If you've ever seen Battle Royale or The Hunger Games, you likely have a good idea of what people are talking about when they mention similar Survival games. Rather than just be about living out in the wild and drinking your own fluids, these games are a classic case of 'kill or be killed' - just by other humans, rather than a wild bear - or boar.
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And that's what PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is all about. Landing onto Early Access on March 23, 2017, this one is all about the shooting rather than fending off zombies or being clubbed in the back of the head and stripped naked. Being in Early Access and heavily shaped by player feedback, it's only natural to expect a few patches (and lengthy patch notes) along the way. Let's have them.
Official Release, Patch 1.0 Update #7 - March 09th, 2018
This patch brings various optimizations to server and client, including the mitigation of lag and stutter and alleviation of frame drop and lag occurrences happening when players are pushed together, starting from the second half of a match, or in dynamic situations, like intense firefights. The plans to introduce and test a new limb and vehicle penetration system have been pushed back for the time being.
Client optimization
- Improved real-time response by reducing input lag
- Mitigated the frame drop issue caused by the map loading process
- Reduced burden on GPU by optimizing buildings in Erangel
- Optimized the beginning and the end of effects
- Optimized vehicle physics when driving under a certain speed
Server optimization
- Optimized server network performance
- Optimized vehicle physics when driving under a certain speed
Lobby
- Added PUBG friends list
- Up to 50 people can be added as PUBG friends
- Players with PUBG accounts can search and add friends freely regardless of the platform they are using (including Steam, Mail.ru and DMM)
- Friend list is a one-way follower concept, not a mutual acceptance between players
- PUBG friends list is independent of the Steam friends list. You don't have to be friends on Steam to be friends in PUBG
- Up to 30 players you were recently in a team with will be shown on RECENT
- Added main menu voice chat
- You can chat with the players in your team while still in the main menu
- When using the voice chat, a speaker icon will be displayed on the right of the player's name
World
- Made holes in the ceiling and floor of some high buildings, so that it is easier to move between different levels, to improve the gameplay experience on Miramar
Game play
- Added 37 achievements on Steam
- Added emote system
- 12 default emotes will be provided now, and more emotes will be added in the future
- While holding the emote menu key (default is ~), emote can be activated by left-clicking the emote or hot key of emote you want to use
- Fixed the blue blood effect being more visible than the red blood effect when player gets shot
- Added material for crops, rubber, cloth, paper and cactus
- When shooting or attacking with a melee weapon, the right effect for each material will be displayed
- Changed the gun scope view to be more realistic
- Expanded the field of view through the scope
- Added a parallax effect when moving weapons fast
- Added color, vignetting (darker edges), chromatic aberration (color difference caused by light refraction) and distortion effect on the edge of scopes
UX/UI
- Redesigned the 9 vehicle status icons to work better with 4K resolution
- Replaced the red cross icon with a red tire icon for a broken tire
Sound
- Added a hit sound effect for crops, rubber, cloth, paper and cactus material
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a square-shaped border on the sea that could be seen when flying in the airplane
- Fixed an issue where a player could die instantly when vaulting and climbing
- Improved problems where characters would get stuck or die during vaulting, and be able to look through walls.
- Fixed some incorrect UI and in-game text
- Improved problematic character animation where the character would move abnormally if multiple actions were performed in sequence
- Fixed abnormal appearance of some clothes, such as costumes overlapping or missing
- Adjusted the locations of items that would spawn in places that players cannot reach
- Fixed an issue where the mouse sensitivity option could not be set to 59
- Fixed an issue that allowed a character to crawl quickly through a certain combination of controls
- Fixed the issue of overlapping footstep sounds in FPP mode
- Improved an issue where three-wheeled motorbikes would suddenly flip whenever the server performance deteriorated
- Fixed an issue where a player would have a slower falling speed when switching seats on a three-wheeled motorcycle mid-air
- Fixed an issue where underwater bullet penetration effect was not being applied sometimes
- Fixed an issue where a player was unable to cancel fueling up a vehicle, even though cancel was clicked
- Fixed an issue where throwables that had already exploded mid-air would still make a popping sounds on the ground
- Fixed an issue where sometimes a downed player was able to drive a vehicle
- Fixed an issue where after reconnecting a vehicle was intermittently invisible or the character and camera were misaligned
- Fixed an issue where the character of a player with a new account would not show up in the main menu when forming a team
- Fixed an issue where the shadow of a character was too sharp regardless of the distance
- Fixed an issue where when jumping out of the airplane, the character fell to a fixed position, no matter the flying direction
- Fixed an issue where when player tried to ADS with scope attached weapon, some of the scope exterior parts were shown late
- Fixed an issue where the adjusted zoom level in 8x scope reset after swapping to your other weapon(s)
- Fixed an issue where the item quantity adjustment popup window displays automatically when picking up/discarding items from the Inventory screen
- Fixed an issue where sometimes the lung capacity gauge was not in sync between being in the water and out of water
Official Release, Patch 1.0 Update #5 - February 08, 2018
Anti-Cheat
- New anti-cheat measure has been added
Red Zone Sound
- Fixed the issue where the sound of explosions would become too loud when played simultaneously
- Balanced the number of simultaneous explosion sounds, in order to optimize game performance
- Fixed the issue where the explosion sound wouldn't play following the falling sound of a bomb
Official Release, Patch 1.0 Update #4 - February 01, 2018
World
- Miramar improvements
- Added more buildings and cover across the map to improve the engagement experience
- Added more off-road routes for easier vehicle navigation
- Upgraded the item spawn level of certain areas for loot balancing (some areas will spawn better loot)
Replay
- The replay system has now been updated to a newer version and past replay files cannot be played anymore
Bug fixes
- Fixed the issue where heal and boost items could be used underwater
- Fixed the issue where characters would get stuck in certain areas on Miramar
- Fixed the issue where wall textures on some Miramar buildings were not displaying correctly
- Fixed the issue where certain buildings near by Hacienda del Patron were not displaying correctly
Official Release, Patch 1.0 Update #2 "Follow Up" - January 17, 2018
The people behind PUBG have a serious problem naming patches and hotfixes what they are supposed to be, and just keep adding words like "update #" and "follow up" to the version number.
Client Optimization
- Reduced lowered performance issue when many players were in the same area
Bug Fixes
- Fixed the issue where character movement was instantly stopped and adjusted
- Fixed the issue where character movement seemed unusual during the replay
Official Release, Patch 1.0 Update #2 - January 9, 2018
The new update, aside from all the usual patch stuff, also brings in a new reporting tool. You can now use the replay feature in-game and report cheaters directly from there, no longer requiring someone to be killed by a "hacker" in order to report them.
World
- Added more objects around La Bendita on Miramar to increase the amount of cover
Gameplay
- Reduced the visible distance when parachuting down in order to test the optimization of server and client performance at the early phases of the game
Item
- Changed the design of the energy drink
UI/UX
- Adjusted the squad team colors (players 1~4) to better reflect their callout names (yellow, orange, blue, green)
- Adjusted squad team colors to make them more consistent between different colorblind options
- Added a function where a player can select more detailed criteria for the “Cheating” category in the in-game report tool
- You can choose multiple items or you can just report without selecting any of them
Replays
- While player’s nameplate is on (H key), now you can check the current weapon of that player by pressing G key
- Added report button in replay
- Report button pops up when pressing RMB on the player list (TAB key)
- While observing / following mode, report button appears on the timeline (J key)
- Added a care package icon changing effect according to the status
- The icon will be different when the care package is falling and looted by other players
- Adjusted replay system so that now a player can watch the replay without extra delay in the following cases
- Solo mode
- When the player won the match
- When all teammates are eliminated
Bug Fixes
- Fixed the issue where when a player lands from the plane the position of character teleports intermittently
- Fixed the issue where character animation is frozen when rejoining after a crash
- Fixed the issue where the red zone disappears instantly after it formed
- Fixed the issue where some vehicles spawned on Miramar are stuck to an object and unable to move
- Fixed the issue where a player sometimes couldn’t pass through a door even though it was open
- Fixed the issue where mouse cursor would disappear on a replay map
- Fixed the issue where when replay and death cam were played, the crosshair was bouncing
- Fixed the issue where the falling speed meter text was showing abnormally in Portuguese
New Contents
- Added two new crates (free / paid)
- You can open the paid crate box with the Early Bird key which is purchasable in Steam market
- In order to test the stability, 100,000 BP and 6 keys will be granted to each account (test server only)
- The below chart shows the crate box drop rate
- The new free/paid crate box has a 40% drop rate and the previous crate boxes(Wanderer and Survivor) have a 10% drop rate
- DESPERADO (new paid crate box) : 40%
- BIKER (new free crate box) : 40%
- Wanderer : 10%
- Survivor : 10%
- The below chart shows the individual drop rate per item that can be earned through the new free/paid crate boxes. (displayed down to two decimal places)
- DESPERADO items
- Sleeveless Turtleneck Top (Gray) : 8.00%
- Leather Boots (Black) : 8.00%
- Punk Knuckle Gloves (Black) : 7.50%
- Baggy Pants (Black) : 7.50%
- Striped Tank-top : 7.50%
- Wide Pants (Red) : 7.50%
- Punk Knuckle Gloves (Red) : 7.00%
- Sleeveless Turtleneck (Black) : 7.00%
- Baggy Pants (Brown) : 5.00%
- Long Leather Boots (Brown) : 5.00%
- Striped Shirt (Gray) : 5.00%
- Beanie (Brown) : 5.00%
- Horn-rimmed Glasses (Black) : 4.50%
- Training Pants (Light Blue) : 4.50%
- Leather Boots (Brown) : 4.50%
- Horn-rimmed Glasses (Brown) : 2.50%
- Aviator Sunglasses : 1.30%
- Checkered Jacket : 1.30%
- Long-sleeved Leather Shirt : 0.60%
- Leather Hoodie (Black) : 0.32%
- Leather Hoodie (White) : 0.32%
- Cloth Mask (Leopard) : 0.16%
- BIKER items
- Long-sleeved T-shirt (Red) : 15.00%
- School Shoes (Brown) : 15.00%
- raglan shirt : 10.00%
- T-shirt (Pink striped) : 10.00%
- Polka Dot T-shirt : 10.00%
- Dirty Long-sleeved T-shirt : 10.00%
- School Shoes (Black) : 5.00%
- Skinny Jeans (Khaki) : 5.00%
- Gas Mask (Half) : 4.50%
- Beanie (Gray) : 4.50%
- Sleeveless Turtleneck (Red) : 4.50%
- Skinny Jeans (Pink) : 2.50%
- Patrol Cap (Brown) : 1.20%
- Sleeveless Turtleneck (Gray Striped) : 1.20%
- Patrol Cap (Gray) : 0.40%
- Biker Pants (Black) : 0.40%
- Floral Shirt (White) : 0.26%
- Sneakers (Black) : 0.26%
- Padded Jacket (Purple) : 0.06%
- Princess Power Tank-top : 0.06%
- Floral Shirt (Black) : 0.05%
- Biker Pants (Gray) : 0.05%
- Aviator Goggles : 0.03%
- Sleeveless Biker Jacket (Brown) : 0.01%
- Sleeveless Biker Jacket (Black) : 0.01%
- Cloth Mask (Checkered) : 0.01%
Official Release, Patch 1.0 - December 21, 2017
The full 1.0 patch marks the official release of PUBG out of Early Access, and adds several new bugfixes and optimisations, alongside some new features such as replay mode. Please note that when the deathcam and replay function is activated, performance can be lowered on some PCs.
Client Optimization
- Optimized terrain data to reduce memory usage
- Optimized texture to reduce memory usage
- Optimized the sea by reducing wave effects
- Reduced the lag issue when multiple players are in sight
- Optimized character animations
- Decrease memory usage of characters
- Added LODs to further optimize weapon rendering for long distance
- Optimized various world effects
- Optimized various UI elements
- Reduced the lag issue when terrain is loading
- Decreased terrain loading time
Server Optimization
- Reduced the server lag issue of players moving abnormally
Lobby
- Redesigned the lobby background and UI
- Added Replays menu
- Added replay function which can record up to 1km around the character
- Please enable the replay saving in Options before you enter a match
- When the game ends, the replay will be saved and can be played on “Lobby – Replays” menu
- Up to 20 replays can be saved. They will be automatically deleted in the oldest order when the number exceeds 20
- You won’t be able to watch the replays made in the previous client version.
- Control Guide
- J: Time line ON / OFF (Player can move to desired time, pause)
- P: Pause
- ↑, ↓: Play speed change
- B: Back to own character
- W, A, S, D: Camera move
- E, Q: Camera height change
- Holding Shift, Ctrl: Camera move speed change
- TAB: Open the player list (If you click the ID, camera moves to that player’s view)
- V or LMB: Observing camera (You can see the view of the selected player)
- C or RMB: Following camera (The camera follows selected player and you can control the camera angles and zoom)
- F or SPACE: Free camera (Move to the camera view which can freely move on the map)
- L: Open the battle list (You can check engagements with and around the currently selected player)
- M: Map (If you LMB click the player’s icon on the map, you can move to the observing camera of the selected player. If you RMB click any empty area of the map, you can move to the free camera at that position)
- Added a character control function. Now you can allocate a number to a currently observed character with Ctrl+0~9, and move to the previously marked character by pressing 0~9
- This function is unavailable if the allocated character is over 1km away from own character
- Added a position control function. Now you can allocate a number to an area of the map at current position with Ctrl+0~9 (Numpad), and move to the previously marked area by pressing 0~9 (Numpad)
- The camera will be moved to the location below, if a number isn’t allocated
- "0"Key : Novorepnoye / Prison
- "1"Key : Severny / La Cobreria
- "2"Key : Georgopol / Torre Ahumada
- "3"Key : Rozhok / Campo Militar
- "4"Key : Yasnaya Polyana / EL Pozo
- "5"Key : Pochinki / San Martin
- "6"Key : Lipovka / El Azahar
- "7"Key : Mylta / Valle del Mar
- "8"Key : Primorsk / Los Leones
- "9"Key : Military Base / Puerto Paraiso
World
- Added a new map - Miramar
- Miramar will temporarily have a higher chance of being selected
- Miramar supports 2 weather types:
- Clear
- Sunrise
- Miramar builds on and modifies the core Battle Royale experience by providing varied visuals and gameplay:
- Vaulting & Climbing action will be even more useful when crossing the Miramar terrain
- Players can experience highly tactical battles that will force them to utilize their cover and concealment skills
- Choosing the vehicle type is more important than before, as off-road driving is now different from on-road driving experience
- Which map is played will be selected randomly when a match begins
- Removed rainy and foggy weather from Erangel
Items
- Added 5 new weapons:
- Added DP-28 which is Erangel exclusive. DP-28 will be spawned in world. It has a 47-round pan magazine for 7.62mm. Sights and a 4x scope can be attached. It has low firing rate but a long effective firing range with high damage
- Added AUG A3. The AUG A3 can be obtained from care packages. It's a variant of a bull-pup assault rifle that uses a 5.56mm 30-round magazine as standard and 40 rounds when extended. It has high muzzle velocity, high rate of fire and low vertical recoil.
- Added R45 which is Miramar exclusive. R45 will be spawned in world, it uses .45 ammo and 6 bullets can be loaded. Red dot sight can be attached. It has high accuracy and faster reload speed than R1895
- Added Win94 which is Miramar exclusive. Win94 will be spawned in world. It’s a variant of a lever action rifle that uses .45 ammo and 8 bullets can be loaded. It’s for an expert player since it doesn’t take any attachments except bullet loops and is mid-range effective with slow reload speed but high damage
- Added Sawed-Off which is Miramar exclusive. Sawed-Off will be spawned in world. It uses 12 gauge shot and 2 shells can be loaded. No attachments available. It has short range, high dispersion, lower damage than other shotguns but can fire in rapid succession
- Added new Ghillie suit to the care package
- R1895 will not spawn in Miramar
- Kar98k will no longer be included in care packages. World spawn rate of Kar98k will remain the same
Vehicles
- Added 3 new vehicles:
- Added Van. Van is a six-seat vehicle and Miramar exclusive. It has low maximum speed and driving force but it has the highest HP in the game. Therefore, the Van can be useful in various tactical situations
- Added Pickup. Pickup is a four-seat off-road vehicle and Miramar exclusive. It is designed to be well adjusted for Miramar’s bumpy terrain. Pickup is the most all-around vehicle in the game and suitable for various playstyles
- Added Aquarail. Aquarail is a two-seat water vehicle. The player in the passenger seat can user their weapons. It has good cornering and high mobility so you can expect Aquarail to do well in guerrilla tactics.
Motorcycle and Buggy are also available in Miramar. They have different skins compared to their Erangel cousins.
Animation
- Added vaulting & climbing action
- Additional vaulting animation for objects with a height of approx. 60 cm or lower (when holding down the Shift key)
- Greatly reduced jacket/coat clipping issue when moving in ADS while leaning
- Added the missing firing mode switching animations (and sounds) to UZI
- Transitions between sprinting and running animations are now smoother
- Leaning animations have been improved to ensure consistency between ADS/FPP and TPP
- The position of the gun in FPP will be lowered depending on the scope or other attachment that is mounted on the firearm
- Tweaked the FPP animations and limits to reduce seeing the inside of own character
- Moved the camera to correct position in FPP mode for drivers
- Position of most of the guns in FPP has been changed to ensure further reduction of clipping with clothing
Gameplay
- Ballistics overhaul
- Projectiles fired from firearms are now affected by air drag. This means that projectiles will now lose velocity over time leading to greater bullet drop and longer travel time
- Hit areas have been modified
- Neck is now protected by the helmet
- Damage to the chest area is increased
- Base damage is now modified by weapon class
- The actual damage is now taking into account following multipliers
- Base damage stat of the weapon
- Distance traveled by the projectile (damage decreases over distance)
- Hit area damage multiplier
- Weapon class multiplier
- The actual damage is now taking into account following multipliers
- Bullets now penetrate water based on the velocity of projectile (the faster the velocity, more shallow the penetration)
- Improved water penetration particle effects
- Weapon balance
- SR
- Decreased firing rate of SKS and Mini-14
- Increased damage of Kar98k and M24 and reduced damage of AWM.
- Increased slightly the drag effect of M24
- Increased the drag effect on Kar98k
- Win94
- Added red tip for Win94 ironsights for easier aiming
- Increased the zoom level on Win94 in ADS while holding breath
- Increased recoil
- Attachment
- Added markings for zeroing distances on 15x scope reticle texture
- Added new 4x reticle for sniper, SMG, 5.56mm and 7.62mm weapons
- Large scopes (8x, 15x) now have variable zoom that can be adjusted using the Mouse Wheel (by default)
- Red dot, holo and 2x sights can now have their reticle's brightness adjusted using Mouse Wheel
- Deleted M16A4 from the tool tip of 8x and 15x scopes
- Added blur effect on the outside of scopes
- Increased sprinting speed while holding DMR in hands (now as fast as assualt rifles)
- Decreased recoil for Mk14
- Decreased duration of camera shake while firing Vector (Vector should now be slightly easier to handle while shooting)
- SR
- Vehicles
- Vehicle driving balance is modified
- Vehicle driving is adjusted to be more realistic
- Improved the vehicle and passenger animations
- Added the ability to bandage and boost while in a vehicle (only for the passengers)
- Unified the sizes of all UAZ models, the number of seats decreased to 4
- Others
- Fixed the excessive aim-punch while leaning in ADS mode
- Removed the blurring effect of the weapon and objects close to camera that appeared in non-ADS mode
- The healing period for bandages has been reduced to 4.5 seconds from 8.5 seconds The casting time and the amount of health restored are the same as before
- Players can now parachute and land on certain areas that were not previously accessible, including the outskirts of the island
- Lowered camera position when proning in third-person
- Increased the vertical aiming range in prone stance
Sound
- Changed the lobby music
- Improved vehicle engine sounds
- Added a sound that will be played around the edge of the blue zone
- Added three different sound effects for the red zone
- Sounds of bombs being released
- Sounds of bombs falling
- Sounds of bombs exploding
- Added sounds when character jumps into water. Sound will be different based on the speed
- Improved the sound effect of frag grenade:
- The sound changes depending on the distance from the explosion
- For example, player can hear only the explosion sound from long distance but within 20m distance, player can hear the explosion sound and the sound of the debris raised by the explosion
- Lowered the reverb for the character’s voice when getting hit indoors
UI/UX
- Improved the backpack capacity UI in the inventory screen
- Moved the kill log from the bottom left corner to the top right corner
- Applied a new font for English
- Improved designs for in-game HUD, option window, inventory, menu screen, and system message box
- Redesigned the color of HP bar
- Displayed in yellow when the HP is below 50%
- Displayed in red when the HP is below 25%
- Displayed in red and blinking when the HP is below 10%
- Helmet, vest, bag HUD UI elements will now be on by default
- Improved Solo/Team Play UI
- Moved health bars of team member(s) from the top left corner to the bottom left corner
- Changed colors and markings in the mini map, world Map, and team list UI
- Added indicators for team members to check their status (vehicle, parachuting, alive/dead, DBNO, connection status, etc.)
- Improved interaction HUD
- If there is no more room left in the backpack, the font will turn red to show that items cannot be picked up
- Improved the mini map and the world map
- Decreased the saturation of the mini map to further emphasize information of team members
- Adjusted the colors of the world map to increase visibility of markers and other information
- Players can check team members’ FOV direction through the world map and the mini map
- When team members get on the same vehicle, a single indicator will appear
- Added deathcam feature that can be found in Settings.
- Applied a blur effect to the background of the game result screen
- Added two new keybindings to enable toggle/hold action for Aiming and ADS on separate keys
- Added an option to remap the replay function keys (Timeline on/off, Play/Pause, Play Speed)
Languages
- Added four languages: Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Mexico) and Chinese (Traditional)
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS - 1.0 Test Build Patch Notes #2
This patch adds not only a few bug fixes to netcoding and the game, but also adds Erangel (the new Desert map) to the test build.
Test Schedule
- Test servers will stay open until PC 1.0 on live servers
Region & Modes
- NA - SOLO & DUO & SQUAD, First-person / Third-person
- EU - SOLO & DUO & SQUAD, First-person / Third-person
- ASIA - SOLO & DUO & SQUAD, First-person / Third-person
Lobby
- Unlocked the rewards menu
- Players will now be able to check their performance in Career, and Leaderboard
World
- Erangel and Miramar - both maps are now playable
- Which map is played will be selected randomly when a match begins
- Added a wet effect to vehicles. This effect can be found in rainy weather on Erangel
Vehicles
- Added Aquarail on Erangel
Items
- Added Miramar's new Ghillie suit to the care package on Erangel
UI/UX
- Helmet, vest, bag HUD UI elements will now be on by default
Added a transparent background box behind HUD UI for clear visibility
Bug Fixes
- Fixed the issue with the insides of Erangel buildings being too dark
- Fixed the abnormal player shadow in FPP
- Deleted M16A4 from the tool tip of 8x and 15x scopes
- Fixed the issue where player's footstep sound was silenced when player moved diagonally or wore particular shoes
- Fixed the issue of two instances of player characters existing after reconnecting
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS - PC 1.0 - Update #3
This very weapon-centric update adds two new guns and significantly revamps the hit detection system, alongside a host of new bug fixes and features.
Optimization
- Optimize character animations
- Added LODs to further optimize weapon rendering for long distance
- Optimized various world effects
- Optimized various UI elements
- Optimized the sea by reducing wave effects
- Decreased terrain loading time
- Decrease memory usage of characters
Animation
- Additional vaulting animation for objects with a height of approx. 60 cm or lower (when holding down the Shift key)
- Greatly reduced jacket/coat clipping issue when moving in ADS while leaning
Gameplay
- Reduced the hit damage for hands and feet and increased the hit damage on thighs and arms.
- The healing period for bandages has been reduced to 4.5 seconds from 8.5 seconds. The casting time and the amount of health restored are the same as before.
- Players can now parachute and land on certain areas that were not previously accessible, including the outskirts of the island
- Added markings for zeroing distances on 15x scope reticle texture
- Added new 4x reticle for 7.62mm weapons
- Added new 4x reticle for sniper and SMG weapons
- Added blur effect on the outside of scopes
- Bullets now penetrate water based on the velocity of projectile (the faster the velocity, more shallow the penetration)
- Lowered camera position when proning in third-person
- Decreased firing rate of SKS and Mini-14
- Increased sprinting speed while holding DMR in hands (now as fast as assault rifles)
- Decreased recoil for Mk14
- 8x and 15x scopes cannot be attached to an M16A now
- Added 2 new weapons.
- Added DP-28. DP-28 will be spawned in world. It has a 47-round pan magazine for 7.62mm. Sights and a 4x scope can be attached. It has low firing rate but a long effective firing range with high damage
- Added AUG A3. The AUG A3 can be obtained from care packages. It's a variant of a bull-pup assault rifle that uses a 5.56mm 30-round magazine as standard and 40 rounds when extended. It has high muzzle velocity, high rate of fire and low vertical recoil
- Kar98k will no longer be included in care packages. World spawn rate of Kar98k will remain the same
- Applied a new font for English
- Improved designs for in-game HUD, option window, inventory, menu screen, and system message box
- Improved Solo/Team Play UI
- Moved health bars of team member(s) from the top left corner to the bottom left corner
- Changed colors and markings in the mini map, world Map, and team list UI
- Added indicators for team members to check their status (vehicle, parachuting, alive/dead, DBNO, connection status, etc.)
- Improved interaction HUD
- If there is no more room left in the backpack, the font will turn red to show that items cannot be picked up
- Improved the mini map and the world map
- Decreased the saturation of the mini map to further emphasize information of team members
- Adjusted the colors of the world map to increase visibility of markers and other information
- Players can check team members’ FOV direction through the world map and the mini map
- When team members get on the same vehicle, a single indicator will appear
- Moved the kill log from the bottom left corner to the top right corner
- Modified the design of the health bar to show the point for 75%. The bar will not turn red when health is below 75%
- Added killcam feature that can be found in Settings. Now players can check killcams in the result screen
- For Duo and Squad modes, killcam can be checked after all team members have died
- Changed the lobby music
- Improved vehicle engine sounds
- Added a sound that will be played around the edge of the blue zone
- Added three different sound effects for the red zone
- Sounds of bombs being released
- Sounds of bombs falling
- Sounds of bombs exploding
- Added sounds when character jumps into water. Sound will be different based on the speed
- Added four languages: Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Mexico) and Chinese (Traditional)
- Fixed camera jittering for passenger sitting on the back of a motorcycle with sidecar
- Fixed the issue where animations are not played when bandages are used consecutively
- Removed the pink circle that appeared on certain buildings when parachuting
- Fixed the issue where shooting was possible when vaulting
- Greatly reduced blurriness of the reticle while in ADS mode
- Optimized terrain data to reduce memory usage
- Reduced the lag issue when terrain is loading
- Reduced the lag issue when multiple players are in sight
- Optimized server performance by adjusting network throughput
- Added vaulting & climbing action
- Vehicle driving balance is modified
* We are adjusting driving sounds to be more realistic. Sources of vehicle sounds will be improved. - Vehicle driving is adjusted to be more realistic
- This is an early stage of balancing. We need your feedback to improve driving.
- Improved the vehicle and passenger animations
- Projectiles fired from firearms are now affected by air drag. This means that projectiles will now lose velocity over time leading to greater bullet drop and longer travel time
- Large scopes (8x, 15x) now have variable zoom that can be adjusted using the Mouse Wheel (by default)
- Red dot, holo and 2x sights can now have their reticle's brightness adjusted using Mouse Wheel
- Hit areas have been modified
- Neck is now protected by the helmet
- Damage to the chest area is increased
- Base damage is now modified by weapon class
- The actual damage is now taking into account following multipliers
- Base damage stat of the weapon
- Distance traveled by the projectile (damage decreases over distance)
- Hit area damage multiplier
- Weapon class multiplier
- Fixed the excessive aim-punch while leaning in ADS mode
- Removed the blurring effect of the weapon and objects close to camera that appeared in non-ADS mode
- Unified the sizes of all UAZ models, the number of seats decreased to 4
- Improved the backpack capacity UI in the inventory screen
- Gameplay
- Increased the blue zone DOT (Damage over Time)
- Bug Fix
- Resolved a bug where bullets would sometimes ignore armor
- Gameplay
- Decreased the Starting Island item spawn levels in order to adjust the item balance on the Northeast side of Erangel
- Bug Fixes
- Eliminated the fire animation and effect that occured in the Starting Airplane when a player was on fire from a molotov cocktail
- Fixed a bug that enabled a character to hold a main weapon and frying pan simultaneously
- Fixed a spectator mode bug of flickering weapon UI icons
- UI/UX
- Enhanced breathing animation in the Spectator mode
- Added a new feature in the Settings to adjust the zoom-in and zoom-out speed of the World Map
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug that made the shadows disappear mid-game
- Fixed a graphic bug related to players who left the game inside of the starting airplane
- Fixed a bug that prevented users from seeing the full alias of their teammates
- Improved the synchronization between player aim and spectator aim
- Fixed a bug to accurately display teammates' marker direction in Free Look mode
- UI/UX
- Added the following feature to the Map Help section on the World Map: Marking your character's current position (Default key set to Insert)
- Other
- You may no longer modify ini files to set a key bind for multiple actions on the same key
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug that enabled angled foregrip to attach to Tommy Gun
- Fixed a graphic bug regarding building locations
- Fixed an animation bug that appeared when a character used healing or boosting items in the driver's seat
- Fixed a bug that did not cancel a player's reload if the character was knocked out during the reload
- Fixed a bug where an uncooked grenade could explode if a character was knocked out while holding it
- Fixed a graphic bug that would cause a black box texture to appear while scoped when Anti-Aliasing was set to Low or Very Low in the Settings
- implemented rules that will not allow idle players to earn BPs
- Client Optimization
- Optimized shadows
- Improved performance on low-end PCs by optimizing buildings
- Optimized client and server performance when there are multiple vehicles in a close vicinity
- Optimized UI
- World
- Added Foggy weather
- The foggy weather effect will hinder player sight on the map. This weather effect has a low probability to occur
- In order to test the weather effect, the foggy weather will have a higher chance to occur during test server gameplay, but will be reduced for Live servers
- Enhanced graphics of the sky in pre-existing weather effects
- Added a new town, East of Stalber
- UI/UX
- Added new Option to change Cross-hair color
- Added new Double Tap feature in control options for leaning (Default keys set to Q and E)
- Added new option to improve the visual effect of going from free look back to character's line of sight
- Added new key binds when using Consumables
- Teammates' names are now representative of their current postures (IE Standing, Crouching, Prone, etc)
- Added new key bind to mark your current position on the map (Default key set to Insert)
- Added a new key bind to center the map around the character's current position (Default key set to Space)
- Added a new key bind to use the Consumables in the order of Med Kit, First Aid Kit, and Bandage (Default key set to "-")
- Added a new feature to reset the zeroing distance using Mouse wheel click
- Adjusted the position of the Report window
- New Item
- Added a new weapon, the Mini-14. The Mini-14 is a lightweight and compact 5.56 semi-automatic marksman rifle
- The weapon uses sniper rifle attachments for both the muzzle and magazine slots, and can take any type of optic sight
- This weapon has lower damage stats than other DMR's, which is compensated by very high muzzle velocity and low bullet drop
- Gameplay
- Distance at which shadows are rendered are now synchronized across all graphics settings to ensure fair play
- Characters who are knocked out while underwater will now have a breath gauge as well as take additional damage over time
- Adjusted the balance of several weapons:
- Increased the Crossbow reload speed by 35%
- Tommy gun has been removed from Care Packages and become a world spawn. It now supports attachments such as the Silencer, Vertical Foregrip, and Magazines
- Horizontal recoil scale has been clamped for greater consistency for weapons with high horizontal recoils
- You may now holster grenades by switching to another weapon or unarmed state unless the grenades have already been cooked
- The firing mode of weapons will now remain consistent with the firing mode that was selected, after dropping a weapon and picking it back up again
- Adjusted the collision damage of Motorcycles
- Actions
- Recoil animations are updated for all weapons
- Adjusted animations and balance of throwables
- Decreased fuse time of the Flash Grenade to 2.5 seconds
- Increased the lethal and injury ranges of the Frag Grenade
- Improved the animation for throwing grenades to allow for increased speeds and more accurate trajectories, but decreased visual trajectory distance of throwables
- Cooking of grenades is now manual (Default key set to R)
- You may now toggle the throwing mode between overhead and roll (Default key set to Right Mouse Click)
- The movement speed of a character affects the trajectory of throwables
- Improved leaning animation; leaning on the left side to expose less of the body
- Sprinting will no longer prevent regeneration of breath gauge and will stop leaning state automatically
- You may change your stance while reloading without cancelling the reload
- Sounds
- Added new sounds when using Consumables
- Adjusted the audible ranges of reloading and window breaking
- Added a new sound for collisions between vehicles and characters
- Added new sound for the animation of removing the grenade safety pin
- Bug Fixes
- Characters that fall or glitch underneath the map will now be reset to the ground automatically
- Fixed a bug where FOV slider value would be improperly set inside of vehicles in FPP mode, regardless of FOV slider setting
- Fixed a bug resulting in clients freezing when changing controls in the options
- Corrected the descriptions of certain weapon attachments
- Fixed animation bugs of other characters after reconnecting to a game
- Fixed several bugs related to the Spectator mode
- Fixed a bug of the breath gauge appearing at zero at the start of the game
- Reloading will now cancel if a character loots an item with Right Click during reload
- Fixed a bug with the honking sound remaining persistent when opening the map or performing other actions while honking
- You may no longer set different features on a single key bind in the Options
- Fixed a graphic bug of the Magazine position on the weapon in the Inventory screen when switching to a different weapon
- Others
- Revised the BP methodology to prevent BP farming and idle users from gaining BP
- Added FPP Leaderboard for all regions with FPP
- NVIDIA ShadowPlay Highlights™ now works on Window 7 and Window 8 (However, if Windows Aero is disabled it may not work)
- Client Optimization
- Optimized game performance for 6-core or higher CPU
- Optimized UI
- Sound Effects
- Decreased motorbike engine and vehicle skid sound volumes
- Bug Fixes
- Improved character animation when using throwables while prone
- Fixed a bug that occasionally disabled voice chat on the Starting Island
- Fixed a bug that caused your character to stand before crouching when revived
- Fixed a bug that prevented players from rebinding Unarm to an alternate key
- You can now see the mark from the character you are spectating on both the Mini Map and World Map
- Fixed a visual bug with the scope while a character you are spectating is prone on a hill
- Fixed a bug caused by changing "Graphics" - "Quality" - "Effects" from Settings
- Improved the wrist positions on the steering wheel
- Server Optimization
- Optimized fences, doors, and windows
- Optimized vehicle physics
- Client Optimization
- Optimized memory usage for world objects
- Optimized terrain rendering
- Optimized vehicle physics
- Optimized User Interface
- New Items
- Added new weapon Mk14 EBR. Mk14 EBR is a Designated Marksman Rifle that can only be obtained from Carepackages. This weapon is chambered for 7.62mm and sniper rifle attachments
- Character
- Added two new face presets and hairstyles to character customization for both genders
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- Gameplay
- Added 1st Person server options to NA and EU Solo and Duo game-modes
- Players who choose 1st Person mode will be matched together
- Character view is set to 3rd Person mode in starting airplane and during free fall from the airplane. This will be set to 1st Person only in a future update
- Camera will stay still while looting items to prevent dizziness
- Added a new feature to report players
- Some people killed knocked-out teammates in order to avoid giving kill count to an opponent who knocked them down. Now the kill count will still go to the opponent in this specific case.
- Added new animation when using different consumables
- Improved camera transition when disabling Free look feature (Alt Key)
- Decreased the reload time of VSS
- Players may now re-enter games if they have been disconnected mid-game
- You may now play with Xbox controllers, and we will continue to make improvements with Xbox controllers
- Sound volume difference from inside and outside of building is more obvious
- Added new sound effect while scoping or aiming weapon
- Added new effects when a character is running or sprinting over different types of surfaces
- Improved character animation without any weapon or with melee weapon
- Added slight delay when using the drag-and-drop feature on items in inventory UI. We implemented this delay to provide a fair gameplay environment to all players
- Improved post-process effect when a character takes damage outside of the blue circle
- Items and Vehicles
- Added a lower rail attachment slot to SKS
- You may now honk a car horn when sitting in the driver's seat with Left Mouse Click
- Decreased the chance of vehicle explosion after the vehicle gets stuck in objects
- Vehicle driving sound will change slightly in FPP and TPP modes
- Added new sound effects for motorcycle tire screech while driving
- Eliminated firing delay of S1897 from pump action after reload
- Improved effects of boats
- Added spark effect to flat tires
- Reduced cast time of First Aid Kit / Painkiller to 6 seconds
- Reduced cast time of Med Kit / Adrenaline Syringe to 8 seconds
- UI
- Added more features and hot keys to the Options Menu
- Added new option for V-Sync
- You may now designate a maximum of two different keys for each key bind
- Added new option to set toggle on certain actions and features
- You may now use Mouse wheel up/down as one of your key binds
- Added new keybinds, such as all mute (Ctrl+M) and switching Voice Channel (Ctrl+Y), and a new option to adjust the volume of voice chat
- Added new keybinds to use specific throwables
- Added Colorblind Mode
- Added an FOV slider for 1st person view
- Added some region names to the mini map
- Added new option to display helmet, vest, and backpack equipped on HUD UI. This HUD UI will be updated further in the future
- Added new option to display all equipped weapons on the right side of the screen. This UI will be updated further in the future
- Bug Fixes
- Partially fixed client crash issues
- Fixed an issue of weapons sporadically ceasing to fire despite being set to auto firing mode
- You may not use consumables in vehicles underwater
- Fixed bugs below while spectating another character
- A character appeared to be shaking when the character moves around
- Camera swing when a character scopes while walking
- Camera swing when a character peeks left or right while scoping
- A character appeared to be shaking when the player moves his mouse while scoping in Prone
- Characters farther than 500m away from a vehicle will no longer hear the tire screech sound
- Fixed post-process bug underwater in FPP mode
- Fixed an issue of the reloading sound getting played repetitively after dropping a weapon while reloading
- Fixed the probability of getting rainy weather to previous value
- Fixed a bug where a character could not equip attachment with full inventory
- Fixed a bug where weapons would continue to play looped reload animation even after canceling the reload
- Fixed a bug where a character could see through the other side of wall when scoping or crouching against certain walls
- Fixed a bug where a character sitting on objects inside of certain buildings could see through ceilings and walls
- Fixed sporadic issue of disabling in-game UI
- Eliminated bombing outside of Red Zone
- Client Performance
- Optimized Care Package airplane
- Improved UI performance
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the starting airplane became immobile in sky at the very start of a round
- Fixed inventory display issue on 4:3 resolution
- You can always spectate your teammate's screen in color now
- You can no longer fire weapons in a vehicle from underwater
- Fixed an issue when you could not pick up mags from some areas of the lobby (starting island)
- You no longer have to press the F key to pass through doors destroyed by grenades or Red Zone bombs
- Fixed an issue whereby if you got knocked out while zooming in with a scope, you won't be zooming in when revived
- Fixed an issue when grenades were not available to throw periodically
- Fixed an issue of armed weapon not getting displayed on HUD UI, when switching weapons with number keys while having inventory open
- General
- Added SEA (Southeast Asia) server
- Client Performance
- Improved UI performance
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug that caused a character to walk through gas station wall.
- Fixed a bug that caused a character to stand on top of a tunnel after getting out of motorbike inside of a tunnel.
- You can no longer get out of a vehicle if the vehicle is blocked all the way around.
- Fixed a bug that made a teammate's weapon invisible in spectator mode
- Fixed an issue of the scope crosshair appearing blurry when post-processing quality is set to high
- Adjusted GROZA rail to better fit Holographic Sight and Red Dot Sight
- Fixed a bug that caused ammo not to drop after dropping Extended Mag with full Backpack
- Vehicle tire effects will change immediately when the vehicle is on a different type of ground
- Server Performance
- Improved network performance by reducing the amount of data being sent from the server to the client.
- Reduced network lag by preventing a large amount of data being sent from the server to the client simultaneously.
- Client Performance
- Fixed an issue of frame drop when other characters were around by optimizing nearby characters.
- Fixed an issue of frame drop when vehicles were around by optimizing vehicles.
- Optimized the starting airplane and Care Package airplanes.
- Improved rendering performance of weapons from far-off.
- Made improvements to the weapon animations.
- Optimized many in-game effects, including the red zone bombing effect.
- Improved many UI features.
- Improved features regarding rainy weather.
- New Items
- Added Groza. Groza is an AR chambered for 7.62mm ammo, and can only be acquired in Care Packages.
- Added P18C. P18C is a pistol chambered for 9mm ammo with a full auto fire-mode.
- Gameplay
- Vector and UMP now support burst mode.
- You can now pick up items while moving. The interaction animation will not force you to stop anymore, but make you walk slowly.
- You may interact with doors, items, or vehicles while reloading. Reloads will be canceled with such interactions.
- The screen will be gradually desaturated based on remaining health during the REVIVE state.
- Blood effect does not appear during the REVIVE state anymore.
- Adjusted kill count system in Duo and Squad modes. A person knocking an opponent out will receive a kill count regardless of the actual killer.
- Adjusted F key (interaction) to prioritize the REVIVE action in certain cases
- You can now pull out pistols faster.
- Fire mode can no longer be switched during reload.
- Adjusted the play area to spawn more evenly within a circle, so that the play area does not appear in the center so frequently.
- Adjusted default quantity to be selected at 1 when pressing CTRL key at inventory to partially drop or pick up items.
- Adjusted motorcycle and motorcycle with sidecar to move more smoothly.
- You can no longer switch to/from prone while picking up items.
- Red Dot Sight is now attachable to pistols, except for the revolver.
- Increased the recoil on UMP.
- World
- Added two new weather settings: Sunset and Clear Skies.
- Added destructible cabins.
- Added new animation for when a character is at the speed of taking fall damage.
- Items & Vehicles
- Adjusted vehicles to face random directions at spawn.
- Adjusted loot balance for certain items.
- VSS will no longer be found in Care Packages. It will remain to be spawned in the map.
- At a low probability, you will be able to acquire AR Silencers, SR Silencers, and 4x Scopes in Care Packages.
- Spawn rate of UMP was slightly decreased.
- Spawn rate of UZI was slightly increased.
- Level 1 Helmet was being spawned at a much higher rate than the Level 1 Vest, and the spawn rate was adjusted so that both items will be spawned at a similar rate.
- Increased spawn rate of items in regions and buildings with relatively low spawn rate.
- Changed the names of certain weapon attachments.
- Adjusted the spawn time of vehicles and speedboats, so that they can be seen from farther away.
- Improved the starting airplanes.
- Cargo door opens when participants get ejected from the airplane.
- Optimized lighting inside and outside of the airplane.
- UI
- Adjusted the direction of teammate icons to the direction the teammate faces.
- Added teammate list on World Map.
- Improved character’s recoil animation.
- Removed death marks of teammates after a certain period of time or distance away from the place of death.
- Added three new languages: Thai, Indonesian, and Vietnamese.
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue when the voice chat volume blasted momentarily after getting on an airplane.
- Fixed an issue where the character was not at the center of the screen while on a parachute.
- If you reload into game while in a parachute, you will still be in the parachute.
- Prevented users from removing outer walls of buildings by deleting certain files.
- Partially fixed a bug that caused a character to be stuck in terrain.
- Fixed a bug that caused a character to be misplaced after getting in a vehicle.
- Fixed a bug that caused effects to look identical underwater and outside of water.
- Fixed a bug that caused a character to make an interaction motion trying to pick up an item when there is no inventory space.
- Fixed a client crash that occurred when fences were destroyed.
- Fixed an issue of invisible fences even after destruction.
- Server Performance
- Resolved an issue with server performance dropping drastically in certain circumstances.
- Client Performance
- Improved rendering performance of other characters.
- Improved client performance during ranged combat.
- Improved rendering performance of vehicles, motorbikes, and boats at a distance.
- Improved the rendering performance of weapon effects at a distance.
- Bug Fix
- Fixed a client crash that occurred when changing character appearance.
- Prevented users from removing shadows by changing Steam launch options.
- Fixed a bug that caused players to fire more ammo than the amount loaded.
- Fixed a bug that caused lung icon to be displayed as full while taking damage due to lack of oxygen underwater.
- Fixed an issue with indoor walls and objects overlapping each other.
- Fixed a bug that caused the wooden doors inside houses to have a metallic gloss.
- Fixed a bug that caused some parts of the clothing to be shown when firing a weapon while aiming down sights, using 4x or higher scopes.
- Fixed a bug that caused players to enter the DBNO state after drowning. You will now die immediately after taking fatal damage from lack of oxygen.
- Fixed a bug that prevented the use of healing items after firing full auto mode.
- Fixed a bug that caused flower beds to be shown incorrectly at a distance
- Partially fixed a bug that caused a character to be stuck in terrain.
- Partially fixed a bug that caused the camera to pass through some objects.
- Server Performance
- Improved physics engine performance on game servers.
- Mitigated an issue with the character stopping moving when a large amount of data is sent.
- Client Performance
- Improved client performance in the lobby.
- Improved care package airplane rendering performance.
- Gameplay
- Modified the "match ends in" timer from 5 minutes to 1 minute.
- Bug Fix
- Fixed a bug that caused weapon icons at the bottom of the screen to not be shown when switching weapons after opening the inventory.
- Fixed a bug that caused a client crash when changing the character's looks.
- Fixed a bug that caused Freelook (Alt) not to work while the character is jumping.
- Client Performance
- Improved performance by reducing effects played excessively during vehicle crashes
- Server Performance
- Improved performance on the server in relation to vehicles
- Bug Fixes
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed a crash related to unequipping an item
- Fixed a crash related to when vehicles crashed
- Fixed a bug that caused a player to die without entering the REVIVE state when being shot by a shotgun or a full-auto weapon in DUO or SQUAD modes
- Fixed a bug that caused other players' voice chat to be heard at high volume on the airplane
- Fixed a bug that caused breath gauge to be shown incorrectly in certain situations
- Partially fixed a bug that caused a player to “die from falling” after getting stuck in buildings or vehicles
- Fixed a bug that caused sound to stutter when many players are swimming
- Fixed a bug that caused translucent crosshair to be shown on VSS scope
- Fixed a bug that caused a player to go back into the REVIVE state when two players start the revive action and one cancels
- Anti-Cheat
- You will no longer be able to remove shadows by revising the .ini file
- Client Performance
- Improved CPU usage for world level streaming
- Improved rendering performance of fences
- Improved rendering performance of grass
- Improved rendering performance for weapons and attachments seen at distance
- Improved rendering performance by modifying certain weapon and vehicle effects that were unnecessarily rendered at distance
- Improved character animation performance
- Improved effect performance
- Improved the performance of team-mate name plate, map and mini-map in teamplay
- Content
- Added VSS. A suppressed sniper rifle with permanent 4X scope & chambered for 9mm ammo. This new weapon can be found in carepackages & as a very rare loot spawn
- Added Motorbike
- Gameplay
- Reduced the moving speed of the two final play zones for better engagement during the endgame
- Made a balance pass on certain weapons:
- Vector
- Reduced bullet damage slightly
- Increased deviation gain per shot
- S1897/S686/S12K
- Reduced pellet damage slightly
- AKM
- Increased bullet damage slightly
- Fixed an issue where the players alive count would reduce when a player disconnected. Now the count will only go down upon the players death.
- Action & Gameplay
- Now players can put stock attachments on following weapons:
- SKS : Sniper rifle cheek pad
- Vector : Tactical stock (for M416)
- Adjusted the color of the aiming point for the basic crossbow scope.
- Added new scope rendering method (parallax free) allowing for greater aiming precision
- Improved ADS view
- Modified recoil for following weapons: AKM, SCAR, M16, M416
- Fixed an issue allowing a player to zoom in with right click when waiting before throwing a grenade
- Decreased the time to ADS when using the 2X scope
- Vehicle
- Added punctured wheel effect and sound
- Added burnt markings to vehicles after being destroyed
- Added the motorbike number plate image
- When a vehicle explodes, the fences near the vehicle will now also be destroyed
- World
- Added new vegetation to the lobby
- UI
- Players can press ‘delete’ to remove their marker placed on the world map
- Adjusted the transparency of mini-map grid and coordinates text to make the map more visible
- Added a dotted line towards the next play zone on the mini-map
- Modified the icon design of the First Aid Kit
- Added Thai language in language options
- Added new key bindings for hold breath, motorbike air control and switch to previous weapon
- Sound
- Improved the sound of Motorbike
- Added sound for door destruction effect
- Bugfixes
- Fixed a bug that caused vehicles to be spawned in garages consistantly. Vehicles should be spawned at a higher rate in garages, but not at 100%
- Fixed an issue that disabled bullet tracing for SKS
- Fixed a bug that caused the game client to crash when a flashbang goes off
- Partially fixed a bug that caused a vehicle to get stuck in buildings, fences or other vehicles
- Partially fixed bug that caused a character to get stuck in terrain, buildings or objects
- Fixed a bug that caused carepackages to shake when falling
- Fixed a bug that caused a throwable weapon to be thrown in the freelook direction and not the direction in which a character is facing
- Fixed an issue with two markers being visible when placing a marker in the airplane after placing it in the lobby
- Fixed a bug that caused a player icon to be doubled up on the minimap.
- Fixed a bug that caused the same color for two teammate icons
- Fixed a bug that caused the final play zone to be created over water
- Fixed a bug that sporadically muted the rain sound
- Significantly mitigated an issue that allowed a player in a closed house to be killed by the red zone bombs
- Fixed a bug that caused animation not to stop when using consumable items while reviving a teammate
- Fixed a bug that caused a character experience the damage effect at random
- Fixed a bug that caused all teammates to enter the REVIVE state when one teammate is hit by a bomb in Red Zone while being in a vehicle
- Fixed a bug that caused the REVIVE gauge not to disappear when the character being revived is disconnected
- Fixed a bug that caused the sound volume of UMP with silencer to be too low
- Fixed a bug that caused throwable items not to drop when switching to other weapons
- Fixed a bug that caused the trace effect to not disappear after using throwable weapons
- Fixed a bug where removing the pin from a grenade was canceled by changing the throwing posture.
- Fixed an issue with compass points not matching the actual direction when in the passenger seat of a vehicle
- Client Performances Improvements
- Slightly improved the drop in FPS when driving vehicles
- Anti Cheat
- In order to prevent using "lag switch" to cheat, the characters will now be locked and will not be able to move, rotate and attack others when the ping exceeds a certain value
- You will no longer be able to remove the environment foliage by revising the .ini file
- Custom Games
- Fixed the issue that was causing the sound to break when there are too many vehicles in a small area
- Bug Fixes
- Partially fixed a bug that caused the character to get stuck in different objects in the environment
- Partially fixed a bug that caused the game client to freeze
- Fixed a bug that caused the crosshair to still be visible while in no-UI mode
- Temporarily removed the flash bang from the game as it was causing game clients to freeze/crash
- Client Performance Improvement
- Improved the drop in FPS when firing a gun or driving a vehicle
- Gameplay
- Rolled back the item spawn balance
- Reduced the amount of health lost when a character is ejected from a flipping motorbike
- Bug fixes
- Fixed a bug that caused the door to open towards the player
- Fixed a bug causing incorrect lighting on the 2x scope
- Fixed a bug that caused loot to be not shown in the inventory when a character first obtained it
- Fixed a bug that caused crossbow attachments not to show up in the vicinity pane
- Fixed a bug that caused the sound to stutter
- Client Performance Improvements
- Made some improvements to address the issue of FPS drops when opening the inventory UI
- Reduced the load on the CPU through instance rendering so that the GPUs can function to their full capabilities
- Made improvements to address the issue of FPS severely dropping when in the vicinity of Yasnaya, Polyana & Georgopol
- Rendering performance on PCs with minimum system requirements has been improved
- Graphic performance and quality on PCs with minimum system requirements has been improved
- Server Performance Improvements
- Performance improvements have been made with relation to the items spawned in the world
- Content Updates
- Added Vector SMG. A very powerful SMG most appropriate for short to mid-range combat that is spawned in the world
- Added Motorbike w/ sidecar. A sidecar-less version will be added in a future update
- Added a 2X Aimpoint scope
- Added a Ballistic Mask
- Added 3 new color variations for the Dacia
- Added the crossbow back into the game
- World
- Adjusted the density of environmental elements to be identical across all graphic options
- Adjusted object placement to address issues of characters getting stuck
- Adjusted placement of trees that were spawning inside houses or above the terrain
- Adjusted the frequency of thunder sound effects
- UI
- Revised certain system messages and item descriptions.
- Added descriptions for attachments
- The dead team-mate icon will now disappear after a certain time and distance when in team modes
- Map markers are now visible to all teammates
- Names of teammates now appear on the world map
- Gameplay
- You are now able to move sideways and backwards in the REVIVE state
- The REVIVE timer will no longer decrease when a team mate is attempting to revive you
- When attempting to revive a team mate, the reviving timer icon will now also be visible to the player being revived
- Adjusted the character position slightly when in the REVIVE state
- Made improvements to address the issue of characters shaking while being spectated
- You are now able to open the world map when spectating
- You can now view the casting bar when the teammate you are spectating uses heal and/or boost items
- You can no longer use heal and/or boost items when in water
- Action/Gunplay
- Adjusted the overall balance on all attachments
- Adjusted the overall balance on Assault Rifles
- We will continue to balance all weapons and attachments throughout Early Access
- Fixed the issue that caused cars to temporarily stop when their tires get shot out
- You can now sprint when in the crouch stance
- Fixed the issue of “Armed/Unarmed” state not being applied when there are delays in the server network
- The blood hit effect size now varies according to the weapon caliber
- You can now move when in aiming and/or scoping in the prone state
- Fixed an issue with the sitting position of the character in the back-right seat of the UAZ
- Fixed an issue with the position of the left hand when reloading the AWM
- Fixed an issue where aiming from vehicles was not accurate
- The positions of bullet hits are now the same for both yourself and the others
- Fixed an issue that caused the hit box for the head to be slightly larger than the actual head
- Adjusted the ragdoll physics for dead characters to be more natural
- Fixed an issue that caused the character to use the wrong aim offset when using the freelook function while holding a grenade
- Fixed an issue that caused the landing-from-a-high-altitude motion to seem awkward when holding a pistol
- Improved the quality of zoomed-in scope views
- Bolt actions are now triggered even after the final shot has been fired, so that you can starti re-firing as soon as reload is complete
- Added swimming animations to go upwards and downwards
- Fixed an issue that caused the reticle to appear even when in situations where you are not able to shoot
- Your character now uses a different animation when in crouch stance while holding a melee weapon
- Made improvements to the reload animations for the M249
- Made improvements to the reload animations for the P1911
- The muzzle flash is now brighter than before and is now visible from a longer distance
- Sound
- There are now sound effect differences for supersonic and non-supersonic bullet speeds
- Made adjustments so that the sound of the bullet flying through air doesn’t play when shots are fired from a short distance from your character
- You can now figure out what floor the opponents are at just by listening to their footsteps
- Adjusted the firing sound of the SKS in mid to long range combat
- Adjusted the volume of the footsteps
- Miscellaneous
- We have opened a test server to better manage our content and secure stability for our live environment updates
- Additional in-game texts have been localized
- Bug fixes
- Fixed a bug that caused some buildings to not be visible at long distance
- Fixed a bug that caused a knocked out player to be ejected in front of a vehicle. If knocked out in a vehicle, you will now be ejected to the side
- Fixed a bug that caused weapons to clip through walls
- Fixed a bug that caused the icons for certain “pants” items to not appear correctly
- Fixed a bug that caused the PLAYERUNKNOWN shoes to not render properly
- Fixed a bug that caused the hit effects to play at random
- Fixed a bug that caused bald characters to have hair
- Fixed a bug that caused disconnects after 5 minutes into a match
- Config Changes
- Fixed configuration files (ini) so that it cannot be used to hide trees, grass, etc.
- Prevented adjusting the FOV by changing the game settings file (ini).
- FOV will be adjustable from the settings menu in-game in a future update.
- Sound
- Fixed an issue with door sounds playing at low volume
- Adjusted volume of wind, rain, and footsteps
- Improved the sounds for the buggy
- When in rainy weather, you will now sporadically hear thunder sounds
- Bug Fixes
- Added more support for non-standard aspect ratios. The game will now display at the correct FOV on aspect ratios ranging from 4:3 to 21:9. Multi-monitor environments such as Eyefinity are not recommended at this time.
- Fixed an issue with the compass direction not displaying correctly
- Performance Improvements
- Client performances have improved when loading buildings from a mid-distance
- Server performance has been improved
- Sound
- Fixed an issue with door sounds playing at low volume
- Adjusted volume of wind, rain, and footsteps
- Improved the sounds for the buggy
- When in rainy weather, you will now sporadically hear thunder sounds
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug that allowed players to hide and attack other players from inside a rock
- Applied additional fixes to address the issue of players going under the map in certain areas
- Fixed several issues with weapon switching
- Fixed an issue with the compass direction not displaying correctly
- Out-game
- Added Oceanian & South American servers
- Server Performance/Stability
- Resolved an issue where game server performance would degrade over time
- Resolved several server crash issues
- Client Stability
- Resolved several client crash issues
- Client Optimization
- Added View Distance setting to graphics options
- Gameplay
- Adjusted movement speed of endgame play zones
- Adjusted weapon sound volume in the lobby
- UI
- Removed crosshair while in a vehicle and not in the aiming state
- Added ability to see item durability state directly in vicinity pane
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug with the volume of crouch walking
- Partially addressed performance degradation when opening inventory
- Fixed a problem which would allow characters to go under the map in certain areas
- Removed the depth of field effect when spectating in team-play modes.
- Fixed a bug with the character creation system
- Fixed an issue in the REVIVE system where a player would get stuck in the revive animation when the downed player died
- Fixed a bug which would cause the PLAYERUNKNOWN hi-top trainers to render incorrectly
- Fixed a bug where a character would receive damage from vehicles while behind trees/walls
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PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS - PC 1.0 - Update #2
Alongside the much expected vaulting and climbing, 1.0 update #2 adds a host of new changes.
Client Optimization
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Ballistics overhaul
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PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS - Week 31 Update
At this point it would bee far easier if they just called these things 'update 1' and 'update 2'. The week thing isn't really helping. As for 'week 31', things haven't changed much at all. The blue zone damage over time skyrocketing after the last patch has been fixed, and there's a little fix for bullets that ignored armor. That's it. Vault early next month, though!
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PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS - Week 28 Update
A fairly minor one when it comes to specifics, this one further lays the groundwork for the upcoming climbing and vaulting feature. The team are hard at work on getting PUBG ready for its year-end 1.0 release, and you can read more about their efforts here.
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PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS - Week 27 Update
It looks like we're well a truly back to the same weekly update schedule as we started with. There's not much to write home about here, but spectators may appreciate the subtle changes. Other than that, we're looking at minor bug fixes and one or two quality of life changes.
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PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS - Week 26 Update
Already looking to turn their back on more spread out update schedules, PlayUnknown's Battlegrounds seemed to revert to its old weekly update timing 7 days after its big September patch. Of course, there isn't much here. Mostly just bug fixes for what came before. But if you've run into any of these bugs, it's good news for you.
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PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS - September Update
The first update to hit since the PUBG team committed to longer update schedules, you're likely expecting this one to be a big deal. And it is! Optimization is of the highest priority for players right now, and they're getting it.
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PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS - Early Access Week 20
Hardly known for its brilliant optimization, the Week 20 update kicks things off with increased support for CPUs lugging 6 or more cores. If you've shelled out for a hex or octacore CPU, let us know if you notice any worthwhile upgrades. We'll be doing the same considering we're having to play on low with an RX 480 to maintain 60fps on an 8-core CPU. That's a little sad.
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PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS - Early Access Month 4
First-person servers hit both the US and EU datacentres today, with FOV sliders, remappable controls for thrown projectiles and a colourblind mode for good measure. There's a lot more buried deep inside, so let's take a look;
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PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS - Early Access Week 16
More UI performance improvements arrive with one of my notable buf fixes relating to those dedicated enough to be playing this on a 4:3 aspect ratio. Still rocking that CRT for CS 1.6? We'd like a chat.
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PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS - Early Access Week 15
There isn't too much to see here unless a new Southeast Asia server interests you. More UI performance improvements are mentioned, with the rest specifically targeting bug-squashing.
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PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS - Early Access Month 3
Following on from the item respawn balance pass, we've arrived at the Month 3 update. Usually a far bigger patch than its weekly variants, this one follows the trend.
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PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS - Early Access Week 13
Performance boosts and bug fixes across the board here, with just one server-focused pass. If you ever had yourself or the camera get stuck in terrain, hopefully you'll be free to use your legs without fear of being killed by the Earth itself, too.
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PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS - Early Access Week 11
Are we back to weekly updates? We'll soon see! Matches now end 1 minute after the timer announcement while a few performance tweaks should improve physics, lobby and the 'care package'. Other than that - a few bug fixes!
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PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS - Early Access Week 10
Nothing but bug fixes here, folks. That and some vehicle tweaks, anyway. Vehicluar accidents probably aren't anywhere near as fun now - but they should have a diminished chance of causing a real one. A real virtual one, we mean.
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PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS - Early Access Month 2
We can't really make heads or tails of these patch timings. Some might say every 4 weeks is enough for a 'month' update, whereas we seem to be looking at the 'Month 2' update as a seperate entity to that of the 'Week 8' update. Regardless, an update is an update. Originally said to be delayed, it popped up anyway. It's time to see why.
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PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS - Early Access Week 8
Yes, it's a straight jump to week 8. We've been void of game updates for a little while now, but the developers vow to get back on track with the usual weekly updates. Why this isn't the 'Second Month' update is beyond us right now, but it's changing things up regardless.
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PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS - Early Access Week 5
We've now officially in the second live month of PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS. It's type set in all caps, and still considered the Hunger Games of the PC community. Welcome to the fray, folks. That's see what's different this time around.
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PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS - Early Access Week 4
The first of the game's monthly updates comes thick and fast today with a long explanation as to why players may not see every issue fixed within a single update. You can read more of that lengthy reasoning here while we get on down to the 'nitty-gritty' of what Patch 4 entails.
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PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS - Early Access Week 3
Adding thunder sounds, a couple of bug fixes and closing off cunning player's ability to hide trees and other obstacles through the .ini file, Update 3 is both big and small in a number of ways.
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PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS - Early Access Week 2
Mostly just performance boosts in the end considering Update 3 was the one to really implement some of the sound changes listed below, mid-distance loadings have been improved alongside some general server performance boosts..
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PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS - Early Access Week 1
Welcome to the first week of patch notes! Developers 'Bluehole, Inc' have outlined their general stance on updates with this one. Each week will see minor bug fixes and tweaks while each month should see new content. Each day, however, will be even smaller roll-outs to boost server performance across the board. For now, it's bug fixes!
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