With the releases of Borderlands: The Handsome Collection and the Claptastic Voyage DLC for The Pre-Sequel tomorrow, it’s going to be a busy day for Borderlands fans, especially when it comes to new updates.
For The Handsome Collection on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, there will be a “large day one update,” which adds the Claptastic Voyage and Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack 2 DLC, while also fixing some bugs.
Here’s the details:
General
- Adds support for downloadable content.
- Disc Version Only – Addressed a rare issue where the game could crash when started with 4 PSN account logged in.
- Addressed an issue where the game could erroneously play Japanese text / dialog in the SCEE version.
- Fixed an issue where the optional mission “No Such Thing as a Free Launch” could become unable to be completed.
- Addressed an issue where inventory / vending machine icons could display inconsistently in a split-screen game
- Fixed an issue where gun scopes could be misaligned during split-screen play (Borderlands 2 only).
- Weapons specific to Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep will now remain in inventory after saving and quitting.
- NPC and enemy subtitles will now display correctly for clients in split-screen games.
- Fixed an issue where fire FX could display incorrectly during split-screen play.
- Fixed an issue where controller rumble could occur for the wrong player in split-screen.
- Addressed a rare issue where Aurelia’s “Contractual Obligations” skill could fail to work in split-screen.
- Salvador’s melee attack will no longer cause FX corruption in a 4-player split-screen game.
- Fixed an issue where client split-screen players voice chat could fail to function in an online game.
- Fixed a rare issue where a crash could occur after selecting “Resume” from the main menu.
As for Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel itself, here’s the full list of patch notes, which are applicable on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and other platforms:
These Bosses Now Respawn When a Player Exits and Re-Enters a Map
- Tiny Destroyer
- Boomer
- Rabid Adams
- Giant Shuggarath
- Bruce
- Rooster Booster
- Even-More-Disgusting Tork
- Drongo Bones
- Meg
- CLAP-L3K
- Lost Legion Powersuit Noob
- Meat Head
- (Note: Col. Zarpedon’s loot pool has been added to the Sentinel since Zarpedon cannot respawn.)
General
- Top tier SDU upgrades can now be purchased and will no longer disappear after ending a session.
- Addressed an issue where Maylay shields would give a damage boost to all Digi-Jack attacks and not just melee.
- Fixed an issue where certain sound effects could fail to play.
- Addresses an issue where certain skills were not being correctly modified by class mods.
- Fixed an issue where certain customizations would not be dropped in-game.
- Col. Zarpedon’s loot pool can now be dropped from the Sentinel since Zarpedon cannot respawn.
- Addressed a rare issue where Wilhelm’s robotic voice failed to replicate for clients.
- Users will no longer experience a rare crash while listening to ECHO recordings in Serenity’s Waste.
- Players will no longer receive an “All Players Needed” message after using Digi-Jacks in a single player game.
- Stopped the “All Players Needed” message from appearing if a player goes back to the entrance of Deadlift’s lair.
- Increased the rate at which the game checks to see if the player is looking at a usable object.
- Various CPU performance optimizations.
- Fixed an issue where grinding 3x purple items could result in a crash.
- The grinder can now produce items above level 50 in Normal and True Vault Hunter modes.
- Fixed an issue where the trophy “I Welcome Your Attack, Fool” could fail to unlock.
- Sterwin will no longer die from Guardian attacks during the “Sterwin Forever” mission.
- Fixed an issue where weapons could lose functionality after Claptrap’s “Meat Unicycle” action package expired.
- Aurelia players will no longer crash after joining a game hosted by a player playing as the Doppelganger.
- Cleaned up graphical oddities that occurred after shooting certain frozen enemies.
- Players can no longer use moonstones to grind 3x very rare (purple) items unless they are class mods.
- Players will no longer retain “slowed” state when taking cryo damage from multiple sources.
- Jack’s Indistinguishable Projection class mod texture now appears correctly when viewed in inventory.
- Players will no longer get stuck after saving and quitting during the “Science and Violence” mission.
- The Chronicler of Elpis class mod will now show all of its Freeze Chance and Shield Capacity bonuses on the item card.
- Fixed an issue where the player could lose weapon functionality if entering “Fight for Your Life” while the “Medi-bot” action package is active.
- Improved stability when playing the “Digistructed Madness” missions in the Holodome DLC.
- Fixed a possible progression blocker in the mission “A New Direction”.
- Fixed an issue where Dr. Spara’s dialogue was inaudible for clients.
- Wilhelm’s ShockAbsorber footstep audio can now be heard by online clients.
- Fixed an issue where Hanna would react erratically for client players after death in the mission “Don’t Shoot the Messenger”.
- Fixed an issue where Eghood’s dialogue could play after he had been killed.
- Addressed a possible progression blocker in the Holodome DLC that could occur when client players save and quit.
- Kills made by Digi-Jacks now count toward the increased action skill duration of the skill “Best Foot Forward”.
- Fixed a Doppelganger issue where the player could still fire his/her weapon while entering the “Fight for Your Life” animation.
- Reduced frequency of “critical hit” callout audio.
- The challenge “Big Game Hunt” will now only increment once for each kraggon killed.
- Jack’s Indistinguishable Projection Class Mod will now correctly increase his slam damage.
- Addressed a rare issue where the Host player could be invisible for clients.
- Updated an improper texture on the “Smasher” loyalty reward pistol.
- Addressed a rare crash that could occur when fighting Flame Knuckle.
- The Doppelganger will now get the appropriate amount of free grenades while airborne with a Bomber Oz kit equipped.
- The Doppelganger’s Projection class mod will now provide the correct gun damage bonus.
- Aurelia’s “Privileged” class mod will now apply the correct reload speed bonus.
- Fire rate and reload speed bonuses from Aurelia’s “Privileged” class mod will now properly apply when the mod is equipped from the backpack.
- Bonus sniper rifle damage from Aurelia’s “Big Game Hunter” will now properly apply when the mod is equipped from the backpack.
- A bullet will no longer be added to the currently equipped weapon when a player with Aurelia’s Silver Lining skill kills an enemy with a melee critical hit.
- Chronicler of Elpis class mod now displays the correct shield capacity increase on its item card.
- Aurelia’s “High Definition” class mod will now properly apply its gun damage bonus when the mod is equipped from the backpack.
- Jack’s Indistinguishable Projection class mod description now correctly indicates that the damage bonus only applies to Hyperion guns.
- The geyser will now fire automatically when Iwajira is killed.
- Added the Hail assault rifle to Iwajira’s loot pool.
- Addressed certain “Cult of the Vault” symbols not displaying properly for clients.
- Adjusted Flying Sera Guardian enemies to properly award experience, activate skills and trigger second wind upon defeat.
- Fixed a bug that allowed Nisha to dual wield weapons that weren’t pistols.
- Addressed an issue where some types of ice damage were being incorrectly resisted.
- The Rosie’s continuous damage bonus has been reduced.
- Miss Moxxi’s Probe’s lifesteal bonus and critical modifiers have been reduced.
- Fixed an issue where the “Building a Robot Army” mission could fail to advance at the “Destroy Powersuits” objective.
- The Hellfire, Magma, and Hail splash damage DoT status effect will now tick for the correct amount of damage.
- Players can now discover the ‘Cult of the Vault’ symbol in Titan Robot Production Plant.
- ‘Tread Carefully’ challenge – Players can now successfully complete the challenge by destroying five power suits without triggering any power cores.
- ‘Death from Above’ challenge – Players will now be alerted that they have unlocked a customization head after completing tier five of the challenge.
- The effective range of the ‘Blaster’ and ‘Spitter’ type laser guns has been increased.
- The Holodome overchargable jump pad will now be able to be overcharged if the player shoots the overcharger before activating the optional jump pads.
Additionally, the update to The Pre-Sequel adds loot unlocks for Tales From the Borderlands Season Pass holders. Your unlocks will be tied to the platform on which you own TFtB, but PS3/360 loot can be transferred to PS4/Xbox One using the Cross-Save functionality.
You can check out full update details by following the links for each platform: PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PC.
[Source: Borderlands]
