Reborn!
The Exoborne Playtest is almost upon us! The servers will be going live today (February 12) at 14:00 CET, available in North America, Europa and Asia.
Please keep in mind that Exoborne is still in development, which means that some aspects of the game are still unfinished. We are also working on performance optimization, so we ask you to keep this in mind as we continue to improve this over time.
Most impactful Issues and Workarounds
- Extraction Dropship Issues: Calling a dropship may sometimes fail, even though the interaction completes. Other players may still be able to call the dropship. The issue may resolve itself after some time or in a new session.
- Potential GPU-related crash with the latest Nvidia drivers: Should you run into this issue we suggest doing a re-install of the drivers, or reverting to the previously released version.
- The game may crash due to Intel CPU incompatibilities, or other hardware-related factors. If you have a 13th or 14th-gen Intel Core CPU, updating your BIOS may help: Intel investigating games crashing on 13th and 14th Gen Core i9 processors - The Verge
- Performance Drops: FPS may drop below the target in some areas, particularly when waterfalls are in view, during loading screens, or when abilities are spammed.
General & Social Issues
Spawning Issues:
- In rare cases, players may spawn too close to bots or on top of a tornado during a storm sequence.
- Interaction Issues:
- All interaction prompts that require you to press and hold F may prevent activation if the F key is spammed. (Workaround: Wait a few seconds or go call an extraction.)
- Group deployment may fail if the leader deploys while a teammate is in another menu.
Audio Issues:
- Weapon reload and firing sounds may loop inside buildings.
- Spectator mode audio may cut off when watching teammates.
- Some EXO sprint sounds may end earlier than expected.
- Fire effects may be slightly desynced between SFX and VFX.
- Some footsteps may be too quiet or missing for enemies and NPCs.
Localization Issues:
- Some text is not yet translated and may appear in English or as placeholders.
- Enemy names may appear incorrectly in Objectives, Notifications, and Death Screen.
- Objective text in non-English languages may be broken or grammatically incorrect.
Tech & Performance Issues
Graphics & Performance Issues:
- FPS drops can occur in certain areas or when many players are in the same location.
- Low/Medium settings may cause LOD (Level of Detail) issues and flickering textures.
- Performance may degrade when resizing the game window on a secondary monitor.
- Net corrections (minor position adjustments) can occur when observing other players, especially during traversal actions.
Mouse & UI Issues:
- Mouse input may become offset when resizing the game resolution on a secondary monitor, making UI interactions difficult.
- Inventory and modification UI elements may appear misaligned at different resolutions.
Network Issues
- Error Code [PNG01] Unable to Determine Region
- Workaround: If you get this, right-click on Exoborne in Steam, and click on Properties. Then add '-
- SgForceIpv4' into Launch Options. This should get around this.
Loading Issues:
- Players may experience FPS drops during loading screens.
- Game restart may be required in certain cases to fix UI or interaction issues.
Gameplay
Abilities & Armaments:
- Fire Tornadoes do not apply fire affliction.
- Toxic Swarm ability does not display an AOE indicator.
- Armament VFX may disappear mid-session until the round ends.
Movement Issues:
- Sliding cancels when going off an edge.
- Sprint cancels after vaulting.
- Sprint acceleration may feel slower near objects when using the Kodiak Exo.
- Camera jitter may occur when vaulting.
- Rarely, a player's body may disappear after death, making them impossible to revive.
Weapons & Combat:
- Semi-automatic weapons may have slight input lag.
- Camera shifts to the left when aiming the Model 890 upwards.
World & Environment
Visual & Collision Issues:
- Floating/clipping objects, misaligned terrain, and gaps in the world may be encountered.
- Trees may appear stretched in high winds.
- Storm shelters may have gaps where players can fall through.
- Some cliffs and rocks may lack collision.
- Some bullet materials do not match the object they hit.
- The camera may clip through walls and objects.
Extraction Issues:
- In rare cases, players may get downed when entering an extraction dropship.
- The dropship may sometimes appear as a static model with closed doors.
- Workaround: Walk through the doors to extract.
- The extraction timer may briefly show "255" before the dropship arrives.
Missions & Activities
Assignments & Events:
- Some mastery level objectives may not update in real-time and require a restart or extraction.
- Certain Assignments may direct players to misplaced or inaccessible chests. Redeploying may lead to a different chest.
- Yellow 'new' markers may still appear in the Home Menu after turning in all missions.
- Some Assignments lack clear unlocking requirements in the Activities tab.
Artifacts & Objectives:
- In rare cases, an Artifact may be missing after completing the Rebirth Convoy World Event.
- Repeatable Operations objectives may reset instantly after completion, which can be confusing.
AI & Bots
Bot Behavior Issues:
- Bots cannot loot containers.
- Bots may carry two of the same weapon.
- Bots may jitter when walking on uneven terrain.
- Humanoid NPCs may have unrealistic falling animations after being defeated.
- Some enemies may lose their target when repositioning.
- Disruption and Shock Mines may not properly apply afflictions to NPCs.
- Specific to tutorial map: Rare occurrence of players being shot by invisible NPCs during the tutorial - this is likely due to overlap with other existing instantiated events. No workaround available.
Customization & UI
Character Customization Issues:
- Some eyebrow styles are missing names.
- Certain hair colors and EXO skins are missing thumbnails.
- On Low/Medium settings, body paints may not appear on some faces, and faces may lack animations.
- 'Type 7' face has an eyelid issue in the Home Menu.
UI Issues:
- The Shield Armament UI icon may stay visible after it is destroyed.
- Some EXO-Rig restrictions may not display correctly due to text overrun.
- Some UI elements, like player markers on the compass, may be missing.
- UI scaling issues may occur on ultra-wide screens.
If you come across an issue while playing, please send us a report in our Discord server here. You may also submit bug reports in-game.
Don’t have a playtest key yet? You can still sign up for one, as well as participate in our key giveaways on our X.
See you very soon in the apocalypse!
/Sharkmob