After what felt like a really lengthy wait, Apex Legends’ first battle move is right here, together with the primary new addition to its character roster: Octane. Tons of latest beauty gadgets, together with skins for Octane, include the replace and make for a reasonably substantial replace to Respawn Entertainment’s battle royale shooter. But hidden behind all of the flash of latest stuff to earn and purchase is one other important change gamers have been ready for. That’s an adjustment to character hit packing containers that ought to make massive characters like Gibraltar, Caustic, and Pathfinder much more viable on the battlefield.Respawn launched the patch notes for the Season 1: Wild Frontier replace on the Apex Legends subreddit. The notes give a bit extra element on just a few issues, like how lengthy Octane’s skills final, and included a bunch of quality-of-live enhancements that are actually a part of the sport as effectively. Arguably the largest is the hit field change, although. According to Respawn, the hit packing containers for Gibraltar, Caustic, and Pathfinder have been modified “to better align with their shapes.”Hit packing containers are invisible shapes assigned to characters that register after they’ve been hit–if you shoot a personality however your bullet lands exterior their hit field (hitting, say, a hand or a bit of clothes), the hit would not depend and the character takes no harm. Caustic and Gibraltar, being the largest characters in Apex Legends, had the largest hit packing containers, however they had been additionally apparently not fairly in keeping with the character gamers see on display screen. The similar is true of the robotic Pathfinder, whose hit field beforehand prolonged into locations that did not seem like they need to depend as a success, such because the area between his steel legs. The change ought to make all three characters a bit harder to hit, and due to this fact, extra gamers will likely be seemingly to decide on them going ahead.The new replace additionally throws in quite a few bug fixes, like patching a spot in Gibraltar’s defend that wasn’t blocking bullets and fixing an issue by which Pathfinder’s zip line would not deploy if gamers used it whereas leaping. There are a bunch of different quality-of-life modifications that ought to make enjoying the sport a bit simpler for some folks, like the power to swap the capabilities of the left and proper bumpers on controllers.Another notable addition on this patch is the brand new capacity to report folks you believe you studied may be dishonest. Players utilizing hacks have been an issue for Apex on PC, and Respawn stated in its patch notes it has banned simply shy of 500,000 gamers for dishonest. That’s a reasonably large quantity, however contemplating Respawn says 50 million folks have downloaded the sport, there may nonetheless be an extended method to go in cleansing up the cheater drawback.You can learn the complete patch notes under.Apex Legends March 19 Update Patch NotesStability & EfficiencyWe’ve acquired some fixes on this patch that can enhance stability on PC however we all know there are nonetheless points on the market we have to handle. We additionally added crash reporting so we are able to higher perceive methods to deal with the problems we haven’t solved but and handle future ones.Improved stability for numerous GPU configurations.Capped PC FPS to 300 to stability enhancing stability however nonetheless letting you people take pleasure in these candy frames.Addressed difficulty with PS4 crashes on account of working out of reminiscence.Introducing higher reporting when Apex crashes on PC with out error message. We actually need to repair any crashes folks occur to get on PC. We additionally respect our participant’s privateness. So, if the PC sport crashes, it can write “apex_crash.txt” to your “Documents” folder. This tiny file is apparent textual content, so you’ll be able to simply see for your self that it has no private info. If you select to share this file with us, it can inform us whether or not the crash was in Apex or in third get together software program. If the crash was in Apex, our programmers can use the data to search out and repair it. If you expertise a crash, please embrace this file once you report. We shield your private info.You can simply see all the pieces within the file your self; we’ve no secrets and techniques.You’re in charge of whether or not we ever see the file.Added Report a Player function for dishonest and abuse on PC. Players can now report cheaters they encounter in-game and it’ll be despatched on to Easy Anti-Cheat. You can do that from both the spectate view after dying or when your crew’s Banner Cards within the Squad tab.We have a number of different work occurring behind the scenes and this stays excessive precedence for us. We gained’t be capable to share many specifics of what we’re doing however we’ll try to offer updates on progress for the issues we are able to discuss.As I am ending the notes this morning, 499,937 accounts and counting have been banned for dishonest.Speed hacking: We do at present have anti-speed hacking in Apex Legends, however it’s not being as efficient as supposed on account of a bug that we imagine we’ve recognized and will likely be addressing in our subsequent server replace. Will present ETA for it when I’ve it. Working to get it out ASAP.Added Report a Player for abuse on Consoles You can report gamers from the spectate view after dying or when your crew’s Banner Cards within the Squad tab.Optimized skydiving to enhance general server efficiency.Fixed bug the place typically the shopper may crash when opening Apex Packs one proper after the opposite.Quality Of LifeAdded “Swap LT/RT & LB/RB” / “Swap L1/R1 & L2/R2”) toggle within the Controller Button Layout settings. Added “Sprint View Shake” setting beneath the Video tab. Added “Trigger Deadzones” setting beneath the Controller tab. Added “Advanced Look Controls” settings submenu beneath the Controller tab. Fine-tune particular elements of the look controls for a customized really feel; comparable to Deadzone, Response Curve, Target Compensation (intention help), and extra.When you relinquish the Jumpmaster place to a different participant you’ll now hear your Legend’s VO line along with the brand new Jumpmaster. The third participant gained’t hear it although.Pathfinder grapple: up to date iconPathfinder grapple: added indicator close to crosshair to point out when participant is in vary of grapple-able geoImproved mantling from a grapple level.Pathfinder can now grapple ziplines.We’ve added D-pad navigation as a comfort in many of the menus. Our hope is this can pace up shopping and enhance accessibility.UI enhancements to the KO Shield Shield bar drains to point the remaining well being of the defend.When you might have a Gold KO Shield and are down, we’ve added an impact to the label that reminds you you could self revive.We noticed that the Ring indicator that seems when gamers are viewing the entire map wasn’t precisely exhibiting the participant’s place so we fastened that.Character animations whereas taking harm now precisely replicate the course the harm is coming from.Fixed a bug the place occluded sounds would typically sound unoccluded.Patched up some points with lacking geo on Kings Canyon and stuck just a few spots the place gamers had been getting caught.Fixed a script error that might occur when eradicating attachments on holstered weapons.General polish to sport UI fixing some grammar points, improved navigation, and composition of parts.Fixed PC customers continually switching weapons whereas scrolling by means of gadgets in a Death Box.Fixed difficulty the place we had been seeing server stability points typically brought on by buying gadgets whereas matchmaking.Fixed script errors that might happen throughout the skydive.Reduced skybox fog.Adjusted the code for Supply Bins so they’re much less prone to kill gamers. If you do nonetheless get killed by one please tell us!Made it so push-to-talk is now not on when a chat field is energetic.LT/RT now not switches between gamers in spectator mode whereas the map is open.Updated the minimap to extra precisely replicate the geo and factors of curiosity on the primary map.Adding sound FX to the UI for the important thing binding menu.Fixed difficulty the place a participant’s identify wouldn’t present up after they ship a message that reached the character restrict.Fixed bug the place typically the Champion display screen decision can be stretched in widescreen resolutions.Fixed audio bug the place typically the zipline sounds FX would hold enjoying after disembarking.Added accessibility possibility to switch the subtitle measurement.Improvements / fixes for coloration blind gamers: Added higher coloration blind assist for Blood Hound’s Threat Vision.Colorblind colours per setting are actually displayed within the settings menu.Colorblind settings moved from Video Settings to Gameplay->Accessibility. They are actually utilized on the fly.Enemy pings now use correct enemy coloration as an alternative of solely utilizing crimson.Audio: Turned down quantity when Wraith prompts a portal.Turned down the tip sounds on the Peacekeeper charged shot.Turned down the draw/holster sound barely for thermite grenades.Legend Hit Box AdjustmentsWeaponsFixed gamers having the ability to shortcut weapon swap by altering stanceFixed gamers having the ability to shortcut Peacekeeper rechamber sequenceFixed inaccurate auto ranging fullscreen (sniper) optics when base FOV shouldn’t be set to defaultSpitfire: fastened ADS view on Legendaries partially obscured by customized geo. (The Continuum, The Heavy Construct)Fixed ADS view being blocked when utilizing Caustic legendary skins with sure weapon/ optic combosDigital menace optics: menace highlights are actually extra seen (barely brighter; now not affected by TSAA)Fixed bug the place Devotion audio typically wouldn’t precisely replicate price of fireplace.Additional Bug FixesFixed uncommon difficulty the place a participant may get caught on the drop ship and be invulnerable.Patched up the outlet we present in Gibraltar’s defend.Fixed difficulty the place Lifeline’s revive defend wouldn’t keep put whereas on a shifting platform.Fixed difficulty the place typically gamers would get caught in map geometry whereas skydiving from the dropship or Jump Towers.Fixed bug the place gamers may nonetheless shoot even after being downed.Fixed bug the place often Lifeline’s D.O.C. drone would keep related to a participant however not heal them.Limited the quantity of Lifeline’s D.O.C. drones that may hook up with a participant to 2.Fixed Pathfinder’s zipline not deploying when leaping.Fixed a bug with the HUD the place typically the Heal Bar would keep up if the heal was cancelled proper after it was began.Fixed a bug the place typically the audio would proceed to play sound FX for the Knockdown Shield even after it’s been destroyed.Fixed difficulty the place typically gamers may get disconnected when unplugging their controller throughout a sport.Fixed the exploit the place you may do infinite wallclimb utilizing Pathfinder’s Grapple.Fixed bug the place typically you couldn’t fireplace the Peacekeeper after using a zipper line.Fixed difficulty the place typically the skybox fog wouldn’t seem whereas spectating after you died.Fixed bug the place Banner Cards would present by means of partitions often when seen by means of a really excessive FOV.Fixed some odd gentle flickering that was taking place on the ballon flags hooked up to Jump Towers.Fixed bug the place typically a participant’s Banner Card wouldn’t present up after character choose.Razer Chroma AssistApex Legends will now detect Razer Chroma peripherals and supported gadgets will now play animated colours that react to belongings you do within the sport! Some examples:Red lights throughout banner transitions.While skydiving colours will tune to the colour of your smoke path.Picking up loot.Opening Apex PacksFiring and taking harm.Colors that flash when your Ultimate is prepared.And extra!