Helldivers 2’s latest patch stops the game from crashing if you have too many friends

Arrowhead game Studios released a small but important Helldiverse 2 fix to improve game stability connection issues.

Patch 01.000.006 was rolled out to PC and PlayStation 5 today (February 14) and is in direct response to the ongoing series of reports from players regarding server connectivity issues and matchmaking bugs.

The multiplayer shooter, which launched last week on February 8, recently received a patch for PC and console with a similar goal to address performance, server, and connection issues. However, Arrowhead was forced to restore the PC version because players were “experiencing significant degradation in its performance.”

It appears that the latest patch has combatted this issue by addressing disconnection and stability issues – with the studio explaining that it has improved backend activity to reduce the risk of disconnections during missions. It also implemented a “release for upcoming server linking improvements” which will likely be added with a later patch.

Additionally, some online players experienced a problem bug that would crash their game if they have too many friends, but this was luckily fixed with the latest patch, along with other crashes related to logging out during the login cutscene.

Helldiverse 2 Release Notes for Version 01.000.006:

For this patch, we focused on the following areas:

• Improved general game stability
• Version prepared for upcoming server linking improvements.
• Troubleshooting connectivity and disconnection issues.

Fixes

• Fixed crash when app was closed shortly after startup
• The game no longer crashes during the extraction cutscene.
• A user profile with too many friends no longer causes a crash.
• Fixed a crash when using text-to-speech during the extraction cutscene
• The game no longer crashes when users log out during the login cutscene.
• The operation status in the mission summary no longer causes a crash.
• Fixed crashes caused by leftover visual effects from disconnected players.
• The game no longer crashes when using ADS.
• Fixed an instability in game data packaging that caused patch sizes to increase.
• Improved back-end connectivity reduces the risk of disconnections in missions.
• Improved matchmaking experience and likelihood of success.

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