Developer GSC GameWorld has just released patch 1.5.3 for Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl which addresses several bugs and crashes in the game and while this isn’t the huge Unreal Engine 5.5 upgrade that’s confirmed to arrive in the next couple of months, it’s still vital nonetheless cause the patch does make the overall gameplay experience more polished and smoother in lots of ways.
The bug fixes that Stalker 2’s latest patch is aimed at caters mostly to NPCs and enemies in the game including the areas they spawn and where they also teleport during some of the attacks. For example, many NPCs would just spawn in mid-air, in radiation fields and other unexpected areas in Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl but the new patch corrects all of those issues permanently so now both enemies and NPCs behave in much more realistic ways.
The new patch should also make the game a bit more stable as there are a total of four crash fixes included.
Here are all the patch notes:
STALKER 2 Patch 1.5.3 Release Notes
- Fixed an issue that caused mutants to teleport during the attack.
- Fixed an issue where NPCs could spawn in the air.
- Fixed an issue where bloodsuckers could spawn in large groups and too often.
- Fixed an issue where the door to the Skadovsk hub could be permanently closed.
- Fixed an issue where some A-Life NPCs could spawn in the quest areas.
- Fixed an issue where some NPCs could spawn in the radiation field on the Slag Heap.
- Fixed an issue where the subtitles for the intro cinematic were out of sync.
- Fixed mistakes in the credits.
- Fixed an issue where the interact dots could be missing for some items.
- Fixed an issue where the sound could be corrupted during the credits on Xbox.
- Fixed an issue where some NPCs could spawn in unexpected places.
- Fixed a bug where the left arm of an NPC could be twisted when they were only holding a pistol.
- Fixed an issue where the HUD widgets could be displayed while PDA is open on the ultra-wide monitors.
- 4 crashes fixed.
