With Hogwarts Legacy finally out, many players hopping into the game find their characters are all blue. Even after restarting Hogwarts Legacy, the bug is still there, making it an infuriating issue for players eagerly waiting to try out the game. Thankfully, there is a working fix. Keep reading our guide to learn how to fix the blue characters bug in Hogwarts Legacy.
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How To Fix Blue Characters Bug In Hogwarts Legacy
To fix the blue character bug in Hogwarts Legacy, players must turn off the “High Contrast Gameplay” option via the Accessibility menu. It is one of the many options available in the game that players can toggle if they are less visually able.
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Turning on the “High Contrast Gameplay” option makes the game black and white, with the characters being blue. So, technically speaking, the blue characters in Hogwarts Legacy are not a bug, but a feature that players enable by mistake.
When you start Hogwarts Legacy for the first time, you are presented with the Accessibility menu where you can tweak certain aspects of the game. This is where most players turn on the “High Contrast Gameplay” option, as it is turned off by default.
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And when the game begins, players may find their character in blue with the rest of the environment turned black and white.
To sum things up, here is how you can disable the “High Contrast Gameplay” option in Hogwarts Legacy to fix the blue character issue:
- Open Hogwarts Legacy.
- Open your Field Guide or the Pause Menu.
- Select the Settings option.
- Navigate to the second last menu that says “Accessibility Options.”
- Scroll down to the bottom to find the “High Contrast Gameplay” option.
- Disable it!
Once you have the said setting disabled, the game will turn back to normal and you can play it without any issues.
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That concludes our guide on how to fix the blue character bug in Hogwarts Legacy.
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