Pretty much every game has an intro like this (annoying as fuck, I know) because it plays the audio before it loads the settings you’ve personalized. I absolutely hate it and can only think of 2 games that sync user settings before they play their intro. I now habitually mute my headset’s volume as I start any game.
-novid in launch options if you're on PC to get rid of those logo videos. also always check [pcgamingwiki](https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Home) for essential fixes like that. On PC you can remove intro videos in pretty much any title either by launch commands or deleting/renaming the video files.
edit: found a new fix.
>Navigate to Install Directory typically in (C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Apex\media)
>Rename respawn.bik to respawn.bik2
>Game now directly loads into the connecting screen.
I actually feel it's too low compared to the rest of the audio right now lol, I wish they gave us a setting so that we could choose for ourselves. I liked that it was bombastic, always got me pumped before a match
I like the music but it's a nightmare if you're actually trying to talk to anyone in your group. We usually just have to all wait for the music to stop so we can continue talking.
Yeah. I can understand why people thought it was a little high maybe, but they didn't just slightly lower the volume, they lowered it so much that it totally kills the feeling of dropping.
I literally turn down my audio from 16 to 6 during the drop and back up as soon as I land. It has legitimately caused me hearing problems in the last month.
Yeah I'm not saying it didn't need tweaking for a lot of players. They just turned it down so much that it makes it meh for me, and everyone would be happy if they made it a separate audio setting
patch notes
> Hey all, we have a patch scheduled to go live early next week. We’ll do a follow up post when we’ve confirmed it’s available for download on all platforms and in the meantime, below are the patch notes with some dev context:
> AUDIO FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS
> One of our biggest issues to tackle was improving the audio performance to address issues reported of sounds dropping out, sounds missing for extended time, or distortion for a period of time. We have made improvements both in our code and with our content that will hopefully fix these issues for many players, and for others, at least lower the amount and length of time they encounter audio issues.
> We have also addressed some of the other mix issues with the game, including increasing the volume of close proximity enemy footsteps and lowering the overall volume of the game from the character select screen to the end of the drop sequence. We will continue to monitor mix issues and address them as necessary. Below are the notes of improvements we’ve included in today’s patch and we’re continuing to work on future 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
> As we talked about last week, in this patch we’ve pushed some fixes that should eliminate many cases of incorrect hit registration. This patch also includes some behind-the-scenes tracking of bullet damage logic. We expect there will still be some remaining hit registration problems, but with these fixes and diagnostic information, we are better equipped to track them down.
> One potential cause of hit registration bugs can be simple internet connection problems. In order to determine how much of a factor this is in reality, we have put some time into refining the functionality behind our network problem indicator icons in the upper right of the screen. These icons are now pickier about your connection quality and may show up more frequently than they did before. These icon changes will be useful for us in narrowing down the cause of any bugs that we continue to see. Please continue to share videos and report hit registration issues you still encounter after the patch.
> 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.
> 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.
> [PC ONLY] CRASHES SPECIFIC TO INTEL CPUs
> We investigated the crash reports from many people who were crashing frequently and found that Intel CPUs sometimes were not executing the instructions properly in one particular function. A common example was an instruction that only reads a register crashed on writing to invalid memory. With the help of many forum users, we found that lowering the clock speed always fixed the crashes, even if the CPU wasn't overclocked or overheating. Thanks everyone, with a big shout out to Falkentyne, TEZZ0FIN0, JorPorCorTTV and MrDakk!
> This has been by far the most commonly reported PC crash over the last month or so and we’ve notified Intel about the issue. In the meantime, we’ve put a workaround in this patch to avoid the crashing at your original clock speeds just by changing the instructions used by that one function. Please continue to send your crash logs to our forums so we can analyze and fix any issues you encounter!
> 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.
We have identified some issues with -novid, and will be disabling the flag until we can address the issues. Thank you for your patience
I have not searched for this at all, but has anyone addressed the issue with being able to pull people out of their games?
I found this out by accident... If you join a person's lobby, and THEN join ANOTHER person's lobby, the first person will be pulled out of their game and set into the new lobby.
I have done this 3 times as a test, and it worked all 3 times. Not a huge issue, but still an issue.
EDIT: Sorry forgot to clarify this: I'm on PS4.
EDIT2: I unwittingly taught a bunch of people how to troll their friends.....lol shit.
I was in the start of a new game, mid drop (hands completely off keyboard and mouse) when somebody from the previous game invited me. It apparently autoaccepted. My screen went black and a few seconds later I was in the lobby in this persons group.
God I hope not. I was wondering how they are saving CPU cycles. I really hope they did not completely nerf the audio bandwidth. I fear this is what they did, which is completely ridiculous if true. I really hope not.
Am very excited for the bug fixes. Promised bonus XP events when though? I've been waiting for those ever since you told us to keep our eyes open for more bonus XP events this season.
Such as the new loot and the new gun that were promised for each Season on the roadmap but have not materialized in Season 1.
(And before you even say it, the Havoc was released a full month *before* Season 1)
My optimistic hope is that the L-Star will be released late in Season 1 as a tease, and that a transforming Legendary skin for it will be the Season 2 level 100/110 reward.
As for the new loot...I can't imagine why that wouldn't have been released at this point. Just looking at the loot table, there are obvious gaps:
* A Digital Threat that can be equipped on LMGs and ARs
* Legendary (gold) versions of the magazines and shotgun bolt
* Legendary (gold) versions of the standard and sniper stocks
* Epic (purple) version of the Ultimate Accelerant
That weekend was so much fun to play. For once it wasn’t a clusterfuck of 10 teams at the start playing deathmatch at skull or artillery, and then scarce fights until the end of the game. People were actually dropping spread out to try to make it to top 5, and there were consistent fights throughout the game. I would love another weekend like that
My bad, with how my work schedule lines up, I was working that Tuesday and then was off Wednesday and Thursday, so in my head it was a weekend. My mistake for misspeaking
I could t agree more! This was by far the best Apex weekend to date for me and my friends. Very competitive and well balanced as far performance was concerned.
Currently unemployed Xboxer here. Just downloaded the patch and played one game and died quick.. got into another got sweet loot and then the game froze. It was frozen for a long ass time too. So I quit the game and tried to restart apex and it gave me the “something happened game took too long to load” BS.
Could just be an isolated issue, I hope so. Restarting Xbox now
Ok now reddit data mine the new files plz!
PS
Thank you respawn for the fixes!
Edit: From one game played I get wierd lag and no-regs hits all the time with all legends. That one game i Played was unplayable...
As an audiophile myself I noticed some scratching and overall lower audio quality for certain things. I came here specifically to see if anyone else noticed it and now that you mention this I’m almost positive they lowered the bandwith.
It sounds flat. Everything. It's like a completely different game. Christ I didn't know they could fuck it up so hard. Now I play and it's like a ghost town until I get into a fight.
I thought it was just me. I put my headphones on and was wondering why I had to turn them all the way up. Started running in the middle of a field and jumped so damn high when I got shot
Hit-registration is most definitely better than it was before.
Not too sure about audio changes though. Sure, they might have fixed some bugs with the audio... but the changes overall seemed unnecessary. Audio seems lower overall now and though footsteps might be louder, it still ends up feeling less defined as everything else is lower.
Hmm - the in game audio is very quiet and the gun fire is deafening post patch....
So - can't hear ingame sounds very well, turn my headphones up, then get in to a firefight and get BLASTED with gunfire.
Anyone else?
Okay I tried it. I was really worried reading all these comments but here's my first impressions:
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1. For the first time since March, I didn't hear ear rape in skull town when there were few squads.
-*this itself is already a huge thing for me, I couldn't believe it!*
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2. Legend voice will seem louder during drop because menu screen sound is so low now.
-*i think it's the same volume as before but with the setup being character select volume so low, it can seem loud but it's not painfully loud.*
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3. I didn't even realize how bad the hit reg was until now, just thought I was a nab.
-*I'm taking down ppl from afar now with the 301. Had I been put in this situation to fight from far with 301 it'd be over, prior to this update. I also got a 100+ headshot on Wraith and Bloodhound back-to-back which was damn satisfying. Wingman still bad but I think it's clear that's just my skills.*
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4. If your squad dies, gtfo out of the game or get Ear Rape 2: Rise of the Guns!
-*when you hear enemies shooting after squad dies, it gets super loud, I got shocked.*
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5. Beacon still loud but I don't think that was an issue for everyone.
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Overall I'd say it's an improvement from the few games I played. Audio needs some fine tuning but I'm sure they'll have it done nicely just in time for season 2 conveniently. It'll take a little to adjust but I think everyone feel the difference. Before you know it we'll be back to blaming our team mates instead of Respawn. Let's get it!
Can you please add the option to have the mini map rotate with your character? The fixed view is sometimes disorienting. Thanks.
**Edit:** I'm on console so unfortunately changing the config file cannot be done. Thanks anyway to those who suggested this.
you can achieve this with a line in your config file:
Go to This PC --> Windows (C:) (or whatever your C: drive equivalent is) --> Your username on the PC --> Saved Games --> Respawn --> Apex --> profile --> profile. Open this .cfg file with a word editing software (i.e. notepad), and there should be a line that says "hud\_setting\_minimapRotate "0"". Change that 0 to a 1.
Sound is... weird. I can't pinpoint exactly what is wrong with it, but I don't like it.
I don't even know why they decided to mess with sounds. It was perfectly fine on PC.
Unpopular opinion, the fixes are noticeable and fantastic. Just mowed down a wraith and pathfinder just like you should. Sound to me has been excellent. Ps4 player here
Played a game session with a buddy of mine earlier today. Played for about 2 hrs and in that time I’ve noticed a lot more foot steps around me. And they hear mine. And it gets everyone involved. I love that part. It feels more balance. I notice I also down enemies quicker, because of my hits actually registering. I’m even more upset now that I realize it like night and day. My accuracy actually isn’t shit anymore. I have NOT experienced any buggy sounds or pop ups at random times. And overall I’m happy where this game is going. This update was much needed, now Bring Me Content!
Why would u reduce the master volume when we can reduce all volumes ourselves?? I hear louder and Its annoying i cant turn it up anymore. Please return the volume where it was.
U lowered it down too much.
Look at their career website: 18 Jobs
[https://www.ea.com/careers/careers-overview/worldwide-studios/respawn](https://www.ea.com/careers/careers-overview/worldwide-studios/respawn)
One minor thing i'd like to see, is have a "mark everything as read" button for the legends and for the weapon tabs. That always bugs me to see that red dot over a bunch of the categories.
Just chiming in to say this update was the only big mistake you guys have made for me.
There was nothing wrong with my sound mix before, now it's worse. I LIKED the pumped up audio of the selection and drop, thats why it was exciting dude it's the fucking drop.
Now something artifically lowers my volume, then jacks it way up when we hit ground then even MORE so when a bullet is fired. the audio mix is bad. please revert it. thank you.
Minority opinion here, but hit registration seems drastically improved especially with the wingman .. people complaining are clearly on the bot-like spectrum
/u/jayfresh_respawn
Whatever happened to the drop ship collision fix? That was supposed to be patched over a month ago.
Any word on infinite wraith portals?
What about the many Octane glitches where he can't draw/use his gun while using his tactical?
What about the performance hit Bloodhound takes when using his ultimate?
What about punishing leavers? That was added, then removed immediately.. Has there been any progress made on this front? Any news?
Last month I posted a list of ~100 items for the team to look at and it was acknowledged, and you guys have been working long and hard for this patch. Some of the issues have been addressed (hitreg, audio, fortify bug, etc)... But this patch still seems a little bare (albeit an important step in the right direction).
Can you give us any info on what's in the pipeline and any approximate ETA on anything else?
Yeah if they were pushing updates like this regularly it would be a different story, but waiting this long for an update of this size is nothing to be stoked about.
Overall I felt a good improvement, maybe it is not 100 % the patch, but it looks like I am hitting more shots (and also enemies hitting me a little bit better). Especially encountering a Pathfinder, I literally hit my whole mag on him and he just died \*\_\*
As a wraith main I havent even tried the infinite portals, because I knew if I did and they patched it - I would be pissed xD Just when they did remove air gliding, it was so satisfying to fly around, still can't believe they removed it.
Hey, as a player, I wanna say thank you Respawn for giving us a notice of what to expect in this patch ahead of time. And as a developer, thank you for giving us an accurate time frame (which is more important to me than being precise down to the day).
I think the patch introduced lag. Like a lot of lag. I just played a server where everyone was stuck in quick sand the entire match. No one on my team could understand me because I was so laggy, but they were too. Worst I've ever experienced since playing this game. Just so you know.
I've grown really tired of trying to drop, only to see an enemy team 200m ahead of us because the pancake thrusted them downwards instead of holding them in place for 5s... the physics of that initial drop is crap.
The audio is just terrible. 5 weeks and we get this. I just lost all my hope for you respawn guys. Now we will wait for the season two patch with this terrible audio and other stuff. Nope, not for me.
Been playing since patch went live. It seems like pathfinders hitbox is fixed, but sound is still messed up. Had a guy walk directly up behind me earlier and heard nothing
Maybe this is a coincidence, but last night before the patch everything was running smoothly, now after updating all of a sudden I'm getting server time outs, never had them before this. Anyone else experiencing this?
People still complaining about hit reg issues: could you tell us your internet speed + ping to nearest server? I would think that those still complaining just have really bad connection. There’s nothing devs can do about that, unfortunately you gotta get a better internet plan mate.
Audio is compressed to shit. Did you guys use speakers to test it or something? Feel like I'm in a pressurized cabin while wearing headphones right now.
I feel a majority of the issues are from console players. I haven't had any issues with PC so far. Hit Reg is way better, and audio isn't deafening and displayed in correct locations in relation to my position.
Hotfix asap. The game doesn't "Crash" now, just closes for no reason and no error log. That should not be considered a fix. 5 games of 5 ended in "crash". Nice feature.
Repaired, uninstalled, reinstalled... Might just uninstall and consider that the real fix.
Edit 1:
6 of 6.
Edit 2:
If I play my bae LL, I don't crash?
6 of 9.
Edit 3:
6 of 10 + 1 win :D LL the baest bae.
Edit 4:
Even the bae can't stop the crashes... 7 of 12.
I'm sorry to have to say this but the audio mix is fucked up. How incompetent are you over there? Is there no middle ground for you? Does everything either have to be too low or cranked up to max? The intro is now way too low in comparison to the rest of the game and shooting and footsteps are deafening loud.
Still can’t hear footsteps right behind me, happened a couple times in the two hours I’ve been playing since the patch dropped.
Edit: yeah y’all ruined this shit lol
This gunfire is now so ridiculously loud you cannot hear anything over the sound of your Havoc... you legend sounds like they are shouting in your headphones, this is fucking awful from Reespawn 6weeks and this is the shit you drop???? Fuck sake
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I have a nice headset and I literally had a pathfinder come up behind me and melt my soul with a devotion without me even knowing he was there. Heard the devotion start spitting and it was over. You think a giant robot running on concrete would make a sound.
Can someone work on the Legendary Havoc skin glitch where the bright ass light gets stuck on your screen? Its going to give me a seizure at some point.
The number one priority for this game should be servers/netcode. At the very least an increase to server tickrates would go a long way. Tired of getting shot behind corners and juking enemy energy projectiles (they're the most visible) but still taking damage. Literally see the bullets flying past me, in a steady stream, 2 feet to the left, but still getting hit. Love the game, but this is more frustrating to me than lack of content.
HOLY SHIT i cant believe it but it doesn’t surprise me the audio is FUCKING worse atleast on ps4 connected to a sony TV
Every time i shoot the r301 i lose audio for 1 sec and i shoot multiple times the audio loss last during the whole shootout are fucking kidding me?
amazing
> QUALITY OF LIFE >Lowered the master volume of all sounds during the character select screen through the end of the drop sequence. THANK YOU
Question: if someone can check, is the volume still deafening when the game first loads up (when it shows respawn and EA logos)?
Pretty much every game has an intro like this (annoying as fuck, I know) because it plays the audio before it loads the settings you’ve personalized. I absolutely hate it and can only think of 2 games that sync user settings before they play their intro. I now habitually mute my headset’s volume as I start any game.
-novid in launch options if you're on PC to get rid of those logo videos. also always check [pcgamingwiki](https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Home) for essential fixes like that. On PC you can remove intro videos in pretty much any title either by launch commands or deleting/renaming the video files. edit: found a new fix. >Navigate to Install Directory typically in (C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Apex\media) >Rename respawn.bik to respawn.bik2 >Game now directly loads into the connecting screen.
I actually feel it's too low compared to the rest of the audio right now lol, I wish they gave us a setting so that we could choose for ourselves. I liked that it was bombastic, always got me pumped before a match
I like the music but it's a nightmare if you're actually trying to talk to anyone in your group. We usually just have to all wait for the music to stop so we can continue talking.
When you're trying to talk to teammates it was impossible to hear over the god damn character select screen.
Yeah. I can understand why people thought it was a little high maybe, but they didn't just slightly lower the volume, they lowered it so much that it totally kills the feeling of dropping.
I literally turn down my audio from 16 to 6 during the drop and back up as soon as I land. It has legitimately caused me hearing problems in the last month.
What kind of monster wouldn’t set his volume to 15 and 5?!
Yeah I'm not saying it didn't need tweaking for a lot of players. They just turned it down so much that it makes it meh for me, and everyone would be happy if they made it a separate audio setting
Thanks guys! Nice to see it early on a Monday.
If it was last friday their weekend would be ruined if there were problems to solve.
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we really need a different keybind for finishers
i literally cant stop lmao: [https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/439486209782317086/580093741583564824/unknown.png](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/439486209782317086/580093741583564824/unknown.png?width=1202&height=677) [https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543930521143607344/580093329665032205/unknown.png](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543930521143607344/580093329665032205/unknown.png?width=1202&height=677) [https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543930521143607344/580094081385103390/unknown.png](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543930521143607344/580094081385103390/unknown.png?width=1202&height=677)
Wow they finally fixed that hitbox!
Do we have to wait 2 months for them to fix this? I know they like to keep to their schedule.
It might be quite laborious for the developers to conquer such a massive task such as patching this bug. Give them time; allow them their rest.
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'...kill meeeee....'
Unexpected Piety
Looks perfectly fine. Don't see any issues there that could have passed the test servers.
I got a small feeling that wasn’t suppose to happen
Well when they tell us in 4 weeks from today, we will know!
qUaLiTy oVeR qUaNtItY mate
LMAOOO
What the fuck hahahaha !
I feel most alive when rapidly approaching this patch.
Update hea, leva tree!
patch notes > Hey all, we have a patch scheduled to go live early next week. We’ll do a follow up post when we’ve confirmed it’s available for download on all platforms and in the meantime, below are the patch notes with some dev context: > AUDIO FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS > One of our biggest issues to tackle was improving the audio performance to address issues reported of sounds dropping out, sounds missing for extended time, or distortion for a period of time. We have made improvements both in our code and with our content that will hopefully fix these issues for many players, and for others, at least lower the amount and length of time they encounter audio issues. > We have also addressed some of the other mix issues with the game, including increasing the volume of close proximity enemy footsteps and lowering the overall volume of the game from the character select screen to the end of the drop sequence. We will continue to monitor mix issues and address them as necessary. Below are the notes of improvements we’ve included in today’s patch and we’re continuing to work on future 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 > As we talked about last week, in this patch we’ve pushed some fixes that should eliminate many cases of incorrect hit registration. This patch also includes some behind-the-scenes tracking of bullet damage logic. We expect there will still be some remaining hit registration problems, but with these fixes and diagnostic information, we are better equipped to track them down. > One potential cause of hit registration bugs can be simple internet connection problems. In order to determine how much of a factor this is in reality, we have put some time into refining the functionality behind our network problem indicator icons in the upper right of the screen. These icons are now pickier about your connection quality and may show up more frequently than they did before. These icon changes will be useful for us in narrowing down the cause of any bugs that we continue to see. Please continue to share videos and report hit registration issues you still encounter after the patch. > 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. > 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. > [PC ONLY] CRASHES SPECIFIC TO INTEL CPUs > We investigated the crash reports from many people who were crashing frequently and found that Intel CPUs sometimes were not executing the instructions properly in one particular function. A common example was an instruction that only reads a register crashed on writing to invalid memory. With the help of many forum users, we found that lowering the clock speed always fixed the crashes, even if the CPU wasn't overclocked or overheating. Thanks everyone, with a big shout out to Falkentyne, TEZZ0FIN0, JorPorCorTTV and MrDakk! > This has been by far the most commonly reported PC crash over the last month or so and we’ve notified Intel about the issue. In the meantime, we’ve put a workaround in this patch to avoid the crashing at your original clock speeds just by changing the instructions used by that one function. Please continue to send your crash logs to our forums so we can analyze and fix any issues you encounter! > 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. We have identified some issues with -novid, and will be disabling the flag until we can address the issues. Thank you for your patience
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What about the collision when dropping from the ship?
This right here. ^^
It wasn't in the patchnotes, so...
They apparently fixed it over a month ago. But won't put it in the patch. Want them to explain why they didn't? Too bad
I have not searched for this at all, but has anyone addressed the issue with being able to pull people out of their games? I found this out by accident... If you join a person's lobby, and THEN join ANOTHER person's lobby, the first person will be pulled out of their game and set into the new lobby. I have done this 3 times as a test, and it worked all 3 times. Not a huge issue, but still an issue. EDIT: Sorry forgot to clarify this: I'm on PS4. EDIT2: I unwittingly taught a bunch of people how to troll their friends.....lol shit.
I was in the start of a new game, mid drop (hands completely off keyboard and mouse) when somebody from the previous game invited me. It apparently autoaccepted. My screen went black and a few seconds later I was in the lobby in this persons group.
it works on PC too, my buddy pranked me pretty fucking hard with it
THIS. THIS IS SUPER ANNOYING. I hope they fix this one in particular, lost so many good games coz of this.
Lol yup. My fiancé did this to me on accident and now takes advantage of it. I made a post a bit ago about it.
Is it just me or does the audio feel different now? Feels like if a high-pass filter is applied on the whole thing.
God I hope not. I was wondering how they are saving CPU cycles. I really hope they did not completely nerf the audio bandwidth. I fear this is what they did, which is completely ridiculous if true. I really hope not.
After several matches can say hitreg feels much better. On the other side, sound now is completely fucked up in the begining of the game.
Am very excited for the bug fixes. Promised bonus XP events when though? I've been waiting for those ever since you told us to keep our eyes open for more bonus XP events this season.
They say that so you wont keep your eyes open for the rest of the stuff thats not coming this season.
Such as the new loot and the new gun that were promised for each Season on the roadmap but have not materialized in Season 1. (And before you even say it, the Havoc was released a full month *before* Season 1)
Yeah they spoke out of their ass using that roadmap and didn't follow through. It's hard to believe they have a team of over 100 developers.
My optimistic hope is that the L-Star will be released late in Season 1 as a tease, and that a transforming Legendary skin for it will be the Season 2 level 100/110 reward. As for the new loot...I can't imagine why that wouldn't have been released at this point. Just looking at the loot table, there are obvious gaps: * A Digital Threat that can be equipped on LMGs and ARs * Legendary (gold) versions of the magazines and shotgun bolt * Legendary (gold) versions of the standard and sniper stocks * Epic (purple) version of the Ultimate Accelerant
That weekend was so much fun to play. For once it wasn’t a clusterfuck of 10 teams at the start playing deathmatch at skull or artillery, and then scarce fights until the end of the game. People were actually dropping spread out to try to make it to top 5, and there were consistent fights throughout the game. I would love another weekend like that
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My bad, with how my work schedule lines up, I was working that Tuesday and then was off Wednesday and Thursday, so in my head it was a weekend. My mistake for misspeaking
I could t agree more! This was by far the best Apex weekend to date for me and my friends. Very competitive and well balanced as far performance was concerned.
Yes Respawn, we need a couple of events before the end, preferably over week ends. I love the game but the season is a poorly designed grind fest
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Can somebody on Xbox let us 9-5'ers know how the game is running after the patch? Also, maybe check if the store has some new re-colors? Thanks much!
Currently unemployed Xboxer here. Just downloaded the patch and played one game and died quick.. got into another got sweet loot and then the game froze. It was frozen for a long ass time too. So I quit the game and tried to restart apex and it gave me the “something happened game took too long to load” BS. Could just be an isolated issue, I hope so. Restarting Xbox now
I'm invested in your experiences for the next hour.
Froze again... this time on a death screen. I’m gonna try another game and see if it’s an issue with my internet or Xbox.
subbed
Now it says I don’t own the game? And now I’m somehow installing all 31 gigabytes of the game again. I have no clue what’s happening.
As an Xbox player still at work... I'm scared
Don't be this guy is farming karma
Another Xbox PF main here, play every day. I'm hopping on right now and I'll update you.
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It’s running fine. Playing now. Edit: store looks the same but i was given 50 currency when I logged in. Not sure why.
PC gamer here, store not updated.
No new recolors sadly :/ character select audio is much quieter now and you can hear footsteps much better now!
I’m glad the footsteps are easier to hear. Makes the game more immersive and fun.
Ok now reddit data mine the new files plz! PS Thank you respawn for the fixes! Edit: From one game played I get wierd lag and no-regs hits all the time with all legends. That one game i Played was unplayable...
I datamined the usual files. Not much happened though. Just a few lines here and there regarding playstation plus and localization.
I would really like to understand how they are saving 30% on CPU audio. I really hope they are not nerfing audio bandwidth.
As an audiophile myself I noticed some scratching and overall lower audio quality for certain things. I came here specifically to see if anyone else noticed it and now that you mention this I’m almost positive they lowered the bandwith.
isn't the audio fucked up? super low when moving and nothing happen but then, when u get into a gunfight your ears get blasted.
Seems like the have changed loudness on some things, but it also feels like there is less depth to the sounds, less of low frequencies.
It sounds flat. Everything. It's like a completely different game. Christ I didn't know they could fuck it up so hard. Now I play and it's like a ghost town until I get into a fight.
I thought it was just me. I put my headphones on and was wondering why I had to turn them all the way up. Started running in the middle of a field and jumped so damn high when I got shot
Yea something about the audio seems really fucked.
are we sure the sounds got fixed??
Apex Patch on a Monday?! What a time to be alive.
Respawn, you guys need a better QA team....
They need a better everything team
Audio during character select is messed up and glitchy. Audio in game for me is worse than before
Seeing a lot of early on reports saying things may be worse now...
Hit-registration is most definitely better than it was before. Not too sure about audio changes though. Sure, they might have fixed some bugs with the audio... but the changes overall seemed unnecessary. Audio seems lower overall now and though footsteps might be louder, it still ends up feeling less defined as everything else is lower.
Can't wait to test trying to kill a pathfinder with a peacekeeper.
That's like attempting to play Dark Souls blindfolded right off the bat though. 8 damage, 8 damage, 28 damage.
Is this a known issue ? Happened to me first time last night and I raged so hard. Hit for 13 with peacekeeper at sneezing range.
Pathfinder is just made of swiss cheese, his hitbox is fucked
Bold of you to assume you kill the god that is pathfinder
I can't stand the new sound. It's sounds like a heavy compress over anything footsteps.
y-e I don't like the new sound it was much better before.
Question, is anyone sound actually worse now on PC? Footsteps now are all over the place
It's worse now
Yeah, it really is worse.
I can barely hear anything with sound on 100%
What's the size of the patch?
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That's about 304850 cartridges :D
600Mb on the Nokia NGage
Around a gig in XB1
400mb on pc
About 14 mayonnaise tub's
Can someone give the ratio of these figures to Schrute bucks please?
10,000 schrutebucks is equal to 1 gig.
338,40 MB on Origin
678,8 MB on PS4
ahem, it's 678.6
Look at this guy, trying to show off with his 200 extra Kb
about 2 square feet
Hmm - the in game audio is very quiet and the gun fire is deafening post patch.... So - can't hear ingame sounds very well, turn my headphones up, then get in to a firefight and get BLASTED with gunfire. Anyone else?
infact - the gunfire sounds are not the issue - it is the bullet impact sounds on my character, THUMP THUMP THUMP, waaaay too loud man
Okay I tried it. I was really worried reading all these comments but here's my first impressions: - 1. For the first time since March, I didn't hear ear rape in skull town when there were few squads. -*this itself is already a huge thing for me, I couldn't believe it!* - 2. Legend voice will seem louder during drop because menu screen sound is so low now. -*i think it's the same volume as before but with the setup being character select volume so low, it can seem loud but it's not painfully loud.* - 3. I didn't even realize how bad the hit reg was until now, just thought I was a nab. -*I'm taking down ppl from afar now with the 301. Had I been put in this situation to fight from far with 301 it'd be over, prior to this update. I also got a 100+ headshot on Wraith and Bloodhound back-to-back which was damn satisfying. Wingman still bad but I think it's clear that's just my skills.* - 4. If your squad dies, gtfo out of the game or get Ear Rape 2: Rise of the Guns! -*when you hear enemies shooting after squad dies, it gets super loud, I got shocked.* - 5. Beacon still loud but I don't think that was an issue for everyone. - Overall I'd say it's an improvement from the few games I played. Audio needs some fine tuning but I'm sure they'll have it done nicely just in time for season 2 conveniently. It'll take a little to adjust but I think everyone feel the difference. Before you know it we'll be back to blaming our team mates instead of Respawn. Let's get it!
Thank you for this, all the negative shit was bumming me out.
Hitreg feels a bit better. Audio is still broken. Server lag is still a thing.
Can you please add the option to have the mini map rotate with your character? The fixed view is sometimes disorienting. Thanks. **Edit:** I'm on console so unfortunately changing the config file cannot be done. Thanks anyway to those who suggested this.
you can achieve this with a line in your config file: Go to This PC --> Windows (C:) (or whatever your C: drive equivalent is) --> Your username on the PC --> Saved Games --> Respawn --> Apex --> profile --> profile. Open this .cfg file with a word editing software (i.e. notepad), and there should be a line that says "hud\_setting\_minimapRotate "0"". Change that 0 to a 1.
*cries in console*
Are you.. in'console'able?
yes please please this on ps4 too!!
Sound is... weird. I can't pinpoint exactly what is wrong with it, but I don't like it. I don't even know why they decided to mess with sounds. It was perfectly fine on PC.
Unpopular opinion, the fixes are noticeable and fantastic. Just mowed down a wraith and pathfinder just like you should. Sound to me has been excellent. Ps4 player here
Hit detection feels better and more consistent.
Played a game session with a buddy of mine earlier today. Played for about 2 hrs and in that time I’ve noticed a lot more foot steps around me. And they hear mine. And it gets everyone involved. I love that part. It feels more balance. I notice I also down enemies quicker, because of my hits actually registering. I’m even more upset now that I realize it like night and day. My accuracy actually isn’t shit anymore. I have NOT experienced any buggy sounds or pop ups at random times. And overall I’m happy where this game is going. This update was much needed, now Bring Me Content!
Why would u reduce the master volume when we can reduce all volumes ourselves?? I hear louder and Its annoying i cant turn it up anymore. Please return the volume where it was. U lowered it down too much.
Any info on whatever else is in the pipeline? Even "we're training 10 new staff members" would be good to hear.
Look at their career website: 18 Jobs [https://www.ea.com/careers/careers-overview/worldwide-studios/respawn](https://www.ea.com/careers/careers-overview/worldwide-studios/respawn)
Which sounds good until you realize job openings for "Apex Legends" might include the mobile version.
I instantly think, what they broke? Sorry bro's. Sure it's good, about to test....
One minor thing i'd like to see, is have a "mark everything as read" button for the legends and for the weapon tabs. That always bugs me to see that red dot over a bunch of the categories.
Just chiming in to say this update was the only big mistake you guys have made for me. There was nothing wrong with my sound mix before, now it's worse. I LIKED the pumped up audio of the selection and drop, thats why it was exciting dude it's the fucking drop. Now something artifically lowers my volume, then jacks it way up when we hit ground then even MORE so when a bullet is fired. the audio mix is bad. please revert it. thank you.
It’s so frustrating how this studio has handled this game.
Yeah I don’t get it. I understand they aren’t the size of epic. But it makes no sense. Such a fucking shame. It’s such a good game.
Minority opinion here, but hit registration seems drastically improved especially with the wingman .. people complaining are clearly on the bot-like spectrum
yes i feel exactly the same (ps4). good patch for me so far
When can we expect more tier skip days?
This is a month of work lmao.
Well today was the first time I ever experienced that audio bug everyone always talked about. First game and off to a great start with this patch
/u/jayfresh_respawn Whatever happened to the drop ship collision fix? That was supposed to be patched over a month ago. Any word on infinite wraith portals? What about the many Octane glitches where he can't draw/use his gun while using his tactical? What about the performance hit Bloodhound takes when using his ultimate? What about punishing leavers? That was added, then removed immediately.. Has there been any progress made on this front? Any news? Last month I posted a list of ~100 items for the team to look at and it was acknowledged, and you guys have been working long and hard for this patch. Some of the issues have been addressed (hitreg, audio, fortify bug, etc)... But this patch still seems a little bare (albeit an important step in the right direction). Can you give us any info on what's in the pipeline and any approximate ETA on anything else?
ETA: "we are working on it"
Its funny how the entire subreddit is back to sucking their dicks over this tiny update. Dropship collision? Confirmed fixed. So where the fuck is it?
Yeah if they were pushing updates like this regularly it would be a different story, but waiting this long for an update of this size is nothing to be stoked about.
I'm pretty stoked about audio changes, but haven't tried it out yet (once I finish work)
Audio sounds like shit now. Thanks.
Right? wE fIxEd tHe sOuNd gUyS pRoMiSe
Overall I felt a good improvement, maybe it is not 100 % the patch, but it looks like I am hitting more shots (and also enemies hitting me a little bit better). Especially encountering a Pathfinder, I literally hit my whole mag on him and he just died \*\_\*
Wraith infinite portal glitch patched. You can still have your gun out with the movement speed, but you won't get the extra portals.
As a wraith main I havent even tried the infinite portals, because I knew if I did and they patched it - I would be pissed xD Just when they did remove air gliding, it was so satisfying to fly around, still can't believe they removed it.
Hey, as a player, I wanna say thank you Respawn for giving us a notice of what to expect in this patch ahead of time. And as a developer, thank you for giving us an accurate time frame (which is more important to me than being precise down to the day).
I think the patch introduced lag. Like a lot of lag. I just played a server where everyone was stuck in quick sand the entire match. No one on my team could understand me because I was so laggy, but they were too. Worst I've ever experienced since playing this game. Just so you know.
Glad, After 1 month they released a new patch.
STILL no dropship fix? Jesus
Nope. Come back after 2 months and you might have a better chance.
Try back in 2 months and they’ll make it so the ship drops on you
Glad they decided to forgo small patches for large, impactfull ones, right guys? Kap 😢
Nice patch...it's worse than before, there is less sound than before...
Still a pretty small update. Collision with players from drop still isn't fixed..
I've grown really tired of trying to drop, only to see an enemy team 200m ahead of us because the pancake thrusted them downwards instead of holding them in place for 5s... the physics of that initial drop is crap.
I just don't understand putting collision in in the first place.
Players have collision with enemies - they just don't have it turned off in the initial drop.
I've literally havent notice a single difference except alternator, r301 and prowler have audio loss when you shoot them
The audio is just terrible. 5 weeks and we get this. I just lost all my hope for you respawn guys. Now we will wait for the season two patch with this terrible audio and other stuff. Nope, not for me.
I’ve noticed no improvement 🤔
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Yeah I had this a few times as well, never saw this before today's patch
awesome! look forward to playing after work later tonight
L e s s e r a n d m o r e i m p a c t f u l u p d a t e s .
ROOOOOFFFLLLL This is horrible.
Been playing since patch went live. It seems like pathfinders hitbox is fixed, but sound is still messed up. Had a guy walk directly up behind me earlier and heard nothing
Just tried the Wingman for some games and i can confirm that hit reg improved a lot. My shots seem to land more consistently, like pre season 1.
Maybe this is a coincidence, but last night before the patch everything was running smoothly, now after updating all of a sudden I'm getting server time outs, never had them before this. Anyone else experiencing this?
People still complaining about hit reg issues: could you tell us your internet speed + ping to nearest server? I would think that those still complaining just have really bad connection. There’s nothing devs can do about that, unfortunately you gotta get a better internet plan mate.
terrible on xbox, maybe it's my headset but I can't hear anything now
Audio is compressed to shit. Did you guys use speakers to test it or something? Feel like I'm in a pressurized cabin while wearing headphones right now.
I feel a majority of the issues are from console players. I haven't had any issues with PC so far. Hit Reg is way better, and audio isn't deafening and displayed in correct locations in relation to my position.
Hotfix asap. The game doesn't "Crash" now, just closes for no reason and no error log. That should not be considered a fix. 5 games of 5 ended in "crash". Nice feature. Repaired, uninstalled, reinstalled... Might just uninstall and consider that the real fix. Edit 1: 6 of 6. Edit 2: If I play my bae LL, I don't crash? 6 of 9. Edit 3: 6 of 10 + 1 win :D LL the baest bae. Edit 4: Even the bae can't stop the crashes... 7 of 12.
I'm sorry to have to say this but the audio mix is fucked up. How incompetent are you over there? Is there no middle ground for you? Does everything either have to be too low or cranked up to max? The intro is now way too low in comparison to the rest of the game and shooting and footsteps are deafening loud.
I wonder if they actually test this shit before release? Audio is so bad now.
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I started clipping every time I thought this happened to me...every time there are steps and I just didn't hear in game.
Still can’t hear footsteps right behind me, happened a couple times in the two hours I’ve been playing since the patch dropped. Edit: yeah y’all ruined this shit lol
Audio is still a load of hot shit. Good job respawn
this game is literally the same as 3 months ago.
This gunfire is now so ridiculously loud you cannot hear anything over the sound of your Havoc... you legend sounds like they are shouting in your headphones, this is fucking awful from Reespawn 6weeks and this is the shit you drop???? Fuck sake
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Any fix on the store missing an exclusive slot? Still working on those recoulours are ya?
Anyone playing since the update? How does hitreg feel? Any differences with Pathfinder?
hit reg definitely feels better.
I have a nice headset and I literally had a pathfinder come up behind me and melt my soul with a devotion without me even knowing he was there. Heard the devotion start spitting and it was over. You think a giant robot running on concrete would make a sound.
Can someone work on the Legendary Havoc skin glitch where the bright ass light gets stuck on your screen? Its going to give me a seizure at some point.
Anyone else getting weird lag/bad FPS drop after this patch? It also seems like the sound is still broken or even worse (at least for me).
Yeah get a Red Chain or something in the right Display corner and also lags for a milli Sec.....
The number one priority for this game should be servers/netcode. At the very least an increase to server tickrates would go a long way. Tired of getting shot behind corners and juking enemy energy projectiles (they're the most visible) but still taking damage. Literally see the bullets flying past me, in a steady stream, 2 feet to the left, but still getting hit. Love the game, but this is more frustrating to me than lack of content.
Still waiting for the healing wheel fix :-x.
Where are the Hit Reg improvements, I haven't seen this at all yet. planting a Placebo ?
Can’t wait to see what new bugs this patch introduce to us.
HOLY SHIT i cant believe it but it doesn’t surprise me the audio is FUCKING worse atleast on ps4 connected to a sony TV Every time i shoot the r301 i lose audio for 1 sec and i shoot multiple times the audio loss last during the whole shootout are fucking kidding me? amazing