S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart Of Chornobyl Receives First Patch

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl has had a bit of a shaky launch with a players reporting game breaking bugs and crashes. The franchise has always had a little bit of that AA jank, and gamers have been sympathetic given the games development was greatly affected by events in Ukraine, so it’s great to see the first patch coming so quickly to allow fans of the franchise to get back to playing the game they’ve been looking forward too for over 14 years!

Hello, stalkers.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is getting a first patch during the week to come — both on PC and Xbox.

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The developers over at GSC Game World (no relation!) announced yesterday on Twitter and via Steam Community post that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl will be receiving it’s first patch on both Xbox and PC. The update includes:

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.

For fans of the franchise, as well as new gamers jumping in this looks like a great update, that can get them back on track to enjoying this fantastic franchise. It’s also noted in the Steam Community page that analogue sticks dead zones bugfixes and, A-Life system bugfixes will be coming soon.