Cyberpunk 2077 update 2.21 delivers much-needed fixes

CD Project Red It has been brought up Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.21 All over Current generation platformswhich brings some much-needed fixes and improvements. The patch addresses an annoying issue in “Run This Town” that made it impossible to deactivate Aguilar’s fingerprint.

Cyberpunk 2077 patch notes 2.21 (January 23, 2025)

The full patch notes are as follows:

Picture mode

• Nibbles and Adam Smasher can now be spawned while V is in the air or in water.
• Fixed Adam Smasher’s facial expression option.
• Fixed an issue where Adam Smasher’s chest bot would disappear.
• Fixed an issue where, if Johnny’s alternate skin is enabled, both options to deploy him (default and alternate) result in the alternate skin.
• Characters spawned while V is in the air or in water will no longer land on the ground.
• Characters will now be saved correctly in presets.
• The resulting characters will now be visible after adding the background.
• The V’s rotation and position will now be saved correctly in the presets.
• Fixed an issue where adjusting the slider up/down for V would not change its position between certain values.
• NPCs that become invisible after disabling the Ambient NPC option will no longer collide.
• Fixed an issue where loading a preset could cause additional light sources to appear even when they are disabled, or placed in incorrect positions.
• Fixed an issue where the camera could get stuck on walls after setting Full Collision to on.
• Fixed an issue where camera settings would only be applied after loading a saved preset twice.
• Enabling the background will no longer change the camera position.
• Camera rotation will now work properly with wallpaper enabled.
• Fixed an issue where prompts for panning the camera and rotating the camera would appear when the camera could not be moved (for example, when using the first-person camera).
• Fixed an issue where the camera could not be moved after a character appeared while the Edit Character option was highlighted.
• Disabling chromatic aberration in the graphics settings will no longer affect the ability to adjust it.
• Fixed an issue where some items in scenes would disappear after setting the Ambient NPC option to off.
• Fixed an issue where enabling PhysX Cloth would unfreeze NCPD vehicles.
• The grid of thirds rule will now scale correctly to the selected aspect ratio.
• Fixed an issue where an image in a SmartFrame would not appear if it was accessed while V was not facing it.
• Fixed an issue where opening Photo Mode at the same time as Wardrobe or Stash would cause the game to become unresponsive.
• Fixed an issue where Photo Mode could be accessed before the save file had fully loaded, causing it to open without a UI and preventing any further action.
• Other minor issues in photo mode related to generated characters, camera movement, controls, and more have been fixed.
• Fixed several UI issues in Photo mode, Smart Frames, and Gallery menus, including slider inconsistency, translation errors, missing sound effects, incorrect behavior when interacting with certain features, and more.

Customize car color

• Fixed several texture and color inconsistencies in vehicles with CrystalCoat applied.
• Fixed an issue where there was no explanation for the spray paint icon in the Autofixer tutorial pop-up after the vehicle contract was completed.
• Fixed several minor UI issues in the CrystalCoat and TwinTone menus.

Character creation

• The randomizer settings in character generation will now be preserved after advancing to the attribute customization step.
• Fixed an issue where the Piercing Color option was not available in character creation after enabling Piercing if V had no option initially.
• Other minor issues with character generation have been fixed, including appearance options not being applied correctly, visual clipping, inconsistent UI behavior, functionality issues after using the randomizer, and more.

diverse

• Run this city – Fixed the issue where, under certain circumstances, it was not possible to deactivate Aguilar’s fingerprint after meeting with Bennett.
• Fixed several instances where Johnny could appear duplicated in the passenger seat during some missions when he was already present in the scene.
• Fixed an issue where Johnny was not visible enough as a passenger.
• Several fixes have been introduced to NPCs and vehicle behavior for various small events throughout Night City.
• Fixed an issue where some vendors could not be interacted with as intended.
• Fixed an issue where audio comments on TV news channels could be missing or be too quiet.
• Fixed an issue where Quadra Turbo-R V-Tech was used to describe the Quadra Turbo-R 740 instead of its own unique description.
• 2.2 Fixed the missing “Check What’s New” popup in the main menu.

Specific to the console

• Fixed an issue where screenshots would appear blank in Gallery on Xbox if taken with HDR10 enabled.
• Added a gallery pop-up to notify players when access to screenshots has been blocked by console privacy settings on Xbox.
• Deleted screenshots on Xbox outside the Gallery UI will now be correctly identified in the Gallery and will disappear from occupied slots after reopening the Gallery.
• Fixed an issue where graphics mode on Xbox Series S could be set to Quality instead of Performance by default.

Computer specific

• Added support for DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation for GeForce RTX 50 Series graphics cards, which boosts FPS using AI to create up to three times more per frame than traditionally rendered – enabled with the GeForce RTX 50 Series on January 30. DLSS 4 also delivers faster single frame generation with lower memory usage for the RTX 50 and 40 series. Additionally, you can now choose between CNN or the new Transformer model for DLSS Ray Reconstruction, DLSS Supersolution, and DLAA on all GeForce RTX graphics cards today. The new Transformer model enhances stability, lighting and detail in motion.
• Fixed blemishes and smearing on in-game screens when using DLSS Ray Reconstruction.
• The Frame Generation field in Graphics Settings will now reset correctly after toggling Resolution Adjustment to Off.