Escape from Tarkov continuous to improve with every patch. Battlestate Games may be a small team, but that doesn’t stop them from supporting the game. Escape from Tarkov's developers recently released a patch that fixes plenty of bugs. The update is titled as the 0.12.4.6440 patch and it can be installed from the game's launcher.
The installation of the 0.12.4.6440 patch for #EscapefromTarkov is complete. You can download it through the game launcher. As always, if you will encounter any bugs or issues please report them to our support center through the game launcher
— Battlestate Games (@bstategames) March 25, 2020
Multiple leveling skills exploits are now fixed along with the invisible obstacles bug that occurred on Shoreline. CAA RS47 handguard texture bug is now resolved and elevator extraction on Lab should now work as intended. The patch also added a new “heavy breathing” sound that will trigger when your stamina is empty. Pop-up issues have been addressed and the main menu not opening bug has now been resolved.
Complete patch notes can be read below or on the official website.
Escape From Tarkov Update 0.12.4.6440 Patch Notes
Strength and Endurance skills of those players who were able to level it up to high levels or to max level have been reset.
Fixed:
- Fixed various exploits for leveling skills
- Fixed invisible obstacles on Shoreline
- Fixed a bug when a message about the unavailability of goods would be shown above the list of offers on the flea market
- Fixed elevator extraction on Lab
- Fixed a bug which allowed to use parts of an equipped weapon for production in the hideout
- Fixed a bug which wouldn’t let the character run even though there is available stamina for it
- Fixed a bug which caused Error 228 when folding stock on the message screen
- Fixed sound overlapping and changed siren sounds on Interchange
- Weapon modding interface now has no limits on 21;9 screen format
- Some pop-ups now appear in the middle of the screen
- Strength skill now gives an additional bonus for sprint
- Fixed a bug which wouldn’t allow a player to fold a stock of a gun when he had melee weapon in his hands
- Fixed a bug which caused the main menu to not open because of an error
- Fixed a bug with quest progress not being shown properly in following raids
- Fixed an error which could occur while completing “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” and "Mentor" quests
- Fixed texture of CAA RS47 handguard
- Fixed a bug which caused an inability to crouch when having max overweight
- Fixed a bug with inability to pick up items when wearing Slim Field Med Pack backpack
- Fixed a bug with missing items when upgrading the pre-order package
- Fixed a bug which caused a player to get stuck on a loading screen when canceling matching
- Fixed Error 228 which occurred when you would try to put an item in the cells which were occupied by items recently used in crafting
- Fixed a bug when weapon preset wouldn’t get saved when returning to preset screen
- Various minor bugfixes
Changed:
- Lowered the weight needed for leveling strength skill. Strength starts to level from 48.75 kg, until this level - the endurance skill will be leveled.
- Added heavy breathing when the character is out of stamina (sounds of heavy breathing and shaking hands)
