Just Cause 3 is out on Tuesday, but if you're playing the game in advance—perhaps because you're a time traveller, a pirate, or a shop sold you a copy early—you might be pleased to hear that the first patch will drop this weekend, a few days before the game is actually out. It's a day 1 patch, essentially, and while you're doubtless going to be downloading it regardless, it's generally a good idea to keep track of how developers are changing your game.
Here are the full patch notes (ta, PCGamesN):
FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS
- The Medician Department of Nature Conservation has pored over every inch of our beautiful island for cracks and removed them
- The Medician Department of Motor Vehicles has taken measures to acquire poorly-tuned vehicles and burn them
- Di Ravello’s Militia has been given a refresher course in combat and spatial awareness as per the General’s recent mandate
- The Medician Department of Infrastructure has made some adjustments to certain roads to prevent traffic jams
- Various stability/crash fixes
- Various camera fixes
- Various Havok destruction optimisations
- Various localisation fixes and updates
- Various worldsim improvements
MISSIONS, CHALLENGES, RANDOM ENCOUNTERS
- Various minor mission bug fixes
- Various minor challenge bug fixes
- Fixed some various issues with Random Encounters
GRAPHICS AND ANIMATION
- Various LoD optimisations
- Various lighting optimisations
- Various animation optimisations
AUDIO
- Various level and EQ adjustments
- Rebels riding along with Rico will now be less rude and not talk over each other
- Fixed a few rare audio distortion issues involving destructible objects with lots of moving parts
In related news, you can now watch the first hour of Just Cause 3. I did, and found it a good way to satisfy my desire to see/play a new game, without having to pay ~£30-50 for the privilege. I now have little to no interest in playing Just Cause 3 myself, which probably wasn't their intention.
