Helldivers 2 Releases Update 1.000.402

Highlights

• Helldivers 2 patch 1.000.402 brings crucial fixes, like the Spear targeting spawners and compound objects for smoother gameplay.
• Major update enhances weapon effectiveness, rebalances enemy encounters, and adds new features for a more engaging cooperative experience.
• Performance and crash fixes in patch 1.000.402 address various issues, ensuring a more stable and enjoyable gameplay experience.

Following the previous major update, Arrowhead Game Studios has released Helldivers 2 patch 1.000.402, addressing various issues and bugs. Among the most important Helldivers 2 fixes is a critical correction that ensures the Spear now targets several entities, including spawners and compound objects.

Helldivers 2, the cooperative shooter developed by Arrowhead Game Studios, continues to captivate players with its engaging gameplay and combat scenarios. Building upon the foundation laid by its predecessor, Helldivers 2 enhances the cooperative gameplay experience with new mechanics. Recently, Helldivers 2‘s major update 01.000.400 was released, significantly enhancing weapon and stratagem effectiveness, rebalancing enemy encounters, and introducing new environmental effects and social features. However, many issues remain unresolved, and the developer is actively working to address them.

This latest patch focuses on improving the overall quality of life, fixing numerous Helldivers 2 crashes, and resolving general bugs that have been affecting gameplay. Most importantly, the Spear now properly targets entities like spawners and compound objects. Various crashes occurring when changing settings, switching languages, and exiting missions have also been resolved. Additionally, crashes related to the social menu, especially when having over 100 friends or multiple blocked players and friend requests, have been fixed. The social menu now limits visibility to 100 friends, ensuring stability. Other crash fixes include those occurring when minimizing the game after changing fullscreen mode, picking up equipment, interacting with a terminal post-host migration, and in minefield scenarios.

Numerous gameplay issues have been addressed. Problems with dodge and prone mechanics, as well as the inability to stand up when wielding the ballistic shield, have been fixed. The Recoilless reload speed has been corrected, and issues with writing descriptions on consoles when reporting players have been resolved. Vehicle previews in Helldivers 2’s Warbonds no longer despawn when quickly scrolling through the catalog. Sentries now have a higher destruction value, preventing instant destruction by most explosions. Additionally, operation progress is no longer lost when kicked due to inactivity.

Moreover, performance on the PS5 has been improved when CPU bound. Effects from Helldivers 2 destroyed Spore Spewers now dissipate correctly, and the stim visual effect remains for its entire duration when the med-kit bonus is present. Emote animation now properly prevents players from using weapons, and Hellbombs now face the player upon deployment.

Some issues persist and are either newly introduced or carried over from previous versions. These include problems with sending friend requests via friend code, joining or inviting players to games, and certain weapons not functioning properly. While the studio acknowledges these issues and is working to find a solution, players can already experience Helldivers 2 patch 1.000.402.

Helldivers 2 Update 1.000.402 Patch Notes

Crashes

• Fixed various crashes that would sometimes occur when changing settings.
• Fixed potential crash or corrupted font texture when changing the language
• Fixed a crash that might occur after exiting a mission.
• Fixed a crash that occurs when opening the social menu with more than 100 friends. As a result we have also limited the friends list visibility to 100. You will remain friends with anyone over 100, but you may not be able to see them if they are offline.
• Fixed crash when opening social menu and having many blocked players and/or friend requests.
• Fixed a crash when minimizing after changing fullscreen mode.
• Fixed rare crash which could occur when picking up equipment.
• Fix a crash when a client interacts with a terminal in a waiting state after host migration.
• Fix a crash related to minefields.

Misc Fixes

• Fix issues with dodge and prone.
• Fix not being able to stand up when wielding the ballistic shield.
• Fixed the Recoilless reload speed.
• Fixed issue where users couldn’t write a description on console when reporting a player.
• Fixes vehicle preview not despawning in Warbonds when quickly scrolling through the catalog.
• Fix Spear not targeting several entities (spawners, compound objects, etc).
• Sentries have a higher destruction value so most explosions do not instantly destroy them regardless of the damage amount.
• Fixed bug where operation progress would be lost when kicked due to inactivity,
• The “Remove Friend” and “Block Player” buttons are now hold-to-confirm instead of a single click.
• Fix bug where dying would try to enter ADS.
• Fix a soft lock if you receive an interact emote while holding a grenade.
• Fix projectile to crosshair inaccuracies in ADS when the player is in different stances
• Fixed broken player model in career tab when on someone else’s ship.
• Adjudicator: fixed incorrect recoil values.
• Fixed armory terminals losing their functionality if the last client player who interacted with them leaves the host’s ship.
• Fix missing localization for flying patrols operation modifiers.
• Fix issue where throwing knives could be left floating in the air.
• Support for non-latin fonts in the game’s install folder path.
• Vehicle skins are now applied to all vehicle variations when equipping directly from Warbonds.
• Fixes flag objectives not properly tracking Helldiver’s position while on a Combat Walker.
• PH-202 Twigsnapper helmet: fixed missing description.
• Fixed the issue where the shuttle would clip through Bile Titans and terrain during landing sequences..
• Improved performance on PS5 when CPU bound
• Fixes FX remaining when destroying Spore Spewer
• Ensure stim vfx remains on screen for the entire duration of the stim effect when med-kit bonus is present.
• Fix for emote receiver players being able to use their weapons during emote animation
• Hellbombs now get called down facing the player, rather than away from the player.

Known Issues

• Sending friend requests via friend code in game currently does not work.
• Players may be unable to be joined or invited to the game.
• Players added to the ‘Recent Players’ list will appear in the middle of the list.
• Players may experience delays in Medals and Super Credits payouts.
• Available Operations are generated again after reconnecting after getting AFK kicked.
• Enemies that bleed out do not progress Personal Orders and Eradicate missions.
• Arc weapons sometimes behave inconsistently and sometimes misfire.
• Most weapons shoot below the crosshair when aiming down the sights.
• Plasma Punisher is unable to shoot out of the shield generators.
• Stratagem beam might attach itself to an enemy but it will deploy to its original location.
• “Hand Carts” ship module does not reduce Shield Generator Pack’s cooldown.
• Bile Titan sometimes does not take damage to the head.
• Charger’s butt does not take damage from explosions.
• Players may become stuck in the Loadout when joining a game in progress.
• Reinforcement may not be available for players who join a game in progress.
• Planet liberation reaches 100% at the end of every Defend mission.
• “Raise Flag of Super Earth” objective does not show a progress bar.
• Mission count in the Career tab is being reset to zero after every game restart.
• Some weapons’ descriptions are out-of-date and don’t reflect their current design.