Helldivers 2 patch 01.000.008 notes: Improved matchmaking, servers & crash fixes

Arrowhead Games’ Helldivers 2 has gotten a crucial patch meant to try and resolve some of the game’s biggest issues. This quick patch looks to improve matchmaking functionality and servers which have been a little dicey since launch.

Helldivers 2 has exploded out of the gates with excellent word-of-mouth. Arrowhead’s bug-killing ode to Starship Troopers is a breath of fresh air in the PvE multiplayer shooter genre. There’s chaos to overcome with big ol’ guns, and of course, democracy to spread throughout the galaxy.

While the game has been getting exceptional reviews, there have been some pain points. As pointed out in our review, the game’s matchmaking and server issues have hampered what would otherwise be a stellar introduction. The issues haven’t been the game, but rather – the times you can’t actually play it.

Thankfully a new patch has launch meant to address these pain points. Now, the game should have improved matchmaking, more optimized servers, and fewer crashes. All of that should make for a smoother experience.

Helldivers 2 01.000.008 patch notes

Arrowhead Studios

Below are the full patch notes from Arrowhead Games:

Overview

For this patch, our major areas of focus were

• Resolving crashes.
• Improving matchmaking functionality.
• Optimizing our server
• Defend event updates

Fixes

The following issues have been fixed for this version.

Matchmaking

• Playfab optimization
• Playfab environment optimized – All lobbies now have proper data to run more effective matchmaking
• Filtering optimization
• We are optimizing the filter system when players are searching for lobbies, so that it excludes already full lobbies.
• Stability and crashes
• We have fixed three of our top crashes in the game, including particle renderer crashes and ragdoll crashes.
• Fixed an issue where the application prioritized integrated graphics over some GPU in laptops.
• Defend Events and Major Orders.
• For readability purposes, we added a visual progression indicator to major order defend events

Known Issues

These are issues that were either introduced by this patch and are being worked on, or are from a previous version and have not yet been fixed.

• Players may still experience some instability while matchmaking.
• Background music, Sound effects and JP audio does not play during the opening cutscene. Japanese VO is also missing from the Ship TV.