Fortnite Update adds LTM Playground and more; Release notes released

Fortnite of Epic Games: Battle Royale continues to change week after week, and now the game has changed again with the release of its latest patch. The 4.5 update adds the LTM Playground (Limited Time Mode), Dual Pistols, and more on PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, and Mobile.

Epic says that Playground is a "low-pressure environment where friends can give free rein to their creativity." It acts as a private server and lets three friends manipulate strategies in the world of Battle Royale without risking other players killing you. The storm will always be close, but not for 55 minutes after your fall in the world. There is also much more loot and ammo available than in a standard Battle Royale match.

Another LTM, Final Fight: Teams of 12, has also been added. As you can imagine, this places teams of 12 players against each other in the Battle Royale Final Combat variant, in which the storm circles stop closing halfway through the matches. After you stop compressing the game area, a countdown will begin, and the team with the most players remaining at the end of the game wins.

Update 4.5 adds a new weapon to Battle Royale and changes a whole lot more. The Dual Pistols, which deal 41-43 base damage, give you "twice as much fun and firepower" with their introduction. The pair pulls both medium ammo with a trigger pull, and can be found in loot, chests, and drops in the epic and legendary variants.

Grenade throwers are temporarily called firework launchers because they will shoot explosions of fireworks rather than standard ones so Epic Games celebrates the summer. Meanwhile, shotguns saw the amount of damage dealt to the structures significantly reduced, and the SMGs saw their accuracy and damage altered. Finally, the map markers will now give you visual indicators of the areas of interest highlighted by your teammates. Read the full notes below, via Epic Games, for more details.

In addition to publishing the latest patch, Epic has announced that Fortnite Challenge Season 5 will begin July 12th. The company has also reintroduced trolleys to Fortnite recently, after being removed due to a bug. To learn more about the successful multiplayer game, check out our guide to the challenges of season 4, week 8 of Fortnite.

Release Notes for Fortnite Update 4.5

General

• Celebrate the summer with the Fireworks Launcher, which has been added as a seasonal item with firework explosions and replaces the grenade launcher for a limited time. (cosmetic change only).
• Blocks that are removed in edit mode are now opaque rather than clear. The colors blue, white and red always indicate the state of construction.
  • Adjusted to limit the player's ability to traverse structures during editing.
• The Save the World and Battle Royale keyboard shortcuts are now separated. Settings in one mode do not affect settings on the other.
• Changed the button that allows you to re-launch a daily quest or challenge of "Abandon Quest" to 'Replace Quest', to make the behavior more obvious.

Royal Battle

Time limited modes

Playground

Playground is a low-pressure environment where friends can unleash their creativity. Build massive structures. Practice with weapons and objects. Fight against your friends. S & # 39; fun!

• You will have an hour to create, play and train as you wish. Hop in and try Playground version 1!
• Drop on the Battle Royale card with a team of friends for an hour
• Friend fire is on
• Players reappear to death unless they are killed by the storm
• The storm does not begin to close on 55m and takes 5 minutes to close
• The resources collected grant 10 times the normal rate.
• 100 lamas will appear on the map
• Chests and ammo boxes appear 100% of the time

Final Combat: Teams of 12

Go to the final circle and fight for the Royal Victory!

• Final Fight plays the same way as the standard Battle Royale, but instead of the storm circles closing completely, they stop in the middle of the game.
• When the circles are complete, the final countdown begins.
• The remaining teams will face each other until the expiry of the deadline.
• The team with the most players remaining at the end of the time wins!
• In the event of a tie, both teams (or more) tied for first place win the match.

Weapons and objects

• Two pistols added
  • Available in epic and legendary variants.
  • Uses medium ammo.
  • Shoot both guns with a trigger pull.
  • Can be found from loot, chests and drops of supply.
  • Do not use the accuracy of the first shot.
• The significant jumps that are landed with the basket now appear in the elimination stream (height, distance and time).
• Damage caused by weapons to structures now properly balance with scarcity.
• The damage caused by structural shotguns was reduced by 50% for the shotgun and by 25% for the tactical rifle and the heavy rifle.
• Explosions now damage all structures in range, whether they are visible or not from the blast center.
• We are making the following changes to further solidify the identities and strengths of tactical SMGs and silenced.
  • Tactical SMG
    • Deletion of the accuracy of the first shot.
    • Increased basic accuracy by 25%.
    • Reduces the sprint accuracy penalty by 15%.
    • Lower the ADS bonus by 10%.
    • Increased damage by +2.
  • SMG silent
    • Increased basic accuracy by 10%.
    • Increased ADS accuracy bonus by 20%.
    • Increased damage by +2.
• Shotgun ammunition is now in packs of 4 instead of 5.
• The Grenade Launcher visuals have been temporarily changed to fire fireworks instead. It's a cosmetic change only.

Bug fixes

• The explosions of Boogie Bomb are no longer blocked by vehicles.
• The thermal rifle now consistently displays the desired accuracy when worn.
• Clingers can no longer stick to players across the ceiling or floor.
• Spike traps placed on the ceiling no longer damage players on the upper floor.
• The thermal rifle no longer shows open chests.
• Weapons no longer appear to fire when changing weapons under certain network conditions.

gameplay

• Progress for elimination quests will now be granted if you shoot an enemy with the required weapon rather than having to eliminate them with him.
• In construction mode, the walls will now try to build at a closer location when the placement is blocked due to lack of structural support. Stairs, floors and roofs are not affected.
• Self-opening doors no longer work in the Down-But-Not-Out state.
• The picks will not hit the basket if you are a passenger.
• Players in the Down-But-Not-Out state can no longer enter the shopping carts.
• Improvements made to the automatic pickup weapons feature to better handle the collection of large groups of weapons.

Bug fixes

• Objects dropped into the water now remain above the surface of the water.
• Excessive fall damage is no longer applied under certain network conditions.
• Supply crates no longer persist briefly in the world after being opened if they were slaughtered.
• Smooth the location of all soccer balls and basketballs in varying network conditions.
• Players are no longer able to hit the weak spots of construction through other buildings.
• If the Sprint Cancels While Running setting is enabled, players will not be able to reload their weapon automatically after the sprint.
• Fixed a problem that applied a constant force to the players if they were hit by a basket.
• Doors that interact multiple times quickly no longer synchronize with their state on the server.
• Fixed a problem: if a player used a consumable and traded it for another pickup, he picked the pick instead of the new one.
• Chests no longer create invalid pickups, such as a 2x Chug Jug instead of 2 individual Chug Jug pickups.
  • This created a problem that prevented players from picking up building materials.
• Players now receive an Elimination if the opposing player bounces off the field and suffers fall damage before taking enough damage to be eliminated.
• Fixed a small number of accounts with incorrect 5 week issues.
• Fungi no longer spawn on trees at Moisty Mire.
• Fixed a problem that prevented the ability to open chests by preemptively holding the button while interacting with the chest.
• Correction of a hole in the ground that was caused by the sporting goods store in Greasy Grove slightly moved by accident.

Performance

• Improved parachuting performance across all platforms (especially Switch), reducing processor-related processing issues
• Fixed a source of hang on Xbox One. In rare cases, this caused up to 2 seconds of snagging for some players
• Improved framerate around swings by adjusting physics.
• Improved performance by doing less work when players move outside of your sight.
• Improved performance for moving ammo and weapons.
• Improved player movement updates in the big team games. This should make the movement of other players smoother.
• Fixed parachute rings coincide the whole match.

l & # 39; Audio

• Changes to the enemy build audio (the construction friendly audio remains the same).
  • Increase the volume of the audio of the enemy building.
  • Increased the scope of enemy build audio by 2 building tiles.
• Variation added to watermarks on mobile platforms and Nintendo Switch.
• Rebalanced bass content for surround sound mixing.

Bug fixes

• Reallowed the first milliseconds of audio to play if an emote is triggered by jumping.
• Audio suspension on cars is no longer spammed by jumping or sliding off of them.
• The shopping carts no longer spew their collision audio when they are returned.
• Fixed an issue where the doors were playing an open and closed sound when they were open.
• Fixed slow motion audio for the emote Step it Up.

IU

• The location change icon is now hidden when you can not change places.
• The minimap now draws the entire map and bus routes instead of nothing on the departure island.
• Existing map markers are removed during landing after jumping off the Fight Bus to reduce the map clutter.
• Custom voice chat output devices can be selected on a PC.
• Removed damage numbers from shopping carts and added a health bar.
• The HUD Elimination and Down-But-Not-Out notifications received updated animations.

Bug fixes

• The damage numbers no longer overlap if the shield and health are damaged.
• Stacks of items do not appear more like 0 ammo when they are looted.
• Map marker icons now appear correctly even on the startup island.
• Fixed an issue where sometimes map markers could not be removed by pressing the right mouse button and moving the mouse slightly.
• Fixed a problem where the player was unable to delete or split an object after depositing a full stack of items.

Art and animation

• The Battlehound * Outfit Cloak is now available in Back Bling.
• Capes added to Ventura * and Venturion * outfits.
• * Anyone who has purchased these outfits has received the Back Bling to use on any other outfit.

Bug fixes

• The visual effects for Oracle Ax Pickaxe and Ominous Orb Back Bling now appear correctly on the consoles.
• Back Bling no longer appears in great detail while watching the players.

Replay System

• Deleting ProAm replays in the Replay browser.
• Replay browser entries will now scroll if the text does not match.

Bug fixes

• The Replay Browser no longer loses the focus of the joystick if the chat window is open.

Spectator

Bug fixes

• The protection bar no longer fills up properly and empties itself when you switch from one player to another in spectator mode.
• Storm effects are no longer blocked on players who were in the storm while being spectators even after leaving the storm or after changing players.

Mobile

• Added settings on mobile for low power mode and scalability.
• Logic of tactile interaction improved to be more consistent and reliable.
• The touch rotation sensitivity in the bin has been reset.

Bug fixes

• The vibration setting no longer resets to the wrong value on mobile devices.
• Fixed a bug where low-end mobile devices did not show the entire island on the bus.
• The volume on mobile devices will no longer be cut off on occasion.

Save the world

Missions and systems

• Blockbuster Part 4: The Finale is now available!
  • Complete the quest line and choose a Shadow Ops Hero.
• Heroes, trap patterns and weapon patterns can now be acquired directly from the collection book through recruitment and research.
  • Select the item you want to create in the collection book. This can be an article that you do not have yet, or that you have already collected.
  • If the item can be created, a Recruit or Search button will appear.
  • Event objects, survivors and advocates CAN NOT be obtained using this feature.
  • It costs Flux, and either training manuals, weapons designs, or trap designs.
  • The resulting element will be level 1 and the schemes will have random benefits.
• Items can now be detached from the Collection Book for 20 V-Bucks.
  • This will return the same article you have cracked, with the same level and benefits.
  • This will remove XP from the Collection Book that the item has granted, but will not reduce the level of your Collection Book or change the rewards you have earned.
  • This XP debt will have to be repaid before you can continue to advance the level of the collectible book.
• Addition of a new quest called Independence Day to give players two thematic Soldiers of July 4th. Part of Blockbuster Part 4.
  • Stars and Stripes Jonesy *.
  • Stars and Stripes Headhunter *.
• * Hats and backpacks will not be in this patch but will be published in an upcoming patch. Players who own these heroes will automatically receive the appropriate hats and backpacks once released, at appropriate and habitual levels of evolution.
• Changing the way rewards rolls work on group missions so that players get a greater amount of a single resource:
  • These missions reward Gold, plus a standard amount of 4 different resource types.
  • They now reward Gold plus 4x the usual amount of a single resource type.
  • This allows players to better target the specific resources that they are trying to acquire.
  • For missions rewarding RE-Perk and Perk-UP, rewards can still be split among several types of Perk Recombobulator resources.
• Increased chances of upgrading Mini Llamas.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a problem where all Evolution 2 Star skill nodes were needed to improve the rarity of patterns. You no longer need only the node corresponding to the type of element.

Hero

• Stars and Stripes Soldiers
  • Stars and Stripes Jonesy – Legendary Survivor
  • Stars and Stripes Headhunter – Legendary Survivor
  • These can be acquired by completing the new parallel day quest for independence.

Bug fixes

• Players will no longer stop moving in the air if they use Crescent Kick after using a Jump Jump Player trap.
• Bull Rush stops more abruptly by falling on the ledges.

Weapons and objects

• Bobcat Assault Rifle added to the weekly store.
  • Available Wednesday, June 27 at 8 pm EST until Wednesday, July 4 at 8 pm EST.
  • Quick fire weapon with excellent damage and loader size results, but a lower range than most assault weapons.
  • Maintains most of its accuracy while moving and pulling from the hip, excelling at close-to-flying skirmishes.
• Comfortable campfire now heals through the walls as long as the player is in range.
• Increased maximum ammunition limit for light bales, medium bullets and shells and shells.
  • Light from 5000 to 6000
  • Average of 3000 to 4000
  • Shells from 1000 to 1200
• Added several schematic benefits, allowing for more creative stacking of certain benefits:
  • For Melee Weapons, we added the Distress of Life and Shooting Rate to the first and third perk locations respectively, and the Reduction of Heavy Attack Endurance Costs to the second location.
  • For remote weapons, we have added reload speed and loader size to the first and third locations, respectively.
• 50% increase in life Perish efficiency.
• Increased efficiency of pistols that fire explosive projectiles:
  • Firecracker, liberator, and the herald of freedom
    • + 52% damage, + 79% damage to the environment, + 50% impact.
  • Small instrument of death
    • + 44% damage, + 126% impact.
  • Zapper and Zap Zapp
    • + 90% damage, + 433% damage to the environment, + 310% impact.
• Reduced rocket time in the air of the grenade launcher from 8 seconds to 2.75 seconds.

Bug fixes

• Increased environmental damage from distant explosives to reliably destroy walls at higher levels of difficulty.
• It is no longer possible for floor traps or grilled flame traps to hit enemies through the floors above the trap.
• Fixed an issue where Freeze Trap ice blocked damage to enemies.
• The ground pin traps given in the tutorial can now be placed on ramps.
• Fixed crosshairs expand when you target sites with rocket launchers.
• Replaced the head-focused benefits of the Zap Zapp Gun Scheme with more relevant damage benefits.
  • Damage to the head has been replaced by Damage.
  • Headshot Explosion has been replaced by Snare On Hit.
  • Headshot Streak Damage Bonus has been replaced by Affliction.
• Fix the .45 Whisper not displaying correctly a mini-map icon when it is deleted.

gameplay

• Introducing a new enemy, the Super Shielder!
  • The Super Shielder attaches to other enemies like regular Shielders, but extends his shield much further, protecting all enemies inside the bubble.
  • This shield also protects the Super Shielder itself!
  • Standing inside the shield allows you to attack enemies inside without penalty.
• Implementing the Builder Pro controller schema for Save the World.
  • This control layout corresponds to the Battle Royale Builder Pro model.
  • The use of gadgets and abilities works in the same way as the Combat Pro control scheme (which is the same in Combat mode as the Builder Pro model).
• The auto-opening door set option now affects the doors of Save The World.
• Changed loot changes for specialized grenade objects (Impulse Grenades, Port-A-Fort, etc.) so that new players do not encounter these objects during the tutorial.
  • Most of these items will start falling halfway through Stonewood.
  • Port-A-Fort will become available near the end of Stonewood.
  • M80 and Bottle Rocket remain unchanged, and may still fall during the start of the game.

Bug fixes

• Building the shortcut bar remains focused after entering the menu and reassigning weapons in construction mode.
• The teleporter can no longer be placed under the mission of Lars Van in Ride the Lightning.
• Fixed a bug when canceling a gadget's ability or a hero by pressing Toggle Harvest Tool or Next / Previous Weapon.
  • In each case, the button would act as if the gadget / capacity in question was not selected. For example, if you selected your Pickaxe and pulled out the TEDDY placement tool, press the Toggle Harvesting Tool button to switch the player to his last selected weapon rather than his pick. Now he will pick you up.

IU

• The HUD Scaling option also applies to HUD Save the World.
• Players can select each node on quest cards to see details and rewards.
• Remove the Copy to Clipboard buttons from the Options menu on the consoles.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue where the controller map screen displayed bad mappings for a number of controls on the left side of the controller for Combat Pro.
• Damage numbers are visible again when you hit destructible items.
• Fixed a problem preventing storage transfer from filling unused space due to a bug with M80 and Bottle Rockets.
• Leaving and rejoining the global chat room no longer occurs after changing certain game options.
• Fixed a problem allowing members of other groups to select a PC mission.
• Fixed a problem with the Mission Select menu when switching between keyboard and mouse or joystick inputs.
• Headshot Damage is now properly updated when updating the benefit in the Recombobulator.
• Fixed quest ads that were not cleared correctly after the update.
• The Play Now button for the Jack of All Trades quest has been disabled because the button was sending players to zone types where the quest goal should not appear.

Art and animation

• The clothing cosmetics now simulate correctly in the lobby.

Performance

Bug fixes

• Hover turret latency optimized during combat.

l & # 39; Audio

Bug fixes

• Updated animation sounds of SEE-bot launch.
• Audio impact sounds now play correctly for Hearal Elementals.