Epic Games beleeft gouden tijden met Fornite. De game kent inmiddels al 20 miljoen spelers wereldwijd en dat succes is te danken aan de gratis modus Fornite: Battle Royale. Daarnaast houdt de ontwikkelaar de game goed up-to-date met meerdere updates en ook dit keer is er weer wat nieuws in de game te vinden.

Update 1.28 is inmiddels live voor Fornite: Battle Royale en deze brengt een nieuw item met zich mee. Schuilen in bosjes was al een optie, maar zelf een wandelende struik worden is iets nieuws. Daarnaast zijn er ook enkele wapens aangepast en hier en daar wat kleine probleempjes verholpen.

Tot slot wordt ook in de ‘Save the World’ modus het één en ander aangepast. Het Fornitemares evenement wordt tevens verlengd tot 29 november. Benieuwd hoe het eruit ziet om je vijand als een struik te besluipen? Bekijk dan zeker even de onderstaande video die ‘The Bush’ introduceert. Deze is overigens als ‘legendary’ geclassificeerd en enkel te vinden in schatkisten.

GENERAL

  • Fixed several localization issues.
  • Fixed several client crashes.

BATTLE ROYALE

WEAPONS

  • Adjusted Pump Shotgun falloff damage.
    • 100% damage up to 7.68 meters
    • 70% damage at 18 meters
    • 20% at 30 meters
    • 0% at 41 meters
  • Increased the time it takes to transition from hip-fire to targeting mode after unintentionally decreasing it in a previous update.
    • It previously took 0.25 seconds to raise and lower weapons.
    • It now takes 0.4 seconds to raise weapons and 0.45 seconds to lower weapons.
  • Fixed an issue that resulted in weapons not having ammo when picked up.
  • Fixed a recoil bug which made aiming upwards faster than aiming downwards while firing.

UI

  • Added a scroll bar for the daily challenge list so that the “Collect Rewards” button is no longer pushed off screen when five or more challenges are displayed.
  • The loading screen no longer displays “Solo” when entering or leaving a Squad match.

CONTROLLER

  • You can now repair structures while in build mode using the “Combat Pro” configuration.
    • Hold the right thumbstick down to repair.
  • The Right Trigger label (“RT”) on the controller layout image is now assigned to the correct button.

PERFORMANCE

  • Optimized shadow rendering to improve overall performance.
  • Optimized visibility calculations for objects to improve rendering performance.
  • Made improvements to foliage rendering affecting CPU and GPU performance.
  • Reduced in-game hitches by preloading additional assets in the matchmaking lobby instead of mid-match.
  • Resolved multi-second hitching and freezing on consoles.

DAILY CHALLENGES

  • Fixed a few issues that unintentionally awarded players with completed challenges.

SAVE THE WORLD

GAMEPLAY

  • Added a “Play Now” button to the Fortnitemares event page.
  • Fixed an issue which prevented the weak point from appearing while harvesting resources.
  • Fixed an issue which blocked the ShadowShard evolution choice from the Gravedigger rifle.

UI

  • Fixed an issue which caused the chat window to block the “View Event” button in the menus.
  • Fixed an issue which caused the Ceiling Drop Trap and Ice Floor Trap to display Star level one on the schematic even when upgraded to level two or higher.

ART

  • Fixed an issue which prevented Ramirez’s ponytail from showing.

AUDIO

  • Fixed several cases of subtitles not matching the corresponding voice lines.