Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has launched replace 01.000.202 and through the patch notes confirmed it addresses basic recreation stability and crashes. But because the Helldivers 2 group anxiously awaits what’s subsequent for the sport following the obvious eradication of the Automatons, gamers are questioning what secrets and techniques the replace might maintain.
Let’s begin with what we all know. Replace 01.000.202 tweaks stats consumer interface for weapons to take into consideration any explosive injury completed by them. In line with Arrowhead,that is to provide weapons that do injury with explosive projectiles a extra honest illustration within the UI. Most notably affected is the PLAS-1 Scorcher, the developer added.
Then there’s an extended listing of crash fixes, that are actually welcome. Arrowhead additionally up to date its ‘recognized points’ listing so as to add scopes on some weapons, such because the the Anti-Materiel Rifle, which are barely misaligned, and the world round Automaton Detector Tower that makes blue stratagems such because the hellbomb bounce and be repelled when making an attempt to name them down near the tower. In fact, with the Automatons handled, it’s not attainable to play on Automaton planets. They’ll be again, certain sufficient. In the meantime, there isn’t a point out of the ‘rogue Merchandise’ that Arrowhead has warned gamers off shopping for, but it’s now faraway from the sport.
It’s a easy sufficient patch on the face of it, but Helldivers 2 gamers at the moment are situations to suspect Arrowhead of sneaking in unannounced modifications and additions. In spite of everything, the developer added new Automaton enemies with out telling gamers in order that they might uncover them for themselves. And with the Automatons handled, gamers at the moment are questioning if it’s lastly time for the closely rumored arrival of the Illuminate faction.
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Helldivers 2 replace 01.000.202 patch notes:
Overview
This replace contains
Gameplay
- We’ve got up to date the stats UI for weapons to take into consideration any explosive injury completed by them. That is to provide weapons that do injury with explosive projectiles a extra honest illustration within the UI. Most notably affected is the PLAS-1 Scorcher.
Fixes
Crash fixes
- Fastened some crashes that occurred when deploying to mission.
- Fastened some crashes that occurred throughout extraction and proper after it.
- Fastened crashes that would happen if the squad deployed a considerable amount of help weapons.
- Fastened numerous crashes that would happen throughout gameplay.
- Fastened a crash that would happen when utilizing warmth primarily based weapons.
- Fastened crashes which may happen if a participant died whereas utilizing the jetpack.
- Fastened crash which may happen when massive volumes of enemies had been current.
- Fastened crash which may happen when the participant picked up a snowball.
- Fastened crash which may happen when finishing an goal.
Different Fixes
- Fastened dangle that would happen whereas navigating the social menu.
- Selecting up Medals and Tremendous Credit will not lock the participant in place.
Identified Points
These are points that had been both launched by this patch and are being labored on, or are from a earlier model and haven’t but been fastened. This listing is just not exhaustive, and we’re persevering with to determine points and create fixes. These are organized by suggestions, studies, severity, and so forth.
Varied points involving buddy invitations and cross-play:
- Participant title might present up clean on the opposite participant’s buddy listing.
- Buddy Request can’t be accepted when the requesting participant modified their username earlier than the request was accepted.
- Cross-platform buddy invitations won’t present up within the Buddy Requests tab.
- Players can not unfriend gamers befriended through buddy code.
- Players can not unblock gamers that weren’t of their Pals listing beforehand.
- Harm-over-time results might solely apply when dealt by the host.
- Players might expertise delays in Medals and Tremendous Credit payouts.
- Enemies that bleed out don’t progress Private Orders and Eradicate missions.
- Sure weapons just like the Sickle can not shoot by foliage.
- Scopes on some weapons such because the Anti-Materiel Rifle are barely misaligned.
- Arc weapons typically behave inconsistently and typically misfire.
- Spear’s concentrating on is inconsistent, making it laborious to lock-on to bigger enemies.
- Stratagem beam would possibly connect itself to an enemy but it’s going to deploy to its unique location.
- Explosions don’t break your limbs (apart from if you fly right into a rock).
- Space round Automaton Detector Tower makes blue stratagems such because the hellbomb bounce and be repelled when making an attempt to name them down near the tower.
- Planet liberation reaches 100% on the finish of each Defend mission.
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