Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has issued a brand new patch for the PC and PlayStation 5 co-op shooter that fixes the Spear after a earlier replace triggered crash issues.
Final week’s replace 1.000.402 included a repair for the Spear not focusing on a number of entities (spawners, compound objects, and so on). This alteration was welcomed by followers as a result of, it was hoped, it could lastly make the Spear weapon extra dependable out on the battlefield.
Nonetheless, gamers quickly discovered that the Spear, the very weapon Arrowhead had sought to repair, triggered crashes, leading to a contemporary advice to not use it. Now, patch 01.000.403 features a repair for Spear-related crashes. Fingers crossed that’s now the top of the Spear’s tumultuous time in Helldivers 2.
Elsewhere, there are extra fixes for quite a lot of comparatively minor issues, and an up to date checklist of points Arrowhead is engaged on.
Helldivers 2 is the fastest-selling PlayStation sport of all time, having shifted an unimaginable 12 million copies in simply 12 weeks since occurring sale earlier this yr. Amid the massive income Helldivers 2 has generated, Arrowhead itself has suffered plenty of crises, together with launch server issues and, most lately, a battle with Sony itself over the console maker’s controversial try to pressure Steam gamers to account hyperlink to PlayStation Community.
Arrowhead lately revealed it was within the strategy of setting the studio up so it may “make extra and higher stuff” within the long-term. In (*2*), new CEO Shams Jorjani, who lately changed earlier Arrowhead CEO and now present Chief Inventive Officer Johan Pilestedt, mentioned the studio has needed to regulate to the big success Helldivers 2 has delivered to the corporate.
Helldivers 2 replace 01.000.403 patch notes:
Overview
For this patch, we’ve made enhancements and adjustments to the next areas:
- Crash repair associated to the FAF-14 Spear
- Basic fixes
Basic
- Japanese language voice-overs at the moment are out there globally on PS5 (additionally on PC).
Fixes
Crashes
- Repair for crash occurring when gamers with distinctive hellpod patterns go away throughout hellpod launch cutscenes
- Crash repair whereas aiming with the FAF-14 Spear
Misc fixes
- Fastened corrupted textual content exhibiting “?” for some characters when having Conventional Chinese language language chosen
- Repair for Plasma Punisher being unable to shoot out of the SH-32 Protect Generator Pack and the FX-12 Protect Generator
- Fastened so the Quasar Cannon has the proper change to its warmth when on cold and warm planets
- Fastened concern the place Spore Spewer would seem purple on sure planets
- Fastened some instances the place pink query marks would seem in missions on varied planets
- Fastened Peak Physique armor passive not correctly affecting weapon ergonomics
- Fastened concern the place out there Operations have been reset after participant reconnected from getting kicked on account of inactivity
Identified Points
These are points that have been both launched by this patch and are being labored on, or are from a earlier model and haven’t but been mounted.
- Sending buddy requests through buddy code in sport at the moment doesn’t work
- Gamers could also be unable to be joined or invited to the sport
- Gamers added to the Current Gamers checklist will seem in the midst of the checklist
- Gamers could expertise delays in Medals and Tremendous Credit payouts
- Enemies that bleed out don’t progress Private Orders and Eradicate missions
- Deployed mines could typically turn out to be invisible (however stay energetic)
- Arc weapons typically behave inconsistently and typically misfire
- Most weapons shoot beneath the crosshair when aiming down the sights
- Stratagem beam would possibly connect itself to an enemy however will deploy to its authentic location
- Hand Carts ship module doesn’t scale back Protect Generator Pack’s cooldown
- Superior Packing Methodology ship module doesn’t work
- Bile Titan typically doesn’t take harm to the top
- Gamers could turn out to be caught within the Loadout when becoming a member of a sport in progress
- Reinforcement might not be out there for gamers who be a part of a sport in progress
- Planet liberation reaches 100 % on the finish of each Defend mission
- Elevate Flag of Tremendous Earth goal doesn’t present a progress bar
- Mission rely within the Profession tab is being reset to zero after each sport restart
- Some weapons’ descriptions are out-of-date and don’t replicate their present design
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