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STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl still requires a lot of polish after being released with a lot of bugs and issues. Although most players are fine with shrugging off these problems, there are some bugs that are just too annoying or game-breaking to ignore. Some fans have reported that they can’t sprint while playing STALKER 2, and many have confirmed that this is a bug. Of course, you may also be unable to move properly due to encumbrance but it is not the case this time.
How To Fix Can’t Sprint Bug in STALKER 2
Before you start trying these methods below, you should make sure that the reason you can’t sprint in STALKER 2 is not because you are over-encumbered. Just open your inventory and check the weight meter at the bottom. As long as it’s not in red, you should be fine. If you still encounter this problem, you can try these solutions:
Check Your Control Settings
First of all, you may want to check your key bindings settings first. Perhaps you may accidentally change it, or maybe it’s the game that glitches out and changes the button that you need to hold to sprint. Either way, you need to go to the settings menu and select the controls section to see your key bindings. You may even try to change the sprint button to another one and see whether that fixes the issue.
Change Your Lean Setting
If you still can’t sprint in STALKER 2, then you can try to change your lean setting to fix this bug. Similar to changing your key binds, you also need to open the settings and look for the lean option in the control section. The game will set it to hold or toggle, but you must change it to toggle. Then, you need to change the key bindings to Q and E for left and right and see if it fixes the issue.
Restart the Game
The second method should be the final fix for the can’t sprint bug. However, if it still doesn’t work despite you already try leaning. You may want to restart the game and then try the lean trick again. Of course, these fixes are only temporary and you may encounter this issue again during your playthrough until the developer patches out this bug.
