S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl may have launched in rough shape, but developer GSC Game World has pledged to bring the game up to its promised level of quality with post-launch patches, of which we’ve had two so far. Now, the studio has released patch 1.03, which, unlike the very first patch (and like the second one) is relatively smaller in scale, but does still bring numerous fixes.
The patch addresses a couple of crashes and memory leaks, while making adjustments related to keyboard and mouse controls, including with sensitivity and aiming, based on feedback from players. Additionally, the patch also brings fixes for a handful of numerous bugs related to specific missions and side missions, as well as a couple of AI fixes. You can view the patch notes in full below.
As previously confirmed by GSC Game World, it will also be sharing a roadmap sometime this month to share details on its immediate post-launch plans, which will also include free content updates. Meanwhile, two paid expansions are also in the works.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is available on Xbox Series X/S and PC. Read our review of the game through here.
PATCH NOTES:
Crashes and memory leaks:
- Multiple ACCESS_VIOLATION_ERROR fixes.
- Multiple LowLevelFatalError crash fixes.
Controls adjustments:
According to your feedback, we adjusted following parameters/values to decrease input lag on keyboard+mouse input:
- Mouse Smoothing is disabled by default.
- Mouse Acceleration is disabled by default.
Additionally, default values of mouse sensitivity were updated to allow a predictable default experience for our players with new values of two parameters mentioned bellow:
- Camera sensitivity: 25%.
- Aim sensitivity: 15%.
Main and Side missions:
- Fixed issue with Monolithians that were able to chase player outside the X-5 lab during the In Search of Past Glory mission.
- Fixed an issue where the NPCs Hamster and Ricochet would die after trying to enter a building during the mission On the Edge.
- Fixed issue with Bayun cat which could despawn before player loots a collar from it during In the Name of Science mission.
- Fixed issue with player potentially locking oneself during Dangerous Liaisons mission.
- Fixed issue with Roosevelt becoming hostile upon noticing a player going stealthily through the Commissary during King of the Hill mission.
- Fixed an issue when Sava despawns in front of the player after the dialog in the bunker during A Heavy Burden mission.
- Fixed issue with NPC’s despawning when player successfully finishes Legends of the Zone mission.
AI:
- Fixed an issue with mutant bodies stretching after a shot from an automatic weapon.
- Fixed an issue that caused NPCs to block the doors during the Back to the Slag Heap mission.
Balance:
- Fixed issue with Sidorovich not selling certain ammo types.
Saves:
- Fixed issues with missing player saves after a hard reboot of the PC/Xbox.