Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Update 1.002.002 Lets Players Repair Save-Games With Broken Memoirs
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Developer Don’t Nod has released Lost Records: Bloom & Rage update 1.002.002, which is for hotfix 2.3. The major fixes here include Collectible Mode improvements, players now being able to repair save-games with “broken” memoirs and more.
There are also a ton of bug fixes related to crashing, progression blockers and more.
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Latest Update Fixes Broke Memoirs/Missing Footage Issues
Highlights
- Players can now repair save-games with ‘broken’ memoirs by filming and replacing missing clips with new alternate footage.
- Collectible Mode has been improved for easier and more stable footage library management.
- Fixed multiple progression blockers, crashes and implemented general fixes (read below).
What to do with your memoirs containing broken/missing footages?
Some of your issues might be automatically fixed when loading your save-game for the first time.
For example, this should address some inconsistent memoir counters (amount recorded / amount to record to complete the memoir).
However, as the game cannot automatically re-create missing camcorder footage, we’ve given you the possibility to fix yourself the memoirs with broken/missing clips (represented by a blue icon of a broken link).
If you already have *extra* alternate footages in your library matching a memoir, you can simply swap memoir’s broken clips with one of them.
- For Collectible memoirs (white title), this can be done in Story mode or in Collectible mode.
- For Story memoirs (pink title), this should be done only in Story mode.
If you don’t have extra footage available (that is not already assigned to a memoir), you can use Collectible mode to record some, which can then be used for fixing both Collectible or Story memoirs.
- After recording some footage in Collectible mode, you can swap the broken clips with them right away for Collectible memoirs.
- For Story memoirs, this is a bit trickier, as you will need to record *extra* footage for that memoir during Collectible Mode, and then return to Story mode to do the swap.
As a side note, the management of space usage for recorded footage has been greatly improved (as well as footage deletion), so the process should be easier now.
Camcorder footages & Memoir clips fixes
The game now correctly manages missing video or thumbnail files, and several fixes were made to prevent these issues.
- Added proper handling of missing video files:
- Missing video files are automatically detected, with a blue missing file icon displayed and a placeholder footage to playback.
- Players can repair memoirs by replacing missing clips with alternate footage.
- Missing camcorder footages are now hidden in the Footage tab.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the Collectible video deletions were sometimes not saved.
- Fixed an issue where the footage deletions were sometimes saved even if the player returned to the menu without saving.
- Fixed an issue with memoir clips reordering or replacement not always being saved properly.
- Fixed an issue occurring when editing story memoirs during Collectible Mode, which could potentially cause missing videos when returning to Story Mode.
- Fixed an occasional issue preventing the player from filling gaps in memoirs with available alternate footage.
- Fixed an issue where a collectible object’s recorded footage would not be counted in its associated memoir’s progression value.
- Fixed an issue where a collectible object already recorded would show ‘not recorded’ on the brackets when looking at the collectible object in the world in camcorder view.
- Unreferenced video files in save-game storage are now cleaned up, ensuring accurate available space reporting for camcorder recordings.
Collectible Mode fixes
Collectible Mode has been improved for better stability and easier footage library management:
- Players now have access to all available footage in Collectible Mode, including unused or junk footage from later chapters, making it easier to free up storage space.
- All discovered collectible memoirs are now shown and editable, regardless of the chapter being replayed.
- Any additional recorded footage is now kept after completing the replay of a chapter in Collectible mode.
- All collectible related footages are properly saved.
- Any *extra* footage recorded for story memoirs is also saved, which can be used to replace missing story memoir clips.
- Players can also film footage with no subject (neither collectible nor story memoirs), and they will be properly saved.
- The only footages that *aren’t* saved, are existing Story memoirs clips shot again during a Collectible mode replay, since the existing version of the Story mode must be preserved (note: when playing Collectible mode, Story memoirs of chapters later than the one being played are hidden).
Game Performance Improvements
- Improved many textures loading times across the game, including faster high-resolution loading for Autumn’s vest in the Bar booth scene.
Game Progression Blockers Fixes
- Fixed a blocker in **“Echoes of Summer”** where Swann could get stuck in a bush when approached by Kat.
- Fixed a blocker in **“Movie Night”** where Swann could get stuck in the garage after watching camcorder footage on the TV.
Crash Fixes
- Fixed a crash that could occur when opening camcorder menu just after recording a memoir clip.
- Fixed a crash that could occur in ‘Phone A Friend’ when playing the TV again after picking up items in the trunk.
- Fixed a crash on specific hardware setups (FWindowsPlatformAtomics::InterlockedExchange)
General Fixes
- Fixed low or missing voice-over audio when replaying camcorder footage.
- Added camera motion effects from Swann drinking alcohol to the Camera Shake toggle in the video settings (camcoder view must be closed and re-opened for the setting to be effective).
- Updated the game’s Credits
If there’s another Lost & Rage patch released by Don’t Nod, we’ll be sure to let our readers know.
