Stalker 2: Heart Of Chornobyl has been a title that fans have been eager to play for quite some time, and at certain points there has been doubts into if the game would ever be releasing.
Now, with the game here, there's a substantial patch coming, and it's best if you know what changes are coming.
Here's what we know.
Stalker 2: Heart Of Chornobyl Patch 1: All Changes and More
Stalker has long and been one of the pinnacle survival series that we've seen over the years, and with Heart of Chornobyl this will be taken to another level.
As of now, Stalker 2: Heart Of Chornobyl has been off to a decent start, depending on what kind of PC you own. But, this first patch should address some of these key performance issues, alongside some other changes.
However, the A-Life issue that has plagued the game is going to take a bit longer to resolve it appears.
Here's all of the patch notes thus far:
- 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.
