The developers of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 released the first 13GB post-release patch that contains over 650 game fixes

Despite the words of the founder of the GSC Game World studio, Serhiy Hryhorovych, that «there are so few bugs that it is no longer a shame to release them «, the technical problems of STALKER 2 at the time of release were one of the main shortcomings that many reviewers and players complained about.

After the release of the game, the developers said that they are already working on a patch that should fix most of the issues. It was released at the end of the week, on Friday November 29, and contains the following improvements.

AI and optimization fixes

• Fixed bugs in the behavior of NPCs who could get stuck near the shelter during ejection and die.
• Fixed a bug that could cause quest NPCs to get stuck, causing them to become uninteractable or stop quest progression.
• Fixed optimization issues and potential crashes in densely populated locations during long gaming sessions.
• Fixed a bug that caused the NPC to incorrectly estimate the player’s position and how close he is to fire. As a result of this bug, NPCs would fire at the player’s cover to no avail.
• Fixed an issue with invisible NPCs/mutants appearing in the player’s field of vision when aiming.

«We also fixed approximately 100 different crashes, including potential memory leaks and EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION issues,» GSC told Game World.

Game balance changes

• Reduced price of equipment repair.
• Increased sale price of artifacts.
• The monetary reward for most quests has been doubled.
• On Novice difficulty, the player’s equipment will be more effective.
• All mutant damage on Novice difficulty reduced by 9%.
• On Novice difficulty, the player’s weapons will wear out 23% slower.
• Suit durability increased by 12,5%.
• Exoskeletons can now be sold for a higher price.
• Fixing the sale prices of weapons with attachments.
• Hercules Pill Rebalance: It now no longer reduces the player’s speed, but is more effective.

Other interesting changes

• Reduced the weight of some quest items (including the weight of scanners).
• Many mutants received a health and attack nerf.
• Significantly increased the distance for a melee attack with a butt.
• Slightly increased the distance of the knife attack.
• NPCs received teeth and eye fixes.
• Main and side quests have received over 120 fixes that fix problems with blocking the passage of quests.
• More than 50 bugs have been fixed in the open world.
• Savings now remember whether the flashlight was turned on.
• Fixed radio broadcast effects, NPC voices will now correctly reflect distance.

«Work on the game and future updates will continue. We are working on fixing errors in the A-Life system,» the developers said. You can read the full list of fixes on the game’s Steam page.

We will remind that VG Insights, a platform for market research and analysis of the gaming industry, previously published the indicators of the game STALKER 2. According to its data, Ukrainian players purchased 16% of about 1.4 million copies sold, and this indicator is second only to gamers from the United States.

Recently, Western media reported that STALKER 2 «enraged Russian propagandists» and they organized a disinformation operation against the Ukrainian game. She spreads fake information that the developers, in exchange for financing the project, conspired with the Ukrainian authorities to find more men of military age.

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