[2019] PC Client Patch Live Today [6.20.2019]

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

Hey friends,

We have a client patch for PC only that is going live this morning to address a few issues:

Datacenter improvements to make the list easier to understand and use:
- List will be sorted by ping by default.
- The selected data center will be highlighted in orange.
  - Focused/hovered data centers will still be highlighted in grey.
- Right clicking a data center will no longer make it look selected
  - Right click wouldn't actually select the data center but would still highlight the selection which could be confusing.
Clients will now send user input to the server at a higher rate.
Code: Leaf error
- There is still some work to do on our end to nail down what is causing this error. In this patch we’re adding more telemetry to help us identify specifically how this error is being caused. You may start to get a code:net error instead of code:leaf. That is intended and part of the telemetry we added. We’ll be continuing to investigate this issue and it remains a priority.

Why only PC? We want to test these changes before putting them out on all platforms. We’ll be continuing to monitor data and player feedback and if we’re seeing improvement with these changes we’ll roll them out for PS4 and Xbox at the launch of Season 2.

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

Originally posted by KryptoMain

actually, it was higher at the beginning, they lowered it, got called out on it...now it's back

It was a bug, unintended as part of hit reg fixes.

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

Originally posted by KryptoMain

" Clients will now send user input to the server at a higher rate. "

Watched the Battlenonsense video did we? Good for you guys.

See earlier reply. It was a bug.

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

Originally posted by NotARespawnEmployee

all hail Jayfresh

all credit goes to the team!

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

Originally posted by FrozenPhilosopher

u/jayfresh_respawn - Any comment on Elite Streaks being frozen?

We have a fix incoming for that. We'll post when we roll it out - it'll be done via a server patch.

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

Originally posted by [deleted]

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over 5 years ago - /u/imslothy - Direct link

Originally posted by Sutso

Just to clarify, is it higher than it was before the unintended changes? Or is it back to "normal"?

It can go higher than before if you are running at very high framerates.

And just to clear up some confusing wording in these posts: We have always sampled user input once every client frame. We have always sent them to the server in batches. The rate of the client sending those batches was accidentally lowered from 60hz to 20hz, and now it's 60hz or even slightly more now. We aren't sending more usercmds than we used to, but we will send each one multiple times now, which will help users with upstream packet loss. Since we're sending them more often, it means the server will get more of them before each cutoff to run the frame, so it should have a modest reduction in latency.

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

Originally posted by lincoln3

Great to hear. Any eta? I really wanted to try to get a higher streak before it disappears with s2 coming. Thanks

Could be as early as this afternoon but that could change. We'll do another post when it's going out.

over 5 years ago - /u/Scriptacus - Direct link

Originally posted by nunomcm

This is a bit weird. So are we supposed to select the best datacenter? Shouldn't be selected by default? Is this just a temporary workaround while things get fixed properly?

I also saw some comments saying that selecting the datacenter doesn't do much because when enter/finish a match it just changes automatically. Is this information false then?

The "best" datacenter should already be selected. Generally that will be the one with the lowest ping, but packet loss factors in as well. AFAIK once you're in the lobby and playing matches, we don't transfer you between datacenters.

over 5 years ago - /u/imslothy - Direct link

Originally posted by Xxav

Why are people constantly just getting put onto servers across the world then? I’ve been placed on Chinese servers twice this week

We run our lobby servers in Europe and Asia, because there are no latency sensitive actions taking place in the lobby so it doesn't really matter where we run them. So if you're just looking at lists of IPs you've connected to, that isn't going to mean much. Your matches and training will be servers that are near you.

over 5 years ago - /u/imslothy - Direct link

Originally posted by tvriesde

Well ive (and my friend as well) been playing in Brazil servers, or anywhere in south america for quite some time. Not sure why Apex puts me there. I live 10ms from the Amsterdam server.

Took me a while to figure out whyi was dying so quickly. At some point in time i started asking where tmy team mates were from, and yeah, they were basically on the other side of the globe. Anyway, selecting the server manually now every time i boot, hope this gets fixed in future.

If you are selecting one that's different from the one the game is picking, could you send me a screenshot of your datacenter list before you pick the new one - assuming it's showing the 'wrong' selection there?

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