Already in March elden ring was the straw that broke my back when it came to PC gaming failing to quickly and cleanly exit players to the desktop. Three months later, it’s nice to see that FromSoftware has decided to ease our collective suffering.
if you missed it in the original post I detailed the ordeal PC gamers went through to just exit the game, which meant going through several menus, then sitting through some company splash screens, and then going through some more menus, which took 20 to 30 seconds could last .
No longer! On June 13th the game received an update, bringing it to version 1.05, and buried at the bottom of the list of changes are some tweaks specific to the PC version of the game. They are:
Additions and changes for the PC version only
– Added keyboard/mouse operations that can be entered under “PRESS ANY KEY” on the title screen.
– Added “Return to Desktop” to the system item in the main menu for exiting the game.
– Changed so that mouse click input is not reflected when windows are made active.
– Fixed a bug that slowed performance when changing “Screen Mode” and “Resolution” in a special procedure.
Here’s the new “System Item” in action:
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That’s ideal! That’s exactly what you want, where you want it, because when you have the urge (or need) to go straight to the desktop, you need to click that button immediately, not after scrolling through two menus and then at it were reminded that this is indeed a Bandai Namco, FromSoftware Joint.
While the rest of the update is mostly about bug fixes, there are also a few general updates, which are:
– When transacting with the NPC “Twin Maiden Husk”, the following Bell Bearing items have been changed so that their unlocked status is carried over to the NG+ game: Bone Peddler’s Bell Bearing/Meat Peddler’s Bell Bearing/Medicine Peddler’s Bell Bearing/Gravity Bell Bearing des Stone Peddler’s/Forge Stone Miner’s Bell Storage/Darkstone Miner’s Bell Storage/Gloveword Picker’s Bell Storage/Ghost Gloveword Picker’s Bell Storage
– Added emphasis on choosing the Holy Flask and several other options that can be boosted in the Mercy menu
– Added sound effects when other players’ summoning marks appear
