GSC Recreation World posted a message right now thanking everybody for getting Stalker 2: Coronary heart of Chornobyl, and in addition letting us know what we will count on from the patch that may launch “through the week to return.”
The primary patch will tackle principally main crashes and game-breaking development stops that preserve folks from persevering with the sport as it’s now. Although there are actually different requested adjustments, prefer to the worth of weapons with upgrades put in and the conduct of NPCs whereas looking for shelter throughout Emission occasions, alongside some graphics and consumer interface fixes.
Regardless of bugs, Stalker 2 has been a fairly large success, promoting over 1 million copies with much more gamers becoming a member of in from Recreation Move. I can not think about how lengthy it took for the primary recreation—Shadow of Chernobyl—to promote one million copies, nevertheless it actually wasn’t “just about in a single day.”
The main bugs folks will seemingly be disillusioned to be taught are within the “to be addressed in future updates” class are bugfixes to the signature A-Life system. The sport system that tracks and controls what folks and animals are doing in The Zone when you’re not round has been wonky since launch, and there are some very unusual NPC-spawning behaviors in movies shared on social media.
GSC has confirmed that the A-Life system is in Stalker 2, nevertheless it has additionally confirmed that, sure, it has some points to be fastened.
“There are a number of identified points with A-life 2.0 system that we’re conscious of and are engaged on fixes/enhancements,” GSC Recreation World group supervisor Mol1t wrote to the Stalker Discord. “We all know that this technique is essential to the Zone having an immersive environment, and we’ll do our greatest to repair the identified points.”
“We need to reassure you as soon as extra that we are going to make each effort to always enhance your S.T.A.L.Okay.E.R. 2: Coronary heart of Chornobyl expertise. We’re actually grateful in your suggestions and strategies for enchancment,” mentioned GSC as a part of its upcoming adjustments submit.
Here is the record of adjustments that GSC Recreation World has confirmed are coming within the replace:
- Crash Fixes, together with:
- Points and reminiscence allocation failures, which beforehand induced the sport to exit unexpectedly, significantly round rendering, skeletal meshes, and quest-related cutscenes.
- Principal Quest Development Fixes, together with:
- A number of bugs blocking the primary quest development, NPCs getting caught in objects, incorrect quest markers, and points with quest cutscenes.
- Revision of the primary quests (like Visions of Fact or A Minor Incident) to make sure easy transitions, avoiding uncommon instances of gamers not having the ability to proceed additional.
- Gameplay & Stability Changes, together with:
- Fixing the worth of the weapons with upgrades put in in comparison with their worth with out attachments.
- NPCs conduct, together with the best way they act when missing a shelter through the Emissions.
- Cutscenes & Visible Fixes, together with:
- Not often lacking facial animations, misplaced NPCs, and visible inconsistencies like indifferent heads and garments clipping.
- High quality and stability enhancements of the visible results.
- Softlock Fixes, together with:
- Problem the place gamers have been unable to shut the commerce display screen after placing ammo in a flawed slot whereas enjoying on a gamepad.
- Consumer Interface Enhancements, together with:
- Quest notifications now confirmed appropriately throughout dialogues.
- Corrected texts and lacking interplay prompts.
- Famous to be addressed in future updates:
- Analogue sticks lifeless zones bugfixes.
- A-Life system bugfixes.
