update · July 15, 2025
MindsEye Update 3 Brings PC Performance Fixes and Stability Improvements
Update 3 is now live on PC for MindsEye, following its release on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. This patch focuses on resolving stability issues, rebalancing AI difficulty, and fixing numerous gameplay and editor bugs.
Following a brief delay to address a performance-impacting issue during final testing, Update 3 is available on PC for MindsEye across Steam, the Epic Games Store, and the Build A Rocket Boy Launcher at a size of 12.1 GB (Version 4885826). The update delivers stability patches, difficulty adjustments, and quality-of-life additions for the campaign and the Build MindsEye editor.
Stability and Combat Balance
The update improves overall stability to reduce crashes during extended play sessions and addresses AI-related crashes occurring during complex combat scenarios. Difficulty is rebalanced by increasing AI accuracy across all difficulty levels. Medium difficulty features reduced damage filtering for harder combat, while cover logic and AI behavior are refined to prevent grouping issues, incorrect facing directions, and missing hit reactions.
Controls, Animation, and Audio
Character control updates bring smoother cover entry transitions, better stair locomotion alignment, and refined weapon handling. Life scene animations feature smoother transitions, and vehicle behavior on slopes is now more stable. Audio enhancements include immersive vehicle sounds, improved destruction audio focused on window breaks, tweaked pedestrian dialogue, and general audio data optimization.
Mission Flow and Bug Fixes
Numerous mission progression blockers and checkpoint issues are resolved, including fixes for the 'Clash of the Egos', 'In Pursuit of the Orb', 'This Means War', 'Industrial Espionage', 'Meeting Marco Silva', 'The Mole', and 'The Wrong Move' missions. Graphics settings persistence, character stretching in cinematics, looping walk states, and vehicle dismount bugs are also corrected.
Build MindsEye Editor Updates
The PC builder suite receives new Rock and Foliage assets, quality-of-life improvements for featured stamps, and fixes for UI scrolling, asset search indexing, and missing particle effects. The Creator Camera location save frequency has been increased, and physics force and gravity nodes now function correctly to keep players attached to vehicles.
Why this patch matters
Update 3 acts as a maintenance patch that smooths out rough edges in campaign progression, AI combat, and editor tools for PC players.