PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS - Thread

shankly1985 · 6 Mar 2017 at 05:51

First sorry if they already a thread I did try searching and nothing showed up?
Been playing the closed beta of this game and am in love with it. Its like H1Z1 only more Hardcore... Gun mechanics are solid with nice recoil to control. Animations for such early game are miles better than H1z1.

Even the Driving is much better its not perfect tho, some performance issue here and there, glitches etc

Loads people streaming on Twitch etc The Beta is running till 19th March but only on each Weekend. So in couple hours this build will be switched off till next weekend when a new Beta build is released to test.

Here is a little video of the Unreal Engine 4 soft body Physics

YouTube JackFrags

http://store.steampowered.com/app/578080/
https://www.playbattlegrounds.com/

shankly1985 · 6 Mar 2017 at 12:22

JOSH said:
I watached the Jack Frags video of this last night, looks pretty decent. I've not played a BR game before so it's something I'm defo interested in looking at.

Is there a confirmed release date yet?

Steam just says spring 2017

shankly1985 · 6 Mar 2017 at 14:15

BradShort said:
I watched the Jackfrags vid too and it got me hooked. Not willing to purchase to get a beta key, but if I was able to try the game first, maybe I'd purchase! Catch 22!

Just added Jacks video to OP it was his Video that had me sold..

shankly1985 · 6 Mar 2017 at 16:14

Gregster said:
Might want to warn people about the swearing Shankly

Yeah forgot about that removed video.

You down rating me

shankly1985 · 6 Mar 2017 at 16:15

Just had some excellent games before, had a gang shootout over a Air drop it was a lot of fun. Highest finish so far is #14

shankly1985 · 6 Mar 2017 at 16:18

BradShort said:
Stop it . . I may have to pre - order

I still not pre-order yet myself I got given key. I defo buying just not yet no rush for me. Keep in mind the play testing only runs at weekends so even if you pre-order now you cant play till this weekend.

shankly1985 · 6 Mar 2017 at 16:28

BradShort said:
ORly ? Can't be that close to launching even into Early Access then I would guess

I don't think it is, Early Access is down for Spring 2017 so from now to end of May.

shankly1985 · 6 Mar 2017 at 16:47

Gregster said:
You can leave it there but just give a warning bud and I have never ever down voted a vid from anyone

Edit:

I lie - I did downvote that scottish (areet guys hows it going) guy on one of his Vids

O didn't know that I thought we not allowed to post videos with swearing at all.

shankly1985 · 6 Mar 2017 at 18:22

JOSH said:
Founds a few reviews which I'm going to watch through but 90% sure I'm going to jump on this when it gets on Steam.

If it's pants (doesn't look it atm) I can always refund - looking forward to it.

To Be fair, Reviewing a game that isn't yet released should be taken very lightly. The game isn't perfect and does have issues but I can tell you 100% for a game in such early stage its got more going for it than anyother Battle game of this type, even Dayz can fall under this genre.

1. Decent amount vehicles, all have decent driving mec
2. Loads weapons all again feel different in there own right
3. Map is big enough with loads different areas
4. Player movement feels good, the player feels grounded I.E not floaty like H1Z1
5. Audio guns sound great, footsteps are loud enough

shankly1985 · 10 Mar 2017 at 13:34

Closed beta update 2 for this weekend
Players,

Today we look at the major changes we have made this week. Before we get to that, we have a new trailer! Check it out on pcgamer.com!.

All servers will open at 8AM PST/ 4PM UTC on Friday, and close at 8AM PST/ 4PM UTC the following Monday!

Next onto the changes and bug fixes we have made to the game for this weekend’s test.

KNOWN ISSUES

• Your client may freeze/lock when entering a game, or when returning to the lobby.Restart your game to fix this issue
• The spectate camera is fixed in 3rd person view when spectating teammates. We will continue to improve this feature over the coming months
• You may not be able to loot some items
• There may be cases of your character getting stuck in certain areas of the world

CHANGES

Gameplay

• Both SOLO and DUOs modes are available all weekend
• It will now be easier to drive through wooden and barbed wire fences
• The X key has been included in key bindings
• The default screen setting is now “Fullscreen Windowed”
• You can now press the F key to cut away from the parachute when it gets stuck in various objects

Performance & Stability

• Server performance has been improved, and we have resolved multiple crash issues
• Decreased the video and system memory that the game client uses
• Resolved the client crash issue that occurred when trying to exit the game

Outgame

• Stats and leaderboards have been added. Results from the closed beta will be reset once the closed beta is over

BUG FIXES

Gameplay & UI/UX

• Fixed a bug that prevented the items from being looted in some occasions
• Fixed a bug that resulted in glare being too bright for certain scopes

See you in-game,

PLAYERUNKNOWN

shankly1985 · 10 Mar 2017 at 19:40

They having issues with servers atm and have promised longer time on Monday to make up for it.

PSA We expect the login & matchmaking issues fixed within an hour! We will keep servers online on Monday to make up for this downtime!

shankly1985 · 10 Mar 2017 at 20:13

Tombstone said:
WOO !! Won my first match. Love it...brilliant fun. Really nerve racking. I put all the graphics on Ultra and it ran pretty well. I put a scope on my gun but couldnt work out how to look down the scope

Nice

for scope or aim down sight double tap right mouse.

shankly1985 · 11 Mar 2017 at 09:02

SixTwoSix said:
Hope they have 1st person only servers as an option...hate that 3rd person peeking.

Same I don't see why not though.

shankly1985 · 11 Mar 2017 at 19:11

BaNksY IV said:
How well is this likely to run on a 2500k @4.5 and a gtx970? At 1080p
Am i going to need to upgrade to be on at least 60fps average?

Game will need optimisation it runs OK but it's not perfect.
I play 1080p i7 3770k and AMD 290 and I avg around 50fps but drops to 30s can happen

shankly1985 · 13 Mar 2017 at 15:16

I had to drop down to 1080p to keep Frame rates up. Optimisation is coming soon they said on a stream other day. At the moment we just server testing.

Had a blast on this over the weekend so much so when game is released its replacing CSGO for me.

shankly1985 · 13 Mar 2017 at 23:43

Robi said:
Where can I get a beta key?

I'm a Royalty H1Z1 player so very eager to see what this is like!

Early access is 23rd this month.

shankly1985 · 13 Mar 2017 at 23:46

Tombstone said:
Bah, no more Battlegrounds for me now til next weekend. Already suffering withdrawals LOL !

Soon be the 23rd

did you see the animation update video? Jump to climb looks like it's coming

https://twitter.com/PUBATTLEGROUNDS/status/840912787496947713

shankly1985 · 16 Mar 2017 at 18:33

Tombstone said:
Oooh this weekends Beta weekend will include not only the solo and 2 player teams mode, but also the 3 player teams mode and the 4 player teams mode too. WOO !

Can't wait to play

here is the patch notes.

Players,

Today we look at the major changes we have made this week. Before we get to that, we are exctied to announce a new gamemode for this weekend's testing, SQUADS! In SQUADS, you will be able to team up in groups of 2, 3 or 4 players, or if you prefer, you can still play solo and take on everyone alone!

All servers will open at 8AM PDT/ 3PM UTC on Friday, and close at 8AM PDT/ 3PM UTC the following Monday!

Next onto the changes and bug fixes we have made to the game for this weekend’s test.

KNOWN ISSUES

• Your character may sometimes exit a vehicle in an unarmed state

CHANGES

GAMEPLAY

• Added SQUADS gamemode. In SQUADS, you can create teams from 1 to 4 players in size. You can enter a round with either the group you teamed up with, or be randomly teamed with 3 other players once in the match
• Increased player count to 100 per match
• All players now start the match in a single airplane
• Fixed a bug that prevented certain items not being lootable due to them spawning inside of walls, or stuck between different objects

ACTION

• The moving speed when in the REVIVE state has been slightly increased
• The moving speed when sprinting now varies slightly according to the weapon your character is holding
• Improved the quality of swimming animations
• Fixed an issue that caused the looting animation to not happen if a player has bad connectivity to the server

ENVIRONMENT

• Fog effects have been added to long distance views when freefalling/parachuting down to the island

UI/UX IMPROVMENTS

• The compass on the top of the screen is now more visible
• When in team modes, a speaker icon will appear next to the name of the teammate talking
• When in team spectate mode and there are more than 2 teammates alive, you can toggle between views of the remaining teammates
• The drag-and-unequip-from-inventory action has now been improved to be more responsive

LEADERBOARDS

• Balance changes made to rankings. There won’t be any changes to any previous ranking attained

BUG FIXES

• Fixed some issues that were causing client crashes
• Fixed a bug that caused the character to go under the map when landing with a parachute
• Fixed team spectator so now you will see all views (3rd/1st/ADS) of the spectated player
• Fixed a bug that prevented you from figuring out sound direction in spectate mode

See you in-game,

PLAYERUNKNOWN

shankly1985 · 17 Mar 2017 at 09:21

JOSH said:
I was actually tempted last night to pre-order it direct from the site. I'm too lazy to wait until the 23rd as I need something new to play and 3/4 player Squads could be excellent.

Sadly they were sold out of all pre-order copies, something I have never heard of before. It's either very clever marketing hype "the game is that good we have run out" or they genuinely didn't expect it to become that popular this soon and under budgeted.

Either way my hand was forced, I'll have to wait until the 23rd

They stopped the pre-order because of high demand and putting way more player into the beta than they wanted. They also said the limited edition was selling so fast it wouldn't be limited edition anymore.

The main reason was over load, the closed beta isn't ready for high demand just yet and was the reason last weekend beta had issues for couple hours.

shankly1985 · 17 Mar 2017 at 09:46

JOSH said:
Ah that makes sense skankly - seems like a sensible decision from the devs, most big companies would smash out unlimited copies just to get the revenue in! I'll just have to watch a few more twitch steams and wait until Thursday.

Yep was just saying that other day with friends, remember warZ lol would they have stopped pre-order not a chance.