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PLAYERUNKNOWNS BATTLEGROUNDS Early Access Thread: This Is Battle Royale
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Norwegian_Imposter
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petethepanda
Member
Did a quick search and didn't see anything. Has there been official word on spectating in the solo queue? It's a hell of a bummer to get to the top 10 and not be able to see how the final couple minutes play out.
They probably have it the way it is so you can't help your friends out by looking behind him constantly or whatever.
Summit is from US and Sacriel is from UK, they won't compete in same regional ladders. Not surprised if Sacriel teams up with BreaK.
Summit and JoshOG will most likely team up. Sacriel will most likely team up with BreaK for sure.
I'm curious to see who Viss teams up with.
Huge Succeeded
Banned
I'm placing top 10 in every round lately and I placed #2 like four times yesterday but I just can't seem to nail that last 1v1 kill. I always get anxious and fuck up, lmao
Last night, I played a game where the last circle cut straight through a multi-story apartment complex, the four of us left alive were all holed up on different levels, and you couldn't get to the stairs without cutting through the blue zone. I got shotgunned by the first person brave enough to move :/
Last night, I played a game where the last circle cut straight through a multi-story apartment complex, the four of us left alive were all holed up on different levels, and you couldn't get to the stairs without cutting through the blue zone. I got shotgunned by the first person brave enough to move :/
PetriP-TNT
Member
lmao at he guy behind the car
Vinny's killer
Haha
LostMyNarbles
Member
Is it just me or do gunshots sound terrible as far as range/location is concerned? I don't know if they changed things or what, but I have been having the hardest time trying to pinpoint where somebody is shooting me from. It sounds like they're shooting me in surround sound in the sense that you can't identify which direction is louder.
I haven't had any issues identifying sound locations. What audio device and what headphones?
markwaters
Neo Member
I had a hell of a time getting used to after learning to use sound in games like Counter-Strike.
The biggest thing is that distance plays a huge part in how shots fired at you sound. If they're relatively close, you'll hear the gunshot, then the "whizz" past your head. If they're relatively far, you'll hear the whizz and then the gunshot. If you're having trouble with directionality, then it might just be your personal sound setup. With a basic stereo "gaming" headset (Kingston HyperX Cloud), I have no issues with directionality.
jediyoshi
Member
For reference, silenced shots are deliberately obscured, they're meant to have a wide, ambiguous origin. The other part of it is that this game simulates much more mechnically sound-wise than other games.
https://www.playbattlegrounds.com/news/65.pu
Gunshot Sound
Each gunshot sound you hear in game has propagation delay based on distance between source and the listener
The propagation velocity is 340m/s so if a pistol is shot 340m away from the listener, he will see the muzzle flash first and hear the gunshot after 1 second
If gunshot is fired from indoor or there is no direct or approximate line of sight (obstructed), the reverb effect and LPF are applied to the sound effect
Bullet Crack/Whizz Effect
Bullet crack effect (or bullet bow shockwave) is generated when a supersonic projectile passes in close proximity to the listener. The effect can be heard in a closest point on bullet trajectory line.
Basically, the sound source is always perpendicular to the trajectory line, so if you hear a bullet crack just in your left headphone, you know that the shooter is either directly in front of you, or behind you
Most of our weapons are supersonic. This means that you will hear the crack/whizz before you hear the actual gunshot
In a scenario where you see a shooter 1000m away, using AWM (>900m/s muzzle velocity) the events will occur in such order:
1. You see the muzzle flash
2. After ~1 sec you hear the crack/whizz (assuming no air drag)
3. After ~3 sec you hear the gunshot
Bullets passing close to the player will generate a crack sound, the ones passing further away will only generate whizz effect
We blend between different sound samples based on distance (the maximum distance and attenuation characteristic is also affected by suppressor attachment). The close gunshot sounds louder and more clear than the distant one
In the current public build, all bullets generate a sound crack effect. We've changed this mechanic by adding a velocity check, so bullets travelling slower than speed of sound will not generate the crack effect but just whizz.
This is awesome. Can't wait to watch!
Lirik and Shorty? Summit and Sacriel? Dam son
Yeah I'm incredibly hyped for this. Moreso than H1Z1 invitationals just because I think the pace of PUBG lends itself a lot better to an observable tournament where the looting, tactics, strats, etc. provide a lot more opportunity for interesting commentary that can actually translate well to an audience who will have time to process what's happening on the screen.
The talent and knowledge of the casting crew will be key. Hope summit and Ninja will be there!
LostMyNarbles
Member
Just a stand two speaker pair alongside my monitors. Maybe I'm just hard at hearing or something of the sort. In one scenario I was standing on the roof of one of the apartment buildings at the military base and I started hearing somebody shoot at me and took some damage. I couldn't figure out which direction they were shooting from because it sounded loud like they were shooting directly above or beneath me, which wasn't possible since nobody was standing on the roof.
Headphones are basically mandatory with this game, never played anything else in my life where hearing distance and direction of cars, footsteps, and gunfire was so important. Two speakers won't cut it.
Compsiox
Banned
I forgot that people didn't know that headphones are a must for a competitive shooter. I guess I've been playing Siege too long
Wait, not to be harsh, but you really just complained about positional audio and you are using two pc speakers for audio?
PrematureQuiche
Member
my game crashed three times today while playing which really sucked, did finally manage to get a solo win so at least I have that.
I can't kill anyone since the patch. Hitting them multiple times and getting the blood splatter but they just turn around and quickly. Hit one guy 4 times with an Uzi in the chest at the beginning of a match when he was rushing me with a tire iron. He killed me with one shot to the head. Not sure how he survived the shots. He had no armor.
Supposedly a single Uzi shot to the chest (no armor) will do exactly 23 points of damage. Unfortunately, that would mean you did a total of 92 points of damage to your target and he probably only had a sliver of health left. :-/
..How? Nerves of being in Top 10?
I have a terrible habit of shooting while in third person. Why does it have to be so inaccurate?
Hold down RMB and depending on distance it isn't that bad. Single fired and burst fired AR's are decent to mid-ish range.
Still with anything, but shotguns ADS is preferred.
I've won rounds with music playing
. Y'all are probably too tense for your own good.
have a 2.1 system
That's uh...not what I was talking about.
Probably the most infuriating game I've played. Was going spectacularly till the last second. Yeah, I cheesed my first kill with a first aid kit, but I also killed 4 of the last 8, including a blind grenade throw that I couldn't see the arc of through a bush and a smooth as hell peek out on someone who knew exactly where I was.
So then I'm sitting on the inside of the broken wall corner right there, in front of that dumpster, facing out watching the circle tighten for the last time. I realize that the only place the other guy could be is right next to me on the other side of the wall to my right, so I do some waiting, and then throw out some random crouch steps to bait him. Wait to hear him start running, pop out preemptively, and catch him looking at the corner where I just was.
Aw yiss, he's lined up perfect, first chicken dinner.
I put 4 M416 shots into him. Four red puffs. Before I can get off the fifth, he turns and puts on bullet into me with a Vector. Game over. So much for a level 3 vest and level 2 helmet.
God dammit.
Salty Hippo
Member
Giant Bomb has really sold me on this game. The only problem is I have no one to play with, all my friends are on console. Is it even possible for me to play with you guys when I live in Brazil? Or will there be too much lag?
I just jump in discord and join one of the squads or ask if people want to play there, it's fairly active.
I played some matches on US servers from the UK and it didn't seem too different from EU servers. Though it's a bit janky like that anyway.
Great game though, mic really helps.
abracadaver
Member
What's in this weeks update?
While ADS tap q or e (lean buttons)
Fahzgoolin
Banned
Definitely hit up our Discord. Everyone there is really nice, helpful, and willing to run games pretty often. We got a nice lil community here on GAF.
How do I make it so that it is not so blurry/pixelated in the distance?
I'm running the game in windowed borderless mode and with anti-aliasing on low. Would it help if I ran it in full-screen downsampled to 4K or turning on the anti-aliasing to ultra? I tried both actually, and didn't find it to help much. I also hate not playing in borderless windowed mode.
I'm running the game in windowed borderless mode and with anti-aliasing on low. Would it help if I ran it in full-screen downsampled to 4K or turning on the anti-aliasing to ultra? I tried both actually, and didn't find it to help much. I also hate not playing in borderless windowed mode.
Jerry
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Borderless windowed for me locks the game at 23fps, how have you got it running faster than that?
I like the look of the foggy map, although it is to bad that it looks like there is still a wide range of visibility.
I kinda hope they will do a map (or one is modded in later) that has silent hill levels of fog density so it would change the weapon dynamic from long range AR and sniper gunplay to close to medium with pistols, smg's and shotguns.
I kinda hope they will do a map (or one is modded in later) that has silent hill levels of fog density so it would change the weapon dynamic from long range AR and sniper gunplay to close to medium with pistols, smg's and shotguns.
FUCK YES
Weather is going to be god damn rad and make this even better
Ugggh wtff.. I've gotten second place in solo like 6 times and never fucking win. They always get the slightly better position and luck is never on my side. It's really pissing me off lol.
Not to mention all of the other top 10s I've gotten. It's just frustrating to see how much luck some people get wins with, I want some of that. The last 1v1s I get are always against a really skilled mofo.
Love the game, but shit I want at least 1 win.
Not to mention all of the other top 10s I've gotten. It's just frustrating to see how much luck some people get wins with, I want some of that. The last 1v1s I get are always against a really skilled mofo.
Love the game, but shit I want at least 1 win.
I don't know. But the fps will be all over the place from 19fps - 60fps. Mostly above 30 though.