Summary
- Patch 1.1 for STALKER: Legends of the Zone Trilogy Enhanced Edition addresses savefile issues and crashes.
- Player opinions on the update vary, with some noting improvements in visuals and others criticizing blurry graphics and censorship.
GSC Game World has released a new update for STALKER: 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 Trilogy collects Shadow of Chornobyl, Clear Sky, and Call 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 another update for STALKER: Legends of the Zone Trilogy back 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.
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Posting the full patch notes on Steam, the developer outlined what changes were included in update 1.1, with fixing crashes and savefile issues being the main priority. The best PC settings for STALKER: Legends of the Zone Trilogy Enhanced Edition do 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 Chornobyl received a performance drop fix on Ahroprom, Clear Sky’s update included fixed audio stuttering on Swamps, and Call of Pripyat’s “drop multiple items” user interface issue was also fixed.
In addition to STALKER: Legends of the Zone Trilogy Enhanced Edition being review-bombed recently, 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 of Shadow of Chornobyl and 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 features were 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.
STALKER: Legends of the Zone Trilogy Enhanced Edition Update 1.1 Patch Notes
- Fixed save-loading issue for the Asian region localizations.
- Stability improvements – fixed multiple crashes on all platforms.
- Fixed issue that caused the game to crash while looking up at the rainy sky.
- Fixed issue that caused the title to crash while eating or using items from the corpse’s inventory.
- Corrected misspelling and naming issues in several localizations in all titles.
- Fixed sound scattering issues that caused incorrect indoor-outdoor transition.
- Fixed misleading description for Crouching options for Ukrainian localization.
- Fixed several incorrect icons in dialogue logs.
- Fixed indistinctive pop-up with information about unsupported hardware.
- Fixed user interface issues that allowed users to turn on FSR and antialiasing simultaneously.
Shadow of Chornobyl:
- Fixed noticeable transition in shadow casting.
- Fixed performance drop issue on Ahroprom.
- Medkit and bandage hotkeys are now set to F1 and F2 accordingly by default, but users are able to change them.
Clear Sky:
- Fixed audio stuttering on Swamps.
- Screen space reflections issue is fixed at the Hospital.
- Fixed issue with inability to save the game on Polish text localization.
Call of Pripyat:
- Fixed “Drop multiple items” user interface issue with incorrect slider size.