Hot fix incoming from High Command
Arrowhead Game Studio pushed a new patch with some fixes on Helldivers 2, where the game sometimes crashes when any player selects a new weapon while on the ship and crashes while booting the game after saved monitor was disconnected. This has led to a more efficient and streamlined experience for users. You can read full details in the Helldivers 2 update 1.001.003 patch notes below.
OVERVIEW
- Performance
- Crash Fixes
- General Weapon and stratagem fixes
- Social menu
- Miscellaneous fixes
FIXES
- Crash Fixes
- Fixed crash that would occur when you or another player selects a new weapon while on the ship.
- Fixed crash when booting the game after saved monitor was disconnected.
- General Weapon and Stratagem Fixes
- Thermite grenades no longer make the orbital cannon objective incompletable.
- Mines can now be shot and blown up while near a dangerous object.
- Fixed a bug where flamethrower weapons bounce off energy shields, making them useless when firing within shield generator relay domes.
- Social Menu Fixes
- Even more social menu fixes
- Miscellaneous Fixes
- General performance improvements. Some pertaining to fighting large swarms of bots.
- Fix bug where “Evacuate High-Value Assets” mission stops working then the host leaves.
- Fixed infinitely loading thumbnails on low Texture Quality setting.
- Known Issues
- Game may display an infinite loading screen if a player disconnects during the deployment cutscene.
- Players may not receive Friend Requests sent from another platform.
- “Invite only” games created by a friend can still be seen on the Galactic War map but cannot be joined.
- “Conduct Geological Survey” mission may become incompletable if a player calls in “Seismic Probe” and immediately leaves the game or disconnects.
- Bile Titan sometimes does not take damage to the head.
- Enemies that bleed out do not progress Personal Orders and Eradicate missions.
- Most weapons shoot below the crosshair when aiming down the sights..
- Chain-link fences block flamethrowers’ fire.
- Stratagem beam might attach itself to an enemy but it will deploy to its original location.
- “Guard Dog Rover” does not overheat when firing continuously.
- Players are able to pick up empty expendable weapons like EAT-17 or MLS-4X
- Reinforcement may not be available for players who join a game in progress.
- Wrong decal displayed for the B-27 Fortified commando. We have a fix and plant to implement it soon
- Service Technician on the ship cannot be interacted with – they complained they were bothered too much and could not do their work efficiently