The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition Patch 2.5.7.0 Release Notes

The Board is happy to announce that Patch 2.5.7.0 is releasing on PC, Xbox consoles, and PlayStation consoles for The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition. If you do not see this update right away, please know that it may take some time to populate and become available.

Changes/fixes that are included in this patch are as follows:

General

• Companions' status effects are no longer obstructed by their HP bars.

• Shooting from the Storm Cannon repeatedly at a close target no longer results in severe FPS drops.

• The heat effect coming out of the Unreliable will no longer stack up each time the player arrives in the ship's proximity.

• When the Font Scaling setting also scales up the UI icons appropriately.

• Fixed "artillery cannon" typo.

• Fixed "Shipping" typo in Fallbrook.

• Players are now able to sleep in either of the two beds when exploring Ash's old Outpost for 'Little Memento' on Monarch.

• Players are now able to manually save while under the 'Concuss' status effect throughout the title.

• Fixed an issue with the Super Scoper 3000 zoom where the zoom would not properly display.

• Felix’s book “Systems and Serfdoms” now appears in his room when acquiring it in Roseway town.

• The arrow is now greyed out when there are no more options.

• Status Bar displays all relevant Status Effect icons.

• The workbench now displays ownership of items when navigating through the workbench during gameplay.

• The gate will now load correctly while moving from Rizzo’s Distillation Station to the Bridge.

• The Item repair tutorial will no longer cause a freeze when switching to the inventory tab.

• SAM’s weapons can no longer be taken and equipped by players.

• Environment decorations no longer look the same as items the player can pick up.

• Players no longer become stuck when falling between two crates at the Spaceport.

• The sights are now centered after modding the Hunting Rifle Hyper with a Funtimes Barrel and a Gyro Sight.

• Frey's Bar Cart no longer disappears from Unreliable after revisiting Relay GB-23.

• Mods have correct VFX when inspecting them in the inventory and then viewing them on the ground.

• The shadows on the cans no longer appear dark when viewing them in the office in Phineas Lab.

• A companion's armor displays correctly if players wear a different type and modify it in the Workbench during gameplay.

• All aptitudes are correctly shown being applied when selecting them and viewing the summary screen.

• Mods display correctly for tinkered Elite Troop Armor.

• Players will no longer encounter a stuck spot when jumping/crouching into the 2nd floor of the General Store with insufficient Mag-Picks in Edgewater.

• Fixed a typo with the quest beacon text.

• Udom Bedford and Vicar Max will now play correct dialogue when attempting to turn in Phineas for the first time.

• The hacking and picking locks tutorial now triggers correctly when the user has a high lockpick skill during gameplay.

• Players can no longer get stuck when jumping in between a crate and pipe by the fence at the Geothermal Plant.

• Fixed an issue with the state of Anton on the Groundbreaker.

• A Workbench in the Covert Lab correctly unlocks a 'Point of Interest' icon when moving near it.

Design

• Players will now receive only one +10 from a Bonus Support perk when the companion is in the party.

• Leveling to multiple of 5 in Player Ship now updates the Companion UI tabs to indicate new Perk point available.

• Extend-O-Sight properly increases to both Effective and Max Range to 25%.

• The Paranoid flaw description has been updated to “Repeatedly getting caught by guards has