New PUBG PC Patch Inbound; Offers Performance Tweaks, Adds Two New Crates & More

Jan 9, 2018

A new PUBG PC patch will be deployed on the live servers which includes small performance tweaks alongside new creates and various fixes.

The PUBG development team writes that they intend to release the update once the test build is stable enough. “We have continued to stabilize the game performance since the 1.0 release”, PUBG community coordinator PUBG_Hawkinz writes in a post on the game’s official forums. “We will be tweaking a few things to improve the performance of the game without comprising any gameplay elements. For example, in this test build, we have reduced the visible distance while in the air – this will improve the performance of the server and client in the beginning of the match. We plan to make small changes to the starting islands too in order to achieve similar goals.”

We’ve included the full release notes for the upcoming update down below:

World

Added more objects around La Bendita on Miramar to increase the amount of cover

Gameplay

Reduced the visible distance when parachuting down in order to test the optimization of server and client performance at the early phases of the game

Item

Changed the design of the energy drink

UI/UX

Adjusted the squad team colors (players 1~4) to better reflect their callout names (yellow, orange, blue, green) ◦ Adjusted squad team colors to make them more consistent between different colorblind options

Added a function where a player can select more detailed criteria for the “Cheating” category in the in-game report tool ◦ You can choose multiple items or you can just report without selecting any of them

Replays

While player’s nameplate is on (H key), now you can check the current weapon of that player by pressing G key

Added report button in replay ◦ Report button pops up when pressing RMB on the player list (TAB key)

◦ While observing / following mode, report button appears on the timeline (J key)

Added a care package icon changing effect according to the status ◦ The icon will be different when the care package is falling and looted by other players

Adjusted replay system so that now a player can watch the replay without extra delay in the following cases ◦ Solo mode

◦ When the player won the match

◦ When all teammates are eliminated

Bug Fixes

Fixed the issue where when a player lands from the plane the position of character teleports intermittently

Fixed the issue where character animation is frozen when rejoining after a crash

Fixed the issue where the red zone disappears instantly after it formed

Fixed the issue where some vehicles spawned on Miramar are stuck to an object and unable to move

Fixed the issue where a player sometimes couldn’t pass through a door even though it was open

Fixed the issue where mouse cursor would disappear on a replay map

Fixed the issue where when replay and death cam were played, the crosshair was bouncing

Fixed the issue where the falling speed meter text was showing abnormally in Portuguese

New Contents

Added two new crates (free / paid)

You can open the paid crate box with the Early Bird key which is purchasable in Steam market

In order to test the stability, 100,000 BP and 6 keys will be granted to each account (test server only)

The below chart shows the crate box drop rate

The new free/paid crate box has a 40% drop rate and the previous crate boxes(Wanderer and Survivor) have a 10% drop rate

DESPERADO (new paid crate box) : 40%

BIKER (new free crate box) : 40%

Wanderer : 10%

Survivor : 10%

The below chart shows the individual drop rate per item that can be earned through the new free/paid crate boxes. (displayed down to two decimal places)

DESPERADO items

Sleeveless Turtleneck Top (Gray) : 8.00%

Leather Boots (Black) : 8.00%

Punk Knuckle Gloves (Black) : 7.50%

Baggy Pants (Black) : 7.50%

Striped Tank-top : 7.50%

Wide Pants (Red) : 7.50%

Punk Knuckle Gloves (Red) : 7.00%

Sleeveless Turtleneck (Black) : 7.00%

Baggy Pants (Brown) : 5.00%

Long Leather Boots (Brown) : 5.00%

Striped Shirt (Gray) : 5.00%

Beanie (Brown) : 5.00%

Horn-rimmed Glasses (Black) : 4.50%

Training Pants (Light Blue) : 4.50%

Leather Boots (Brown) : 4.50%

Horn-rimmed Glasses (Brown) : 2.50%

Aviator Sunglasses : 1.30%

Checkered Jacket : 1.30%

Long-sleeved Leather Shirt : 0.60%

Leather Hoodie (Black) : 0.32%

Leather Hoodie (White) : 0.32%

Cloth Mask (Leopard) : 0.16%

BIKER items

Long-sleeved T-shirt (Red) : 15.00%

School Shoes (Brown) : 15.00%

raglan shirt : 10.00%

T-shirt (Pink striped) : 10.00%

Polka Dot T-shirt : 10.00%

Dirty Long-sleeved T-shirt : 10.00%

School Shoes (Black) : 5.00%

Skinny Jeans (Khaki) : 5.00%

Gas Mask (Half) : 4.50%

Beanie (Gray) : 4.50%

Sleeveless Turtleneck (Red) : 4.50%

Skinny Jeans (Pink) : 2.50%

Patrol Cap (Brown) : 1.20%

Sleeveless Turtleneck (Gray Striped) : 1.20%

Patrol Cap (Gray) : 0.40%

Biker Pants (Black) : 0.40%

Floral Shirt (White) : 0.26%

Sneakers (Black) : 0.26%

Padded Jacket (Purple) : 0.06%

Princess Power Tank-top : 0.06%

Floral Shirt (Black) : 0.05%

Biker Pants (Gray) : 0.05%

Aviator Goggles : 0.03%

Sleeveless Biker Jacket (Brown) : 0.01%

Sleeveless Biker Jacket (Black) : 0.01%

Cloth Mask (Checkered) : 0.01%