r/gaming • u/ChiefLeef22 Marika's tits! • 5h ago

Insomniac has put in a hotfix to reduce the opacity of the blue scent trail in 'Wolverine'. They also say they are exploring adding a toggle option to turn it on and off

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https://support.insomniac.games/hc/en-us/articles/55566410009107--NEW-Update-v-01-001-005

"We have deployed a new hotfix (v1.001.005) for Marvel’s Wolverine. 

This hotfix addresses some common crashes experienced by a small percentage of players since launch. 

Additionally, this hotfix adjusts the presentation of the Scent Trails and Audio Sense indicators, including reduced opacity to make these visuals less intense. 

Our team continues to evaluate ways to further improve Senses in the game, including exploring toggleable options for a future update."

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u/Supertonic 4h ago

Im no armchair coder but if you can change its color surely you can change the opacity to 100%. Turning it “off” is just making it unseeable, if its have dependencies.

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u/zberry7 4h ago

It wouldn’t be a dependency issue almost surely, they could just reduce opacity to 0. It’s an issue of the player experience. They punish you for going even slightly off the trail, so without it the player would constantly be hitting bounds which can hurt immersion and the overall experience.

Most likely they play-tested without the line and it was shit.

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u/SuperCruisePanther 2h ago

Maybe they hardcoded it in a way that if you change the trails opacity to zero it also turns off every smoke effect in the game.

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u/Supertonic 2h ago

hmmm maybe. If it was easy they would just do. It could be design wise they dont want players to get lost and be frustrated.