Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has released a new patch for the PC and PlayStation 5 co-op shooter that fixes Spear after a previous update caused crashing issues.
Last week’s update 1.000.402 included a fix for Spear not targeting some entities (glitter producers, compound objects, etc). This change was welcomed by fans because, it was hoped, it would finally make the Spear weapon more reliable on the battlefield.
However, players soon found that the Spear, the very weapon Arrowhead had sought to fix, caused crashes, resulting in a new recommendation not to use it. Now, patch 01.000.403 includes a fix for crashes related to Spear. Fingers crossed that this is the end of Spear’s troubled time in Helldivers 2.
Elsewhere, there are more fixes for a number of relatively minor issues and an updated list of issues Arrowhead is working on.
Helldivers 2 is the best-selling PlayStation game of all time, having moved an incredible 12 million copies in just 12 weeks since it went on sale earlier this year. Amidst the huge revenue that Helldivers 2 has generated, Arrowhead itself has suffered a series of crises, including launch server issues and, most recently, a battle with Sony itself over the console maker’s controversial attempt to force Steam players link the account to PlayStation Network.
Arrowhead recently revealed that it was in the process of setting up the studio so that it could “do more and better things” in the long run. IN an introductory reddit postThe new CEO Shams Jorjani, who recently replaced Arrowhead’s previous CEO and now Chief Creative Officer, Johan Pilestedtsaid that the studio has had to adapt to the huge success that Helldivers 2 has brought to the company.
Helldivers 2 update 01.000.403 patch notes:
General overview
For this patch, we have made improvements and changes in the following areas:
- Crash fix related to the FAF-14 spear
- General adjustments
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- Japanese language audio streams are now available globally on PS5 (also on PC).
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- Fix for crash when players with unique hellpod models leave during hellpod cutscenes
- Fixed crash when aiming with FAF-14 spear
Various adjustments
- Fixed broken text showing “?” for some characters when Traditional Chinese is selected
- Fix for Plasma Punisher not being able to fire SH-32 Shield Generator Pack and FX-12 Shield Generator
- Adjusted so that the Quasar Ball has the correct variation of its heat when on hot and cold planets
- Fixed issue where Spore Spewer would appear purple on some planets
- Fixed several cases where pink question marks would appear on missions on different planets
- Fixed Peak Physique passive armor not properly affecting weapon ergonomics
- Fixed issue where available Operations reset after player reconnected from hits due to inactivity
Known issues
These are issues that were either introduced by this patch and are being worked on, or are from a previous version and haven’t been fixed yet.
- Sending friend requests via the in-game friend code is currently not working
- Players may not be able to join or be invited to the game
- Players added to the recent players list will appear in the middle of the list
- Players may experience delays in medal and super credit payments
- Enemies spawning from blood do not advance Personal Orders and Eradication missions
- Placed mines can sometimes become invisible (but remain active)
- Crossbows sometimes behave erratically and sometimes explode
- Most guns shoot below the dot when aiming the sights
- Stratagem’s beam can stick to an enemy, but will be placed in its original location
- The wheelbarrow transport module does not reduce the cooldown of the shield generator pack
- The Superior Packaging Methodology ship module is not working
- Even Titan sometimes doesn’t hurt the head
- Players can get stuck in Loadout when joining an ongoing game
- Boost may not be available for players joining an ongoing game
- Planet liberation reaches 100% at the end of each Defend mission
- The Raise the Super Earth Flag objective does not show a progress bar
- The mission number in the “Career” tab is being reset to zero after each restart of the game
- Some weapon descriptions are outdated and do not reflect their current model
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