Ubisoft Massive, developer of The Division 2 has released a new patch update for the PS5 version of the game. The Division PS5 patch 1.31 addresses the missing visual effects following this month’s next-gen update.
The Division 2 received the next-gen update for both PS5 and Xbox Series X|S earlier this month. And while impressive on all platforms, some apparent visual effects seemed to be missing on Sony’s PlayStation 5. And the big thing is that those features were present on the PS4 Pro but were absent on the PS5.
Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry wrote about this issue in detail, in which they said:
The most dramatic change is the total omission of volumetric lighting and atmospheric rendering: the fog effect streaming from lamps is removed on PS5, something the Snowdrop engine is famous for showcasing. The smoke haze is missing. Also, interiors lose volumetric lighting. PS5 is now a 60fps game but you’re losing a big chunk of the atmosphere and it’s hard to believe that this an intentional effect.
Not quite as important to the presentation, but still noteworthy, is the fact that screen-space reflections are also missing on PlayStation 5. Again, they are present on PlayStation 4 Pro and the other systems. In their place you’ll only see simple and static cube-map effects – usually just the fallback for reflections when screen-space data isn’t available.
Ubisoft has fixed these issues on the PlayStation 5 in the latest 1.31 patch. According to known information, this was clearly some sort of bug on PlayStation 5 as today’s small patch addresses most of these issues.
The official release notes for this update are listed below:
- The Division 2 PS5 Patch 1.31 Release Notes
- Maintenance notes:
- This maintenance will include a fix for the missing volumetric fog on PlayStation 5.
If you are playing The Division 2 on the PS5, the new update should fix all of the visual bugs that you might have been experiencing on your console.
