PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS update for September 14, 2017

Via the Steam Community:

Client Optimization

• Optimized shadows

• Improved performance on low-end PCs by optimizing buildings

• Optimized client and server performance when there are multiple vehicles in a close vicinity

• Optimized UI

World

• Added Foggy weather

  • The foggy weather effect will hinder player sight on the map. This weather effect has a low probability to occur
  • In order to test the weather effect, the foggy weather will have a higher chance to occur during test server gameplay, but will be reduced for Live servers

• Enhanced graphics of the sky in pre-existing weather effects

• Added a new town, East of Stalber

UI/UX

• Added new Option to change Cross-hair color

• Added new Double Tap feature in control options for leaning (Default keys set to Q and E)

• Added new option to improve the visual effect of going from free look back to character's line of sight

• Added new key binds when using Consumables

• Teammates' names are now representative of their current postures (IE Standing, Crouching, Prone, etc)

• Added new key bind to mark your current position on the map (Default key set to Insert)

• Added a new key bind to center the map around the character's current position (Default key set to Space)

• Added a new key bind to use the Consumables in the order of Med Kit, First Aid Kit, and Bandage (Default key set to "-")

• Added a new feature to reset the zeroing distance using Mouse wheel click

• Adjusted the position of the Report window

• Added a new feature in Settings, called “Inventory screen character render” to turn off character rendering in Inventory screen to improve performance.

New Item

• Added a new weapon, the Mini-14. The Mini-14 is a lightweight and compact 5.56 semi-automatic marksman rifle
  • The weapon uses sniper rifle attachments for both the muzzle and magazine slots, and can take any type of optic sight
  • This weapon has lower damage stats than other DMR's, which is compensated by very high muzzle velocity and low bullet drop

Gameplay

• Distance at which shadows are rendered are now synchronized across all graphics settings to ensure fair play

• Characters who are knocked out while underwater will now have a breath gauge as well as take additional damage over time

• Adjusted the balance of several weapons:

  • Increased the Crossbow reload speed by 35%
  • Tommy gun has been removed from Care Packages and become a world spawn. It now supports attachments such as the Silencer, Vertical Foregrip, and Magazines
  • Horizontal recoil scale has been clamped for greater consistency for weapons with high horizontal recoils

• You may now holster grenades by switching to another weapon or unarmed state unless the grenades have already been cooked

• The firing mode of weapons will now remain consistent with the firing mode that was selected, after dropping a weapon and picking it back up again

• Adjusted the collision damage of Motorcycles

Actions

• Recoil animations are updated for all weapons

• Adjusted animations and balance of throwables

  • Decreased fuse time of the Flash Grenade to 2.5 seconds
  • Increased the lethal and injury ranges of the Frag Grenade
  • Improved the animation for throwing grenades to allow for increased speeds and more accurate trajectories, but decreased visual trajectory distance of throwables
  • Cooking of grenades is now manual (Default key set to R)
  • You may now toggle the throwing mode between overhead and roll (Default key set to Right Mouse Click)
  • The movement speed of a character affects the trajectory of throwables

• Improved leaning animation; leaning on the left side to expose less of the body

• Sprinting will no longer prevent regeneration of breath gauge and will stop leaning state automatically

• You may change your stance while reloading without cancelling the reload

Sounds

• Added new sounds when using Consumables

• Adjusted the audible ranges of reloading and window breaking

• Added a new sound for collisions between vehicles and characters

• Added new sound for the animation of removing the grenade safety pin

Bug Fixes

• Characters that fall or glitch underneath the map will now be reset to the ground automatically

• Fixed a bug where FOV slider value would be improperly set inside of vehicles in FPP mode, regardless of FOV slider setting

• Fixed a bug resulting in clients freezing when changing controls in the options

• Corrected the descriptions of certain weapon attachments

• Fixed animation bugs of other characters after reconnecting to a game

• Fixed several bugs related to the Spectator mode

• Fixed a bug of the breath gauge appearing at zero at the start of the game

• Reloading will now cancel if a character loots an item with Right Click during reload

• Fixed a bug with the honking sound remaining persistent when opening the map or performing other actions while honking

• You may no longer set different features on a single key bind in the Options

• Fixed a graphic bug of the Magazine position on the weapon in the Inventory screen when switching to a different weapon

Others

• Revised the BP methodology to prevent BP farming and idle users from gaining BP

• Added FPP Leaderboard for all regions with FPP

• NVIDIA ShadowPlay Highlights™ now works on Window 7 and Window 8 (However, if Windows Aero is disabled it may not work)