Stalker 2 developer GSC Sport World has been steadily working to repair as most of the bugs and points that plagued the sport at launch, and right this moment it is relased a fairly big 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 possibly to make Stalker a factor that people can attempt 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.Okay.E.R. 2: Coronary heart of Chornobyl, and it’ll handle over 1,800 points, together with the primary iteration of the A-Life fixes.
“We perceive that the dimensions of the patch is large and the method of downloading will take a while. We wish to thanks in your understanding, and we are going to work on this facet as properly.”
So, what’s on this beefy boi? Nicely, I am not going to undergo all of it as a result of we might be right here all day, however listed below are all of the fixes particularly aimed toward A-Life particularly – that being the system governing AI behaviour that is behind a whole lot of Stalker’s distinctive gameplay attraction.
- Fastened the difficulty with spawning NPCs behind the participant’s again.
- Gamers can now encounter roaming NPCs throughout the Zone extra usually.
- Enormously prolonged the space at which A-Life NPCs are seen to the participant.
- Fastened the aggressive optimization problem 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 the direction of their targets over time. Gamers might now have alternatives to come across A-Life NPCs they’ve beforehand met by following in the identical route 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 increase territory and actively assault enemies and mutants.
- Fastened points that would end in 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 potential factions and group sizes.
- Fastened problem 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 part from important line missions and story development, aspect missions and open world encounters, and cutscenes. GSC has additionally made some “balancing changes” that embrace “rising 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 not sure whether or not to present Stalker 2 a go, ensure to take a look at our assessment. We have additionally bought an array of guides that may provide help to survive by doing stuff like effectively taking care of your gear and studying about anomalies.
