A new pre-launch patch for Star Wars Outlaws might force PS5 players who are currently playing the game through early access to make new saves. Players began reporting a strange progress block following patch 1.000.002 for the game, essentially leaving them stranded in space.
As reported by IGN, the latest patch 1.000.002 for Star Wars Outlaws seems to prevent players who already started the game before the patch from progressing any further, leaving them floating in space without being able to get out of their situation. Some players reported that the only way to bypass this issue is to start a new save file entirely. As you can imagine, many aren’t happy about this since the point of gaining early access is to play the game and make progress ahead of the game’s official launch.
Ubisoft sent a message to some players who have experienced this issue, stating:
“To best experience the Outer Rim, we rolled out a maintenance to make sure everyone is playing the latest version of the game. As one of the players affected who had access to an older version of the game, we are aware you might be encountering some issues after this recent patch. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused…Once you’ve confirmed you have the latest version, please start a new save to fully enjoy Star Wars Outlaws as our team intended. If you continue on a prior save you will unfortunately face issues and progression blockers.”
It’s not known if the patch also impacted other platforms but this seems to be a PS5-specific issue for now.
You can expect a few more patches for Star Wars Outlaws to arrive on and around launch as the game’s performance issues are quite extensive as noted in our full review. However, they can be fixed – unfortunately, early access players who ran into this problem may have to restart the game as the only solution right now, which is understandably frustrating.
Star Wars Outlaws launches on 30 August 2024 for PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC.
Source: IGN
