S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl Patch Fixes Shader Compilation Crashes, Memory Leaks, and More

The latest update has also addressed the degraded performance occurring in saves with many hours while aiming or shooting.

Posted By | On 29th, Jan. 2025

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GSC Game World’s S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl has received its first patch of the year, and while not too hefty, it addresses various core issues. These include fixes for crashes and freezing during shader compilation, Rostok memory leaks, and saves with long playtimes suffering from degraded performance while shooting or even aiming.

The developer revealed that the shader compilation bug was “among the hardest for all of us” and asked those still suffering from it to contact support. Xbox players will be happy to hear that an issue resulting in lost save files should also be fixed. Finally, a crash that could randomly occur due to UI animations has been fixed.

As for the future, GSC Game World said it’s continuing to work on a “future update”, so stay tuned for more details.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is available for Xbox Series X/S and PC. Check out our review here. Alongside free updates with new features (including multiplayer), the sandbox shooter has two paid expansions coming up in the future.

Patch 1.1.4

  • Fixed crashes and freeze on shaders compilation
  • Fixed memory leak occurred at Rostok location
  • Fixed performance degradation when shooting/aiming on saves with long playtime
  • Implemented fixes, that should solve the problem causing saves to be lost on Xbox
  • Fixed a random crash related to UI animations.

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