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Second ‘State Of Decay’ Patch Now Live, Fixes All The Bugs
Okay, maybe not all of the bugs, but looking at that list of fixes — which you can check out after the jump — it has to come pretty close.
After that first patch did nada to fix the numerous issues plaguing State of Decay, Undead Labs immediately began work on a sequel. Patch Part 2: Electric Boogaloo, if you will. This patch remedies the issues with the first patch, as well as fixes a few more issues. Good thing too, because I don’t want anything to get in the way of my enjoying this amazing game. Full list of fixes after the jump.
Fixed story getting blocked if you refuse Quentin’s request to talk to the sheriff.
Fixed soldier and zombie pathing in “The Armory” mission.
Fixed character getting stuck in passenger seat if hit by a zombie right when you enter the vehicle.
Corrected displayed weapon type for Hockey Stick.
It is no longer possible to establish an Outpost or relocate your Home while on a mission.
Enabled V-sync to eliminate screen tearing.
Find Missing Survivor mission opportunity timeouts increased from 30 to 60 minutes.
All mission opportunity timeouts pause while not playing.
Fixed Leaderboard crashing for profiles with a large number of friends on the SoD Leaderboards.
Fixed incorrect camera angle in final mission.
Reduced frequency of “I brought you a pony…” line.
Fixed rucksacks falling through floor and being unrecoverable. Rucksacks are now moved to an easily accessible location within the same building.
You can now manufacture homemade painkillers in the Medical Lab.
Stockpiles that are over the maximum storage provided by your current Facilities (the “cap”) will no longer drain while you are not playing. Instead, Stockpiles that exceed the cap will drain every five minutes of play at the following rate: 2 if you’re 100% over, 1.5 if you’re 50% over, and 1 if you’re 15% over.
Improved awareness of Stockpiles that are over the cap. The Assets page now displays both the current amount and cap for each Stockpile. Stockpile amounts that are over the cap will be displayed in yellow, both in the Assets page and the Home Status panel.
Influence in excess of Fame no longer drains while you are not playing. Influence in excess of Fame drains for every five minutes of play at the following rate: 2 if you’re 100% over, 1.5 if you’re 50% over, and 1 if you’re 15% over.
The rate at which Stockpiles are consumed no longer factors in the number of missions played during the current day. It was causing Stockpile consumption to be too high.
Fixed a bug that caused some characters to be given 100 ammo.
The “Too many infestations!” to-do item is now properly cleared if you relocate your Home to a site with fewer than two infestations within 500m.
Fixed several areas on the map where the player can get stuck.
Fixed several pockets of deep water.
Fixed a bug that could cause unexpectedly large numbers of zombies to spawn near the Mt. Tanner cabins.
Fixed a bug that caused games with large communities to fail to load.
Fixed a bug that allowed players to get stuck in the abandoned farm house north of Marshall.
Removed several sections of fencing around warehouse near fairgrounds to improve navigation for missions in the area.
Made it easier to navigate fairgrounds in vehicles.
Adjusted draw distance of dynamically generated vehicles to match pre-placed vehicles.
Fixed a bug that caused character to become stuck in a falling state when dropping from a ladder into a group of zombies.
Fixed a bug that prevented weapon durability from being reduced by certain combat moves.
Made it easier to execute “Double Kill” move.
Fixed a bug that caused a Feral zombie to react incorrectly if you dodged while he was leaping.
Fixed a bug that briefly displayed debug text in the main menu after selecting a storage device.
Made major adjustments to Facility action times to make Facilities more useful during the current play session:
Globally changed Want delays from 1 real-time day to 4 real-time hours.
Duration of Fitness Regimen, Combat Training, Big Meal, Feast, and Firearms Practice changed from 3 real-time days to 2 game-time hours (where “game time” means time playing the game, not counting time that elapses while you are paused or logged out) so you get the full benefit of the bonus while you are actually playing the game.
Cooldown on Big Meal and Feast changed from 22 real-time hours to 3 game-time hours. This means your community is “full” for 1 game-time hour after the effects of Big Meal and Feast wear off before the Facility actions can be used again.
Trade Opportunity action time changed from 1 real-time day to 90 real-time minutes.
Train Outsiders action time changed from 1 real-time day to 90 real-time minutes.
Preservation Attempt action time changed from 3 real-time days to 90 real-time minutes.
Create Biodiesel action time changed from 3 real-time days to 90 real-time minutes.
All Library research actions changed from 2 real-time days to 4 real-time hours.
You now receive a Stockpile bonus upon claiming a new Home site. Each site comes with a specific number of Stockpiles, based on the size and number of Facility sockets in the site.
Fixed a pathing bug that caused zombies to get stuck in the floor during a “Besieged” mission.
Added a “Stick Sensitivity” option.
The game will now repair saves affected by a bug fixed in TU1 that could cause Lily to be killed by the simulation.
Characters selected for Mercy Shot mission can no longer recover from their injuries.
Mercy Shot missions can no longer select playable characters.
Moved “Horde Alerted!” banner higher on the screen and reduced size to avoid interfering with driving.
If you move your Home site when a Trade Opportunity mission opportunity is active, the mission opportunity now relocates to the new Home site.
Lily no longer reminds you to come to the final mission site. It was annoying during sandbox play after winning final mission.
Edged weapons are now effective against Feral zombies.
Fixed bug relating to Juggernaut reactions to incendiaries.
Fixed a bug that notified you of simulation events affecting NPCs that are not in your community.
Searching for Stockpiles with the radio is now more reliable.
Fixed bug causing stimulants to have permanent effect. Stimulants such as coffee and energy drinks now properly wear off over time.
Improved music track selection logic.
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Let’s start with the good news. Lockbox looks far better than its misleading marketing materials suggest, a supernatural horror movie so darkly lit and color graded that you’ll have to squint your way through jump scares. It’s also anchored by reliable genre performers. That’s also about where the good news ends with this rote adaptation of Knifepoint Horror Podcast story “Winthrop.”
The empathetic Carla Gugino gives her all as Ellen, a saint of a woman with boundless patience who takes on life’s hard luck with a kind smile. After giving up her career as a fashion designer to become caretaker for a dying mother, she’s then forced to reinvent herself once more when her caretaker role ends. That catches us up to the events of Lockbox, where Ellen is asked to take in a cousin she hasn’t seen in quite some time who’s dealing with severe PTSD.
Just as Ellen finally establishes a real connection with Winthrop (Lou Taylor Pucci), it’s interrupted by the arrival of peculiar neighbor Vahna (Katharine Isabelle), who spells clear trouble. When Vahna shows up dead, it sets in motion a supernatural battle of possession.
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Director Daniel Stamm (The Last Exorcism, Prey for the Devil) and screenwriter Justin Yoffe approach Lockbox in the broadest of brushstrokes, dooming it from the start with clunky storytelling and woefully underdeveloped themes of heady topics like PTSD. Winthrop is a character that comes loaded with emotional baggage and trauma that’s piled on throughout his tragic life, but much like its title, his interiority and history are treated like a tightly guarded secret meant to prolong the supernatural mystery.
The problem here, though, is that Lockbox is too sparse to sustain mystery at all, and it instead robs Winthrop of characterization. It winds up trapping the talented Pucci without anywhere to go, toggling between wounded animal and mentally disoriented.
From there, Lockbox bounds through plot developments without any sense of stakes or purpose, peppered by a smattering of haphazard paint-by-numbers jump scares. The only unwavering constant is Ellen’s resolute faith, and Stamm seems to leave it entirely to Gugino to guide confused audiences through this inconsequential story right up until its supernatural climax.
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To give more credit, Lockbox at least injects an unconventional exorcism here; just don’t expect much in the way of explanation. When the film finally reveals the meaning behind its title, it dangles a fascinating carrot it has zero interest in delivering. More than a severe lack of fleshing out its characters beyond plot drivers or devices, this faith-based flick also seems terrified to offer any worldbuilding whatsoever.
Yoffe’s script stretches the short story beyond its means instead of fleshing it out, and Stamm fills out the gaps with cheap CGI scares and overwrought performances; Isabelle’s Vahna is beyond cartoonish in her villainy. It’s also pretty nonsensical, treating only Ellen’s faith with the utmost sincerity and largely squandering its typically reliable talent. So much so that the final imagery, pure sunkissed saccharine sentimentality, leaves you with the feeling that this horror movie might be better suited as an entry in Chicken Soup for the Soul.
Lockbox releases in select theaters on July 3, 2026.
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