Shedworks and Raw Fury's Sable has been acclaimed for its remarkable sense of exploration and striking visuals. As a young girl on her Gliding, Sable ventures through sandswept vistas on a hoverbike to enlist in side quests and receive badges that can then be turned in for unique masks.
Unfortunately, players have also argued that their experiences with Sable have been marred by the bugs and glitches that have been encountered since launch. However, there may be hope that some of these glaring issues may be fixed as of today, particularly through a recent notice from Gregorios Kythreotis, Sable's creative director and one-half of Shedworks alongside Daniel Fineberg, Shedworks' Programmer.
Sable's latest patch, 3.3.6, has been shared by Kythreotis and is available now for all players. Sable's patch notes for both PC and Xbox list identical issues that have been addressed, such as a plethora of bugs that players have experienced on either platform. For example, the patch has aimed to fix "an issue where the skybox would flicker at dusk and dawn" and "an issue where some players were unable to choose color palettes in the bike customization menu."
One bugfix addresses flying beetles and goats, while another addresses the ability to get stuck within the Atomic Heart outside of Eccria. Further, general improvements have apparently been made toward stuttering and frame drops, which had been apparent in Sable's previous demo.
But there are also a few more things in store for players the next time they start up Sable. Kythreotis discusses that new settings options are available as of today's patch that gift players with a number of substantial accessibility options. On console, these settings include an FOV slider, a line weight modifier, and a high-visibility color mode. But on PC, there are a few more settings options available, such as "display quality settings" for draw distance and shadow detail, as well as the keybind of the Cntrl key, which can now be used to "make Sable walk."
It is a testament to Sable's quality that players still express having a fantastic time with the game, despite its performance issues. With any luck, fans hope that this patch may rectify any of Sable's current detriments so that it may fully shine thereafter.
Sable is available now on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.