The 1.06 cyber hotfix was launched overnight in the Cyberpunk 2077 cyber chimney, shattering a handful of bugs, including one important one: the problem of saving files that get corrupted if they reach 8 MB in size. Exceed this limit and go, the savings could no longer be recovered. Actually, this only affected people who made a lot of crafts, but they certainly aspired to them. So now it is fixed.
Along with the settings to make the console version drop less, the 1.06 patch patch notes show two things that are relevant to us on the PC:
- Dum Dum will no longer be missing at the entrance of the Totentanz during the Second Conflict.
- The 8 MB saved file size limit has been removed. Note: This will not fix files saved before the upgrade.
As someone with a saved file larger than 5 MB long before the end of the game (I’ve been doing a lot of parallel stuff and done a bit of drafting), I had worried. It’s good to see it fixed. I wish the people who were defending the limit had a safe savings in which they could return, as the corrupt cannot recover.
You might think it’s a niche issue, but if you invest something in crafts, you’re likely to devote a lot of time to it. It takes a lot of skill, time, and creation points to make the feature worthwhile, encouraging players to create a million items so they can get really worthwhile equipment to use. Another way is that the loot system in this game is revolting, tedious and, worst of all, out of fashion.
I’m enjoying the big, daring world of Cyberpunk 2077, the closest I’ve ever had a game to Mega-City One (including the game Judge Dredd!) And the other dizzying dystopian cities I grew up with as a kid in the ’80s. It’s already a beautiful walking simulator as long as you don’t have enough time left to be distracted by the disappearance of pedestrians, stupid cars and other such deficiencies. I also have some interesting characters and stories in my heart. But, as I said on the Advent calendar, bug fixes alone can’t turn Cyberpunk 2077 into a great game – too many systems are basically shit. Fingers crossed for a new improved edition next year?