Dying Light 2: Stay Human Patch v1.2.0 Available

Techland brings us a new patch for their zombie-survival RPG Dying Light 2: Stay Human. The patch tweaks the combat system a bit, fixes a number of faulty quests, improves the game’s co-op functionality, and more. Here are the patch notes:

Story Progression Fixes

• All known cases with “Deathloops” eliminated.
• Fixed blocks in multiple quests – Into The Dark, Assassination, Sophie in The Raid Quest, Hubert in The Only Way Out, Veronika, Nightrunners, The Lost Light, Double Time.
• Solved problems with safe zones (in-game clock stops, can’t sleep).

Co-op Fixes

• Stability issues fixed: crashes or black screens in certain situations
• Numerous story progress blocks fixed
• Fixed issues with accepting invites
• Challenges issues fixed: no weapon when inventory full, difficulty balance improved, tools requirements properly handled
• Fixed co-op parties spawning in distant places
• Improved/fixed replication of city open world activities: windmills, hanging cages, loot chests, NPC rescue issues
• Fixed enemies and players falling through the ground in certain situations
• Several performance drops fixed

Nightrunner Tools Fixes

• Paraglider and Grappling Hook upgrades can be applied correctly for players that obtained them during cooperative sessions.
• PK Crossbow reward is correctly given to players in cooperative mode. This fix will prevent new cases from appearing.

Important Combat Improvements

• Improved Biter behavior during the day. The enemy latches onto the players more frequently which diversifies enemy encounters.
• Performance of blunt weapons improved to reflect the sense of weight.
• Improved enemy reaction depending on the type of weapon – to better reflect the weight of the weapon.
• Human opponents can now block players’ attacks during light hit reaction time.
• Light hit reactions for human enemies have been shortened.

New ragdoll’s behaviors.

• Opponents enter ragdolls more often.
• Ragdoll works more naturally.
• Ragdoll behaves differently depending on the used weapon type.
• Appropriate forces are applied when falling from a height and when hitting different parts of the body while maintaining the force given from the direction of the blow.
• When a ragdoll collides with its surroundings – the appropriate sound and FXs are played depending on the surface the body falls on.
• Improved spikes detection. The enemy is now always stamped on the spikes after a hit. Additionally spikes audio feedback is now improved and new FXs were added (displayed based on the body’s physical momentum).

Night Improvements and Balance

• Howler’s senses range increased.
• Increased the Howler resistance to range weapons.
• The chase is triggered when a Howler is hit by a ranged weapon and is still alive.
• Volatiles come out of hiding spots faster during the chase.
• Level 4 of the chase is now more difficult.

UI/UX Improvements

• Survivor Sense now works correctly and can be triggered without any cooldowns after getting hit or performing specific parkour actions.
• Improvements to the Options Menu information architecture incl. a dedicated Accessibility Tab.
• Added feature to show, hide or dynamically display Player Health Bar, Item Selector, and Time of Day Indicator.
• The dynamic setting for Player Health Bar is the new default and hides the bar when the player is at 100% health.
• The dynamic setting for Item Selector is the new default. The Item Selector becomes visible when in combat and when performing combat actions or using D-Pad.
• The dynamic setting for the Time of Day Indicator is the new default setting. The Time of Day Indicator becomes visible during day-night transitional periods.
• All of the widgets that are set Hidden or Dynamic become visible in Extended HUD.
• Visual Improvements to Player HP and Stamina bars. These elements are lighter and their colors are more neutral.
• Visual Improvements to the enemies’ stance meter to more clearly indicate its connection to blunt weapons.

Improvements to the Final Boss Fight

• Fixed an issue where the opponent does not react correctly to other players and does not change behavior that might lead to several glitches during CO-OP play.
• Alternate opponent behaviors in Phase 2 during CO-OP play.
• Opponent performs area attacks more frequently during CO-OP sessions.
• Shortening the narrative scenes between the phases in a boss fight.
• Boss fight pacing improvements.

Outro Improvements

• Improvements of the game endings sequences. Additional end-of-game scenes have been added to better align gameplay and outro scenes.

Balance Tweaks

• Higher Rank Bows are now more easily accessible at Merchants and in the world.
• Banshees and Chargers are now more easily spotted in the Infected hordes during the night.

Technical Improvements

• Introduced high-performance preset that optimizes the displayed graphics which allows you to play Dying Light 2 on older computers and laptops.
• PC DX12 cache-related improvements. The game now works smoother upon the first launch.
• AVX technology is no longer used in the game, improving issues related to a game crashing on the launch.
• Improvements in outdoor lighting.
• Improvements to sun shadows.
• Improvements to spotlight shadows.
• Improvements to Motion Blur – added intensity and distance blur customization.

Brutality Pack

• Player hits with sharp weapons are now more precise and allow Players to chop off body parts of opponents and cut them in half more easily (vertically and horizontally).
• Reworked audio for enemy hit response – different sounds are played depending on the strength of the hit and the damage the player deals.
• Blood splats on the ground appear when Player hits the opponent.
• If a player is close to the enemy during the attacks, the opponent’s blood will splash on the screen.
• Improved blood effects on enemy bodies after hits.
• A dead enemy is now interactive and reacts accurately to blows and injuries.
• A new effect of bloodstains on the enemies’ bodies after hit.
• New blood FXs have been added.

… and numerous additional bug fixes and quality improvements.