A new PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds patch hit Xbox Live on Monday morning, the fourth since the wildly successful battle royale game hit Xbox One, delivering a combination of tweaks and bug fixes. The new PUBG patch should also boost the framerate for the game client and its servers.
The Battlegrounds servers went offline for updates early Monday morning. The process took about 30 minutes and the results should speak for themselves. Along with the aforementioned frame rate increases, PUBG Corp. says the new patch will improve the game’s PhysX performance and further optimize other visual effects. This week’s patch addresses a number of bugs that caused the Xbox One port to crash, sending players back to the dashboard without a chicken dinner (or even some BP) for their troubles. The new PUBG patch also addresses more specific gameplay elements, like giving players a slider to adjust aim acceleration. Battlegrounds fans will also find firearms do more damage to vehicles than they did pre-patch.
Here are the complete patch notes for PUBG Patch #4, via PUBG Corp.:
Gameplay
Aim acceleration can now be adjusted by players via in-game option
Player weapon damage has been increased against vehicles. We will continue to monitor player feedback and telemetry and make further balancing adjustments as needed in future updates
FPP Solo matchmaking queue will be made available for NA/EU/and Oceanic servers. We will open other modes within those regions as concurrency allows
Fixed an issue that caused indoor lighting and shadows to appear too dark and blueish
Analog stick acceleration added while exiting the plane and while parachuting
Optimization
PhysX performance enhancements
Server FPS slightly increased
Client FPS slightly increased
Some VFX received slight optimizations
Option
Music on/off option added
Bug fixes
Addressed a number of known crashes
Fixed a UI issue that occurred when multiple players attempted to loot from the same source
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is out now on Xbox One and PC.
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