Just Cause 3 is a lot of fun. It’s one of those over-the-top, ridiculous sandbox games that allows you to strap bombs to a person’s face and use them as human rockets. It’s a game that lets you pilot a fighter jet in to a building, parachute to safety and then grapple your way on board an enemy helicopter and hijack the thing mid-air. It’s the ultimate in power fantasy – but it’s been marred for many by technical issues that have made it less fun than it ought to be.
While issues haven’t made the game unplayable, they have detracted from enjoyment, particularly in instances where long load times have made you forget that you’re even supposed to be having fun. Well, that’s being fixed.
The patch is already out on PS4, but will be rolling out to PC and that other platform this week.
Weighing in at around 132MB, here’s what the patch does:
- Significantly improved loading times
- Optimizations to online stats
- General stability fixes
- Fixed an issue related to challenges, wherein vehicles sometimes disappeared when starting a challenge
- Fixed issues related to screen resizing and closing the game window before the game has fully started up [PC ONLY]
In the blog post about the patch, Avalanche took the opportunity to clear up some other issues people have been having.
- UNSKIPPABLE CUTSCENES
You can skip cutscenes, in fact – all you need to do is hold B on your gamepad, or hit ‘Skip’ from the pause menu.
- NO SPRINT BUTTON
This isn’t an oversight; it’s very much intended. Our designer’s intent was to encourage you to use Rico’s unique grapple to move around Medici far quicker than his legs would allow, as well as giving you the ability to traverse vertically.
- NO CROUCH
Rico doesn’t hide. Getting him up in the air is our version of the cover mechanic. Rico is far more deadly in the skies, than pinned behind a container on the ground.
- FINDING THE LAST CHAOS OBJECT
While there’s no mini-map to help you liberate bases and towns, you can always bring up your map to help find Chaos objects. When you’re down to the last few objects in any given settlement, an approximate location for these will be displayed on the map.
Last Updated: December 17, 2015
oVg
December 17, 2015 at 09:02
lol I just spent 30-40 seconds looking at the loading header… like a modern electronic age lemming.
Ottokie
December 17, 2015 at 09:06
I waited like an idiot for the pic as well… you win this round Geoff
Jan Prins
December 17, 2015 at 09:19
Oh he got me good and proper as well. I can imagine his sadistic cackle…
Ottokie
December 17, 2015 at 09:21
https://49.media.tumblr.com/a664f20f028976648ba84077f4d6ffd4/tumblr_nlvvurgD8Z1urnwvbo1_500.gif
miaau
December 17, 2015 at 09:42
dammit, thats up to 20 seconds now
Hammersteyn
December 17, 2015 at 09:45
WarFrame crafting screen?
*Okay I’m done
Ottokie
December 17, 2015 at 09:45
I wish it was this fast 😛
The Grand Admiral Chief
December 17, 2015 at 09:18
Hahaha, jy wil mos
Geoffrey Tim
December 17, 2015 at 09:20
My work here is done.
Valshen
December 17, 2015 at 09:22
I’m surprised people fell for that.
Ottokie
December 17, 2015 at 09:24
The one at the top is easy to spot, but on the home page it has a better effect 😛
The Grand Admiral Chief
December 17, 2015 at 09:29
RAAAWWWR!
Hammersteyn
December 17, 2015 at 09:30
The power of the gifs is not that strong with you
miaau
December 17, 2015 at 09:16
yes, yes, but the google logo today. It is just awesome.
Jan Prins
December 17, 2015 at 09:24
Beethoven is overrated.
*Runs
The Grand Admiral Chief
December 17, 2015 at 09:29
*drops piano on Jan
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 17, 2015 at 09:30
…
miaau
December 17, 2015 at 09:35
Hmm. Really? I wonder.
Also, you hide, but you cannot run.
My favourite, is Beethoven
Jan Prins
December 17, 2015 at 09:41
You remind me so much of Schroeder…
HvR
December 17, 2015 at 09:50
Beethoven is so metal, but not as much as Bach.
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 17, 2015 at 09:26
Just Pause. huehuehue.
hairyknees
December 17, 2015 at 09:32
Yassis that header irritates the shit out of me xD
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 17, 2015 at 09:35
Why? Is it still loading?
Hammersteyn
December 17, 2015 at 09:35
Then you’ll love this comment
http://www.schultzlawoffice.com/img/loading/loading-x.gif
Hammersteyn
December 17, 2015 at 09:37
There’s a lesson here, people should be playing Fallout instead of this, or totally not boring PayFrame
Ottokie
December 17, 2015 at 09:38
http://www.upliftt.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/not-sure-if-fry-685×325.jpg
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 17, 2015 at 09:40
Fallout? Oh, you mean GlueFarm. 😉
Hammersteyn
December 17, 2015 at 09:42
lol
Ottokie
December 17, 2015 at 09:43
o/
Pieter Kruger
December 17, 2015 at 09:57
Ahhhh….Avalanche Studios, the same people that said PS4 will outperform PC’s for the foreseeable future right?
The Grand Admiral Chief
December 17, 2015 at 09:58
xD