Deliver Us Mars has received a major update that brings NVIDIA Hybrid Ray Tracing Translucency to KeokeN Interactive and Frontier Foundry’s atmospheric sci-fi adventure game. According to a write-up and RTX trailer that NVIDIA shared on the official GeForce site today, this is a new type of ray tracing technology that enables reflection and refraction effects on windows, helmets, cockpit glass, and other transparent and translucent surfaces that can be found in the game. The Deliver Us Mars 2.0 update also introduces a number of other big features, including Photo Mode and support for HDR.
Deliver Us Mars 2.0 Update Patch Notes
NEW FEATURES
- [Console-Specific] New Graphics Mode “Quality” sets the target framerate to 30 at 2-4k resolution.
- [XSX|S-Specific] Micro-stutters are reduced.
- [PC-Only] Ray Tracing Translucency.
- [PC-Only] HDR Support.
- [PC-Only] Epic Game Store Achievements and Overlay support has been added.
- Photo Mode.
- Some chapters now start in new cinematics for more natural level transitions.
- Cinematic pause functionality.
- NPC’s LookAt functionality during custom gameplay animations.
- Additional new propaganda posters throughout the game.
- Rover now has an ice & snow exterior look in Chapter 6.
- Enhanced narrative storytelling and custom events in Chapter 9.
PRIMARY FIXES TO EXISTING FEATURES
- [PC-Only] Nvidia DLSS 3.0 Update v2.2.
- [PC-Only] Q and E to roll rebind.
- [PC-Only] WASD individual keys rebind instead of presets.
- [PC-Only] P for Photomode rebind.
- Updated static splash screen image.
- Improved loading screen visuals.
- Improved airlock visuals.
- Improved ASE tunnel visuals.
- Added new gameplay NPC animations throughout the game.
- Added new gameplay face animations to characters throughout the game.
- Set dressing improvements throughout the game.
- Updated Astrotool and beauty credits imagery.
- Hologram revision with new and improved poses.
- Improved readability of all astrochats in the game.
- Improved construction room visuals in Chapter 1.
- Added NPC blinking to astrovan ride in Chapter 1.
- Music iterations in Chapter 9.
NOTABLE BUG FIXES
- [PC-Only] Fixed a crash when switching from FSR to DLSS.
- Reduced DX12 renderer stutters throughout the entire game.
- Improved virtual texture loading times on landscapes and other assets.
- Improved level loading times.
- Stability and performance improvements throughout the game.
- Skip the NewGame prompt if there is no saved data.
- Improved character skin material quality.
- Level design improvements, geometry clean-ups and performance optimisations.
- Improved some character hair and groom assets.
- Fixed hard lighting lines during certain cinematics.
- Fixed brightly coloured lighting artefacts on certain assets within levels.
- Cinematic camera focus fixes.
- Enhanced lighting passes throughout the entire game (levels and cinematics).
- Improved readability and consistency of text during cinematics.
- The climbing system now shows a deflect reaction when hitting an unclimbable, additionally, it will not allow the player to slam into the air.
- Fixed dangling legs from clipping through each other during climbing gameplay.
- Reduced pop-in, floating and/or clipping assets throughout the game.
- Added previously missing gameplay face animations for characters.
- Enabled capsule shadows on all shadow quality levels.
- Chapter 9 now has a Martian dust storm.
- Improved volume of credits music.
Besides broadly improving on Deliver Us Mars, our team has spent countless hours making the coolest shots throughout the game, and we are very interested in seeing what you will make of this! Seeing the player’s perspective through this lens is very exciting to us, and it makes you re-discover the game in a whole new way. Definitely send us all your shots, pictures, and messages, we would love to hear everything you have to say as we will finally be more active on our forums and other channels to talk more directly to you.