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GSC Game World have deployed Stalker 2 patch 1.7.1, tackling several prominent bugs, including the frustrating issue where artefacts spawned beneath ground geometry, making them impossible to collect. The update also resolves disappearing power lines and severe frame rate drops tied to Epic shadow settings, a problem that was introduced in the recent update.
Key fixes and performance improvements
The most significant fix addresses artifacts spawning underground, a problem that could lock players out of valuable loot through no fault of their own. Power lines that previously vanished when approached now remain visible, whilst opening the PDA with Epic shadows no longer tanks performance catastrophically.
Mission-specific bugs received attention, including Ward NPCs teleporting during Wishful Thinking and soldiers failing to assist Skif during Assault On The Duga. Visual glitches like texture flickering on staircases and shadow issues on Skif's hands during cutscenes have been corrected.
Mod compatibility and quality-of-life changes
A new fail-safe mechanism helps players whose games won't launch due to mod incompatibility, potentially saving corrupted saves or broken installations. Several exploits were patched, including sprinting whilst overencumbered and using weapon attachments directly from trade windows.
DualSense controller dead zone settings received multiple fixes, whilst settings values now display correctly after auto-detect or reset. General crash fixes round out the update, though GSC Game World didn't specify which crashes were addressed.
Patch 1.7.1 is available now across all platforms. Check out the full patch notes below:
Stalker Patch 1.7.1 Patch Notes
- Introduced fail-safe mechanism for cases where mod incompatibility prevents users from launching title
- Fixed an issue where the power lines could disappear on approach.
- Fixed an issue where the Ward NPC could teleport in the player's field of view after killing noontiders during the Wishful Thinking mission.
- Fixed an issue where the Ward soldiers could not help Skif to hold position during the Assault On The Duga mission.
- Fixed a massive performance drop on opening PDA while the Shadows option is set to Epic.
- Fixed an issue where the player could sprint while overweighted with loot.
- Fixed an issue where the player could observe texture flickering on the staircase after the cutscene during the Back To The Slag Heap mission.
- Fixed an issue where the player could have visual artifacts on Richter during the cinematic in the The Price Goes Up mission.
- Fixed shadows on Skif's hands during the cutscene in the Back To The Slag Heap mission.
- Fixed an issue where the player could use weapon attachments from the trade window.
- Fixed an issue where the settings values could be displayed incorrectly after using the auto-detect or reset settings features.
- Fixed an issue that could cause artifacts to spawn under the ground.
- Fixed several issues with dead zone settings for the DualSense controller.
- Fixed crashes.
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