A big patch improves the game, but there’s a problem

Elden Ring just got a very big patch that adds a feature that has been promised for ages. Unfortunately, not everything is rosy.

While Lords of the Fallen, a direct competitor, not long ago flexed its muscles by showing us how sublime it will be under Unreal Engine 5, now the Elden Ring attacks with a very large patch. FromSoftware has just rolled out a major update to improve the graphics of its Colt with a feature promised from the start. We are of course talking about ray tracing, this technology that offers the most realistic rendering.

In general, we tend to think that ray tracing is only good for providing nice realistic reflections. The reality is that “ray tracing” in good French touches on everything, especially light management or volumetrics.
The problem is that at the moment it consumes a lot of resources and requires a large performance hit.
On consoles, PS5 or Xbox series it’s generally only used in small touches here and there and the games don’t go past 30fps. On PC, ray tracing requires very large configurations to run at full speed, but the fact is that it often sublimates everything it touches.

Elden Ring is finally getting ray tracing, but beware on PC

At its launch Elder Ring promised us ray tracing on console and PC, which was already struggling to keep its head straight at the start. But over the course of updates, when the stability of the game has been improved, ray tracing still hasn’t come out on top to this day.

Patch 1.09Elder Ring, on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series, finally adds this much-anticipated feature. The graphics are therefore improved, but unsurprisingly the cost is high in relation to performance. On console, the game’s framerate is blocked to avoid slowdowns as much as possible.
On the PC, on the other hand, the option runs at full speed. The problem is that a very good configuration is required here to make money. Elder Ring maybe adds ray tracing but forgets the options that usually come with it. There’s still no support for DLSS or FSR to cushion the blow. Therefore, unless you are well equipped, it will be difficult to get the most out of this new update without technical problems. Finally, note that ray tracing in Elder Ring only supports shadow and ambient occlusion management. Reflections are not on the agenda, as Lance Mcdonald, a well-known social media regular, points out.

PC requirements to play with ray tracing enabled

Also, if you plan to play Elder Ring on PCs using ray tracing, here are the new configurations required and recommended by Bandai and Fromsoftware.

• minimum
  • WINDOWS 10
  • Intel Core i5-10600K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
  • 16 Go to RAM
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB or AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
  • RECOMMENDED GRAPHICS SETTING: 1080p – Low Quality – Raytracing at its lowest level
• Recommendede
  • WINDOWS 11
  • Intel Core i7-10700K or AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
  • 16 Go to RAM
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB or AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GB
  • RECOMMENDED GRAPHICS SETTING: 1080p – High Quality – Raytracing High

Patch 1.09 also fixes many bugs and does balancing

In addition to ray tracing, patch 1.09 is fromElder Ring brings a whole bunch of fixes and lots of balances. These are also different for PvE and PvP modes. As a reminder: end of 2022 Elder Ring was entitled to a very big update dedicated exclusively to PvP. Colosseums have opened up all over the underworld and players have been happily slapping each other’s faces ever since. Even more than before, because PvP has always been part of the essence of the game.

Elden Ring notes patch 1.09 for PS5, Xbox Series, PC, PS4 and Xbox One

• New function
  • Ray tracing support has been added for the PS5, Xbox Series X and PC versions.
    • Ray tracing can be enabled in the settings menu:
    • PS5 / Xbox Series X: Launch Options > Ray Tracing
    • PC: Graphics > Raytraced Quality
      Please note that performance – such as frame rate and resolution – may be impacted when playing with ray tracing enabled. (see PC configurations above)

• PvP-exclusive credits (name of skills in English)
  • Adjustments in this section do not affect solo or cooperative play.
  • The throwing power and the grip angle of Inevitable frenzy have been increased.
  • The power, range and grip angle of Life Steal Fist have been increased.
  • Decreased power of two-handed jump attacks.
  • Reduced the potency of heavy and heavy barrel attacks from fist and claw weapon types.
  • Spell power reduction Founder Star Rain .
  • The spell’s spell enhancement effect has been reduced magical land .
  • Decreased skill damage and balance damage wave of gold when you hit an opponent from a certain distance.
  • Reduced the effectiveness of the Royal Knight’s Resolve and Resolve abilities.
  • Decreased skill effects Contagious anger from Jellyfish Shield .
  • Decreased effectiveness of Claw Talisman.
  • The effectiveness of the Bloodlord’s Cheer Talisman has been reduced.
  • Decreased the attack power buff granted by the White Mask head armor.
  • Decreased the jump attack damage bonus granted by the Raptor’s Black Feathers armor.
  • Reduced damage bonus granted by Magic Cloaking Cracked Tear, Flame Cloaking Cracked Tear, Lightning Cloaking Cracked Tear et Holy Cloaking Cracked Tear if with activated Flask of Wondrous Physics .

• Ashes of War adjustments
  • Fist of Life Steal
    • Increased target grab range.
  • inflow of was
    • Projectile generation speed increased.
  • flame spit
    • Increased skill protection speed and block amount.
    • Adjusted the angle of the fireball.
  • tongues of fire
    • Increased skill protection speed and block amount.
  • Big Oracle Bubble
    • Increased projectile generation speed and reduced recovery time.
  • viper bite
    • Reduced time before dice can be rolled after using skill.
  • Cri of Milos
    • Increased balance damage at close range.
  • spear call ritual
    • Projectile generation speed increased.
  • Edge of Cursed Blood
    • Increased projectile generation speed and reduced recovery time.
  • gold crusher
    • Reduced recovery time.
  • I command you, kneel down!
    • Increased attack generation speed.
  • Starcaller’s Scream
    • The speed of follow-up attacks has been increased.
  • Ghiza Spinning Wheel
    • Increased attack generation speed.
    • Added roll and cancel timing for heavy attacks when using the skill.

• corrections of errors
  • Fixed a bug where Scarlet’s stat build would not reflect correctly when cold affinity was assigned to the Antspur Rapier.
  • Fixed a bug where Scarlet stat build-up was not reflected correctly when assigning blood affinity to the Rotten Greataxe.
  • Fixed a bug where certain Partisan, Ritual Spear of Death, and Lucerne attacks had unexpected physical attack scaling.
  • Fixed a bug where the Nightrider Glaive did not increase damage from mounted attacks.
  • Fixed a bug where the Duelist’s Greataxe and Rotten Greataxe did not increase the damage of charged attacks.
  • Fixed a bug where the effect Roaring Medallion Talisman did not increase the power of certain incantations.
  • Fixed a bug that reduced the power of some skills under the effect Golden Vow .
  • Fixed a bug that added skill effects determination etc Resolution of the Royal Knight when cast with a left-handed weapon, on other abilities cast with a right-handed weapon.
  • Fixed a bug that reduced right-handed weapon critical hit power while in Resolve or Resolution of the Royal Knight active on a left-handed weapon.
  • Fixed a bug where status stacks were unintentionally added to some weapon skills
  • Fixed a bug where left hand weapon power and special effects could be added to a right hand weapon skill check.
  • Fixed a bug that caused an equipped sacrificial branch to be consumed when a player died in the coliseum.
  • Fixed camera positioning when respawning in the coliseum.
  • Fixed a bug where a player could get credit for a kill in the coliseum if they died from the death status effect instead of the player who inflicted that status effect.
  • Improved stability in Colosseum matchmaking.
  • Fixed a bug related to level correction when an invader used a specific item.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause disconnects with other players in some places in multiplayer mode.
  • Improved online multiplayer stability.
  • [PS4] Fixed an error that occurred when summoning certain NPCs in offline mode and could cause the game to crash.
  • Fixed a bug where some enemies weren’t appearing or behaving as intended.
  • Several performance improvements and other bug fixes.