What's new in Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Patch 1.8
May 17, 2013
- Support for Windows XP.
- Support for DirectX 9 on Windows Vista and Windows 7 (DirectX11 is recommended).
- Improved performance of Volumetric Lighting and Global Illumination.
- New graphical option to enable real-time rendering of all reflective surfaces (eg. windows).
- Improved framerate performance for ATI users.
- Support for Uplay friends’ list with more than 100 contacts.
- Fixed Gunsmith issues for Windows user names with special characters (é, à, ç, etc.).
- Improved textures on “Market Night” map.
- Known issues and workarounds
- Highest quality of 'Global Illumination' option is meant to be used with high-end (Radeon HD7900 or GeForce GTX680 and higher) and future hardware. Setting Global Illumination to medium is recommended if you are experiencing low frame rate.
- The new 'Reflections' option is designed for high-end configurations only. Please disable this option if you are experiencing low frame rate.
- AMD dual-core processor with Windows XP (for users who have not installed SP3): you may experience a fast flickering of the in-game menu items. To work around this problem, install the AMD Dual-Core Optimizer available on the AMD website.
- AMD or nVidia Dual-GPU / Crossfire / SLI cards: in order to avoid graphical issues, you will have to manually disable the multi-GPU modes of your video drivers prior to running the game under the DX9 environment.
- In some isolated cases activating the Crossfire multi-GPU technology on a mobile Radeon HD6990M from Alienware results in a performance drop compared to a single GPU of the same setup.
- Notes regarding Windows XP support
- Due to limitations of the engine and multithreading management in Windows XP, the performance with Windows XP may be lower than the performance obtained with the same hardware configuration using a more recent version of Windows. Please use a more recent version of Windows for a better experience.
New in Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Patch 1.7 (Feb 28, 2013)
- Fix for "Host is using different content" error during joining the session.
New in Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Patch 1.6 (Jan 9, 2013)
- Free exclusive content:
- a special hardcore mode for the campaign;
- night variants of two adversarial maps;
- Performance and compatibility improved;
- Online stability improved;
- A fix for many issues reported by the community;
- Integration of all Consoles’ Title Updates;
- Respec token requirement removed
New in Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Patch 1.4 (Aug 16, 2012)
- Taking your feedback into account, we have improved Compatibility, Performance, Stability, Graphics and more
- Global improvements in FPS for all configurations
- Fixes several stability issues that occurred during map loading
- God-Rays will no longer disappear
- Fixed several localization issues
- Fixed several issues that caused the display of Xbox 360 icons after a controller was disconnected
New in Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Patch 1.3 (Jul 24, 2012)
- Mouse + WASD keys not working for some configurations;
- Mouse + Xbox 360 Controller:
- No need to unplug the pad, everything will work simultaneously;
- When you connect/disconnect pad on-the-fly, the key icons will change during the next pop up (the game will display pad icons if the pad is connected).