S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2,the open-world action game byGSC Game World, continues to improve and update quickly, addressing major issues since its launch on November 20.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Gets Its Third Patch
The fourth installment of the series hit the market with some technical problems and bugs, which the developers promised to work hard to resolve as soon as possible with various updates and patches.
In just over a week, the game has already received several updates, with patch 1.0.3 now available. The patch weighs about 20 GB on PC and 7.91 GB on Xbox Series X/S, addressing several crashes, memory issues, and making adjustments to controls and both main and side missions, among other improvements.
New Features and Fixes in Update 1.0.3
Patch 1.0.3 resolves multiple issues related to crashes and memory leaks. It also tweaks controls, disabling mouse smoothing and acceleration by default—something many players had complained about. Additionally, default mouse sensitivity values have been updated.
Numerous issues with main and side missions have been fixed, along with errors involving enemy and NPC AI. The patch also addresses a bug causing saved games to disappear after fully restarting the game on PC and Xbox.
“Thank you again for your support. We will continue working on future updates, reviewing your feedback and suggestions, and fixing any ‘anomalies’ that arise,” stated GSC Game World in the patch notes.
Alongside these quick fixes, the developers have promised more details in December about new free content coming to the game. Soon, we’ll learn the roadmap forS.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobylfor the upcoming months.
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.
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.
Fixed issue with Sidorovich not selling certain ammo types.
Fixed issues with missing player saves after a hard reboot of the PC/Xbox.
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