As a seasoned gamer with countless hours under my belt, navigating the treacherous and unforgiving terrains of post-apocalyptic gaming landscapes, I can’t help but feel a sense of relief and anticipation upon hearing about the impending updates for Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl.
The initial details for the first major upgrade of Stalker 2 highlight various adjustments aimed at resolving crashes, fixing progression glitches, and enhancing user interface problems.
Initially released, the eagerly anticipated game Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl received generally positive reviews, but it came with a multitude of issues. Gamers have encountered frequent crashes, glitches preventing progress on primary missions, and non-playable characters ending up in peculiar predicaments.
Game developer GSC Game World assures players that they’re working diligently to address the issues and additional challenges, with the improvements expected to be rolled out shortly.
From November 25 onwards, we’ll roll out a patch for both PC and Xbox platforms. This update will address crashes, resolve bugs that halt progression, and adjust the pricing of enhanced weapons. Additionally, visual glitches in the Zone and odd NPC behavior should be eliminated once this update is implemented.
Stalker 2 November 2024 early patch notes
In a Steam News post on November 23, GSC Game World shared early release notes for an update scheduled to hit PC and Xbox “during the week to come.”
Apart from the initial update upon release, this represents the first post-debut adjustment for Stalker 2. The development team intends to address issues related to the analog sticks and the A-Life system in subsequent updates.
The first update will feature the following:
- Crash Fixes
- Issues and memory allocation failures, which previously caused the game to exit unexpectedly, particularly around rendering, skeletal meshes, and quest-related cutscenes.
- Main Quest Progression Fixes
- Several bugs blocking the main quest progression, NPCs getting stuck in objects, incorrect quest markers, and issues with quest cutscenes.
- Revision of the main quests (like Visions of Truth or A Minor Incident) to ensure smooth transitions, avoiding rare cases of players not being able to proceed further.
- Gameplay and Balance Adjustments
- Fixing the price of the weapons with upgrades installed compared to their value without attachments.
- NPCs behavior, including the way they act when lacking a shelter during the Emissions.
- Cutscene and Visual Fixes
- Rarely missing facial animations, misplaced NPCs, and visual inconsistencies like detached heads and clothes clipping.
- Quality and stability improvements of the visual effects.
- Softlock Fixes
- Issue where players were unable to close the trade screen after putting ammo in a wrong slot while playing on a gamepad.
- User Interface Improvements
- Quest notifications now showed correctly during dialogues.
- Corrected texts and missing interaction prompts.
- Noted to be addressed in future updates
- Analogue sticks dead zones bugfixes.
- A-Life system bugfixes.
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