Arrowhead Games has launched patch 1.000.10 for “Helldivers 2” on Steam and PS5, aiming to address various key issues obstructing the smooth gameplay experience. The patch targets bugs causing character freezing, unintentional enemy spawns and preventing crafting certain items, among other issues. This patch also comes with minor performance enhancements for a better overall gaming experience.
The announcement came from Arrowhead’s CEO Johan Pilestedt via Twitter. The main objectives of the patch include fixing matchmaking problems and increasing server load capacity, both meant to drastically improve the entire player experience.
Beyond matchmaking and server capacity, the update also rectifies the ragdoll momentum issues in the game, tweaks difficulty settings and introduces a quickplay automatic retry function. Furthermore, it addresses bugs related to character models, enhances hit detection and rebalances weapon power. In response to player’s feedback, some game levels have been redesigned for a more balanced gameplay, together with new character and weapon skins and fresh soundtracks.
Despite its popularity, “Helldivers 2” saw significant bugs since its release, leading Arrowhead to advise potential buyers to wait until the issues are fully resolved. Nevertheless, loyal fans of the franchise remain optimistic, applauding the sequel for its improved graphics and expansive gameplay. They eagerly await the patches and updates Arrowhead is working on to address the existing problems.
The latest patch brings a bevy of bug fixes, solutions for game crashes due to duplicated ragdoll momentum, fixes for PC quickplay matchmaking, mission difficulty level adjustments and platform authentication upgrades to combat the black screen issue at startup. It also incorporates an automatic quickplay retry function and a proper error message indicating error code “10002038”.
Despite these improvements, there are acknowledged issues that Arrowhead Games is actively working on. These include disconnections during gameplay, in-game avatars freezing when interacting with certain items, UI-associated issues and a troublesome area around the simultaneous login rate limit. Regardless of the current challenges, Arrowhead Games remains committed to enhancing the gameplay experience for “Helldivers 2” fans and has pledged to resolve these issues as quickly as possible.
