about 5 years ago - /u/Jayfresh_Respawn - Direct link

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Hey everyone! Today I want to rapid fire a few topics:

HITBOXES

We are aware of the feedback around the hitbox differences between characters. This is an area that definitely needs improvement and we will be addressing it in the future.

SKYDIVING SUPER DISTANCES

We’ve applied some fixes that should address the issue where players could fly much further than intended. We’re continuing to hunt down and address any exploits that pop up so thank you to everyone that’s been capturing and reporting them. Please let us know if you are still seeing people able to do this.

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TWITCH PRIME LOOT EXPLOIT FIX

We pushed a small patch today to address the Twitch Prime Loot exploit on PC. With this update, the Omega Point Pathfinder skin will be removed from any accounts that obtained it using the exploit.

PATCHES: SERVER VS CLIENT

You’ve probably noticed that there are things that we are able to address quickly and hotfix and others that take more time. So let’s take a look at how these are different.

  • SERVER PATCH or HOTFIX: These are changes that we can make on the server that don’t require a patch to push to your PC or consoles. These are usually script or playlist changes.
  • CLIENT PATCH: These are patches that you’ll need to download and update your game to get. These require us to create a new build and go through the certification process before we can push these live to all platforms. Whenever we are adding new content, fixing code bugs, or making some big changes to the game, they have to be done through a client patch.

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THE META

We’ve been listening to player feedback and going through the mountains of data we get from the game. Soon we’ll be talking more about how we think about live balance for Apex Legends and some of the changes to expect to the meta.

CRASHING ON PC

This week we’ve been working directly with nVidia to investigate PC crashing as well as parsing through reports from our customer service folks. These reports are aggregated from hundreds of posts with breakdowns of what hardware is being affected. We have to account for thousands of different hardware configurations and settings so reproducing many crashes, applying, and testing the fixes will take time. We know this is very frustrating for many of you that are trying to play.

Reminder that we do have a troubleshooting guide on the forums with things to try in the meantime using the link below. Also, we recommend you turn off overclocking on your CPU and GPU as we’re seeing reports of peoples games becoming much more stable as a result.

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Community-Crashing-Troubleshooting-Guide/td-p/7447308

BUT WHY ARE YOU FIXING SOME BUGS QUICKER THAN OTHERS?

Saw this brought up with the Twitch Prime Loot fix that went out today so let’s talk about it. There are different people working on different issues, and some are a lot easier than others. When a bug is reported there are some that we can reproduce and address right away and others take more time and investigation to fix. Understand that just because we fixed one thing quickly vs another that doesn’t mean other bugs are not a priority or actively being worked on.

Thank you for playing Apex Legends and making this community awesome, and for everyone experiencing crashes and other issues we appreciate you sticking with us as we continue to work feverishly on fixes.

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about 5 years ago - /u/lowkeydbjosh - Direct link

Originally posted by SDCored

So I've noticed that you've said that you're working with nVidia to try and fix the crashes. But myself and I'm sure plenty of others play with an AMD card. Are we going to have to wait longer for a fix or is the problem similar to that of nVidia cards problems?

We are actively looking into the Graphics Card asserts in-general but we just called out the nvidia crashes as those are the ones we are ping'd about every single day both on the web and in person lol

about 5 years ago - /u/Jayfresh_Respawn - Direct link

Originally posted by zerotheassassin10

When are we getting a release date for the BattlePass?

Good job on everything so far, keep it up!

That's classified :)

Thanks!

about 5 years ago - /u/Jayfresh_Respawn - Direct link

Originally posted by Theonedtown

Please don’t change the gun meta too much. There are a lot of whiners, and they are very loud, and they are very much in the minority. Right now, it feels like every gun except for the Moz, P2020, and Alternator can be used to compete. Please don’t make the same mistakes Destiny 1 made in their multiplayer and go nerf happy, because it will make the meta even more shallow.

We're being very thoughtful about any changes we make and look at lots of factors including player feedback.

about 5 years ago - /u/dko5 - Direct link

Originally posted by tokeallday

To add to this - I noticed this post only mentions crashes on PC. I have been crashing on Xbox rather frequently for the past 5 days. It happens at random, I get the red clock/timer icon in the top right of my screen and the game freezes. Then I am D/Ced from the match and party chat. It is getting extremely frustrating as this happens roughly every 3 to 4 matches.

Also I have no major connection issues with any other games I play or other online activities.... And I was able to play the game just fine with no crashes for the first several days after release.

That sounds like bandwidth - are you on wifi by any chance? If so, I'd highly recommend going wired ethernet.

about 5 years ago - /u/dko5 - Direct link

Originally posted by twingkioyee

Hello, could you guys do something about the resolution lock? It seems my game resolution is locked and there is no other resolution and aspec ratio available to change ingame. Only one resolution available and that is 1366x768.

The aspect ratios and resolutions shown in game are pulled directly from what Windows reports your machine is capable of. I would suggest a clean install of your video card drivers, perhaps.

about 5 years ago - /u/dko5 - Direct link

Originally posted by WiiTe

Colorblind settings need serious fixing. Can’t see the red crosshair against a lot of the environmental backdrops. Please change something. Love the game but it’s tough to play like this.

What type of color blindness do you have? Are there any games that have really nailed this feature for you personally?

about 5 years ago - /u/dko5 - Direct link

Originally posted by GruntOfAction

Seems the crashing fixes are biased towards Nvidia, what about us AMD folks who crash 1 in 2 matches even after following all the troubleshooting steps? Funny enough the game worked fine for the first week, after I bought the founders pack is when the game started crashing to desktop reliably.

We're working with both AMD and NVIDIA. Have you tried going through the troubleshooting thread? There are recommended driver versions that you should ensure you're running as well.

Additionally, I've seen a lot of people with issues that go away once they stop overclocking their GPU and/or CPU.

about 5 years ago - /u/dko5 - Direct link

Originally posted by ShadowVulcan

Any updates on hackers in asian servers? It's starting to get VERY out of hand

Edit: made a post about it, just f**k chinese hackers https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/av9syx/we_need_to_talk_about_hackerscheaters_in_asian/

As mentioned in a previous update - we've banned tens of thousands of cheaters and continue to ban more every day.

Please report cheating/hacking here - https://www.easy.ac/en-us/support/apexlegends/contact/report/

about 5 years ago - /u/dko5 - Direct link

Originally posted by hrdrockdrummer

I’m actually worried that they’re still investigating crashes at this point instead of fixing. It means they’ve been unable to recreate it which makes it incredibly hard to fix. I don’t think Respawn has the resources to dedicate a ton of people to this while also doing other stuff. Sucks.

There have been numerous fixes already deployed. The nature of a lot of the PC issues have been tough to nail down for everyone and their configurations - but rest assured we're working day and night on it. Then there's the additional wrinkle that even if we've fixed certain issues we can't just package that up and ship it out to you guys immediately - releasing a patch requires a lot of time from QA to ensure we're not breaking more stuff, and then it has to actually go through the process to get in your hands. As a result we tend to do slightly more fixes in a single patch when they're riskier like that so that we're not multiplying our QA time across the board - ultimately getting the game in a more stable place for everyone, faster.

Thanks for the patience. With tens of millions of players its been quite the, ahem, "adventure" getting to the bottom of some of these issues :)

about 5 years ago - /u/dko5 - Direct link

Originally posted by twingkioyee

Hello dko5, thank you for replying my question.

When I installed apex, the game wont let me change the aspect ratio and resolution. But like 3 or 5 days ago I am able to change the aspect ratio and resolution. Then on the next day when I tried to launch the game, failed to creategamewindow error popped up.

My laptop is capable of using resolution like 1280x720 on 16:9 and etc. Its working with other games. I really love playing apex and turning down the resolution is a massive fps boost for me.

I think I just updated my nvidia driver to the latest one 2 days ago. Anyway I will try to do a clean install of my gpu driver. A quick question, which one should I do clean install? I have two graphics card because im using a laptop, the nvidia one or intel? And is there any specific version you want me to clean install it?

Thanks again.

Install the 417 version of the NVIDIA driver, and then make sure that the NVIDIA control panel is set to use the NVIDIA GPU in Apex instead of your Integrated graphics.