Marvel’s Avengers Patch 1.3.0 Fixes Major Issues

Marvel’s Avengers is the latest entry into the Marvel universe, released by developer Crystal Dynamics. The game is based on the comics and the cinematic storyline, featuring all the original Avengers, along with new additions. The game underwent a full launch recently and has become one of the biggest releases of the year.

Marvel’s Avengers features dynamic graphics and animations. However, since its full launch, the game has encountered many bugs and issues that have marred the gameplay experience. Therefore, Crystal Dynamics has come up with its first major update for Marvel’s Avengers.

Patch V1.3.0 is their most significant update yet, and it addresses over 1000 issues, ranging from several progression stoppers to small graphical fixes. This significant patch primarily focuses on resolving the game-breaking bugs. Furthermore, Crystal Dynamics has promised more quality-of-life adjustments with future updates.

Check out the Marvel’s Avengers: V.1.3.0 Patch Notes for PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Stadia below.

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Marvel’s Avengers update V.1.3.0 patch notes

Various Reassemble Campaign & Avengers Initiative fixes:

• Fixed an issue where A-Day would not progress if the player started the campaign from the War Table after selecting Avengers Initiative first.
• Fixed infinite loads when reloading the game during “The Light that Failed” and “To Stand Alone”.
• Resolved bad save states for an infrequent bug where players are unable to progress with the campaign due to an infinite loading screen.
• Fixed an issue where a strongbox in “House Call” was sometimes not usable.
• Fixed an occasional bug with the bridge in the mission “House Call” that prevented progress. This should also fix bad save states.
• Fixed an issue where Pause and Character menus were blocked during “Testing… 1, 2, 3”.
• Fixed an issue where you would be teleported out of world when attacking the boss between fight phases in “To Stand Alone”.
• Fixed an issue where steps 1 and 2 of the “A Global Offensive” mission chain were not tracking properly.
• Fixed an issue where combat would not progress when defeating both Assault Adaptoids at the same time in “By Force of Mind”.
• Fixed a hole in geometry in “Dogs of War”.
• Fixed an issue where players could fall out of bounds in “Along came a Spider”
• Fixed an issue where players could get stuck inside geometry in “Rocket’s Red Glare” after enabling the teleport to space.
• Fixed an issue where sometimes an enemy could be stuck behind a closed door during “Task at Hand”.
• Fixed an issue in “Bad Blood” where the Final cinematic would sometimes not play audio.
• Fixed an issue preventing “Interrogation Anxiety” from being completed. This should also fix bad save states.

Various fixes to multiplayer & matchmaking systems

• Reduction of cooldown after leaving a strike team before the user could matchmake again (from 30 second down to 4 seconds).
• Matchmaking now stays enabled during mission launch countdown to give more time for players to join.
• Fixed a bug where the “Searching for Heroes” UI would not always match the actual matchmaking status.
• Fixed a bug where multiple host migrations would prevent the player from matching successfully again.
• Fixed “Quick Match – Launch with any Hero” failing when two Quick Match players joined another match simultaneously.
• Fixed losing Quick Match status when a player failed to join another match.
• Fixed a bug where leaving an existing Strike Team would prevent the next Quick Match attempt from working properly.

Various art, animation, and character fixes/polish:

• A variety of minor graphical issue fixes including clipping and popping.
• Fixed several areas where players could see out of world.
• Fixed many minor graphical errors and transitions.
• Fixed several ragdoll issues.
• Fixed a visual issue where enemy shields would pop in.
• Fixed Captain America character model bug in “Front Line” outfit.
• Fixed an issue where Thor would appear in the “War Cry” outfit in the Main Menu before unlocking it.
• Fixed an issue where Tony appeared in the incorrect Iron Man armor during the “Alone Against AIM” cinematic.
• Fixed Faction NPCs having no facial animation and freezing upon interact.
• Fixed Sprint Heavy Attack sticking to ground during certain combat scenarios.
• Fixed an issue with Black Widow’s grapple that launched her off trajectory.
• Fixed an issue where Iron Man would play the incorrect animation when doing laser Heavy Attack.
• Fixed an issue with Monotronic Exo Takedowns in multiplayer where the animations would get out of sync.

Additional platform-specific fixes for PlayStation:

• Fixed bug where players would not join an existing lobby if ‘Quick Match – Launch with any Hero’ was selected while set to the same Hero as a player in the lobby
• Optimized matchmaking filters to reduce matchmaking search times
• Changed matchmaking algorithms to reduce server load and further improve matchmaking search times
• Generally improved matchmaking invite functionality and bug fixes.

Additional Xbox fixes:

• Fixed bug where a lobby would become unjoinable if a host migration occurred during an active mission.
• Fixed a bug where invites would not work if a player had the “Show as offline” privacy setting enabled.
• Update from V1.2.5: We have confirmed that “New Girl Makes Good” will retroactively grant on Xbox if you had earned it prior to Patch V1.2.5. “Tentative Peace” will not retroactively grant. Both have been properly registering progress since V1.2.5.

Additional PC fixes:

• Various stability fixes based on collected crash reports.
• Additional error messages for failure cases based on collected crash reports.
• Various CPU performance improvements.
• Reduce number of CPU cores used for Direct3D shader pipeline compilation.
• Overall reduction to memory usage.
• Added Backup Save menu in Settings -> Gameplay.
• Fixed Kamala and Thor HARM tutorials when Defense Mode was set to Toggle.
• A number of mouse/keyboard UI improvements.

Additional Stadia fixes:

• Added Backup Save menu in Settings -> Gameplay.
• Added ability to erase all save-data in Settings -> Gameplay.
• Improved performance for 30fps High-Resolution display mode.
• Fixed Kamala and Thor HARM tutorials when Defense Mode was set to Toggle.
• A number of mouse/keyboard UI improvements.

That’s not all; there are a lot more fixes. You can read the full patch notes on Marvel’s Avengers official website.