State of Decay 2 gets stability patch to improve performance

One of the most common criticisms of State of Decay 2 is that it just wasn’t up to the level of polish that people expected. The gameplay experience was rife with bugs and performance issues that Undead Labs hadn’t ironed out before release. A new patch deployed a couple of days ago means to fix this.

Patch 1.2, detailed on State of Decay’s website, notably features improvements to the game’s stability and network interactions. You can read the full changelog below.

The 1.2 patch features significant improvements related to:

• Increased stability
• Improved networking interactions for clients
• Improved networked vehicle interactions
• Elimination of Out Of Memory crashes

Patch 1.2 Highlights

Gameplay

• Grenades no longer get stuck and explode in front of client character’s face or behind their head while throwing
• Fixed instances of clients dealing damage to their host’s non-active community members with explosives
• Flashlight beams no longer cast shadows from the player’s character model (which had caused flickering shadows)
• Characters no longer “self-shadow” when using a flashlight in multiplayer
• Fixed issue with doors appearing the opposite of the state they are in
• Resolved situation where, when getting into vehicles, the camera could become detached from the player’s character
• Fixed issue where, when clients swap weapons while in vehicles, the weapons do not swap upon exit from vehicle
• Fixed rare bug that could prevent Warlord legacy arc from being completed
• Fixed rare bug that could block Sheriff legacy arc from starting
• Fixed issue where player’s loot sometimes becomes invisible until their entire backpack is deposited into a Supply Locker

Networking and Multiplayer

• Numerous networking bandwidth and CPU improvements
• Game now exits to main menu faster when a client loses their internet connection, so players will no longer hang after dismissing the pop-up
• Improved network vehicle interactions in multiplayer games to address weird “rubber-banding” and physics issues (including cars flying into the air).
• Host facilities no longer appear invisible to clients during multiplayer

Zombie and Character Behavior

• Zombies no longer become immune to the Assault Kick
• Reduction of step height to prevent survivors popping up onto props while moving

HUD

• Fixed issue with player HUD disappearing after NPCs are executed by zombies
• Community advice list no longer shows up under vignette on the map

Environment and Collision

• Fixed numerous collision spots across all 3 maps where players or vehicles were getting stuck
• Fixed numerous collision spots across all 3 maps where players were getting stuck in an infinite freefall animation loop
• Elimination of white line that appears when driving at night time
• Addressed a variety of spots in world where player was not able to climb over props they should’ve been able to
• Additional polish and reduction of LOD popping
• Additional lighting tuning passes, reduction in glowing props

Other Fixes

• Addressed a variety of general crash bugs
• Updated a number of strings that were previously hardcoded in English
• Audio mix optimizations

The patch will take up around 20GB so make sure you have the space and time needed to download it.