GSC GameWorld has released Title Update 1.5 for STALKER 2 and shared its full patch notes. This update packs over 300 fixes, tweaks, and improvements. So, let’s take a closer look at it.

Patch 1.5 makes big improvements to the A-Life system in the game. Now, all characters in the Zone live their lives even when you can’t see them. They move around, do tasks, and survive on their own until something stops them. You might run into the same stalkers later in the game, and you’ll see more characters relaxing or talking in different places. This makes the world feel more real and alive.

Characters will no longer suddenly appear right in front of you. For example, if you clear out a group of mutants, they won’t come back right away. The game now makes sure new characters show up far away from the player, not just at the edge of what you can see. The area where characters can be seen was also made a little bigger. Now, when new characters show up, they will have the right animations and weapons ready. This makes everything look smoother and more real.

All in all, THIS is what A-Life should have been when the game launched. It may have taken the devs around seven months, but they have finally delivered a proper A-Life system. Or at least that’s what the patch notes indicate.

Update 1.5 also brings some cool new features. Now, you can loot mutant parts, which was only possible before with a mod. It’s nice to see this added to the game officially. The update also adds the Water Electric Tornado anomaly, plus a few new weapons. Also, your stash window is now bigger, making it easier to manage your items.

GSC GameWorld claims that it has also made some performance improvements. For example, it fixes big FPS drops that happened when you looked closely at objects or talked to NPCs. It also solves a problem where the game slowed down if many NPCs tried to open doors at the same time. The game now runs more smoothly in places where there are lots of conversations waiting to happen. Lastly, it makes some objects and stashes easier for the computer to handle, helping the game run faster.

The devs have also added a number of balance tweaks. Plus, you will find a lot of quest fixes. In total, Patch 1.5 packs over 300 fixes, tweaks and changes. You can find all of them at the end of the article.

Like I said, Update 1.5 adds official modding support. Modders can now use the Zone Kit to change and build new stuff in the game. You can update existing content or make brand-new things like animations, weapons, and game features. Mods can be found on Steam Workshop and Mod.io. The Zone Kit is available on the Epic Games Store (EGS), and you can download it there.

Steam will download this update the next time you launch its client. Below, you can find its complete changelog. There is also a new trailer for it. So, take a deep breath as it’s pretty lengthy.

Enjoy and stay tuned for more!

STALKER 2 Patch 1.5 Release Notes

AI, combat and mutants 

• Improved decals for the head wounds.
• Fixed an issue when an NPC in idle state does not run away after throwing the grenade near him.
• Fixed an issue when the sound of breathing was reappearing for the dead Pseudogiant.
• Fixed an issue when snork was unable to jump off from some isolated areas.
• Fixed an issue when the controller was able to deal damage by his roar ability out of his line of sight, through the objects and walls.
• Fixed an issue when pseudogiant was able to stuck at short distances from the player.
• Fixed an issue when tushkans kept making sounds after death.
• Fixed an issue with missing sound for burer drag weapon ability.
• Fixed an issue when dead snorks kept making sounds.
• Fixed an issue where NPCs were able to fire non-dispersion shots through covers (e.g. walls).
• Added ballistic falloff on the long distances for NPC`s so they won’t be able to hit players while too far away.
• Improved A-life NPCs persistent movement after transition to offline state.
• Improved animation transitions between different NPC activities.
• Fixed occasional unnatural NPC movement when the player aimed at or directed the camera toward them.
• Fixed an issue when quests bloodsuckers were able to endlessly follow the Player.
• Fixed an issue when encountering NPC`s doesn`t transit to A-life or despawn if Player moves far away from them.
• Fixed an issue when quest Burer was able to endlessly follow the Player at the Duga Radar region.
• Fixed an issue when certain encounters NPC`s were able to always chase or detect the Player, even on the long distance.
  Improved mutants’ attacking behavior when Player is standing still.
• Fixed issue when NPCs take exposed cover while fighting with each other
• Fixed spawning of Monsters and NPCs in lairs after the save/load.
• Fixed issues when NPCs were exiting their Contextual actions during the dialogue when emission starts.
  Fixed an issue where NPCs could leave their designated camps while the player is far away.
• Fixed an issue where NPCs could disappear after moving far away from them and back in some areas.
• Fixed an issue where NPCs could stuck during the movement near some camps.
• Fixed an issue where NPCs could drop their weapon when equipping PDA.
• Fixed an issue where NPCs and Mutants could spawn on the territory that should not be accessible for them.
• Fixed an issue where scientists NPC could be spawned outside of the main building.

Balance 

• Fixed generic issue where Quest NPC could have overpowered items in inventory.
• Fixed an issue where price for a common artifact was higher than repeatable quest reward for it.
• Implemented new artifact effect: Durability, that will increase durability of equipped gear.
• Added new handgun Kora to the game.
• Added reload renewal feature for all of the weapons.
• Reworked and replaced 7.62 ammo across the map.
• Fixed an issue with a unique gun Trophy that had a useless upgrade of the stock.
• Increased armor penetration for Grom S15 weapon, increased armor penetration and damage modifiers for AS Lavina weapon.

Reworked ammo for machine guns and sniper rifles:

• – replaced 762×39 MM ammo with 762×54 MM ammo;
• – Sniper rifles (SVDM-2, SVU-MK S-3 and M701 Super) now don’t use light steel core ammo, without weapon upgrade — only super-sonic and armor piercing ammo;
• – PKP machine guns, Mark I EMR and Three-Line Rifle can use light steel core ammo by default;
• – supersonic ammo now deals way less damage to weapon durability, making it more useful.
  Added Three-Line Rifle weapon.
  Artifacts’ effects rebalance:
• – Horn: decreased chemical and radio protection;
• – Rosin: replaced “weight: weak” effect with “endurance: weak”;
• – Sapphire: removed increased durability effect;
• – Shell: replaced “radiation: weak” effect with “endurance: weak”.

Audio

• Adjusted Brick’s voice-over line to ensure contextual accuracy.
• Adjusted several NPC voice-over lines during A Matter of Honor mission to improve contextual relevance.
• Adjusted Romchyk Dogman’s voice-over line to enhance contextual relevance.
• Adjusted one of the Slick Dimon’s voice-over lines make it more audible.
• Added voice-over line for Dima Highkick
• Improved distant and indoors gunshots sounds.
• Fixed an issue with missing voiceover for Glushak during the Dangerous Visitors mission.
• Polished sounds’ obstruction.
• Fixed an issue where the muffled effect for masked character voiceover disappeared after interrupting their dialogue.
• Improved sound environment for X3 Lab location, Сordon region.
• Fixed an issue where Forced Mono audio setting did not affect music.
• Fixed an issue when the sound of weapon reloading is not played from NPCs in cover.
• Fixed an issue when the dialogue with Varan was muffled during the Deal With The Devil mission.
• Fixed an issue when sound obstruction could stay active while the sound shouldn’t be obstructed already.
• Adjusted sound volume for medkit usage.

Openworld

• Added new anomaly: Water Electric Tornado.
• Polished facial animation for Birch NPC at Rostok Hub.
• Improved lighting at the certain points of Promin CMD Factory.
• Fixed an issue when Mykolayich has two healing dialogue options instead of one.
• Adjusted dialogues’ timings at Chemical Plant hub for better immersion.
• Fixed an issue when Partridge and Cobbler were unable to continue their conversation after interruption.
• Fixed an issue with several empty PDA, located at the Chemical plant location.
• Fixed an issue with a turned off radio at the chemical plant.
• Fixed an issue when elevators have no collision after the cutscene during Let No One Leave Unsatisfied mission.
• Fixed an issue when a trap was already triggered after loading a saved game near the gas station location.
• Fixed an issue when Lyonchyk Sprat and his squad became unkillable after helping him.
• Fixed an issue when Player was able to hear the outside sounds from the underground part of VPC Mirror.
  Level Design improvements for Foundation location, Pripyat Underground region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Azimuth Station location, Wild Island region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Kopachi location, Cement Plant region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Rookie Village location, Сordon region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Flea Market location, Garbage region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Central Elevator location, Chemical Plant region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Promin Cmd Factory location, Industrial Zone region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Yantar Production Complex location, Yantar region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Swamp Tram location, Backwater region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Mobile Building Enterprise location, Jupiter region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Waste Processing Station location, Wild Island region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Wsd Base location, Jupiter region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Agricultural Workshop location, Yantar region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Ses Polygon location, Jupiter region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Yaniv location, Yaniv region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Northern Checkpoint location, Lesser Zone region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Sphere location, Lesser Zone region.
• Level Design improvements for Dam location near Cooling Towers.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Cherevach location, Burnt Forest region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Distribution Substation location, Burnt Forest region.
• Adjusted generic animation pose for NPCs at Yaniv hub.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Pallet Warehouse location, Chemical Plant region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Ahroprom Underground location, Industrial Zone region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Concrete Forest location, Cement Plant region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Malachite region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Enerhetyk Palace of Culture location, Prypiat region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Perimeter Decontamination Center location, Lesser Zone region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Lisovyi location, Yaniv region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for X3 Lab location, Сordon region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Chemical Plant location, Chemical Plant region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Cage location, Cement Plant region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Energiya Vehicle Station location, Stc Malachite region.
• Fixed an issue when Player was taking damage in the building with Blush and Jumper at the Wild Island region during the emission.
• Adjusted impact VFX for some car front door windows.
• Level Design improvements for the Chemical Plant region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Gas Station location, Backwater region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Abandoned Science Campus location, District No.2 region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Locked Hut location, Backwater region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Central Elevator location, Chemical Plant region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements at the Duga Radar region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Transport Tunnel location, Сordon region.
• Fixed an issue with offset collision for walls in SIRCAA (Wish Granter Room).
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Old Wall location, Lesser Zone region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Zalissya location, Lesser Zone region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Eastern Checkpoint location, Lesser Zone region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Х5 Lab location, Industrial Zone region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Zalissya Bar location, Lesser Zone region.
• Fixed an issue where Player was able to leave playable area by climbing behind the truck during Through The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death mission.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Central Checkpoint location, Lesser Zone region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Svitlyachok Shop location, District No.1 region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for X15 Lab location, Burnt Forest region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Supply Depot location, Lesser Zone region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Military Checkpoint location, Сordon region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Crystal Scs location, Duga Radar region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Block D location, Duga Radar region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for the Buryakivka location, «Rostok» Factory region.
• Fixed an issue where boiling pot steam VFX was glowing and flickering near Arena, Rostok region.
• Updated some stashes and their markers in the Rostok region.
• Updated some stashes locations in Yaniv region.
• Fixed an issue when Player was able to stuck behind the Sidorovich bunker door at the end of the combat.
• Fixed NPC relations inconsistencies between encounter and mainline missions.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Backwater region.
• Fixed narrative inconsistencies in dialogue with Heikkinen NPC at Malachite hub.
• Fixed an issue where to restart dialogue with Sold. Heikkinen Player needed to reenter the room instead of interacting with him.
• Fixed an issue when trees and bushes could appear right in front of the player.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Coordination Center location, Sircaa region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Shevchenko location, Backwater region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Detention Center location, Garbage region.
• Fixed an issue with noisy shadows and flickering on specular surfaces.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for the Garbage region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for The Ward’s Outpost location, Garbage region.
• Level Art and Level Design improvements for Commissary location, Garbage region.
• Switched ranks of the bandits near The Old Wall location during the There And Back Again mission.
• Fixed an issue where bandits did not attack Player during encounters near Varan’s camp.
• Fixed an issue where Dima Highkick NPC did not attack Player after approaching bandits’ cabin during encounter mission in Lesser Zone.
• Fixed an issue where A Job For Sidorovich repeatable mission was able to get stuck uncompleted.
• Fixed an issue where Player was able to get stuck in the dialogue with Sultan during The Mysterious Case mission.
• Fixed an issue where elevator doors to Dalin’s apartment were blocked during A Long Overdue Visit mission.

Cutscenes and animations

• Fixed generic issue where some dialogue animations were not Playing, if the character was already playing an animation before dialogue started.
• Fixed an issue with NPC shaking while idle.
• Fixed an issue with the Rostock hub medic when his hands were empty during papers reading and sometimes was clipping through his legs.
• Fixed an issue when Bonesetter`s hands were empty while he was trying to read the papers.
• Improved NPC cigarette smoking animation.
• Improved idle and conversation start animations for Dorozhniuk.
• Adjusted generic animation poses for NPCs at Shevchenko hub.
• Adjusted generic animation pose for NPCs at Rookie Village hub.
• Adjusted generic animation pose for NPCs at Icarus hub.
• Fixed issue where during an emission in shelters the NPC could have a weapon between legs
• Fixed issue with twitching scope mount when attaching it on GP37 and Dnipro automatic rifles.
• Added lip-synced animations for Ukrainian VO cutscenes.
• Fixed an issue with missing parts of dead bodies after picking them up.
• Fixed a blink of Richter’s body during the cutscene in The Price Goes Up mission.
• Fixed an issue with flickering/ falling under ground Psy NPCs after interacting.
• Fixed absence of animations of NPC Scar during the cutscene in Subtle Matter mission.
• Optimized skeletal meshes for stashes and some interactable objects.
• Fixed an issue where invisible collisions could block a doorway after NPC passes through.

Game settings & menus, UI

• Added possibility to speed up credits scrolling for PC and XBOX.
• Added displaying of available artifact slots for armors.
• Fixed an issue which caused the ammo counter to appear when picking up ammo.
• Fixed an issue when localization for the “Output device” sound option was missing after setting reset.
• Fixed an issue with misaligned UI elements in quick access slots and interaction section of Controls settings.
• Fixed an issue with the wrong “Hold breath” hint icon when using the gamepad.
• The player stash window is increased in size.
• Fixed an issue when the “Take all” button becomes inactive after putting any item to the loot window.
• Fixed an issue with overlapping and empty cells in the Player stash window after putting the items at the late stages of the game.
• Fixed an issue when items were not marked as blocked after opening the item selector in the safe zone for the first time.
• Fixed an issue where weapon attachments weren’t dimmed opening weapon wheel selector in safe zones.
• Fixed an issue with duplicated text in header string for Rookie difficulty pop-up message, when starting a new game.
  Added missing SFX when selecting markers for tracking/untracking in the Map menu.
• Fixed an issue when marker tooltip doesn`t disappear after switching from gamepad to the keyboard.
• Fixed an issue when Player get multiple notifications about receiving blueprints after turning on HUD visibility.
• Fixed an issue with missing hints for the auto-compare, description and equipment.
• Fixed an issue with the blinking HUD on entering and exiting from the certain cutscenes.
• Fixed an issue with semi-transparent HUD after the cutscene in the Bar of the Zalissya during the “A Though Awakening” mission.
  Polished armor icons in inventory menus.
• Fixed the issues with the inventory displaying when the coupon amount reaches eight digits.
• Fixed an issue when the Seva-V suit was reappearing in Player inventory after being dropped.
• Fixed an issue where VOG-25 was not highlighted as suitable ammo on hovering over compatible weapons (e.g. Grom S-14).
• Expanded clickable zone for UI hints.
• Fixed an issue which caused Drop function to not work while looting
• Added hint for flashlight toggle when holding “R” button (or X on Xbox controller).
• Polished the visuals of the split stack UI widget.
• Added “Fix all” button in the technician’s upgrade menu, to repair all equipped gear.
• Added Empty status to interact triggers for looted and empty containers.
• Fixed an issue when two Main missions could be tracked simultaneously.
• Improved HUD appearance for changing ammo functionality.
• Enhanced inventory sorting and scrolling on loot windows.
• Added loopped switches for some parameters in the settings.
• Added an “Auto Detect” button to the graphics settings to adjust graphics presets according to our recommendations for players hardware
• Polished icons for weapons with collapsed ironsights.
• Fixed an absence of context menu in inventory after transferring item via doubleclick.

Localization

• Fixed a typo in Ukrainian localization subtitles during the cutscene of Back To The Slag Heap mission.
• Fixed Turkish localization mistake in dialogue subtitles for the Just Like the Good Old Days mission.
• Corrected the names of the RPM-74 and its related attachments in the Ukrainian localization.
• Fixed an issue where certain tutorials displayed placeholder text in the Turkish and Traditional Chinese localizations.
• Fixed typos in Dr. Alensky’s dialogues.
• Fixed multiple typos in Gen. Voronin’s emission-related dialogues.
• Fixed inconsistencies and typos in generic narrative dialogues between NPCs in Rookie Village.
• Fixed typos in Answers Come At A Price mission dialogues (Ukrainian localization).
• Fixed incorrect description for ‘Overall quality’ and ‘Mouse aim sensitivity’ options in settings menu.
• Fixed inconsistencies in Ukrainian localization for Edik the Dome’s PDA item.
• Fixed typos in A Needle In A Haystack mission dialogues (Ukrainian localization).
• Enhanced weapon attachments descriptions.
• Fixed inconsistencies for Tourist Suit item description.
• Fixed placeholder texts during the missions with NPC Viktoria Dorozhnyuk.
• Fixed placeholder text in upgrade tab of M701 Super rifle.
• Fixed placeholder text in upgrade tab of SVDM-2/Lynx rifles.

Main line and side missions

• Fixed an issue when Korshunov was sliding inside the elevator during The Last Step mission.
• Fixed an issue when Scar could leave the arena and start a fight with Monolithians if they were not killed during the previous quest objective of The Last Step mission.
• Fixed an issue when Ward’s reputation became negative after the start of the Assault on the Duga mission for the Ward side.
• Fixed an issue when Ward badge animation was missing when speaking with Heikkinen during the A Minor Incident mission.
• Fixed an issue when the quest objective Find the code doesn’t complete after finding the code during the Dawn of a New Day mission.
• Fixed an issue when Player was unable to open the airlock, leading to final Granite fight, after leaving the airlock during The Last Step mission.
• Fixed an issue with incorrect icon for Scar dialogue answer options during the Back to the Slag Heap mission.
• Fixed an issue when Tarantula’s squad spawns in the player’s View if the player starts a dialogue with trader looking at the tunnel entrance during the Unhealthy Competition mission.
• Fixed an issue when the Player was able to get reward for A Matter of Honor mission twice.
• Fixed an issue that allowed Gray’s Last Hunt mission to be accepted again after completion
• Fixed an issue where objective Get to STC Malachite could remain incomplete during A Minor Incident mission
• Fixed an issue that caused players to receive placeholder notes when looting Faust’s PDA during Happiness For Everyone mission.
• Fixed an issue where the Head to the rendezvous point marker remained on the map in the Happiness for Everyone mission.
• Fixed an issue where it was possible to reuse the scanner in the tunnel if given the scanner to Nor earlier in the mission The Boundary.
• Fixed incorrect note in Zhenya Hulk’s PDA if Sultan is alive in the side mission The Key to Freedom.
• Fixed an issue where Player was able to miss dialogue by climbing over boxes in the Transport tunnel during the Unhealthy Competition mission.
• Fixed an issue where the Talk to Swedish objective was not failed if Player killed him before finding Wisp during the Unhealthy Competition mission.
• Fixed an issue where wounded NPC instantly died after Monolith attack began during A Matter Of Honor mission.
• Fixed an issue when Player sometimes was unavailable to enter or exit from the elevator during the A Long Overdue Visit mission.
• Fixed an issue when the elevator door at the top of X-3 lab was closed and blocking further progression during the Legends of the Zone mission.
• Fixed an issue when elevator door to X17 was closed and blocking further progress during the Visions of Truth mission.
• Fixed an issue where objective Fight off Monolith attack could remain incomplete during The Road To The Foundation mission.
• Fixed an issue where Col. Korshunov could be killed during the Dangerous Liaisons mission.
• Fixed an issue where players could get stuck inside Troposphere Comm Station at the end of Dangerous Liaisons mission.
• Fixed an issue which caused the Ward squad to get stuck during The Assault On The Duga mission.
• Fixed an issue where several objectives could remain active after failing the The Sound Of Music mission.
• Fixed an issue where the Black Sheep mission could remain active in the journal under certain circumstances.
• Fixed an issue where The Sound Of Music mission could not be completed under certain circumstances.
• Adjusted audio balance for certain SFX during mainline missions.
• Resolved a desynchronization issue between the elevator and player position during The Last Step mission.
• Fixed an issue where Controller could get stuck and ignore the player under certain conditions during In Search Of Past Glory mission.
• Made a cinematic transition seamless during The Last Wish mission.
• Fixed an issue when players couldn’t open the door using a decoder to enter TCS through the loading dock in Dangerous Liaisons mission.
• Fixed an issue when the new objective does not start after Help Nightingale is completed during the Nightingale’s Hunt mission.
• Fixed missing markers for Mykolayich’s optional task during On The Edge mission.
• Fixed an issue when the quest stage Return to Dorozhyuk doesn’t start after giving the flash drive to the scientist during the Black Sheep mission.
• Fixed an issue with locked camera on dead NPC during the encounter at the NTC Malachite region.
• Fixed an issue when player can be locked inside the Zalissya’s Clubhouse during the On The Edge mission.
• Fixed an issue when Fight Off monolith attack objective wasn’t completed during the On The Edge mission.
• Fixed an issue when the door leading to the Granite squad arena could close in front of the player during the The Last Step mission.
• Fixed an issue when the player character could be killed by emission during the Escape From The Cage mission.
• Fixed an issue with missing Sgt. Metlov during the Back To The Slag Heap mission.
• Fixed an issue where Sidorovich won’t call player character after completion of “Help Tarantula kill the traders” objective in Unhealthy Competition mission.
• Fixed an issue where the Dark Times mission could not progress after the death of Jarl NPC.

Optimization and bugfixes

• Fixed an issue that caused the inventory menu to remain open after Controller used Psy Strike on the player.
• Fixed an issue that caused sound and input loss after quick resume on Xbox platform
• Fixed an  issue when the game becomes unresponsive when loading save, made in certain points of Prypiat, during the The Road to the Foundation mission.
• Fixed an issue when Player get permanent and consistent negative effects from uncharged WeirdBolt.
• Fixed an issue which caused “Unsaved progress will be lost” warning message not to appear when loading a save.
• Fixed an issue where stamina drain effect was stuck after loading save made in shallow water.
• Fixed an issue where Player was able to get permanent effect and damage from anomaly after loading save made inside that anomaly.
• Fixed issue where Burer could be killed while its shield was active if get close
• Fixed issue where Сhimera jump attack deals damage before reaches Player
• Fixed an issue where Deer, Pseudodog and Bayun bodies jumped up after these mutants were killed.
• Fixed an issue where mutants didn’t run through Player during their running attack.
• Fixed an issue where Players were able to hear SFX of mutants under ground, while being at the surface.
  Fixed performance drops on collision with PSY phantoms.
• Fixed a crash when using vodka.
• Fixed an issue where Agatha could play combat barks with a generic voice.
• Fixed an issue where Poltergeist and Snork’s ragdoll became rigid after death.
• Fixed an issue where NPCs were teleporting right in front of the Player when building a path to a point on a different floor.
• Improved performance at locations with lots of dialogues pending (e.g. large hubs like Rostok).
• Fixed severe FPS drops while looking at interactive objects and NPCs at close interact range.
• Fixed crash at Slag heap territory on Xbox Series S.
• Optimisation tweaks during the Happiness For Everyone mission.
• Fixed an issue with performance degradation when multiple NPCs attempt to open doors simultaneously.
• Fixed crash on Xbox Series S that could occur after approaching Chemical Plant location.

Other

• Polished time skip logic for Player’s status effects while sleeping.
• Fixed an issue where the player could get the achievement for clearing a lair without raising an alarm by only performing one kill.
• Fixed an issue where Vortex anomaly icon was described as Poppy Field on the map
• Added Shader Compilation Skip functionality.
• Fixed an issue when the Equipment Tab was becoming unresponsive after looting, putting items in stash or corpse.
• Added support of 21:9 and 32:9 Aspect Ratio.
• Setted Max available FOV setting to 110 on Xbox.

John Papadopoulos

John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
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