Patchnotes

Closed Beta One

CB1 Patch 1

• Fixed a bug where bullet hits wouldn't register for some cilents
• Fixed a bug that caused third-person characters to get stuck in frozen animation states.
• Fixed a client crash that sometimes occurred when downloading avatar images.
• Improved the level of detail for high-quality graphics settings.

CB1 Patch 2

• Say goodbye to the crackling noiseǃ
• Fixed a bug that prevented rewards from showing up.
• Made it easier to pick up statues to prevent triggering unitentional revives.
• The "Phantom Footsteps" bug should be gone nowǃ
• Fixed a bug that made vautls go flying when goo was attached to them.
• A major adjustment to XP for win/lossː now you'll earn 500 XP for each round played.
• Fixed a bug that caused some players to get stuck in the menu.
• Fixed the most frequent client crashes.
• Numerous smaller bug fixes and adjustment.

CB1 Balance Patch 1

Cashout Scoring

• Increased score reward from 100 to 200 for eliminations
• Increased score reward from depositing Cash Boxes from 1000 to 3000

Cashout Re-spawning

• Reduced team wipe re-spawn duration from 30 seconds to 25 seconds.

Quickplay

• Increased number of Respawn Coins from 2 to 4

Gadgets

• Jump pad
  • Reduced the number of Jump Pads players can have deployed at once from 2 to 1
  • Jump pad cooldown reduced from 20 seconds to 15 seconds.
• Zipline
  • Cooldown increased from 20 seconds to 30 seconds.

CB1 Patch 3

Fixes and Updates

Cashout Mode

• Added a visual effect to coins being lost from Cash Boxes as their value reduces over time in the last 2 minutes of the round.
• Updated HUD widgets to show accurate value of cash boxes during the last two minutes of the round.

Movement

• Fixed an issue where players could get "ice-skating" movement as a result of bad goo spawns.
• Made improvements to jump, fall, and landing animations.
• Made improvements to Medium body type vault and ledge grab animations.
• Added speed clamping to some moves, to prevent exploits where players could boost across large distances very quickly.
• Added air friction and drag to prevent players traveling faster than intended over long distances when airborne.
• Fixed an issue where players could fly by repeatedly vaulting on liftable props.

Scoreboard

• Squad names added.
• Eliminated icon now show when a player is eliminated.
• Local player is now highlighted.

Customization

• Fixed an issue where pants would clip with the Cowboy Boots.

UI

• Fixed an issue where multiple slots in the Loadout could have the same item.
• Fixed "new offers" timer so it updates in real-time in the store.
• Added an active state to buttons on the contracts and settings screens.
• The store purchase notification now closes automatically when a purchase is complete.
• The unlock notification now closes automatically when unlocks are completed on the battle pass screen.
• Fixed an issue where the fire effect would linger on the spectator camera after elimination.
• Added a contracts summary to the end-of-round flow.
• Fixed an issue where the 'Round Over' screen would sometimes show the wrong result.
• Fixed various issues relating to the feedback survey screens.
• Made picking up revive statues even more reliable.

Specatator

• Fixed an issue where the spectated player's Loadouts didn't show correctly.

Levels

• Fixed an issue where players couldn't shoot through fences or railings.
• Updated the trajectories of some pre-placed jump-pads in Seoul.

Audio

• Updated hit sound with more coins to help it penetrate the audio mix more gracefully.
• Lowered hit sound to reasonable loudness level to avoid it sticking out too much at lower game audio volume levels.
• Slightly increased hit sound ducking to carve more space for it in the mix.
• Fixed an issue where the low health sound would continue playing during the end of round screens.

Controls

• Fixed an issue preventing the binding of mouse buttons such as Mouse 4 and 5.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the unbinding of duplicate buttons.

Graphics Settings

• Made various changes to improve the visual quality of Low and Medium graphics settings.

Destruction

• Fixed an issue where props and objectives would float in the air after destruction.

Balance Adjustments

Weapons

• M32 GL
  • Increased round fuse time to 2.5 seconds from 1.2 seconds.
  • Rounds will now detonate on impact after one bounce.
  • Reduced explosion inner radius to 1.5m from 2m.

• Pump-action GL
  • Increased max damage to 84 from 80.
  • Increased min damage to 45 from 30.

• .30-06 Sniper
  • Fixed an issue where bullet dispersion could occur when aiming down sights.

• Flamethrower
  • Reduced the intensity of visual effects when fired directly at the player.

Gadgets

• APS Turret
  • Reduced APS Turret radius to 3m from 5m

• Dome Shield
  • Fixed an issue where the Dome Shield wouldn't block bullets from Turrets

• Ziplines
  • Fixed an issue where players could exploit the zipline to perform larger than intended jumps

• Goo Grenade
  • Fixed an issue where Goo could be attached to objects that were attached to Cashout Stations, causing them to move

• Explosive Mine
  • Fixed an issue that caused Mines to not detonate

Abilities

• Turret
  • Reduced Turret health to 300 from 350
  • Reduced Turret damage to 5 from 7

• Mesh Shield
  • Fixed an issue where Mesh Shield wouldn't block bullets from Turrets
• Charge 'n' Slam
  • Fixed an issue where the ability animation would stutter
• Goo Gun
  • Fixed an issue where Goo could be attached to objects that were attached to Cashout Stations, causing them to move

CB1 Patch 4

Intro

Heading into the weekend, we got a patch coming your way, with both fixes and balance updates, and the addition of a Diamond League to the ranking system! Buckle up!

FIXES & UPDATES

• Animations
  • Fixed an issue where manual action reloads would sometimes not trigger

• Audio
  • Tweaked ranges for various Foley sound effects
  • Tweaked relevancy of indoor ambience
  • Updated various clothing sounds
  • Added progress sound for getting revived by a teammate

• Characters
  • Fixed an issue where some characters would appear without clothing
  • Fixed an issue where characters would become permanently invisible

• Gravity Glove
  • Improved response time when picking up items

• Levels
  • Improved interactions with vertical ziplines to make them easier to use
  • Removed camera shake from Cashout Stations
  • Made crane ziplines indestructible

• Ranked Mode
  • Added Diamond League to the ranking system

• UI
  • Fixed an issue with teams not highlighting correctly on the tournament pyramid
  • Fixed an issue where squad loadouts would not change during drafting
  • Fixed an issue where the 'Invite to Party' button would show for the party leader even when the party was full
  • Fixed an issue hindering Report a Player from recent players screen
• Visual Effects
  • Tuned various muzzle flash effects

Balance Updates

• Cashout Mode
  • Reduced team wipe respawn times from 25 seconds to 20 seconds

• Abilities
  • Cloak
    • Added new audio when in use, including volume adjustments based on movement speed and new exit and entry audio
    • Increased the max duration from 10 seconds to 12 seconds
  • Dash
    • Fixed an issue where dash sound effects would not play
• Body Types
  • Reduced Heavy health from 350 to 325

• Gadgets
  • Dome Shield
    • Reduced radius by 25%
    • Increased friction and reduced bounce to make Dome Shields easier to place
    • Removed the ability to pick them up
    • Fixed an issue where theys could knock over or push Cashout Stations and Vaults
  • Defibrillators
    • Reduced the health given by 50%
  • Explosive Mines
    • Fixed an issue where spectator cameras could detonate mines
    • Increased Mine environmental damage from 550 to 1025
• Liftables
  • Increased Oil Barrel environmental damage from 550 to 2050
• Weapons
  • .30-06 Sniper
    • Fixed an issue where the crosshair of the sniper scope could twitch
  • AKM
    • Increased AKM magazine size from 30 to 36
  • Flamethrower
    • Reduced Flamethrower reload time from 4 seconds to 3.5 seconds
  • LH1
    • Increased LH1 magazine size from 10 to 20
  • M32 Grenade Launcher
    • Reduced M32 reload time from 3.5 seconds to 3.1 seconds
  • M60
    • Reduced M60 reload time from 4 seconds to 3.5 seconds
  • M11
    • Increased magazine size from 32 to 40
  • Pump-action Grenade Launcher
    • Reduced Pump-action manual action reload duration by 20%
  • Repeater Shotgun
    • Decreased bullet dispersion size
  • Riot Shield
    • Increased Riot Shield damage from 60 to 68
  • SA1216 Shotgun
    • Decreased bullet dispersion size
  • Sledgehammer
    • Increased Sledgehammer damage from 130 to 145
    • Increased Sledgehammer environmental damage from 550 to 685
  • Sword
    • Increased Sword damage from 45 to 74
  • V9S
    • Increased V9S magazine size from 18 to 24

CB1 Patch 5

Intro

Contestants! Just a few tweaks and fixes as we near the finish line.

FIXES & UPDATES

• Tournaments
  • Fixed an issue where penalties for leaving tournaments early weren't applied

BALANCE UPDATES

• Abilities
  • Guardian Turret
    • Fixed an issue where turrets would have no cooldown

• Weapons
  • LH1
    • Reduced LH1 magazine size to 15 from 20
    • Increased bullet dispersion when firing from the hip when crouching.
    • Increased recoil slightly.
    • Decreased recoil recovery speed slightly.