The servers will be coming down at 5AM PST for approximately 2 hours. Patch Notes:
Hardcore Battle Royale Improvements
Hardcore BR now includes zombies, bears and night vision goggles. Reduced minimum starting players to 64. The match can now take place at night and includes a Hardcore Elite Bag containing new unique items.
A list of known issues with Hardcore BR:
- Icon missing from new elite bag
- Currently there are no doors
- Currently there are no vehicles or compass, this is intended for testing as we want to see how it effects the gameplay of hardcore mode. Other Additions and Fixes:
- Footwear has been added to the Battle Royale spawns.
- Male and Female character models now have alternate head models to choose from.
- New and improved female movement animations.
- Fixed cases of loading screen freezing.
- Zombies now respond to all acoustic signatures including: ethanol/bio fuel explosions, grenades/molotovs, red hazard barrel explosions, landmines/IEDs, vehicle explosions
- Potential fix for bows getting stuck in ironsights
- Arrows fired from a recurve bow and crossbow now properly bounce off materials they are not meant to stick in, such as metal or stone.
- Molotovs now properly set players and NPCs on fire. This effect will last for a few seconds when outside of the fire.
- Grenade/Molotov explosions should be more responsive now on high pop servers.
- Battle Royale: Arrow bundles will now spawn near the crossbow
- Lip sync mouth movement to voice chat
- Vehicles: Occupants will be able to shoot from within vehicles. Currently it’s only the passengers who can shoot from within the car. The player in the driver seat cannot.
- Occupants can now be hit from people outside the vehicle.
- Boots now have a small resistance to punji stick damage
- Crossbows and recurve bows can now be repaired with repair kits.
- Fixed issue where character doesn't appear in BR chute Thank you to all the people who helped with reports on the Test Server! Test server fixes: Fixed: Issue preventing placement of furnace, storage and workbenches on a foundation. Fixed: Invisible Bio-fuel bug Fixed: Crash issue when running over zombies with vehicle. Fixed: Unable to pickup items in the world.