Disney Dreamlight Valley’s latest update is out, bringing with it a number of bug fixes and tweaks with a particular focus on features that had the potential to cause problems for users with visual sensitivities.
Chief among the updates in this new patch are new toggles to remove in-game flash effects from things like lightning during storms or the UI feedback from successful fishing, plus a seizure warning during the game’s boot-up. Screen shake effects applied to various actions similarly now have toggles to turn them off in the settings menu.
Perhaps most exciting for Dreamlight Valley stans is the complete removal of an effect that was added in the recent Scar update, that saw a screen effect applied whenever your character would become exhausted, that was incredibly intrusive and frankly unnecessary as far as communicating your character’s state is concerned.
Safety considerations and decommissioning of that short-lived and annoying feature aside, the rest of the update is dedicated mostly to bug fixes. Separately, the developers have also addressed a brand-new loading issue that was affecting players on all platforms. A fix for this has also been deployed and compensation has been promised for all players in light of the downtime.
?LOADING ISSUES STATUS UPDATE?
We have successfully developed a fix for this issue and will be deploying it in phases, beginning this morning.
The first phase will be a hotfix for PC, Xbox, and PlayStation that has just begun deployment.
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— Disney Dreamlight Valley (@DisneyDLV) November 1, 2022
You can read the full patch notes below:
Improvements & Optimization:
– Improved performance and stability on Xbox.
– Added Seizure Warning during the game’s boot sequence.
– Added toggle in Settings menu to remove in-game flash effects. This will impact:
— Lighting visual asset that flashes during storms
— White flashing effect in the clouds during storms (storms will appear as regular rain showers and will continue to be monitored)
— Flashing effect upon successfully catching a fish
– Added toggle in Settings menu to remove in-game screen shake effects. This will impact:
— Screen shake upon successfully catching a fish
— Screen wobble while waiting during the fishing action
— Screen shake while completing the mining action
— Screen shake while completing the digging action
Please note, we will continue to closely monitor community discussion to identify whether additional effects or instances should be added to these toggles.
– Removed exhaustion effect.
– Improved clarity of Sunlit Plateau story quest objective description involving root beer.
Bug Fixes:
– Fixed quest blocker for Mother Gothel’s “Restoring The Sunstone” quest. We acknowledge that the previous fix did not resolve the issue for all players, so we are continuing to closely monitor this fix to see its impact on the community.
– Fixed an issue preventing villagers from accepting meals in Chez Remy.
– Fixed the castle motif on the Disney Castle t-shirt.
– Fixed an issue that prevented players from picking up some items at the base of palm trees on Dazzle Beach.
– Fixed the Toy Story-themed Fancy Table to allow objects placed on it to be picked up.
– Moved a lamp in Mickey’s house to prevent objects from getting stuck behind it.
– Scar’s Friendship quest and gifting will now only become available after completing the Sunlit Plateau story quest.
– Halloween rewards acquired from Dreamlight Duties can now be properly bought again from Scrooge’s Delivery.
– Pressing “B” (Circle) now properly skips dialog boxes.
– The “Trick or Treat” Dreamlight Duty now properly requires gifting candies to characters.
– The Webbed Tree in the Villains Star Path can now be found under the Foliage category in the Wardrobe menu.
– Various online service improvements.
– Scar’s Volcano Stove now requires coal to cook with.
– Scar’s Volcano Stove can now be selected after being placed in the world.
– The Collection menu will now update itself properly after collecting items.
– Swapped the item color of Moana’s level 10 Friendship item to its intended color scheme.
