Gli sviluppatori presso Respawn Entertainment hanno annunciato l’arrivo in settimana di una nuova patch per Apex Legends, il battle royale in prima persona dalla formula free-to-play, pubblicato da Electronic Arts.
Nonostante non sia stato precisato il giorno specifico in cui sarà disponibile al download gratuito l’aggiornamento in questione, alcuni dettagli sui contenuti e miglioramenti sono stati svelati.
Secondo quanto dichiarato dalla software house ci sarà un miglioramento riguardante il sistema sonoro, in quanto verrà reso più performante il motore di gioco e quindi svaniranno alcuni problemi di volume, compressione e distorsione dell’audio.
Inoltre, verrà migliorata la rilevazione dei colpi, risolti alcuni crash di gioco e meglio bilanciate le abilità passive di Gibraltar e Caustic. Qui sotto potete trovare l’intero elenco dei miglioramenti, che comunque potrebbero in qualche modo cambiare lievemente in attesa del lancio.
Apex Legends – Audio Fixes and Improvements
- Performance
- Improved audio engine to be around 30% more CPU efficient, lessening the chance of distortion or dropouts.
- Lowered impact on data loading through code and content changes to improve potential dropout issues.
- Quality of Life
- Lowered the master volume of all sounds during the character select screen through the end of the drop sequence.
- Lowered the volume of Wraith’s ambient kunai knife sound for those who are sensitive to the sound. If it is still bothersome we will remove it in a later patch.
- Increased the volume of close proximity enemy footsteps for all Legends.
- Increased the priority of enemy footsteps to ensure the sounds play even in heavy combat situations.
- Slightly lowered the volume of Pathfinder footstep sounds heard from the first person view.
- Fixed missing or quiet dryfire (out of ammo trigger click sound) and low ammo (the progressive change in sound that the gun makes as the magazine approaches empty) sounds for the R301, Hemlok, Flatline and RE45.
- Increased the volume of the music that plays when winning a match.
- Added more detailed audio to the Training mission.
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed occlusion bug for the “wind down” sound for the Havoc.
- Fixed issue with automatic weapon fire sounds occasionally getting stuck on, usually after a Legend respawns.
- Fixed bug with RE45 missing tail sounds (the echo in the environment after the shot) when in close proximity.
Hit Detection Fixes and Improvements
Fix for Lifeline “Pick Me Up” Banner Bug on PS4
- The issue has been resolved and we will be re-enabling the banner after the patch is live.
Developer’s Note: We made changes to client and backend to address this and it’ll take a little time to take full effect. We’re expecting the error to resolve within a few hours after the patch is live.
Crashes Specific to Intel CPUS (PC Only)
- Intel has been notified, but in the meantime, Respawn has provided a workaround in the patch. In order to keep from crashing, they have lowered the original clock speeds for user CPUs by changing the instructions used by that one function.
Additional Bug Fixes and Changes
- Fixed issue with the Fortified Passive ability for Gibraltar and Caustic where they would take damage through shields.
- Fixed the bug that allowed players to stick objects to Gibraltar’s Gun Shield.
- Admittedly it’s been fun to see the results of this but the behavior is not intended by design and could get out of control.
- Items will no longer stick to Gibraltar’s Gun Shield, however, it will now deflect Arc Stars.
- Identified some issues with -novid, and will be disabling the flag until the issue can be addressed.
Ricordiamo che Apex Legends è disponibile gratuitamente per le piattaforme PC Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 e Xbox One, con supporto alle console di metà generazione PlayStation 4 Pro e Xbox One X. Una versione per i dispositivi mobile di Apex Legends è comunque in lavorazione.
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