PUBG’s Latest Update Introduces Limb Penetration and Dynamic Weather – Patch Notes

PUBG’s PC 1.0 Update #19 introduces limb penetration, improvements to item stacking and weapon attachments, and dynamic weather for Miramar and Erangel.

As promised, the post-PGI 2018 patch is a significant one, with the developers saying “today’s improvements are the first step in a recommitment to improving quality of life, fixing bugs, and making PUBG the best game it can be”.

With limb penetration, the resulting damage of a bullet will now depend on which area of the body it hits after traveling through an arm or hand.

The changes to the weapon attachment UI mean that replaced attachments will now fall to the floor if there is no room in your inventory and pressing Alt while right-clicking a weapon will now detach all attachments on a weapon.

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For more information on all of the changes, including the dynamic weather updates, check out the full patch notes below.

PUBG PC 1.0 Update #19 – August 1, 2018

Gameplay

• Bullet penetration system is now applied to arms and hands.
  • When bullet hits the arm/hand of the character, it will penetrate following its ballistic curve. The result will be different depending on whether the arm/hand is blocking more vulnerable body parts.
    • When a bullet penetrates a arm/hand and strikes a more vulnerable body part behind it, the greater damage will be applied. In other words, if a player’s arm/hand takes a bullet while blocking their head, the full headshot damage will be applied. This penetration system works for the head, torso, and waist only.
    • If a bullet penetrates the arm/hand, but no vulnerable body part is behind it, only the arm/hand damage will be applied
  • Arm/hand penetration is disabled for shotguns
  • Bullet penetration is not applied to legs.
• When exiting vehicles while pressing the sprint key, sprint now remains engaged. This way you won’t have to release and press the button again to start sprinting.
• If a teammate disconnects, but is still alive in game, other teammates couldn’t see the game reward (result) screen after all other teammates died. Now players can check even if there are disconnected players in their team.
  • If a disconnected teammate reconnects the game, and finishes the game with better result, teammates will receive any additional rewards earned by that player.
  • To prevent abuse, other teammates cannot see the Deathcam until all players, including the disconnected player, have died.

Farewell PGI 2018!

• Loading screen, lobby theme, and lobby music have reverted back to normal.
• In-game PGI advertisements and team logo graffiti have been removed.

UI/UX

• You may now enhance sharpness independently of post-processing options.

Added an option to set a maximum frame rate

• Maximum lobby FPS: 30 / 60 / Unlimited
• Maximum in-game FPS: Unlimited + Smooth Off / Unlimited + Smooth On / Display Based / Custom
• “Smooth” is an Unreal Engine feature that’s explained in more detail in a response posted here.[answers.unrealengine.com]

Now you can move your mouse cursor to another monitor when the system menu, world map, or inventory is opened, if you use multi-monitors

World

• Dynamic weather has been added to Erangel and Miramar.
  • Erangel: Overcast
  • Miramar: Overcast, Sunset
    • Overcast setting includes dynamic weather, and includes rain, fog, etc. during the game.
• Erangel has received some improvements.
  • Small clusters of houses have been added to some areas of Erangel.

• Added trees in the open area surrounding the Sosnovka Military Base.
• Miramar has received some improvements.
  • More dirt roads have been added for better vehicle effectiveness.
  • Certain high-slope sections of roads have been lowered to enhance vehicle effectiveness.

Custom Match

• Additional Custom Match presets have been added.
  • 1 Normal Mode Setting: Early Access Setting
    • Lvl 3 Helmets and clothing spawns in world.
    • Item spawns are more scarce.
    • Blue Zone damage is weaker.
    • Jet skis do not spawn.
  • 1 Esports Mode: Gamescom Invitational 2017 Setting
    • Same as the Early Access Setting, but without the Red Zone and 1.5x AR spawn.
• When Overcast weather is selected when hosting a Custom Match, the following dynamic weather settings may be adjusted in the Advanced options.
  • WeatherChange StartTime Min
  • WeatherChange StartTime Max
  • WeatherChange Duration Min
  • WeatherChange Duration Max
  • No Change Weight
  • Change to Rain Weight
  • Change to Fog Weight
• Custom Match sessions are now listed in order of the number of players joined, instead of time created.
• When creating eSports mode, redzone option is fixed to ‘off’
• When you create a custom match, you must fill in the game title to proceed further

Performance

• Improved frame rate by optimizing weapons not currently held in hand.
• Level streaming has been enhanced to increase performance.
• Smoke and flames from vehicles have been optimized to improve frame rate.
• Fixed an issue where frame rate hitches would occur when environment effects were created.
• Server performance has been improved by adjusting the replication rate.
  • Previously, replication for all visible characters in sight was refreshed every frame. Now, replication rate differs according to distance from the player.
• Network code has been adjusted to slightly increase server performance.
• Lessened the discrepancy between the aim of the spectated player and the moving target being shot at.

Sound

• Decreased the volume of vehicle sounds for players inside vehicles in FPP mode

Replay

• The replay system has now been updated to a newer version and past replay files cannot be played anymore
• Fixed an issue where War Mode/eSports mode replays were not saved successfully

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where destroying doors with grenades or Molotovs did not display debris. 
• Fixed an issue where some free-falling characters appeared to be locked in default free-fall animation.
• Fixed an issue where pausing in replay did not pause the sounds.
• Fixed an issue where a frying pan and a firearm could be held at the same time.
• Fixed an issue where the breath gauge did not appear in killer spectating, death cam, or replay.
• Fixed an issue where spectating in FPP showed inaccurate character locations.
• Fixed an issue where a player that had been disconnected and reconnected could voice chat with the player he/she is spectating through killer spectating, if his/her team was eliminated while the player was disconnected.
• Fixed an issue where leaning was possible while in an emote animation.
• Fixed an issue where two players moving in a small space could sometimes get stuck.
• Fixed an issue where the reporting screen message in spectator mode was displayed in English only