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v1.5.0

Update 1.5.0

Released

PC · PlayStation · Xbox

Update 1.5.0 brings 54 gameplay and balance changes and 41 bug fixes.

Added4

  • Gadgets: Added new Scoped Zoom Sensitivity Multiplier to the settings screen that affects the Tracking Dart

  • Weapons - SR-84 Sniper Rifle: Added new Scoped Zoom Sensitivity Multiplier to the settings screen that affects the SR-84

  • Weapons - Throwing Knives: Added new trail effects to make the projectiles easier to see

  • Added an option that allows controller players to pick the priority order of Reload/Pick Up button actions

Changed54

  • Abilities - Cloaking Device: Increased activation cost from 1s to 2s

  • Abilities - Cloaking Device: Increased minimum required charge time to activate from 1.5s to 2.5s

  • Abilities - Grapple Hook: Will no longer attach to objects that are attached to carriables

  • Abilities - Guardian Turret: Will now shoot target dummies in the practice range

  • Abilities - Mesh Shield: Decreased health from 1100 to 1000

  • Abilities - Recon Senses: Increased activation cost from 1s to 1.5s

  • Abilities - Recon Senses: Decreased minimum charge time to activate from 2.5s to 2s

  • Gadgets - C4: Player damage decreased from 210 to 155

  • Gadgets - C4: Player min damage decreased from 120 to 100

  • Gadgets - Flashbang: Cooldown decreased from 20s to 18s

  • Gadgets - Gas Mine: Cooldown increased from 25s to 27s

  • Gadgets - Incendiary Mine: Cooldown decreased from 30s to 27s

  • Gadgets - Vanishing Bomb: Cooldown decreased from 20s to 18s

  • Gadgets - RPG: Player damage decreased from 150 to 140

  • Gadgets - Stun Gun: Decreased duration of stun effect from 5s to 3.75s

  • Gadgets - Tracking Dart: Cooldown decreased from 15s to 13s

  • Game Modes - Bank It: Game show event start time reduced from minute six to minute four

  • Game Modes - Quick Cash: Game show event start time reduced from minute six to minute four

  • Game Modes - Quick Cash: Team wipe respawn time increased from 17 to 18 seconds

  • Game Modes - Ranked Tournament: Team wipe respawn time increased from 25 to 26 seconds

  • Game Modes - Tournament: Team wipe respawn time increased from 25 to 26 seconds

  • Game Modes: Tournaments will now unlock after players have completed one round, reduced from 12

  • Maps - Las Vegas: Updated destruction behavior to get more realistic destruction

  • Maps - Las Vegas: Updated strain system to get more realistic destruction

  • Maps - Las Vegas: Updated various ziplines in the level

  • Throwables: Deployable explosives such as C4, Breach Charges and Explosive Mines will now add mass to throwable objects, causing them to travel less far when thrown

  • Weapons - Flamethrower: Damage increased from 28 to 30

  • Weapons - LH1: Damage increased from 47 to 49

  • Weapons - M11: Recoil pattern updated, to make the weapon easier to control

  • Weapons - SH1900 Shotgun: Damage decreased from 12 to 10 damage per pellet

  • Weapons - M60: Damage increased from 21 to 22

  • Weapons - Riot Shield: Updated attack animations and hit sweeps, to make the weapon feel more responsive

  • Weapons - Throwing Knives: Shortened the lifetime of Knives stuck in metal surfaces

  • Weapons - V9S: Damage increased from 35 to 36

  • Updated some main menu weapon animations

  • Left-side inspection animations added to the following items:

  • Animation: AKM

  • Animation: CL-40

  • Animation: FCAR, Flamethrower, Goo Gun, Lewis Gun

  • Animation: MGL32

  • Animation: Model 1887

  • Animation: R.357

  • Animation: SA1216

  • Animation: SH1900

  • Animation: SR-84

  • Animation: Stun Gun, Tracking Dart

  • Animation: XP-54

  • Audio: Replaced an old unattenuated sound on the Glitch Trap

  • Maps: Improved the floor number display in elevators

  • Maps - Monaco: Optimised lighting for the Fog and Storm weather types

  • Movement: Updated vaulting to feel snappier and be more aligned to ledges

  • Set VoIP to be enabled by default on PC, with Push To Talk set as the default input (new installs only)

  • Set VoIP to be enabled by default on console, with Voice Activated set as the default input (new installs only)

  • Weapons: Throwing Knives will now have the correct skin when thrown

Fixed41

  • Abilities - Charge N’ Slam: Fixed an issue where players could charge while stationary and stealing an extraction

  • Weapons: Fixed issues where the Riot Shield could be invisible and still block bullets

  • Weapons: Fixed an issue where the Riot Shield could block bullets while the player climbed a ladder

  • Weapons - SA1216: Fixed an issue that allowed the weapon to be fired faster than intended

  • Audio: Fix a zip wire attachment sound that could play on the main menu

  • Characters: Fixed some issues where hair could clip visually with various headwear

  • Characters: Fixed some skinning issues that occurred on wrists

  • Characters: Fixed some skinning issues that occurred on gloves

  • Fixed an issue that allowed Mouse and Keyboard to be enabled on some consoles

  • Crashes: Fixed a server crash where players could attach to ziplines and disconnect at the same time

  • Crashes: Fixed a client crash that could be caused by certain outfits in the Battle Pass and Store screens

  • Disconnects: Fixed an issue where game servers could very rarely shut down early due to how players connected

  • Maps: Fixed lingering smoke clouds that could appear during the end of round sequence

  • Maps: Fixed team logos not always streaming in during the end of round sequence

  • Maps - Monaco: Fixed an awning that partially clipped through the path of a zipline

  • Maps - Seoul: Fixed an initial spawn in Hospital that ran into a small dead end

  • Maps - Seoul: Fixed some railings that could block bullets

  • Maps - Vegas: Fixed an issue where the map border blocked bullets and grenades

  • Maps - Vegas: Fixed a ladder that sometimes caused players to get stuck

  • Maps - Vegas: Fixed some issues with intersecting and floating assets

  • Maps: Fixed an issue where Las Vegas spotlights would sometimes be culled unexpectedly

  • Movement: Fixed an issue where players could slingshot themselves (aka ‘superglide’) by grinding against obstacles during vault interactions.

  • Movement - Vaulting: Fixed an issue where players could gain extreme speed by picking up objects that were being vaulted on

  • Fixed an issue where players could use Quick Melee on ladders

  • UI: Fixed an issue where scoreboard text could be cut short

  • UI: Fixed a ‘New’ label that could clip with the Play button in the main menu

  • UI: Fixed an issue where ‘Tournament Winners’ text could be partially visible on both sides of the screen

  • UI: Fixed an issue where player’s names could appear over their face in the end of round screens

  • UI: Fixed an issue where the Career screen could jump during the first frame

  • UI: Fixed an issue where hover VFX would not play on video thumbnails

  • Fixed an issue where some Weapon Charms and Stickers would become unequippable

  • UI: Fixed an issue where total playtime would reset to 0 on the Career screen after 24 hours

  • UI: Fixed an issue where the current gamepad bindings were lost when resetting the keyboard bindings

  • UI: Fixed an issue with the crosshair that caused headshot hit indicators to show based on damage done, rather than hit location

  • UI: Fixed an issue where player names above the health bar could sometimes get cut off

  • UI: Fixed an issue where the subtitle preview would not hide correctly when exiting settings

  • UI: Fixed team member names sometimes staying transparent after respawn

  • UI: Fixed an issue that prevented player outlines on enemies appearing when looking through metal fences

  • UI: Fixed an issue where some settings in the settings screen would not be affected by restoring default settings

  • Weapons: Fixed an issue where bullet dispersion/spread would not update if the player switched between items

  • Fixed cheat exploit with melee weapons

Embark released Update 1.5.0 on January 17, 2024, during Season 1.

Notable balance numbers: Abilities - Cloaking Device: Increased activation cost from 1s to 2s. Abilities - Cloaking Device: Increased minimum required charge time to activate from 1.5s to 2.5s. Abilities - Mesh Shield: Decreased health from 1100 to 1000.

Added: Gadgets: Added new Scoped Zoom Sensitivity Multiplier to the settings screen that affects the Tracking Dart; Weapons - SR-84 Sniper Rifle: Added new Scoped Zoom Sensitivity Multiplier to the settings screen that affects the SR-84; Weapons - Throwing Knives: Added new trail effects to make the projectiles easier to see.

The patch also carries 41 bug fixes.