STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl has received its first major patch - over 650 bugs fixed, NPC behaviour improved and facial animations tweaked

By: Anton Kratiuk | today, 18:16
Update 1.0.1 for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Everything you need to know
Patch 1.0.1 poster for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2. Source: GSC Game World

GSC Game World studio has released the first post-release patch for the shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl.

Here's What We Know

Patch 1.0.1 is available on PC and Xbox and fixes more than 650 bugs that affect all aspects of the game.

Ukrainian developers:

  • fixed bugs causing game crashes related to memory allocation issues, especially in rendering, animations and cutscenes;
  • eliminated some causes of hangs, including the problem with closing the trade window when using the gamepad;
  • eliminated bugs blocking the completion of main quests, as well as problems with NPC behaviour and marker display;
  • reworked some story quests;
  • adjusted the cost of weapons with installed modifications;
  • improved NPC behaviour during Throwdowns;
  • fixed rare cases of missing facial animation, incorrect character positioning and other graphical bugs;
  • improved the quality and stability of visual effects;
  • task notifications will now be displayed correctly during dialogues;
  • bugs in text descriptions and hints have been fixed.

Work on improving the technical state of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 continues and the developers will release several more major updates in the near future.

GSC Game World asks gamers to share their comments and encourages suggestions for improving the game.

Source: Steam