Summary
GSC Game World has released a new update forSTALKER: Legends of the Zone Trilogy Enhanced Edition, and patch 1.1 brings several fixes to resolve save-loading issues, improve stability, and eradicate those pesky bugs.STALKER: Legends of the Zone TrilogycollectsShadow of Chornobyl,Clear Sky, andCall of Pripyat, with the Enhanced Edition, previously released in May for PC users, offering significant technical and visual upgrades to the games’ original releases.
GSC Game World deployed anotherupdate forSTALKER: Legends of the Zone Trilogyback in May, which was a significantly smaller patch but addressed a few pressing issues. One fix involved notifying PC players that they were using insufficient hardware to run the game, instead of crashing without an explanation. More fixes solved other crashing issues across all platforms and addressed problems with missing geometry, saving, and storing configuration data.
Posting the full patch notes onSteam, the developer outlined what changes were included in update 1.1, with fixing crashes and savefile issues being the main priority. Thebest PC settings forSTALKER: Legends of the Zone Trilogy Enhanced Editiondo the improved visuals justice, and the dev team noted that some mods may not work with the latest update. Stability improvements and issues causing the game to crash, such as looking up at a rainy sky, were all noted in the general fixes.Shadow of Chornobylreceived a performance drop fix on Ahroprom,Clear Sky’s update included fixed audio stuttering on Swamps, andCall of Pripyat’s “drop multiple items” user interface issue was also fixed.
In addition toSTALKER: Legends of the Zone Trilogy Enhanced Editionbeing review-bombedrecently, the FPS’ community was divided regarding feedback on the new update. One player thought it was a shame that the Enhanced Edition required this many patches to match the game’s original quality, and others called out “blurry graphics” and censorship. On a more positive note, one fan stated they used to play the original 2007 version ofShadow of Chornobyland thought the enhanced graphics were great, emphasizing that there was no need to complain.
Elsewhere in the series,STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl’s upcoming new content and featureswere teased recently. The devs noted that two new weapons were going to be added in update 1.5, and despite no release date being given for this specific patch, the team was aiming to roll out the update sometime in June.
