The Indiana Jones and the Great Circle update dramatically improves lighting effects on Xbox

Bethesda and MachineGames have just released a new update for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle that seems to dramatically improve lighting effects on Xbox consoles.

In a blog post, MachineGames announced the release of Update 2 for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle that includes general gameplay and bug fixes, among other things. However, an Xbox-specific fix appears to add major improvements to how global illumination is displayed in the game.

Here are two pictures MachineGames published highlighting the difference before and after udpate.

before

As you can see from the before and after images, the update seems to have removed some of the washed-out look of the pre-patch version. With updates and improvements to global illumination, Indiana Jones looks much more natural, with deeper shadows and more accurate colors.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is one of the best Xbox games to come out in a while, and really evokes the feel of a great Indiana Jones movie, while also providing the excellent gameplay MachineGames is known for in games like Wolfenstein. The new update looks to make a great looking game even better.

Here’s a full copy of the Update 2 patch notes below. Be sure to check out IGN’s Indiana Jones and the Great Circle review for our full take on the new Xbox game.

common

Fixed an issue where users could report game slots as damaged, or appear to be missing entirely, when no actual issue occurred.

gameplay

Fixed an issue where the player could be unable to equip Indy’s whip.
Fixed an issue where a player could permanently equip Indy’s camera.
Fixed an issue where the player could drop their camera and lose it if they used the quick-equip (“key item”) prompt to equip their camera while they were inspecting another pick-up item nearby.

Graphics

Fix to prevent Indy from getting stuck on the “double vision” screen when it almost sinks. For players who have already experienced this issue, repeating the plunge should clear up the issue.
Some other improvements to reduce “stuttering” from duplicate frames during cutscenes.

Missions and Quests – Please note this section contains some minor spoilers

Fixed an issue where Gina could not approach the secret entrance to the Vatican Treasure Chamber, preventing the mission from progressing.
Fixed an issue where Gina could go pick the lock to exit the Vatican Treasure Chamber as soon as you entered the room, meaning you could miss some important story events.
Around the edge of the wall around the ziggurat in Sukhothai, a large hole is fixed in the floor collision so the player can fall through.

PC specific fixes

Fixed an issue where enabling Nvidia DLSS could cause performance issues.
Fixed an issue where Nvidia frame generation was not enabled correctly when HDR was used.
Fixed an issue where Nvidia Low Latency Mode could cause performance issues when used with frame generation.
Fixed an issue where global lighting could be completely disabled when playing with low VRAM graphics cards
Fixed an issue where lighting in interior spaces could be too bright when Path Tracing (Full Ray Tracing) is set to Medium or High.
Known issue: Nvidia frame generation may be temporarily disabled if HDR is enabled for the first time. To resolve this issue, disable and re-enable DLSS. This only needs to be done once.

Xbox specific fixes