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It’s been a hectic time for the Helldivers 2 community following The Game Awards 2024. Arrowhead stealth dropped a significant update adding vehicles and a new warbond, and players absolutely love all of the new content. While it’s not an update adding new features or content to enjoy, Arrowhead has just released a new hotfix for Helldivers 2 that aims to fix several issues causing the game to crash.
The addition of vehicles is great, and Arrowhead have confirmed that an “upcoming MO” will allow players to get an FRV stratagem as opposed to needing to find spawn vehicles. As for the future of the game, leaks have revealed details about a dark eclipse event, and leaks have also revealed a crossover Warbond with Killzone. Although these are only leaks with nothing for next year official right now, Arrowhead are working on delivering a new content roadmap.
Next year is poised to be excellent for Helldivers 2, but, right now, Arrowhead just shared the brief patch notes for hotfix 01.002.002.
Helldivers 2 update 01.002.002 patch notes
Below are the Helldivers 2 hotfix 01.002.002 patch notes as shared on the game’s Discord:
Crash Fixes and Soft-locks:
- Fixed crash when a player leaves while ragdolling and throwing grenades
- Fixed potential crash when hotjoining illuminate missions
- Fixed crash when large amounts of destruction is taking place
- Fix for crash when reloading a shotgun and entering the FRV MG
- Fixed some potential crashes on joining or leaving other player’s ship”
- Fixed crash that could occur on certain explosions
- Fixed potential crash when calling vehicle stratagems
- Fixed crash that could happen when fighting in a colony map.
Known issues:
Top priority:
- Players are unable to emote when flying through the air
- Stratagem balls bounce unpredictably off cliffs and some spots
- Balancing and functionality adjustments for DSS
- Matchmaking improvements to reduce wait time during peak hours
Medium priority:
- Firebomb Hellpods can no longer destroy larger enemy types such as tanks
- Players can get stuck on Pelican-1’s ramp during extraction
- High damage weapons will not detonate Hellbombs already present on the map
- Players using the Microsoft IME languages are unable to type Korean, Japanese and Chinese language characters in chat
- Weapons with a Charge-up mechanic can exhibit unintended behavior when firing faster than the RPM (Rounds Per Minute) limit
- Players who use the “this is democracy” emote on their ship might unintentionally send their fellow Helldivers on unplanned spacewalks
For more Helldivers 2, check out our guide to the best warbonds ranked, along with the best stratagems and best throwables. We have also a guide to the best weapons, and, if you’re coming back to HD2 for the first time in a long while, we have a bunch of tips and tricks to help you get reaccustomed to the battlefield.
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