STALKER 2’s Patch 1.0.3 replace is right here and fixes an infuriating bug

What it’s good to know

• GSC Game World’s new open-world survival shooter STALKER 2 lastly launched a couple of weeks in the past and has been met with a constructive reception, but it surely got here out with a lot of bugs and efficiency points.
• The builders have been exhausting at work addressing these, with their first two post-launch patches to the sport implementing over 600 fixes. Now, a 3rd replace, Patch 1.0.3, has gone reside as nicely.
• Aside from caring for a number of crashes, mission glitches, and different issues, Patch 1.0.3 additionally squashed a uncommon, however extreme bug that was inflicting saves to get erased after gamers restarted their Xbox or PC.
• On PC, the replace additionally disables mouse smoothing and acceleration by default, which ought to typically make aiming smoother and extra intuitive for many gamers.

GSC Game World’s new open-world survival shooter STALKER 2 lastly launched a couple of weeks in the past after a number of delays led to by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and whereas the sport was met with a constructive reception from critics and followers, many lamented its numerous bugs and efficiency points. The Xbox and Windows PC unique’s dynamic AI simulation system A-Life 2.0 is not presently working, for instance, and widespread points with Xbox gameplay because of the absence of controller deadzones have been prevalent as nicely. Some gamers have additionally skilled extreme situations of stuttering that make the sport really feel unplayable, stopping them from having fun with what’s arguably the most effective open-world FPS titles ever launched.

Luckily, the builders have been exhausting at work addressing issues like these and plenty of others, with STALKER 2’s first post-launch patch deploying 650 fixes final week and a smaller 1.0.2 replace caring for a couple of further bugs over the Black Friday weekend. On Tuesday morning, GSC additionally pushed Patch 1.0.3 reside, with the replace now out there to obtain on Steam, the Epic Games Store, and GOG; the replace “will probably be arriving quickly” on Xbox and the Microsoft Store as nicely.

The 23.13GB patch is not almost as giant because the 1.0.1 replace was, but it surely does repair some main points. Chief amongst these is a uncommon, however devastating bug that would erase a number of of your saves should you restarted your Xbox or PC — that one has been understandably driving a good few gamers loopy since launch. Another large change is the choice to disable mouse smoothing and mouse acceleration by default, which ought to make aiming on PC really feel higher for most individuals; beforehand, you needed to paste code into one among STALKER 2’s .INI configuration information to show it off.

The remainder of the patch is comprised of fixes for “ACCESS_VIOLATION_ERROR” and “LowLevelFatalError” crashes, quite a lot of bugs and glitches affecting a number of primary and facet quests, and a handful of different minor points. For the total patch notes, be certain to learn by means of the part under.