S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2: Heart of Chernobyl has received a lot of love since its release on November 20th, but players have noticed a slew of bugs plaguing the widely enjoyed game. Many of these bugs have led to games crashing on player, potentially losing progress in the process. Developer GSC have now released a lengthy list, five days after the release of the game, with many bug and crashing fixes. Listed below are all the fixes included in the recent update.
Crash Fixes, including:
- 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, including:
- 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 & Balance Adjustments, including:
- 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.
Cutscenes & Visual Fixes, including:
- 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, including:
- 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, including:
- 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.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2: Heart of Chernobyl is currently enjoying one million copies sold within a week of its release and on Steam, it has a peak concurrent player count of 117,928, placing it amongst the most-played games on Steam.