August 27, 2026 - Patch Update — PlanetSide 2 Steam update #3858082

The servers will be down for a scheduled hotfix update tomorrow @ 6am PDT. Please see the patch notes below for fixes and added changes.Client Crashes UpdateSince our previous hotfix, we have received a large number of reports from players confirming that the measures we introduced helped and that they are no longer experiencing crashes during combat. This is also supported by our crash statistics, and we can confirm that the situation has improved significantly and that the most widespread issues have been resolved.However, we have also received reports from players who are still experiencing client crashes. Our data confirms this as well — we are still seeing several types of crashes in the crash dumps.We have addressed one of these issues in this hotfix:Fixed a crash in the garbage collector implementation used for render objects — this should further reduce the likelihood of client c...