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v1.8.0

Update 1.8.0

Released

PC · PlayStation · Xbox

Update 1.8.0 brings 15 gameplay and balance changes and 18 bug fixes.

Added3

  • Audio: Added a setting to control sounds when the game is not in focus (tabbed out)

  • VFX: Added material-appropriate effects to destruction on all maps

  • Added Push to Talk keybinding in the Voice Chat menu

Changed15

  • Audio: Cloaking sounds will now differentiate between team members and enemy players

  • Audio: Headshots will be indicated with their own sound

  • Gameplay/Balance: When a player is eliminated out-of-bounds in Bank It, their coins will spawn on the map

  • Gameplay/Balance: Gravity and physics have been enabled on Red Canisters with attachments

  • Adjusted crouch animations to ensure they don’t make characters clip through thin walls

  • The auto open door when sprinting animation will now keep your weapon in view

  • Animation: The football grenade skin now spins correctly

  • Maps: Vegas Sandstorm: moved the floating zipline

  • Improved ambient lighting to address issues with seams between areas on all maps

  • UI/UX: Tournament overview screen will now show the correct contestant customization

  • Consoles: Reduced input latency on Xbox Series X|S

  • Security: General security fixes and improvements

  • Improved boot times on PC

  • Moved voice chat settings higher up in the audio settings tab

  • Players not using voice chat will now see an indication that team members are using it

Fixed18

  • Audio: Fixed an issue where certain sounds did not play when colliding with the environment

  • Audio: Fixed single-fire weapons not playing their firing sound at times

  • Gameplay/Balance: Fixed an issue where multiple C4s would cause more damage than intended when exploding together, for example when attached to an object

  • Gameplay/Balance: Fixed a bug that caused jump pads to glitch when overlapped with an attached object

  • Gameplay/Balance: Fixed an issue that allowed players to cancel emotes by using quick-melee

  • Gameplay/Balance: Fixed an issue where objects could hover in the air after an attachment was destroyed

  • Gameplay/Balance: Fixed an issue where a successful backstab with a dagger now correctly shows as a critical hit

  • Animation: Fixed an issue where held items were unintentionally visible

  • Animation: Fixed various issues with defibs not animating correctly

  • Animation: Fixed an issue that caused the player mesh to break and faulty physics during revive

  • Animation: Fix for the broom not disappearing after the “clean house” emote

  • Fixed an issue where left-hand gestures would make melee animations look faulty

  • UI/UX: Fixed an issue that caused the career progression page to lock when quickly switching pages via controller

  • UI/UX: Corrected mislabeled career reward items

  • UI/UX: Fix for player to always be in the center of the team in the tournament overview screen

  • UI/UX: Fixed an issue where an item could not be immediately equipped after purchasing in the customization screen

  • Fixed voice chat output volume so it is applied correctly

  • Fixed an issue with voice chat privacy settings so all options are respected

Embark released Update 1.8.0 on February 14, 2024, during Season 1.

Changes include: Audio: Cloaking sounds will now differentiate between team members and enemy players; Audio: Headshots will be indicated with their own sound.

Added: Audio: Added a setting to control sounds when the game is not in focus (tabbed out); VFX: Added material-appropriate effects to destruction on all maps; Added Push to Talk keybinding in the Voice Chat menu.

The patch also carries 18 bug fixes.