Stalker 2 developer GSC Sport World has been step by step working to repair as most of the bugs and points that plagued the sport at launch, and as we speak it is relased a fairly enormous swing at fixing a heap of stuff. This newest patch comes with over 1,800 fixes, making it value of being dubbed the sport’s “first main patch”.
Whereas modders have been busy placing out loads of their very own fixes and tweaks for the sport since actually the second it dropped, it has been good to see GSC doing all it may to make Stalker a factor that folk can strive with out habing to fret about operating into the sorts of pesky issues our personal Connor and Kelsey did whereas reviewing and guiding the sport.
“Simply earlier than Christmas and New Yr’s, we’re able to current Patch 1.1,” GSC wrote on this new patch’s notes, “It’s the first main patch for S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. 2: Coronary heart of Chornobyl, and it’ll deal with over 1,800 points, together with the primary iteration of the A-Life fixes.
“We perceive that the scale of the patch is large and the method of downloading will take a while. We wish to thanks on your understanding, and we’ll work on this facet as nicely.”
So, what’s on this beefy boi? Properly, I am not going to undergo all of it as a result of we would be right here all day, however listed here are all of the fixes particularly geared toward A-Life particularly – that being the system governing AI behaviour that is behind a number of Stalker’s distinctive gameplay enchantment.
- Fastened the difficulty with spawning NPCs behind the participant’s again.
- Gamers can now encounter roaming NPCs throughout the Zone extra typically.
- Tremendously prolonged the gap at which A-Life NPCs are seen to the participant.
- Fastened the aggressive optimization challenge that prevented A-Life NPCs to exist in Offline (out of participant’s visualization vary). In Offline mode, A-Life will proceed to advance in direction of their targets over time. Gamers could now have alternatives to come across A-Life NPCs they’ve beforehand met by following in the identical course because the NPCs.
- Improved A-Life NPCs navigation in Offline utilizing GameGraph (world AI navigation map): Fastened a number of points the place NPCs would fail to observe or discover a path to their designated targets. Fastened a number of points with NPC being caught in On-line-Offline transition state.
- Enhanced A-Life NPCs’ motivation to broaden territory and actively assault enemies and mutants.
- Fastened points that might lead to fewer A-life NPCs encountered than supposed.
- Additional contextual actions enchancment to make sure seamless transitions between Offline and On-line states for NPCs engaged in these actions.
- The teams exploring the Zone at the moment are extra numerous concerning doable factions and group sizes.
- Fastened challenge that whereas roaming over the Zone, Human NPCs did not fulfill their communication wants and talks.
Past this, there are an entire bunch of modifications to every little thing from most important line missions and story development, aspect missions and open world encounters, and cutscenes. GSC has additionally made some “balancing changes” that embrace “growing rewards for a number of missions”, and tweaked some stuff across the participant’s gear, state, and the way they’re guided across the map.
When you’re nonetheless uncertain whether or not to present Stalker 2 a go, be sure to take a look at our evaluate. We have additionally obtained an array of guides that may allow you to survive by doing stuff like effectively taking care of your gear and studying about anomalies.