Respawn gives update on Apex Legends frame rate, Legend hitboxes, and audio issues Respawn EntertainmentApex Legends players got a look into what the developers have in mind for upcoming patches to fix burgeoning problems affecting the game in the March 27 Respawn Check in. Among others issues in King\u2019s Canyon, Respawn Entertainment are going to target even more hitbox errors that have been widely reported, audio problems ranging from distortion to flout out drops, and a whole lot more. While the devs have been making strides into fixing most of the problems in the game, it seems like some solutions still elude them for the time being. Frame rate Cap Apex Legends allowed players to get up to 300 frames with a simple workaround. However, the developers noticed a bug that forced those players to still play with the default 144 frames. The team behind Apex is now looking to come up with a solution targeted to release with the next patch to resolve the issue. Hitboxes The devs confirmed that there is still an underlying problem with some Legends\u2019 arms and upper bodies. They are seeing that hits can sometimes seem like they connect but the inflicted damage doesn\u2019t always go through. For the community to help with a fix, the Respawn team stressed to players to report and share clips if the problem pops up in their games. Audio Issues Respawn is aware of the \u201caudio dropouts\u201d that some players have been experiencing. The issue will sometimes cause some sounds throughout the game to be partially or completely missing. Thankfully the developers have been made privy to the issues around enemy footsteps either being too quiet or completely silent in close proximity. Although the company gave some troubleshooting tips that players can perform on their end to improve audio performance, they\u2019re still looking to resolve the matter. Game Crashes The devs also offered some insights into the many game crashes the PC community has been experiencing. While they\u2019ve made long strides into eliminating the problems, it doesn\u2019t look like all issues have been resolved. While the crashes have also been affecting console players, Respawn is planning to include \u201cimprovements to overall stability in an upcoming client patch.\u201d To get the full briefing on the coming changes, check out the Check In below. Respawn Check in: 3.27 Remember, every week the resting bonus for Legends will increase by 25K. As of today the total resting bonus you can earn for each Legend is 50K. Next week will be 75K and so on and will cap at 250K. FRAME RATE CAPPED TO 144 ON PC In the last patch we made an update with the intent to cap frames at 300 if players bypassed the default 144 frames per second. This introduced a bug that capped frames to 144 regardless if players uncapped it or not. In the next patch we\u2019ll be fixing this so the cap is 300 as intended. LEGEND HITBOXES Thank you to everyone that\u2019s been catching and reporting this. After investigating on our end, we were able to confirm that there is an issue regarding hitboxes around Legend arms and upper bodies. This was why you would see a shot appear to connect but not always register damage. We have made some small improvements server side but are still investigating other examples players are sharing and doing tests to repro and address. Please continue to report and share clips if you can. General system specs, including the particular console you are on (PS4, PS4 Pro, XB1, XB1S, XB1X) or the PC and hard drive used, if on PC. – Analysis of other things going on during the game at the time \u2013 was there generally poor performance from server lag, bad frame rate, etc. – Video if you happen to be able to capture it in a non-performance hindering way. – This has been promising to see but we know we\u2019re not out of the woods yet. We\u2019ve been investigating the remaining causes for crashing we\u2019re seeing and planning to add better communication from the game with error messages and tips to help players troubleshoot issues in the event of a PC crash in a future update. We are aware of reported crashes on consoles as well and will be including improvements to overall stability in an upcoming client patch. I can\u2019t say specific dates yet but we\u2019ll let you folks know when we can and will include patch notes for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Respawn gives update on Apex Legends frame rate, Legend hitboxes, and audio issues Respawn EntertainmentApex Legends players got a look into what the developers have in mind for upcoming patches to fix burgeoning problems affecting the game in the March 27 Respawn Check in. Among others issues in King\u2019s Canyon, Respawn Entertainment are going to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15416\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}