Dead Island patch to fix nearly 40 launch issues

Alongside the launch of Dead Island today, Destructoid bring news of a huge patch set to hit this Friday which fill fix 37 bugs, from animation glitches, to UI problems and a few issues with unresolved quests. Checkpoints have been tidied up, "enemy reaction to fire" has been tweaked, and thrown items can no longer be picked up by co-op partners to stop thieving survivors from jumping in and nicking your precious electric katana. You'll find the fixes listed below.

• Fixed map synchronization when player joins during map load.

• Fixed saving player re-spawn position when playing in co-op mode.

• Fixed occasional inability to complete sidequests in Laboratory.

• Improved enemy awareness (zombies).

• Fixed occasional bug with NPC's hands bend (IK)

• Fixed spawning enemies in some quests after joining co-op game.

• Fixed showing locations on invisible NPCs.

• Fixed potential path blocker when quest "Knockin' on heaven's door" was completed before talking to Dominik during the "On the air" quest.

• Fixed displaying gather rings near some doors.

• Fixed enemy reaction to fire.

• Fixed enemies' health and stamina bars in co-op.

• Fixed filtering of games in lobby.

• Volume of pickup's engine has been increased.

• Fixed a number of issues causing game instability.

• Fixed the switching of maps upon player death.

• Fixed enemies unable to reach the player on some arenas.

• Thrown items cannot be picked up by co-op players for five minutes.

• Items from freshly opened containers cannot be picked up by other players for five seconds to prevent theft.

• Fixed animation glitch when trading with team members.

• More than one player can use a ladder at the same time.

• Fixed stomping execution animation when target's attacked by a second player.

• Fixed the infinite respawning of shooting enemies.

• Fixed not hiding menu if players die inside a vehicle.

• Fixed item level calculation when playing New Game Plus.

• Added information about players requesting pause in co-op.

• Fixed A.I. animation glitch after fast-traveling or using a map portal.

• Added distinction between quest checkpoints and other types of saves.

• Fixed bug causing all inventory to disappear.

• Fixed reloading and kicking. After the clip goes in, the reload is a success.

• Purna can gain bonus rage from both "Grim Inspiration" and "Inspiring Kick".

• Only "Walker" type enemies increase the extra XP of the "Combo" skill from Xian's Survival skill tree.

• Health regeneration is disabled during grabs.

• Focus on items in shops not changing after selling or buying.

• More HP for NPCs in escort missions.

• Butcher enemies won't spawn at all during escort missions

• Fixed tracking after loading checkpoint.

• Increased minimum vertical distance to count a waypoint as passed for NPCs (they no longer wander back-and-forth).