Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 update 1.0.4 out now, roadmap revealed

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 patch 1.0.4 has been released by The Chinese Room as it looks to improve the game experience, with this latest patch fixing the Save on Exit to Main Menu or Quit Game issue. Additionally, The Chinese Room has announced that patch 1.0.5 will add a FOV slider, motion blur toggle, and improved progress saving. The studio has also laid out a roadmap to give an idea of what content to expect from now and through 2026.

As you can see from the image above, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 gets three updates in the run up to Christmas, including the latest 1.0.4 update. The Winter update will add custom difficulty and Christmas themed items.The custom difficulty option will only be available after the game has been completed, allowing players to revisit the campaign and set new parameters like starting health, masquerade sensitivity, enemy awareness, and only playing Phyre or Fabien quests. Then the next update expected is in Q1 2026, which will be the Valentine’s update. After that, we will see the release of two DLC with Loose Cannon releasing in Q2 2026 and The Flower & The Flame launching in Q3 2026.

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 update 1.0.4 patch notes

Fixed Crashes

The title freezes after selecting a character and shows an “Out of Memory” error when run as Administrator under a Windows username with a space

Fixed Bugs

Game does not save progress on Exit to Main Menu or Quit Game, potentially losing hours of progress in the hub – Upon exiting the game from the main menu, or selecting Quit Game, the Autosave will be updated with progress for collectables, blood resonance and ability points.
Enemy clipped out of bounds, preventing the player from killing it and causing an ‘Enemies Nearby’ prompt during theTree Room combat in A KISS FROM PROSPERO
The character gets stuck inside the elevator with Mystic mark during “Meet with Prince Ryong on the 21st floor”
Hub NPCs missing after triggering the objective “Identify wealthy Melancholic Victims for Nix”, blocking further progression
Savegames incorrectly redirect to game directory when running with admin privileges, bypassing Steam Cloud Sync
The Door of the toilet couldn’t be pulled by using Telekinesis, in which Verona was hiding
Conversation fails to start when spamming spirits touch on letter during Blood Sisters quest, blocking progression
Enemies appear stuck in various environment objects during combat outside the plastic factory
Interaction prompt to Lou’s penthouse door fails to trigger when returning to her after marking Sanguine NPCs, blocking progression
The character falls OOW if the player jumps and crouches on the wall above the green door in the second Unbirth combat area
The character falls OOW if the player walks towards the wall before the second Unbirth combat area
The character falls out of the world if the player walks on the wall to the left of the green door in the second Unbirth combat area
The character falls out of the world if the player walks on the wall to the right of the green door in the second Unbirth combat area
The character falls OOW if the player jumps onto the Gold Medal Flour logo wall in the second Unbirth combat area
Missing wall collision in the left corner near the stairs causes the player to fall out of the world in the THE PATHWAYS OF HESPERIDES underground area
Missing collision behind Olympic Tattoo building wall allows player to go OOW
The character falls out of the world if the player tries to climb the wall on the left side near the entrance of the second Unbirth combat area
NPCs are not holding the items they are meant to be using eg cigarettes, phones etc
Missing floor collision near 1st pillar on left side of door causes player to fall out of world underground area
LOD issues with buildings appearing partially rendered while Heightened Sense is active throughout the Hub area
For some quest after Hub Break1 ‘Auto Repair Shop’ is inaccessible to player during hub traversal
Overhead symbols on phlegmatic NPCs appear pixelated across all video quality presets in Malkavian quest
Floor appears to flicker inside Underground Tour before the fourth audio exhibit during the quest “As Above, So Below”
Bald patches and scalp is visible on the side of the head with the 1st Halloween hairstyle
Major texture flickering is present in the elevator of the Glacier Hotel while returning to Lou after completing the temple sequence