Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ news & patch notes

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General Fixes:

• Further fixed an issue where maximum save file size could exceed maximum allocated size, causing a crash when user tried to save.
• Fix for crash that could occur when exiting Trials of War mode.
• Fix for flickering lights in Nvidia SLI.
• Fixed displayed memory on AMD GPUs in CrossFireX.

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General Fixes:

• Further fixed an issue where maximum save file size could exceed maximum allocated size, causing a crash when user tried to save.
• Fix for crash that could occur when exiting Trials of War mode.
• Fix for flickering lights in Nvidia SLI.
• Fixed displayed memory on AMD GPUs in CrossFireX.

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Stability Fixes:

• Fixed memory leak when SLI is enabled that could lead to “out of memory” crashes.
• Fixed crash that could occur when saving if user had >200 uncollected Runes on the map. (Game now only saves 32 best uncollected Runes left on map.)
• Fixed crash that could occur when closing game on skin selection window.

General Fixes:

• Fixed an edge-case where Uruks were not re-populating empty spaces in the hierarchy, leading to extremely empty hierarchies.
• Leaderboards now navigate properly.
• Improved detection of monitor native resolution.

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Stability Fixes:

• Fixed memory leak when SLI is enabled that could lead to “out of memory” crashes.
• Fixed crash that could occur when saving if user had >200 uncollected Runes on the map. (Game now only saves 32 best uncollected Runes left on map.)
• Fixed crash that could occur when closing game on skin selection window.

General Fixes:

• Fixed an edge-case where Uruks were not re-populating empty spaces in the hierarchy, leading to extremely empty hierarchies.
• Leaderboards now navigate properly.
• Improved detection of monitor native resolution.

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New Features:

• Bright Lord DLC support added. (Note: Bright Lord DLC requires slightly higher system specs than Main Game Campaign. If you’re noticing a loss in performance, please lower system settings.)

Continued PC Improvements:

Stability:

• Fixed rare crash encountered when going into Skills Menu.
• Fixed a crash that could occur if blood failed to render.
• Fixed issue where game would crash after a video card driver crash.
• Fixed crash related to physics.

Performance:

• Improved rendering on domination FX to improve framerate.

Save/Load:

• Fixed issue where users save progress could be lost after watching benchmark to completion.

UI:

• Added ability to skip Splash Screens after first launch.

General:

• Steam Achievements not being awarded properly. (Issue 1: Occasionally Achievement wasn’t awarded even though game criteria satisfied. Game now verifies again whether Achievement criteria has already been met and will re-pop. In some cases, it may be required to perform unlock a 2nd time. Issue 2: Some Achievements weren’t being awarded in Challenge Mode even though they should have. This issue should now be resolved.)
• Fixed issue where player would lose Orc Hunter Rune when restarting Lord of the Hunt DLC.

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New Features:

• Bright Lord DLC support added. (Note: Bright Lord DLC requires slightly higher system specs than Main Game Campaign. If you’re noticing a loss in performance, please lower system settings.)

Continued PC Improvements:

Stability:

• Fixed rare crash encountered when going into Skills Menu.
• Fixed a crash that could occur if blood failed to render.
• Fixed issue where game would crash after a video card driver crash.
• Fixed crash related to physics.

Performance:

• Improved rendering on domination FX to improve framerate.

Save/Load:

• Fixed issue where users save progress could be lost after watching benchmark to completion.

UI:

• Added ability to skip Splash Screens after first launch.

General:

• Steam Achievements not being awarded properly. (Issue 1: Occasionally Achievement wasn’t awarded even though game criteria satisfied. Game now verifies again whether Achievement criteria has already been met and will re-pop. In some cases, it may be required to perform unlock a 2nd time. Issue 2: Some Achievements weren’t being awarded in Challenge Mode even though they should have. This issue should now be resolved.)
• Fixed issue where player would lose Orc Hunter Rune when restarting Lord of the Hunt DLC.

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PC Specific Bug Fixes:

• Fixed issue where non-English Keyboards couldn’t rotate artifacts or select Captains in Army Screen.
• Fixed issue where motion blur was not being applied on Camera and Objects setting.
• Fixed mismatched help-text on Video Screens (Display Adapter and Max FPS were incorrect).
• Added additional messaging to FXAA help text. ːShowdownː

PC Specific Bug Fixes:

• Fixed issue where non-English Keyboards couldn’t rotate artifacts or select Captains in Army Screen.
• Fixed issue where motion blur was not being applied on Camera and Objects setting.
• Fixed mismatched help-text on Video Screens (Display Adapter and Max FPS were incorrect).
• Added additional messaging to FXAA help text. :Showdown:

New Features:

• Lord of the Hunt DLC Support Added
• Note: Lord of the Hunt requires slightly higher system specs. If you’re noticing a loss in performance, please lower system settings.

PC Specific Bug Fixes:

• Stability (Crash Fixes): Fixed a crash caused when the user has multiple video adapters, and the first adapter is not DX11 compatible but the second adapter is.
• Performance: Fixed issue where screen tearing was noticeable when maxFPS is set to 60 and Vsync is enabled. Vsync no longer causes the framerate to cap at 30
• UI: Added option to disable FXAA and improved associated help text. When running Shadow of Mordor on a laptop, a new battery display appears over the in-game UI.
• SLI: Fixed flickering on Uruk skin when SLI is enabled.

Gameplay Specific Fixes:

• Fixed game state issue where Power Struggles in Udûn were no longer spawning.
• Fixed scenario where access to Sauron’s Army screen is lost after completing the game.
• Prevented issued caused by loading save data that was created on the base game, after patch 1.05 is installed, causing loss of functionality.
• Fixed issue caused by dying then restarting Lithariel’s Challenge, which caused most Audio to no longer play.
• Fixed issue where Invert Aim Game Setting in Photo Mode inverts the mouse's Camera Offset.
• Runes Exploits: The player can no longer receive duplicate Epic Runes if the Captains are killed using Dispatch. Canceling a GP mission will no longer duplicate all Runes on the map.

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New Features:

• Lord of the Hunt DLC Support Added
• Note: Lord of the Hunt requires slightly higher system specs. If you’re noticing a loss in performance, please lower system settings.

PC Specific Bug Fixes:

• Stability (Crash Fixes): Fixed a crash caused when the user has multiple video adapters, and the first adapter is not DX11 compatible but the second adapter is.
• Performance: Fixed issue where screen tearing was noticeable when maxFPS is set to 60 and Vsync is enabled. Vsync no longer causes the framerate to cap at 30
• UI: Added option to disable FXAA and improved associated help text. When running Shadow of Mordor on a laptop, a new battery display appears over the in-game UI.
• SLI: Fixed flickering on Uruk skin when SLI is enabled.

Gameplay Specific Fixes:

• Fixed game state issue where Power Struggles in Udûn were no longer spawning.
• Fixed scenario where access to Sauron’s Army screen is lost after completing the game.
• Prevented issued caused by loading save data that was created on the base game, after patch 1.05 is installed, causing loss of functionality.
• Fixed issue caused by dying then restarting Lithariel’s Challenge, which caused most Audio to no longer play.
• Fixed issue where Invert Aim Game Setting in Photo Mode inverts the mouse's Camera Offset.
• Runes Exploits: The player can no longer receive duplicate Epic Runes if the Captains are killed using Dispatch. Canceling a GP mission will no longer duplicate all Runes on the map.

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New Features:

• Lithariel Skin available.
• Lithariel’s Trials of War “Test of Defiance” available. (Main Objective: Kill 6 Warchiefs and 15 captains. Lithariel has only one life. Death results in failure. Lithariel does more melee damage, but has less armor. You cannot save during this challenge. Quitting results in failure.)
• New Epic rune granted to player’s inventory “Defiant to the End”. (Additional last chance given to player when equipped.)

PC Specific Features:

• Nvidia SLI support.

Bug Fixes for all platforms:

• Photo Mode: The controller drain/brand SFX persists when Photo Mode is up. Brand SFX no longer persist when pausing through photo mode during a drain or brand sequence.
• Power of Shadow: The hood of the Black Hand's cloak in the front end appears covering half his face. Eye FX issue fixed for the Black Hand skin in the front end menu. Glowing eyes effect misplaced on Black Hand's face when dismissing title screen.
• UI/VFX still show Talion as poisoned when One With Nature (Epic) Dagger Rune is equipped.
• Player can receive duplicate Epic Runes by killing multiple captains with dispatch.
• MOTD is not cycling after one rotation.

PC Specific Bug Fixes:

• Improved messaging when game fails to launch.
• Fixed issue with incorrect aspect ratio being used when changing resolution through the video options in windowed mode.
• Added an option to expose FXAA as part of the motion blur settings.
• Fixed issues with native resolution detection. The game will now use Windows “recommended” resolution.
• Fixed issues with custom resolutions specified in Windows. Users no longer have to delete them.
• Fixed in game benchmark starting too early.
• Fixed not being able to skip benchmark load screen.
• Improved benchmark output files located in “My Documents\WB Games\Shadow of Mordor\*.csv”.
• In game VSync will now use NVIDIA’s adaptive sync when turned on. It will use NVIDIA’s Control Panel settings when turned off.
• Fixed save game issue where starting new game on top of existing data didn’t clear skills purchased.
• Fixed issue with WB Play where entering age under 18 on accident prevented player from ever accessing WB Play.

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New Features:

• Lithariel Skin available.
• Lithariel’s Trials of War “Test of Defiance” available. (Main Objective: Kill 6 Warchiefs and 15 captains. Lithariel has only one life. Death results in failure. Lithariel does more melee damage, but has less armor. You cannot save during this challenge. Quitting results in failure.)
• New Epic rune granted to player’s inventory “Defiant to the End”. (Additional last chance given to player when equipped.)

PC Specific Features:

• Nvidia SLI support.

Bug Fixes for all platforms:

• Photo Mode: The controller drain/brand SFX persists when Photo Mode is up. Brand SFX no longer persist when pausing through photo mode during a drain or brand sequence.
• Power of Shadow: The hood of the Black Hand's cloak in the front end appears covering half his face. Eye FX issue fixed for the Black Hand skin in the front end menu. Glowing eyes effect misplaced on Black Hand's face when dismissing title screen.
• UI/VFX still show Talion as poisoned when One With Nature (Epic) Dagger Rune is equipped.
• Player can receive duplicate Epic Runes by killing multiple captains with dispatch.
• MOTD is not cycling after one rotation.

PC Specific Bug Fixes:

• Improved messaging when game fails to launch.
• Fixed issue with incorrect aspect ratio being used when changing resolution through the video options in windowed mode.
• Added an option to expose FXAA as part of the motion blur settings.
• Fixed issues with native resolution detection. The game will now use Windows “recommended” resolution.
• Fixed issues with custom resolutions specified in Windows. Users no longer have to delete them.
• Fixed in game benchmark starting too early.
• Fixed not being able to skip benchmark load screen.
• Improved benchmark output files located in “My Documents\WB Games\Shadow of Mordor\*.csv”.
• In game VSync will now use NVIDIA’s adaptive sync when turned on. It will use NVIDIA’s Control Panel settings when turned off.
• Fixed save game issue where starting new game on top of existing data didn’t clear skills purchased.
• Fixed issue with WB Play where entering age under 18 on accident prevented player from ever accessing WB Play.

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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, build v1636.29 Photo Mode:

• Photo Mode added to Shadow of Mordor. For more information, check here.

Updates:

• Various bug fixes and improvements

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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, build v1636.29 Photo Mode:

• Photo Mode added to Shadow of Mordor. For more information, check here.

Updates:

• Various bug fixes and improvements

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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, build v1426.21 Stability:

• Fixed a source of the game failing to launch due to a corrupt VCRedist installation.
• Fixed the issue with error message box being destroyed upon shutdown, allowing more detailed information to some players when game crashes during launch.
• Fix for most common crash when partner of a sync-action is removed.

Graphics:

• SLI profile for Shadow of Mordor is on the way. More information as it’s available.

Investigating:

• We are looking in to the source of our save file loss issue. If this is happening to you, please contact Customer Support at http://support.wbgames.com/.

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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, build v1426.21 Stability:

• Fixed a source of the game failing to launch due to a corrupt VCRedist installation.
• Fixed the issue with error message box being destroyed upon shutdown, allowing more detailed information to some players when game crashes during launch.
• Fix for most common crash when partner of a sync-action is removed.

Graphics:

• SLI profile for Shadow of Mordor is on the way. More information as it’s available.

Investigating:

• We are looking in to the source of our save file loss issue. If this is happening to you, please contact Customer Support at http://support.wbgames.com/.

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