Hey everyone,

Thank you to everyone who’s been playing MindsEye and sharing your thoughts. Every bit of feedback, positive, negative, or in between, has helped us improve the game and keep it moving in the right direction.

Update 6 is now live on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. It brings a mix of stability, performance, and content updates across the main campaign. We’ve improved animation and AI behaviour, tightened up combat and encounters, and fixed a range of issues to make the experience more consistent and reliable.

On PC, this update also includes further improvements and bug fixes for Build.ARCADIA, aimed at making play and creation feel smoother and more stable.

This update also adds new ARCADIA content:

• Road to Hell – a stormy highway time trial
• Short Circuiting – a city lap race under attack
• Hunter Killer – an on-rails turret mission
• Fractured Echo – a wave-based survival mode where you play as The Preacher

We’ll continue to release patches as issues are identified and resolved, and we’ll keep listening to your feedback as MindsEye evolves. 

RELEASE SCHEDULE & PLATFORM INFO:

Time: 11AM GMT / 12.00PM CET / 6.00AM EDT / 3:00AM PDT
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S

Download size and version information:
Steam: 10.6 GB (Version #: 5897804)
Epic Games Store: 10.6 GB (Version #: 5897804)
PlayStation 5: 22.9 GB (Version #: 01.014.000)
Xbox Series X|S: 12.02 GB (Version #: 1.0.25.7874)

MINDSEYE PATCH NOTES:

MindsEye

Improvements

Combat

• Updated Scan input: now activated with L3 + R3 instead of D-pad down.
• Updates made to cover positions – Armed and Unarmed.
• Improved aiming behavior for better accuracy.
• Increased companion drone accuracy and behaviour.
• Drone abilities now have individual cooldowns rather than sharing a single energy source.
• Companion Drone now has up to two charges of the Robot Hack ability.
• The Hack ability has been upgraded and now lets you hack two robotic enemies at once when you have two charges.
• Reduced enemy shotgun range so encounters feel more accurate and fair.
• Further adjustments were made to improve ragdoll physics in enemies, making them now more responsive.
• Removed unnecessary weapon reloading in certain situations.
• Added Evade Roll and Shoulder Swap abilities.
• Roll is now mapped to A (Xbox) / X (PlayStation) on the controller.
• Shoulder Swap is now mapped to L3 on the controller while aiming.
• Adjustments were made to enable greater upper-body movement during weapon actions. Shooting and reload animations have been updated to appear more impactful.
• Increased ammo drops across the board.
• Improved environmental cover so AI can use it more effectively during combat. Refined difficulty tuning for mission-specific firefights such as A Tango with Charlie, The Transponder, Clash of the Egos, and Solar Implant to create more consistent and fair challenges.
• Improved flying drone handling when using mouse and keyboard.
• Weapons are now reloaded after coming out of a cinematic".

Vehicles

• Overhauled flying vehicles to be fully physics-based, improving realism, responsiveness, and overall control.
• Improved vehicle health in missions such as Robin Hood and Lights in the Sky.
• Improved system for exiting driver’s seat of a moving car.
• Improving the level of detail from a distance for various vehicles.
• Vehicles now correctly cast shadows in bumper cam view.
• Improvements to vehicle interactions.

AI & NPC

• Improved aiming-from-cover animations enemy NPCs
• Improved AI transition when moving from cover to aim stance.
• Improved flinch animations and behavior when AI take hits while aiming from low or high cover. 
• Nearby AIs will now respond when the player damages other AI using a vehicle.
• Overhaul of improvements to aiming behavior.
• Simplified behaviours in aggressive drivers.
• Enemies in multiple missions are now smarter and more reactive, spotting threats more quickly and responding more strategically during combat.
• More responsive behaviour from NPCs in the camps, making them interact more with the player. (Armed or unarmed).
• NPCs now coordinate better during combat and patrols, reacting more naturally to sounds, alarms, and player presence. 
• Enemies react to robots being hacked.

Missions & Design

• Removed several driving route blockers to create smoother driving paths.
• Added the ability to skip long drives in select missions.
• Improved success condition when reaching 100% in The Mole.
• Reduced the health of Military Trucks in the chase of the End of the World.
• Added the option to continue driving and stop the vehicle freely in Oh Lily!, rather than being forced to stop.
• Added the option to continue driving and stop the vehicle freely in Man Always Burns while using the Robot Loader, rather than being forced to stop.
• In Lamrie’s Secrets, players can now enter any jeep.
• Improvements were made to 'Man Always Burns' to make it easier for players to deliver the truck.
• Additional improvements and tweaks to tooltips.
• Updated certain prompts with a distinct colour to make them stand out.
• Addressed community feedback around automatic activation/deployment of the Drone torch across missions. 
• Made the first portal mission optional in The Missing Genius.
• Reduced the difficulty of the CPR minigame in This Means War, with added sound effects for clarity.
• In Meeting Marco Silva: added a GPS line for the first part of the chase and added/moved enemies for a better experience.
• Improved tip tutorials in A New Companion.
• Updates and Improvements to Mission Checkpoints and new spawn points.
• Updates to Dialogue and text.
• Various improvements have been made to missions, including A Strange Happening, Oh Lily!, and The Wrong Move.
• Additional implementations of the Skip feature during some journeys. 
• Added new checkpoints in key missions, reducing replay frustration after failure.
• Various updates and improvements to Executive Paranoia and Man Always Burns portal missions.
• Removed the turret vehicles that chase the player throughout the missions to reduce frustration.
• Implemented Sky Car Races.

Audio

• Various dialogue improvements and music tweaks.
• Updated all ballistic weapon sound effects to make them feel more impactful.
• Added new sound effects for robots.
• Updates to checkpoints so music starts sooner.
• Improved pedestrian dialogue attenuation.
• Enhanced footstep audio during rain.
• Adjusted character motion audio mix.
• Improvements to pedestrian flee/panic dialogue.
• Adjusted dialogue timings and replaced lines in key missions.
• Updated mission ambience and reduced delay issues in dialogue.
• Added new engine sounds for vehicles.
• Improved combat audio from AI.
• Performance improvements and crash fixes.
• New gameplay tags and countdown sound effects for Arcadia races.

UI/UX

• Improvements to user experience of the Launcher Page.
• Improved weapon pickup icons: ammo on the ground is now clearer, and different ammo types use their relevant icons for easier identification.
• New weapon indicator: newly available weapons now display their own icon on the ground to highlight when there’s a new weapon to pick up.
• ARCADIA text updates.
• Ability to use Pause key when the keyboard is connected to PS5.
• Updates on menu inputs for Mouse/Keyboard and Gamepad.
• Improvements to menu and sub-menu navigation.
• Enhancements to icons.

Art & Visuals

• Additional improvements to gore visual effects.
• Updates to the environment to be more interactable and traversable.
• Additionally, removed some parts of the environment that blocked the player’s movement.
• General improvements cover and traversal in combat areas.
• Updated visuals for existing and new content.
• Visual uplift to several existing Arcadia portal missions.
• Improved lighting and colour grading.
• Improved world sky with global illumination and reflection details.
• Enhanced blood visual effects and pools.
• Visually updated mission preview and loading screens.

Cinematics

• General lighting and shadow improvements across cinematics.
• Improvements to factory workers during cinematics.
• Improved levels of detail on character models.

Animations

• Updates to animations relating to player locomotion.
• Improvements on traversing from coming cover and uphill/downhill sprinting animations.
• Walk Speed is now a discrete setting, so it won’t cause slow movements or bent legs.
• Updated Run and Sprint animations.
• Adjustments were made to animations to make them behave more responsively to input.
• Updated ragdoll physics on characters.
• Added facial animations for background characters.
• Crouch animation polish.

Performance

• Optimisations for Story Missions.
• Optimisations made to the characters’ body physics.
• Improvement in visual effects on vehicles to improve general performance.
• Road collision and material performance optimisations across multiple levels.

Bug Fixes

Combat

• Resolved collision issues in parts of the environment that previously made it hard for the player to shoot enemies behind cover.
• Fixed an issue where shooting factory workers and robots was not registering any damage.
• Resolved an issue where Carnyx and Claymore were displaying a reserve ammo count after switching from other weapons.

AI & NPC

• Fixed an issue where enemies may not have fired at the player if in very close proximity.
• Fixed an issue where enemies seen at a long range could be seen to be twitching and popping.
• Fixed issues where enemies could be seen spinning.
• Fixed AI dealing damage to the player despite being hidden in cover, or unable to deal damage even though they have a line of fire.

Missions & Design

• Fixed an issue where the weather was displaying inconsistent behaviour in The Transponder.
• Fixed an issue in Industrial Espionage where the zoom in on Conti’s licence plate was too quick.
• Fixed an issue in Solitary Confinement where the Guard Bot was present when loading into the checkpoint, resulting in an unfair mission fail state.
• Fixed an issue in Solitary Confinement where hacking the Guard Robot could result in a mission fail state.
• Fixed checkpoints causing infinite loading screens and improper restarts.

Audio

• Fixed an issue where Morrisons’ dialogue could inaccurately be heard from the Silo exterior.
• Fixed an issue where enemies would announce Jacob had been spotted, even though Jacob had not been discovered while sneaking.
• Various fixes on sound effects – Vehicles, Lenz, DC Drone, and Foley.

UI/UX

• Fixed an issue where pressing X on the keyboard would deploy the Companion Drone rather than use the scan ability.
• Fixed an issue where UI elements could appear across ARCADIA loading screens in build mode.

Art & Visuals

• Fixed level of detail and texture issues in main campaign cinematics.

Vehicles

• Fixed an issue where ambient vehicles could stop mid-drive, blocking other traffic.
• Fixed an issue where the hood of a vehicle could become stuck with damage and repeatedly cause looping sound effects.

Animation

• Several fixes were made to animation, where sudden changes in locomotion would cause animations to break.

ARCADIA

New Missions

• Road to Hell: A high-speed time trial through the suburbs of Redrock in the Sakura Apex, set against violent geo-storms ripping across the highway. Navigate tight corners, dodge debris, and fight collapsing visibility as you push for the fastest possible run.
• Short Circuiting: A lap race through Redrock’s city streets in the Devenor Hurricane as robots lay siege to the city. Navigate sandstorms, hit high-octane jumps, and weave through firefights between humans and machines to secure the best lap time.
• Hunter Killer: An on-rails turret shooter where you join the rebel resistance during the robot uprising. Hold your ground on a moving convoy, shredding hostile robots and rescuing civilians along the route to stack up score multipliers and chase leaderboard spots.
• Fractured Echo: A wave-based survival mode where you play as The Preacher in a twisted, hallucinatory version of Redrock. Battle increasing waves of gangs and robots, stay alive as long as possible, and replay runs to beat your high score each time.

Bug Fixes

• Added inputs to give the ability to consume ammo and med kits directly from the inventory.
• Fixed bugs and broken logic in Featured Stamps, Races, and Drone Races, and resolved missing assets.
• Applied general quality-of-life updates across Featured Stamps, Races, and Drone Races.
• Fixed issues in the ARCs Goin’ Haywire: Downtown, Goin’ Haywire: Airport, and CARE.less Survival.
• Updated the post-game menu and applied general fixes.

BUILD.ARCADIA - (PC)

Improvements

Creator Tools

• Players can now create Empty ARCs without using Redrock City as the background.
• We added a tool (Macro Attribute Reflector) so builders can copy a logic node’s custom attribute and use it in their Stamps.
• When hovering over a Stamp in the Collapsed Group Logic Node, its description now appears as a tooltip.
• Stamps that spawn dynamically will now immediately run their logic, giving builders more gameplay control.
• The Impact Score now calculates linked object groups more accurately. Existing groups or Stamps might see a change in their score.
• Gothic asset pack added to Build.ARCADIA.

Creator Object Editing & Building

• Added the ability to preview Dynamic Stamps referenced by Stamp Spawners.
• Added the ability to preview trajectories of targeted objects in Move and Rotate Logic Nodes while in Build.ARCADIA editor.
• The player character is now hidden while in Creator Mode for a cleaner workspace and easier object placement.
• Group Pivot Editing now supports custom snap points, allowing you to move or align an object’s pivot exactly where you want it, making it easier to position and rotate groups/objects.
• Object placement is improved, hidden logic no longer interferes with where the preview appears, making it easier to position complex Stamps accurately.
• Added Object Alignment Mode, holding down the Left ALT key while placing or moving an object will now align it to terrain and other objects.
• When creating a Redrock ARC from the MindsEye campaign, the player will spawn at the ARC's creation location instead of Seb's house if no spawn point has been set.
• Creator will now hide AI animation previews and spawn points when logic is set to be hidden.
• In Logic Linking Mode, incompatible nodules from other Logic nodes in the ARC won't be shown if they lack an existing connection. Compatible nodules will still be visible.
• Connected nodules will both be highlighted when hovered, improving the readability of complex node structures.
  o Using “F” to focus will now respect the initial camera orientation, allowing for a more intuitive zoom-and-focus on selected objects.
• Holding Shift in Linking Mode now lets players create multiple links from one source without reselecting it.
• When creating a content (ARC or Stamp) thumbnail, the resulting capture viewport will now better match the frame overlay drawn on screen.

ARC Settings & Attributes Menu

• A new setting has been added to toggle health Regeneration.
• The weather system has been improved to smoothly transition between different weather settings.
• Time of Day setting has been updated to military format (e.g. 600 = 6:00 AM), allowing to set the time down to a minute.
• A new ARC Setting has been added to manage the number of pedestrians and traffic on Redrock. This setting will take effect after playing the ARC.

Logic Nodes (New Logic Objects & Nodes)

• Attach Actor to Character Node allows the builder to attach a target actor or a Stamp to a specific socket/bone of an AI NPC or a Player.
• Projectile Shooter Logic Node allows shooting various projectiles as if they were fired from a weapon.
• Improved variable nodes
  o Simple Variables Nodes now make it faster to get and set values.
  o Variables Nodes can be named and shared across systems, with added options to save values between play sessions.
• Implemented a new node that allows forcing an NPC into cover. Builders can decide where the NPC should take cover, what threat it’s covering from, and other options to fine-tune the behavior.
• Advanced Vehicle Spawner Node adds a node that can spawn vehicles dynamically using detailed parameters, rather than having them pre-placed in the world.
• Added Get Player Vehicle node, returns the vehicle actor associated with the player, either the one they’re driving or had just been driving.
• Message UI Node allows the display of text messages as if sent by another character in-game.
• Pause AI NPC Behavior Node enables toggling the AI's 'brain.' When the behavior is disabled, the AI cannot respond to stimuli but can still perform basic tasks such as pathfinding.
• Combat Encounter Nodes adds a set of advanced nodes that expose the MindsEye combat system, allowing for coordinated AI combat encounters with smarter group behaviour.
• Disable Ambiance Node allows the disabling of all ambience of the map. Specific parts of the ambience can be targeted, like pedestrians, traffic, or drones.
• Enable Health Regen Node added a node allowing toggling of the health regeneration for the Player.
• Action Restriction node lets builders disable specific player actions like sprinting, aiming, or mantling.
• Vehicle Horn Tracker Node tracks the state of vehicle horns or sirens, allowing builders to detect when, for example, a police car has its siren on.
• Set Ability Node toggles abilities unlocked through the MindsEye campaign for both the player and drone characters.
• Improved language and tooltips of the UI Logic Nodes.
• The attribute setting in the Set Vehicle Logic Node has been changed to On/Off instead of “Flip”.
• Improved “Go To” Logic Nodes added events to better distinguish whether the drive has been manually stopped or interrupted for any reason.
• Added a description for the Stamp Spawner Node.
• Updated a node that forces a specified player to use a specific weapon and keep it equipped. While this override is active, players can’t open their inventory or switch weapons manually, but builders can still control weapon changes through logic.
• Added a Logic node capable of reacting to a target’s vehicle listen function, specifically when a siren (horn) is turned on.
• Improved Various Logic Node & Nodule Icons
• The Add List Entry Node has had a "Target Index" Input added, which allows defining the position where to add the value to the list.
• Updated the Pickup Nodes to be enabled or disabled at runtime.
• Updated AI Follow Node to clearly explain that the distances are in meters.
• Race countdown has received improved visuals.
• Added notifications in the Arcadia log ( / ) for Leaderboard errors when there are issues in creation, update, or deletion.
• Added contextual button prompt to the Interaction volume.

Creator HUD, Hotbar & Toolbar

• Moved the Item Description UI position.
• Updated hotbar presets with new and improved assets.

Creator Publishing

• Builders now receive a warning in the publishing menu if their ARC isn’t optimized, helping identify potential performance issues before publishing.
• UGC Image Capture Mode updated the UI overlay so the guiding corners now accurately show the full widescreen capture area, giving a clearer preview of how thumbnails will appear.
• UGC Image Capture now shows logic in captured thumbnail images.

Bug Fixes

General

• Localisation Fixes.
• Added additional Tooltips to some ARC Settings, such as Allow Health Generation.

Logic

• Fixed multiple issues with the Teleport Player Node

AI

• AI NPCs now behave correctly when within Macro Logic in terms of their visibility.

Thank you for the support,
The MindsEye Team