Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Update 4 Adds New Adventure Books, QoL Features, and More

Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle is coming to PS5 in every week’s time, and forward of its launch on Sony’s platform, developer MachineGames has launched a brand new replace for its PC and Xbox Sequence X/S variations.

Key amongst Replace 4’s adjustments is the addition of two new Journey Books within the type of Open Season, which is able to will let you quickly make enemies weaker to follow-up assaults after being whipped, and Sleight of Hand, which is able to see Indy pulling an enemy’s weapon in direction of himself after disarming them along with his whip.

The patch additionally provides a number of new quality-of-life options, together with an “all the time permit skipping cutscenes” possibility, having the ability to cycle between native and stage maps when viewing your journal in “lowered” mode, a number of new tutorials, and extra.

There’s additionally a prolonged listing of bug fixes. You possibly can take a look at the total patch notes under.

Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle is offered for Xbox Sequence X/S and PC, and launches for PS5 on April 17. It has been performed by over 4 million gamers since launch. Learn our assessment of the unique launch via right here.

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New Options

With the “Open Season” Journey E-book, hitting an opponent with the whip quickly causes them to take extra injury from subsequent assaults
“Sleight of Hand” lets Indy pull an enemy’s weapon in direction of him after disarming them with the whip

High quality of Life Options

You possibly can select to disable the middle dot on the HUD (for those who’re vulnerable to movement illness, we advocate leaving the dot enabled)
We’ve added an “All the time Permit Skipping Cutscenes” possibility, letting you skip cutscenes even for those who haven’t watched them
Gamers can disable the “Stealth Vignette” across the fringe of the HUD whereas Indy is crouched in stealth
You possibly can cycle between native maps and stage maps when viewing the journal in “lowered” mode
Gamers will now see barely extra of the map whereas the journal is in “lowered” mode
A few of you’ve got instructed us that you simply don’t have a lot use for Restore Kits. Nicely, now you’ll be able to throw them at your enemies!
We now have added a timer to the fight HUD round Indy’s well being that lets you know the way lengthy it’ll take for alerted enemies to name off a search
The PC model now helps the PlayStation DualSense Wi-fi Controller for superior haptic suggestions and adaptive triggers
In case you are utilizing PlayStation or Steamdeck controllers within the PC model, they may now present up within the controller configuration menu
Now you can bind a key to toggle Excessive Distinction Mode on PC
A number of new tutorials have been added:
- Tutorials are actually given explaining how one can unlock/activate Journey Books after you’ve collected them
- Tutorials are actually given about how one can purchase Well being or Stamina upgrades after amassing a number of drugs bottles
- We’ve added a tutorial on how one can blow away scorpions on the finish of the Gizeh stage
The menu to buy or unlock Journey Books and map info booklets has been improved to offer clearer details about unlock prices and to raised subdivide the classes
We’ve recorded new one-liners for Indy throughout fights, for further selection
We’ve improved Ray-traced World Illumination on all platforms at no efficiency value; contact shadows have been improved, serving to objects seem extra “grounded” within the scene

Bug Fixes

Basic

Made Indy’s transition from ledge hanging into whip connect and swing look smoother
Fastened a difficulty the place some drugs bottles couldn’t be picked up in varied places within the sport in particular circumstances
Canine transfer their legs extra naturally when turning whereas strolling
It’s now a lot simpler to throw defeated troopers over ledges when carrying them
Fastened subject the place Gina would use right here her standing dialog ‘gesture’ animations whereas she’s crouching
Prevented service provider objects from disappearing for those who set off a cutscene with them instantly after holding considered one of their books
Fastened a difficulty the place you could possibly get caught in third-person digital camera if utilizing a zipline whereas inspecting an merchandise
Fastened a difficulty the place you could possibly loot a number of objects from downed opponents by spamming the work together button
“Parry” tutorial stays on display screen longer, supplying you with extra probability to learn it
Whipping the air close to an enemy soldier is now all the time thought-about an offensive motion even if you’re in a soldier disguise

Missions and Quests

Marshall School

Interplay marker for the Cat Mummy {photograph} is now proven from farther away
Pendant Marker is now seen when you find yourself within the exhibition corridor
Markers are actually proven on the cupboards while you decide up the reveals within the Cat Mummy puzzle

The Vatican

Fastened a difficulty the place the marker for Giuseppe couldn’t be proven if he left Part F (for instance if he got here to analyze gunfire sounds). The marker on Giuseppe will all the time be proven now (when you’ve got ‘Goal Location Markers’ set to ‘On’ within the ‘Journey Expertise’ part of the ‘HUD and Gameplay’ menu). Additionally prevented the “Search Giuseppe” marker from disappearing for those who go away Part F earlier than looking him
Fastened a difficulty the place you could possibly not open the “Bulls of Blood” secret door when revisiting the Castel Sant Angelo. Additionally prevented the “search space” for this thriller from showing in your map for those who the thriller was began in your first go to to the world however not accomplished
Repair for clergymen showing behind the sealed ‘demon door’ within the Tower of Nicholas V within the Vatican
Repair to forestall speedrunning gamers operating beneath the gate earlier than it closes within the Silver Path Trial within the Vatican, and discovering themselves caught
Fastened a difficulty the place participant could get caught in a dying loop within the flames of the Silver Path Trial within the Vatican
Fastened subject the place Gina wouldn’t exit the Silver Path Trial rooms for those who lingered on the whip-swing beams
Solved a difficulty the place Indy’s animations broke for those who tried to examine a photograph with the magnifying glass within the Vatican similtaneously equipping one other merchandise.
Repair to forestall participant falling out of world when vaulting via a fire in Castel Sant Angelo
Goal marker for rescuing Sidney from the barracks now not reveals completely if participant hasn’t really enabled the ‘Goal Location Markers’ characteristic within the Journey Expertise menu

Gizeh

Fastened subject the place it was not attainable to trace the Treatment for All exercise in Gizeh if the guidebook was collected earlier than talking to Dr. Kafour
Fastened subject the place Gina would solely escort you throughout the primary scorpion-filled room in Sanctury of the Guardians for those who picked up a particular one of many three staffs
Repair for “Parked Automobile” picture alternative marker in Gizeh Village showing earlier than the automotive is definitely current
Fastened a difficulty the place participant might be able to survive falling into pits within the temples close to the Nazi Dig Web site in Gizeh, getting caught
“Gantz’s Orders” and “Gantz’s Journal” be aware marker is modified to be a Search Space as an alternative of a degree marker
Added some further grabbable ledges across the pit the place you acquire the Selek Stele, to permit for extra sleek swing failures!

Shanghai

Fastened subject the place you would possibly see enemy planes frozen within the sky

Sukhothai

Up to date how goal markers are displayed within the “Royal Military Transmissions”. Markers seem by the radio closest to Gina when you’ve got frequencies to return to her, and the marker seems on Gina when you’ve got returned all the frequencies
Fastened subject the place it was not attainable to finish the Royal Military Transmissions mission regardless of having turned in all radio frequencies
Fastened a difficulty the place participant couldn’t swim to flee from the flooding temple in Sukhothai
“Fried Egg” be aware can now be obtained even when participant doesn’t begin the “Trapped within the Previous” mission by speaking to Sunan earlier than travelling to the cave. Gamers who didn’t communicate to Sunan will obtain the be aware when exiting the dream sequence. Gamers who’ve already accomplished this mission also needs to obtain the be aware
Fastened a difficulty the place Gina can be repeating her startled and frightened voice traces from the ambush while you revisit Sukhothai. Replace 3 prevented new gamers from experiencing this subject, and in Replace 4 we’ve been capable of repair this for gamers who’re already encountering this bug
Fastened subject the place Gina could also be lacking when exiting the flooding temple in Sukhothai
Fastened subject the place Gina would possibly keep at Wat Mahathat while you return to Sukhothai in a revisit, making it seem to be she has “disappeared.” Gina now returns to the Village accurately
Fastened a difficulty the place the sport could crash after being eaten by the Large Snake whereas swimming underwater
Fastened a difficulty whereby altering your outfit exterior of the Sukhothai village may need prevented you from performing sure actions, equivalent to punching
The Thriller Information purchased from Tongdang now reveals the marker on the Could Yek thriller.
Eliminated the duplicated marker for “Fascist’s Journal” in Sukhothai proven within the Sukhothai Notes guidebook after you’ve got collected it
Fastened a difficulty the place the Serpent’s Chest thriller wouldn’t begin when opening the chest in a particular state of affairs
Fastened one other subject the place the keys for Serpent’s Chest thriller wouldn’t spawn in very particular circumstances
Fastened a difficulty the place you could possibly re-use the identical key a number of occasions to open the Serpent’s Chest
Fastened a difficulty the place the Demon’s Tomb quest may get caught if utilizing dynamite to prematurely open the weak wall within the sarcophagus room
Made it simpler to hit sure big mushrooms with the Khmer spears after the snake struggle within the Nephilim Archive
Fastened a difficulty the place participant couldn’t whip-climb up a wall in Sukthothai when escaping the flooding temple for those who had been utilizing saved video games made within the preliminary launch of the sport
Fastened a difficulty the place you could possibly get completely caught within the spiked-walls entice room within the Demon’s Tomb for those who tried to run straight via the spikes
Repair for “Exploded Opening” picture alternative marker showing earlier than you’ll be able to take the picture
An autosave now happens after you full “The Child Who Vanished” mission
Repair to forestall gamers from having the ability to begin The Demon’s Tomb mission earlier than you’ve got bought the rebreather in sure circumstances
Map marker is now proven accurately for “Painted Message” picture alternative in Path of Tigers
Sukhothai Mysteries information now factors to appropriate location for A Recreation of Wits thriller
Map markers are incorrectly proven for “A Recreation of Wits” thriller when the participant is definitely monitoring Discipline Notes
Fastened subject the place you’ll die immediately if choosing up Indy’s fedora from the fallacious aspect of the rostrum in “Trapped within the Previous”

Iraq

Up to date the Iraq stage so the gates to the camp ought to now be open while you revisit the extent, making for simpler backtracking
Gina will now not stroll in entrance of Indy if you are fixing the ultimate Nephilim puzzle in Iraq
Fastened subject that would cease the Decrease Elevator button from working
Iraq’s chapter abstract now increments accurately with development
“Seize Gina’s Hand” marker is now extra seen within the ultimate levels of the final struggle with Voss
Fastened subject the place participant may fall down the elevator shaft in Iraq with out dying, getting completely caught
Eliminated digital camera jerkiness when the participant will get management at begin of the struggle with Voss in Iraq
Participant will now respawn at their final saved checkpoint when revisiting Iraq, quite than all the time showing in entrance of the Nephilim Vault

When inspecting notes, the icon proven on the outline textual content is now of the right class
Fastened subject the place mission targets would nonetheless seem on display screen even when there in is not any primary mission obtainable
Fastened subject the place fight state stayed lively on the HUD when coming into or exiting the Sukhothai boat whereas in fight
Prevented overlap of some “work together” and “waypoint” markers in varied places via the sport
Solved subject the place books tracked in “A World of Information” wouldn’t have their goal markers cleared for those who purchased the ebook in one other sport stage
The Gizeh dig web site native map is now higher aligned
Fastened a difficulty the place participant may get right into a damaged animation state when inspecting Journey Books whereas rapidly switching between totally different books
Colours utilized in “Excessive Distinction Mode” now extra carefully match the colours proven within the menus
Fastened a number of letters and notes not giving an Journey Factors notification on the HUD
Fastened a number of picture alternatives giving zero Journey Factors as reward
Fastened a number of picture alternatives having no star score
Fastened a number of controls to allow them to be set as toggleable when certain to LT; Purpose Firearm, Purpose Photograph, Digital camera, Increase Lighter and Whip Free Climb
New targets now seem extra rapidly after they change within the HUD
Onscreen goal textual content for a number of Discoveries now updates in real-time accurately

Audio

Made the voice traces from Captains to be extra audible from distance when they’re recognizing Indy in disguise, to offer you a greater concept that they’re suspicious of you. Additionally elevated their subtitle vary
Added audio for when you find yourself whip-punching, or kicking, a blocking enemy
Repair for subtitles not showing in elements of the “Path of Tigers” thriller
Gina will remind Indy to tug her up into the ship when first coming into the Kummetz in Nepal
Added engine sounds for the enemy boats, and combating sounds for Locus, within the boat chase in Sukhothai
Fastened subject that would lead to Locus’ whistling be silent close to the start of Iraq
Made positive all of Gina’s traces play when racing to succeed in her on the finish of the Sukhothai stage
Made positive all of Annika’s traces play within the Demon’s tomb for those who interrupt her by speaking to her
Fastened some lacking traces of VO from Indy in the beginning of The Child Who Vanished quest in Sukhothai
Added sound for Gina opening the door within the Borgia Tower within the Vatican
Improved reverb on the rifle pictures in echoing environments
Added sounds to when Indy strikes the banana crates in Gizeh
Effort sounds added when Indy and Gia rotate the fountain of confession in Vatican
Repair for a number of sounds that had been looping incorrectly
Cinematic Music Quantity possibility now controls the amount of the music in cutscenes within the Peru stage accurately
Solved lacking waterfall sounds in Sukhothai
Fastened a number of situations of Indy or Gina repeating their traces if the participant repeats the identical motion

Graphics

Decreased the shimmering on the horizon of Lake Hammar within the cinematic reveal

Further fixes for having the ability to use Xbox cloud saves on the Steam launch. Now you can allow these accurately even when you’ve got by no means performed the sport on an Xbox console or the Xbox App PC launch

Localization

A number of textual content corrections; and updates to menu textual content and subtitles throughout all languages
Varied fixes to voiceover localization, together with sync points
Aligned HUD notifications for Arabic localization after choosing up objects
Repair for uncommon crashes when scrolling via the sport handbook tabs in Arabic
Fastened subject the place, every so often, a number of objects can be highlighted within the possibility menus in Arabic
Fastened some points the place Indy would repeat his traces each time he interacted with sure props
River Duuro is now accurately named within the journey montage when flying to Rome