PUBG: Battlegrounds: Xbox Map-Auswahl Ende Sommer oder Anfang Herbst

Map Selection:

Our current plan is to have map selection available by late Summer / early Fall. The final date isn’t confirmed quite yet as we are putting extra focus into improving performance first. We know this is a feature that many of our players want, so it is definitely high on our list to implement on Xbox as soon as possible.

Character Position Readjustment (Rubberbanding):

Character Position Readjustment happens when there’s a conflict between a player’s location client-side versus server-side. When this happens, the player’s location is forced to the last position the server confirmed them at. Visually, this looks like the player is teleporting back to a previous position.

Simply put, the strained server thinks you should be somewhere else than you’re currently seeing yourself and moves you to that position. This happens mostly in the early game as the server is at a higher load while trying to handle the location for all 100 players.

To remedy this, we’re working on a server side update, which should improve the handling of players’ locations and the resources that task requires.

Hit Registration:

Hit registration in general has had a few different complaints from players. They are all very different, but are being addressed in the same way. We’ll explain each in detail below and what we’re doing to fix them.

No Limb Penetration:

Many of the reported hit registration issues are related to the lack of limb penetration.

PUBG calculates damage differently depending on where on the body a player is hit, such as feet, legs, arms, and hands. Different parts of the body have different modifiers for how much damage reduction, with limb hits causing less damage than body and head. This often times leads to cases where a shot is fired, and would hit a target’s head, but instead hits the target’s hand or arm as they raise their weapon to aim down the sights. From the shooter’s point of view, they nailed their headshot and report the case to us.

The main culprit here is that bullets do not penetrate limbs in the game right now. To fix this, we will be introducing limb penetration, which will calculate whether there are any body parts behind the shot limb and calculate the damage as if it hit the more vital area. While we do want to implement this as soon as possible, we’re currently working on optimising the limb penetration system to reduce the resources it uses, so there is no negative effect on performance or gameplay when we do roll it out.

Desync:

Other reports show that damage is taken after cover has been taken, or when there is no clear line of sight. This is due to the ping difference with the player and the server.

This happens mostly because the physical location of the two players are different. E.g. NA located player playing on EU servers.

Hit Registration Bug:

There have also been some reports where shots do not register on a targeted player and no damage is applied, even at close distances. Although this is extremely difficult to replicate this in controlled conditions, we are working hard on finding the reproduction steps so that we are able find the cause of the issue and fix it.

The Only GOOD Bug is a DEAD Bug:

There are two more bugs, alongside the hit registration bug mentioned above, that we could use some additional help from you with, as their reproduction steps are more complicated than the majority of other issues. Replicating issues reliably every time helps us investigate and resolve the problem quickly and your help greatly speeds up this process. If you have any extra details such as which version of Xbox One (OG/S/X) you’re using, type of connection (wired/wireless), game mode (FPP/TPP – Solo/Duo/Squad), the actions leading up when the bug occurs, or any other information that might help us find the similarity between each occurrence, please include these in your reports and try to provide as much detail as possible.

Grenade Arc Bug:

This one’s been tricky to nail down the exact cause of. We can reproduce it, but not with a 100% success rate, which is hindering our investigation. If you experience this bug, please comment in this thread with a detailed explanation of the situation and actions leading up to when the bug occurs, so we can look for the similarities between each occurrence. Please provide the details listed above as well if you are able!

Teleport Bug & Invisible Winning Player Bug:

Surprisingly, we’ve found that these two bugs are actually related. Sometimes a player teleports during vaulting, moving to an entirely new location. Usually, the player is returned to their original location due to the client-side/server-side checks, but occasionally a player will be teleported out of the playable map area and is not able to be moved back in.

When this happens, the teleported player is not affected by the blue zone and doesn’t take damage. If they decide to stay in the game until the end, that player will basically win by default because the other players in the map will eventually die to the blue zone.

The good news here is that fixing the teleport bug will also fix the invisible winning player bug as well. The bad news is that due to the bug not being able to be reproduced 100% of the time, it is taking longer to find the cause and apply a fix, so we’d greatly appreciate any detail you can provide, especially if you are the player who was teleported out of the play area.