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v4.8.0

Update 4.8.0

Released

PC · PlayStation · Xbox

Update 4.8.0 brings 5 gameplay and balance changes and 13 bug fixes.

Added7

  • Added a potential fix to audio issues that caused weapon sounds to loop or not make any sounds

  • Security: Added a new cheating detection rule

  • Settings: Added an accessibility option to make the flashbang blackout the screen, instead of a whiteout

  • Added input hints to the settings menu

  • Grapple Hook: Added improved targeting, to solve the recurring bug where the hook would hit invisible targets

  • Added input hints to all items when equipping

  • UI: Added the emerald rewards on the World Tour info screen

Changed5

  • Cashout Gamemodes: The flashing indication on the cashout station marker now plays for everyone, regardless of which team is stealing the cashout

  • Kyoto: Re-fractured wall destruction into larger chunks to reduce the amount of small-scale debris and make destruction more consistent with other maps

  • Kyoto, Seoul & Skyway Stadium: Objective spawns have been added back to moving platforms and elevators

  • Gameplay UI is hidden while in the settings menu so that it's not visible while in the Video settings

  • UI: Made sure the Matchmaking information widget snaps to the correct location in ultra-wide resolutions

Fixed13

  • Fix for rare cases where animations could get stuck in the charge and slam pose

  • Fix for animations looking wrong when quickly inspecting after throwing a carriable

  • Contracts: Fixed a bug with the contract for interrupting steals that would sometimes not reward players properly

  • Cashout Gamemodes: Fix for vaults no longer spawning when two cashouts are completed in the exact same frame

  • Gameplay: Fixed the bug that turned leaking gas canisters into shields when picked up

  • Gameplay: Fixed an issue that caused gamemode objects (Cashboxes, Transfer stations, etc.) to “bounce” up and down in situations where they think they are out of bounds

  • Monaco: Fixed an issue near the park shed that allowed the cashbox to fall out of the gameplay space

  • Movement: Fixed an issue where input could become locked when using the Mesh Shield and inverted vertical camera control

  • Performance & Stability: Fixed an issue that caused the contestant selection portion of the pre-round not to show

  • Settings: Fixed characters being stretched in strange ways when using an aspect ratio narrower than 16:9

  • Fixed an issue that allowed players to interrupt dashes by emoting, making them lunge further than intended

  • UI: Fixed an issue where explosive damage in the damage log would show the weapon that triggered the explosion instead of the explosion itself

  • UI: Fixed an issue where the wrong sponsor might be shown in the map introduction sequence

Embark released Update 4.8.0 on November 20, 2024, during Season 4 (It's Showtime).

Changes include: Cashout Gamemodes: The flashing indication on the cashout station marker now plays for everyone, regardless of which team is stealing the cashout; Kyoto: Re-fractured wall destruction into larger chunks to reduce the amount of small-scale debris and make destruction more consistent with other maps.

Added: Added a potential fix to audio issues that caused weapon sounds to loop or not make any sounds; Security: Added a new cheating detection rule; Settings: Added an accessibility option to make the flashbang blackout the screen, instead of a whiteout.

The patch also carries 13 bug fixes.