Techland reveals upcoming hotfixes for Dying Light 2

Techland’s Dying Light 2 Stay Human launched last week and has been a smashing hit so far, but it didn’t release without it’s fair share of bugs and issues that have become a pain for some players. A few hotfixes have been deployed but the developers have given us a heads up on what fixes are ready and what are being worked on.

The official Dying Light 2 Stay Human Twitter is where you can see Techland’s full breakdown on the various bugs and issues for each platform. It’s detailed enough as it covers what fix is ready to be implemented, and what they are still working on at the moment.

Have a look at the full list below. 

PC

Ready for Implementation:

• Various game crashing bugs

• Various situations that could cause infinite black screens

• AI dead body replication in co-op

• DLSS improvements

• Issue with players that couldn’t sell valuables to vendor

We Are Working On:

• Issues with mouse key binding, adding gaming mice support for custom buttons

• Blocks resulting in players ending in a death loop

• Various story blocks

• Possibility to enable English VO if local language is not English

• Adding backup saves

• Exposing additional video settings

• Visual bugs sometimes visibile in hospital in “Markers  of Plague” quest

PS4 and PS5

Ready for Implementation:

• Issues with connection stability

• Various situations when players could be disconnected in co-op

• Various game crashing bugs

• Issue with players that couldn’t sell valuables to vendor

• Issue with music streamer mode causing one song to not be muted

• Issue with AI being immortal in some rare situations while playing in co-op

• Various issues with stealth gameplay in co-op

• Various issues when AI could be blocked in geometry

• Various AI visual adjustments

• Various balance improvements

• Rare issues when peers in co-op mode are unable to see dialog choices

• Various performance optimizations

• Fast travel limitation after the game is complete

• Various situations that could cause infinite black screens

• AI dead body replication in co-op

• Occasional screen flickering on PS5

We Are Working On:

• Various story blocks

• Additional video settings (including motion blur)

• Adding backup saves

• Possibility to enable English VO if local language is not English

• Blocks resulting in player ending in a death loop

Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Ready for Implementation:

• Issues with connection stability

• Various situations when players could be disconnected in co-op

• Various game crashing bugs

• Issue with players that couldn’t sell valuables to vendor

• Enabling of 60+fps VRR mode on Xbox Series X

• Issue with music streamer mode causing one song to not be muted

• Issue with AI being immortal in some rare situations while playing in co-op

• Various issues with stealth gameplay in co-op

• Various issues when AI could be blocked in geometry

• Various AI visual adjustments

• Various balance improvements

• Rare issues when peers in co-op mode are unable to see dialog choices

• Various performance optimizations

• Fast travel limitation after the game is complete

• Various situations that could cause infinite black screens

• AI dead body replication in co-op

We Are Working On:

• Various story blocks

• Additional video settings (including motion blur)

• Adding backup saves

• Possibility to enable English VO if local language is not English

• Blocks resulting in player ending in a death loop

It’s a pretty lengthy list and it’s unlikely the work stops here as the more people go deeper into the game, more issues will likely come to light. Regardless, it’s good to see Techland is quick to respond on the various issues, particularly the online co-op, as that’s that most vocal complaint about the game so far.

Techland is in for the long haul as the developers promised to support the sequel with new content for at least five years. 

Dying Light 2 Stay Human  is now available for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and PC.