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We are preparing to deploy a small update to improve server stability. Also, we will sending out a patch to improve client stability tomorrow morning, Eastern time. Stay tuned for more information on when these updates will land.

Update: We are deploying a patch to improve client stability in a few moments. There will be no downtime with this update, but you will be prompted for a download.

Update: We are experiencing an issue with the login service and some players may have trouble logging into the launcher.

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almost 7 years ago - /u/kulvard - Direct link

Originally posted by Unix33

Wait client stability? Is there any way you can elaborate on how this could affect us?

Crash rates have increased a bit on this patch on all client platforms and server. Not catastrophic rates of crashing but we have definitely regressed more than we are comfortable letting sit without a quick fix.

The server we are deploying now-ish should significantly decrease server crashes. Client patches tomorrow morning should significantly decrease client crashes.

Server update should be totally invisible to players. Client update should be small-ish download tomorrow. Dudes are working on gathering actual patch sizes atm, but I expect a few hundred MB patch size.

Tangent = we are actively working to drive down patch sizes so these emergent updates are less disruptive.

almost 7 years ago - /u/kulvard - Direct link

Originally posted by [deleted]

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Well you see... the new server is now live, but I wasn't sure at the time if the operation had actually started yet. And the patch sizes should be small, but I wasn't sure how small yet. You could say I was being unclear-ish, and that would probably be fair. I'm sorry-ish.

almost 7 years ago - /u/kulvard - Direct link

Originally posted by cwsker

How big will the patch be?

Bigger than we would like, but not huge. Estimated patch deltas: PC: 308 MB PS4: 390 MB Xbox: 1.7 GB

We are actively working on driving down patch sizes in general and especially digging into whatever is causing our Xbox patches to be so much larger atm. In the meantime, very sorry to our Xbox players for the larger-than-expected patch, but we do believe the stability gains are still worth the patch size here.