSS) and pixelation (FSR))
• Dynamic Resolution being locked on the lowest setting.
• Enemies not appearing properly in certain battle content.
• Graphics not displaying properly on certain stages.
• Graphical tearing in certain instances when using borderless screen mode.
• SFX not playing properly under certain conditions.
• UI not displaying properly under certain conditions.
• Screen resolution changing under certain conditions.
• Rare instances of GPU crashes.
• Other minor issues.

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