MULTI PUBG: Battlegrounds

Korean game developer PUBG, a subsidiary of Bluehole, has filed a copyright violation lawsuit against U.S.-based Epic Games, asking a court to determine whether the latter's "Fortnite" was copied from the former's "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds."

A PUBG official said Friday that the firm filed an injunction, alleging copyright infringement, with the Seoul Central District Court against Epic Games Korea.

"We filed the suit to protect our copyright in January," said the official."

When the controversy flared in September, Bluehole said in a statement that the firm was mulling ways on how to respond to the claims that core elements and UI of the Battle Royale mode of "Fortnite" seemed to be similar to those of Battlegrounds.

Epic Games is currently preparing to make a foray into the Korean market in cooperation with Neowiz Games as the two firms signed an agreement in January to release "Fortnite" in so-called PC rooms here within the second quarter.

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First, let’s share a little context about the changes to throwables:

1. Frag grenades: In a recent update we removed the frag grenade’s knockback effect, greatly reducing its potential impact. To restore the trusty frag’s killing power we’re buffing its effective range and its damage.
   
2. Stun grenades: Stun grenades have never been the most popular pickups, and recent changes to frag grenade audio effects have made them feel a bit redundant. To make stun grenades more rewarding, they’ll now affect stunned players’ vision, hearing, and their ability to shoot accurately. We’re also bumping up the stun grenade’s effective radius and introducing new animations so it’s possible to tell when your grenades have stunned opponents.
   
3. Molotovs: These have traditionally been among the least popular items in the game. To make molotovs more useful, we’re increasing their area of effect, introducing new properties that allow fire to spread along walls and wooden surfaces in houses, and imposing new debuffs on players who catch on fire. Molotovs will also now explode when shot mid-air.

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Gameplay
Improvements have been made to throwables (frag grenades, stun grenades, and molotovs).

• Increased frag grenade damage and effective range
  • Frags previously had to be within 2.6m of player models to deal lethal damage. They now deal lethal damage within 3.5m, moderate damage from 3.5m through 8.5m, and low damage from 8.5m through 10m.
• Stun grenades’ blinding effects have been improved
  • First, let’s explain some terms. “Direct effect” is defined as stun grenade explosions occurring within a 100˚ angle of the player’s visual field. “Indirect effect” occurs when stun grenades explode outside of that “direct effect” range and players are within 5.5m of the explosion
    
  • The maximum effective range of stun grenade has been increased to 20m
    
  • Depending on distance from the explosion, the direct effect can blind the player for a maximum of 5.5 seconds, and a minimum of one second (when 20m away).
    
  • Depending on distance from the explosion, the indirect effect can blind the player for a maximum of three seconds.
    
  • Characters blinded by a stun grenade now cover their faces. This is a new animation.
    
  • Spectators are now also blinded when spectating someone hit with a stun grenade
    
  • Stun grenades will now briefly blind and deafen the thrower if they explode behind their back when cooked.
    
  • You’ll now be unable to ADS while blinded.
• Molotov cocktails now have new effects and their damage has been increased.
  • Molotovs can now deal indirect damage and burn damage (as damage over time), depending on whether or not you're standing directly in the flames. If you're in the flames you'll take both types of damage.
    
  • Indirect damage (taken when standing in the flames) has been increased from 10 to 12.5 damage per second.
    
  • After catching fire, players will take burn damage as damage over time (10 damage per second) for a total of four seconds.
    
  • You’ll now be unable to ADS while taking burn damage.
    
  • Flames now spread further along wooden surfaces in houses
    Flames from Molotovs spread further if another Molotov is thrown on top of the flames.
    
  • Molotovs will now explode when shot mid-air.
    
  • A new animation has been added for character models who are suffering burn damage. They’ll attempt to pat out the flames using their hands.
• Adjusting some weapon and attachment balance:
  • Reduced vertical and horizontal recoil of the SCAR-L
    
  • Decreased basic damage of the M24 from 88 to 79
    
  • M24 will no longer dropped in care package. It spawns in the world
    
  • The tactical stock and cheek pad are now less effective at improving recoil recovery rate. It now improves ADS speed.
    
  • Adjusted light grip
    • Light grip no longer affects weapon basic recoil control or recoil recovery speed
      
    • Light grip now decreases first shot/single shot recoil by about 15%. Animation kick reduction has been changed to 20% (from 30%).
  • To make the Vector a little easier to find, we’ve increased its spawn rate at the expense of the spawn rate of the UMP-9 (overall SMG spawn rate remains the same).
    
  • Increased world spawn rate of DMRs.

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UI / UX

• Added a UI message showing when healing items can’t be used.
• Average swimming distance has been added to player stats, on the career screen

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Performance

• We’ve improved the character model rendering process to prevent some small frame drop issues.
  
• We’ve optimized character movement and animation while skydiving to improve framerate when multiple players are nearby.
  
• We’ve made some improvements to our network code to reduce network latency.
  
• We’ve improved some inefficient processes with the way the server updates certain frames on vehicles and character models. This should resolve resolve some abnormal physics affecting vehicles.

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Sound

• You can now toggle the new HRTF (Head Related Transfer Function) sound feature in the options menu (for opponent’s gunshot sounds only). The feature, which simulates fully three dimensional sound even for two-channel stereo headphones, was explained in greater detail in our dev blog last week.
  
• Reduced the volume of the care package airplane.

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Leaderboard

• The total rating points gained/lost per match has been increased, to better define the skill difference between players.

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Bug fixes

• Fixed some issues causing abnormal collisions in spots on Erangel and Miramar.
  
• Characters should no longer get stuck while vaulting in particular spots around Erangel.
  
• Fixed an issues allowing characters to pass through objects in certain locations on Miramar.
  
• Improved the accuracy of the throwing trajectory indicator for stun grenades
  
• Fixed a visual glitch in the inventory screen that occurred when attaching a choke to the sawed-off .
  
• Fixed an issue that was resulting in some strange collisions if players ever jumped on top of a vehicle which had players in it.
  
• Scope zeroing on the crossbow is no longer incorrectly enabled and set to an incorrect value by default.
  
• Fixed an issue causing stun grenades to appear to bounce around for while after breaking a window.
  
• Fixed an issue where the cheek pad’s vertical recoil control attribute was excluded in in-game tooltip.
  
• Fixed an issue which prevented the cheek pad from adding 10% vertical recoil recovery when attached to the SLR.
  
• Fixed an issue when hip-firing for an extended duration, the gun would appear to be lowered
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the effect from stun grenades to appear differently depending on graphical settings

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This map is currently very early in development, and we’re aiming to bring it to both PC and Xbox One this winter. Expect to see some new mechanics built around the snowy terrain.

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The ballistic shield is a new tool for setting up cover points for when you’re in otherwise exposed territory. It can be used simultaneously with sidearms, smgs, melee weapons, and throwable grenades.

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Soon we’ll also have more news about our fast-approaching third map, Sanhok. We’re proud to announce that it’ll come to PC on June 22, and to Xbox in late summer 2018.

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Today we’ve got a very big announcement: With Xbox and PC sales combined, PUBG has now sold over 50 million units worldwide.

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To celebrate these new milestones, we’re putting PUBG on sale on Steam from June 19th (later today!) through July 5th. If you want to pick up the game for the first time or gift it to a friend, you’ll be able to grab it for just 19,99€ (33.33% off the normal price).

We’re genuinely humbled by PUBG’s ongoing success and growth, and we’re incredibly optimistic about the game’s future. We’re going to keep working on new content and improvements for all versions of the game. We know there’s still so much we can do to make PUBG a better game for our players.

Thanks so much to all of you for joining us on this wild ride.

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Hey everybody,

We’re excited to announce that tickets for the PUBG Global Invitational 2018 (PGI 2018) are now available for purchase!

PGI 2018 will be held from July 25 through July 29 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany, where 20 of the top PUBG teams in the world will face off against each other for a share of the massive $2 million prize pool.

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After four rounds of testing, our third map—Sanhok—is finally ready for showtime. The map may be smaller, but the battles won’t be.

This patch also brings UI and sound improvements and a new, Sanhok-exclusive weapon, the QBZ. There’s a lot to cover, so let’s get into it.

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NEW MAP: SANHOK

• Added a new map: Sanhok (pronounced “sah-nok”)
  • Sanhok is 4km x 4km map (one fourth the size of Erangel or Miramar). Although games tend to end a little more quickly on this tiny island, battles are still massive. Every game still features 100 players.
    
  • Certain settings have been customized specifically for Sanhok to better fit its unique design. Details are below.
    
    
  • Performance
    • According to our internal data, the kill rate at extremely long distances is very low and therefore we've decided to reduce the maximum player render distance specifically on Sanhok, which will increase performance.
  • Gameplay
    • Weather in Sanhok changes dynamically.
      
    • Players can throw apples while waiting to board the plane in the in-game lobby.
  • Redzone
    • The redzone is smaller and shorter-lasting on Sanhok.
      
    • The center of the redzone appears outside of the playzone (the white circle). This means players are more at risk when outside of the playzone.
  • Bluezone
    • Bluezone on Sanhok has shorter waiting times and longer travel times.
      
    • The bluezone is also dynamic. It checks remaining player numbers before deciding the next circle, adjusting the waiting time and travel time accordingly (this doesn’t affect circle size).
  • Spawn Balance
    • The item spawn rules have been customized on Sanhok to get you equipped for battle faster.
      • ARs, SMGs, and DMRs are spawned more often. The total item spawn rate has been increased 5% compared to that found in the fourth round of Sanhok testing.
        
      • 8x scopes and 15x scopes don’t spawn on Sanhok. However, they may still be obtained from care packages.

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Performance

• We’ve optimized the way servers handle many nearby objects to improve performance. This includes optimizations for:
  • Characters models
    
  • Vehicles
    
  • Weapons

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World

• Added advertisement banners for PGI (PUBG Global Invitational) to buildings, billboards, and the default parachute skin on Erangel and Miramar
  • The Bengal Tiger parachute skin is unchanged and when equipped will replace the default skin

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Items

• Added the QBZ, a Sanhok-exclusive weapon
  • The QBZ is an AR that uses 5.56mm rounds. It can hold 30 rounds per magazine, and can be extended to 40 rounds.
    
  • The QBZ replaces the SCAR-L in Sanhok’s item spawn pool (meaning the SCAR-L no longer spawns on Sanhok). The QBZ spawns about 1.4x as often as the SCAR-L used to spawn on Sanhok.

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Gameplay

• Accuracy modifiers applied from moving, changing movement stances or aiming modes are no longer applied instantly.
  • This means that for example, when aiming down the sight, you won't gain the full accuracy improvements from ADS until your sights are aligned.

• The winning player or team will now be given approximately 8 seconds to celebrate their victory before the match ends and results are displayed.
  • Spectators can also watch the winning player or team celebrate.

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UI / UX

• With three maps now in the game, you’ll choose between two “playlists” instead of two maps.
  • The Battle Royale playlist contains both Erangel and Miramar. Selecting it will randomly drop you into one of the two.
    
  • The Mini Royale playlist contains only Sanhok for now.
    
  • Select both playlists to be randomly dropped into one of the three maps currently in the game.

• Many game UI elements have been updated
  • The friend list UI has been updated
    
  • Leaderboard and Replay UI has been improved
    
  • Pop ups in the lobby and game sessions have been visually enhanced.
    
  • Pop up window showing matchmaking status has been improved
    
  • In-game UI elements such as inventory, map, results window have been improved
• Improved the in-game minimap
  • The mini map now dynamically zooms in or out depending on the character's movement speed, enhancing your ability to see what’s around you.
    • The 'Minimap Dynamic Zoom' option can be turned on/off in the options menu.
  • The minimap can now be expanded
    • Minimap expansion can be toggled on/off using the 'N' key
  • To improve visibility of the Blue Zone in the map, areas under the Blue Zone are now colored blue
  
  
• The Blue Zone indicator bar located above the minimap has been improved
  
• Added universal scope sensitivity setting, with the ability to individually set scope sensitivities if desired.
  • Sensitivity levels now apply properly for scopes with a variable zoom.
• A new option to adjust crosshair color using RGBA values has been added under the options menu
  
• The loading screen has been modified to display game-related tips

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Sounds

• Plane engine sound volume when beginning the match has been decreased
  
• The volume of sounds made by bodies of water (oceans, rivers) has been decreased
  
• Care package plane's volume attenuation curve is now steeper. This means the distance at which the plane can be heard is the same, but the distance at which the plane's maximum sound can be heard has been decreased
  
• The sound effect made when throwables impact water has been improved
  
• All weapon sounds have been remastered for better quality
  • Excessive boost effect in low frequency range has been adjusted.

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Crates

• Aviator crate is now included in weekly random crates, its drop rate has been updated.
  • Aviator: 20%
    
  • Eguinox: 15%
    
  • Triumph: 10%
    
  • Raider: 15%
    
  • Fever: 2.5%
    
  • Militia: 15%
    
  • Biker: 10%
    
  • Desperado: 2.5%
    
  • Survivor: 5%
    
  • Wander: 5%

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Effects

• We’ve improved visual effects when bullets strike ground or water
  
• The splash effect shown when throwables impact water has been made more realistic.

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Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where characters got stuck in certain areas of Erangel and Miramar
  
• Removed a few objects from Erangel and Miramar which obstructed movement
  
• Fixed an issue where certain plants in Miramar were floating above the ground
  
• Fixed an issue where the sound when using an adrenaline syringe was longer than the associated animation
  
• Fixed an issue preventing the Mirado from taking damage from grenades.
  
• Fixed an issue where players inside vehicles didn’t take damage from unarmed melee attacks
  
• Fixed an issue where grenade status effects (flash, burning) would sometimes not disappear after their intended duration.
  
• Fixed an issue with pistol recoil animations not being played correctly in ADS after exiting a vehicle.
  
• Fixed an issue where parts of the sidecar's wheel were missing when the tire was destroyed.
  
• Improved the vaulting interaction between some objects and windows.
  
• Fixed an issue when spectating or watching replays where parts of weapons would disappear in certain situations (only weapons with high scope-mounting positions).
  
• Fixed an issue where dropping a weapon immediately after firing abruptly stopped the sound effect.

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superschaf schrieb:

50 Millionen mal verkauft! (PC + Xbox)

PUBG jetzt zum ersten mal im Sale!




https://steamcommunity.com/games/578080/announcements/detail/3077529898697959073

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