Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Game Studios has patched the game once more, and as with the past couple of updates, this latest release is targeted towards rare crash bugs. Among the issues fixed include a crash that would occur when aiming scoped weapons, as well as removing a crash that would sometimes transpire when playing bot convoy missions. Elsewhere, various adjustments have been implemented for various weapons including the SG-225 and LAS-58 Talon. You can read the full Helldivers 2 update 1.002.201 patch notes below.
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Overview
- Crash fixes
- Weapon fixes
- Miscellaneous Fixes
Fixes
Crash Fixes, Hangs and Soft-locks:
- Fixed a crash that could occur when a large number of particles were displayed
- Fixed a rare crash when aiming scoped weapons
- Fixed some crashes when playing bot convoy missions
- Fixed a crash that could occur when receiving Microsoft Teams messages while playing the game
Weapons and Stratagems
- Fixed an issue where the weapon flashlights were flickering while using ADS
- Fixed an issue for energy based weapons not charging or overheating properly
- Fixed an issue with wrong drag setting on the GL-21 Grenade Launcher projectiles that made them lose velocity faster than they should have
- Fixed an issue where shrapnel from surface-hits was forced in a roughly south-west direction. Shrapnel should now properly fly out in a 180-ish arc in the direction of the surface hit
LAS-58 Talon
- Fixed an visual issue when reloading in ADS
- Fixed an issue for not being able to reload without overheating
- HUD fixes to properly show correct Ammo state
- Now properly resets the temperature to 0 when reloading
- Fixed a visual effect issue when holding down the fire button
- Removed a minor charging delay to firing projectiles
Some unintentional changes made their way onto the Liberator Concussive and the Breaker during the last patch. This is a revert of those changes.
AR-23C Liberator Concussive
- Starting magazine amount increased from 2 to 4
- Max spare amount of magazines increased from 5 to 6
- Ergonomic effect increased from 0 to -10
SG-225 Breaker
- Starting magazine amount decreased from 6 to 5
- Max spare amount of magazines decreased from 10 to 7
Social & Multiplayer Fixes
- Resolved an issue where the Account ID was not visible in the Options tab
Miscellaneous Fixes
- Fixed an issue for the gas weapons, throwables and stratagems inverting the movement input for the Helldiver
- The Jarndiver override for the hoverpacks has been turned off effective today. This is reserved for General Brasch and other Super 10 Star Generals(Fixed a bug with the draw and kick emotes that allowed players to stay floating in the air)
[Source – Helldivers 2 Patch Notes]