05/03 MAINTENANCE ANNOUNCEMENT

[Emily 144]

Hello, everyone! 

 

Our standard weekly maintenance for PC and Console will occur this Wednesday (05/03) at 9 AM (UTC). It is expected to last between 4 and 6 hours due to more extensive patching for PC. Check out the supplementary patch notes below! 

 

Thank you for being patient during this period. 

 

See you in the game!

 

Shader modifications have been disabled. Please uninstall any shader modifications made prior to this patch, as EasyAntiCheat will kick you for them.

 

P.S: The thread has been cross-posted from Game Updates for convenience.

[BlatMan 711]

Remove the blue filter on the shaders. It makes the game look washed out. Also add an option to turn off the halo, glowing effect when bloom is enabled.

 

Currently, red looks orange. Black looks blue. The previous devs must have been colorblind.

Edited May 3, 2023 by BlatMan

[Ellix 415]

4 hours ago, Emily said:

 

 

Shader modifications have been disabled. Please uninstall any shader modifications made prior to this patch, as EasyAntiCheat will kick you for them.

 

 

 

You gotta be a bit more clear about it tbh..

What files still can be modified?

What about Advanced Launcher?

Is ReShade considered a shader change?

 

Please we need answers

[KyoukiDotExe 231]

2 hours ago, Ellix said:

 

You gotta be a bit more clear about it tbh..

What files still can be modified?

What about Advanced Launcher?

Is ReShade considered a shader change?

 

Please we need answers

Mostly text-file modifications are still deemed OK-todo. So .ini file changes related to game configuration can still be changed.

 

No files under:

Quote

APB Reloaded\Engine\Shaders\

Can be modified anymore as these will be enforced and checked if they are.

 

Advanced launcher modifies files located in:

Quote

APB Reloaded\APBGame\Configs

And primarily the APBCompat.ini - the first bucket or Minimal preset in-game.

ReShade is a post-processing overlay, that does not interfere with any of these things.

[Ririn 5]

Why is it not packaged shaders? Then it cannot be modified. Or UE3 not packaged shaders? I can't remember, it was so long ago the appearance.  

[SirVilla 18]

9 hours ago, Emily said:

Hello, everyone! 

 

Our standard weekly maintenance for PC and Console will occur this Wednesday (05/03) at 9 AM (UTC). It is expected to last between 4 and 6 hours due to more extensive patching for PC . Check out the supplementary patch notes below! 

 

Thank you for being patient during this period. 

 

See you in the game!

 

Shader modifications have been disabled. Please uninstall any shader modifications made prior to this patch, as EasyAntiCheat will kick you for them.

 

P.S: The thread has been cross-posted from Game Updates for convenience.

extensive patching for PC ?   something interesting I hope?

[Aren123 1]

when can i play?

 

Merged.

 

how can i go to beta ?

[MACKxBOLAN 430]

Shouldn't be Any modifications of files at All. 

 Everyone should have the same thing. 

Standard mouse and keyboard, no game controllers, no altered files, no crosshairs, no 'overlays', 

no nothing. 

  How U gonna have a game that just anyone can open the files n alter them.

How are 14yr olds out duping educated programmers? 

The word is that they simply bypass your eac.

So either they are tinkering with the files or they are waiting till they spawn in 

to turn on their hax. Idk if this is what really happens or if its just rumor.

Seems to me a anticheat should be scanning frequently for hax/3rd party program.

 The real pity here is these kids won't apply themselves, n use their knowledge to 

work in tech industry, wont clean their rooms, just waste away in a pile of old doritos

n redbull cans. n if they die in they room, ya have to surgically remove their head set

cuz its permanently affixed to their heads.  

[Spillra 135]

when are you shiping out a standard apb keyboard and mouse that is the only keyboad and mouse used with apb?

[Weaboos 89]

About damn time.

 

Please do look into adding RTW style shaders as an option in the future

[MACKxBOLAN 430]

On 5/3/2023 at 3:55 PM, Spillra said:

standard apb keyboard and mouse

soon as ya all send me 59.95 USD

I can get U a Logitec K-120 for only 59.95+shipping and Taxes

 

Merged.

 

Is NA down?

My characters show 0 dollars and wont highlight to enter world

but my two EU characters show up fine. no codes

[lZackl 9]

8 hours ago, KyoukiDotExe said:

Mostly text-file modifications are still deemed OK-todo. So .ini file changes related to game configuration can still be changed.

 

No files under:

Can be modified anymore as these will be enforced and checked if they are.

 

Advanced launcher modifies files located in:

And primarily the APBCompat.ini - the first bucket or Minimal preset in-game.

ReShade is a post-processing overlay, that does not interfere with any of these things.

Having played with no fog/no muzzle/no smoke for years due to laptop performance, it's an odd feeling to see these are finally getting a proper lock down. Gonna miss the good ol borderlands pack though, gave the game a fun alternative look.

 

An additional question I would like to ask is what about sound modification such as the RTW Vegas sound pack or removing ambience and dialogue?

Edited May 3, 2023 by lZackl

[BlatMan 711]

Your routing is screwed up on Financial US East again. Server IP 205.220.227.71:10547

 

Every single time this happens, /latencytest shows 66ms average to the district if it's US East. It suppose to be 33ms or lower. In game latency fluctuates between 0ms and 30ms.

 

Other games work fine. Team Fortress 2, Rust, and PUBG do not have issues.

[Mikezor 0]

So no announcement. No news. Just turn off the servers at peak time?

[Aren123 1]

 

 

shutting down servers during peak hours, you yourself are killing this game, do not say what is happening and when it will be restored

[MACKxBOLAN 430]

Mine is working fine, NA. 

[Mikezor 0]

17 minutes ago, MACKxBOLAN said:

Mine is working fine, NA. 

EU still dead. Dont know who you guys are playing against. Ive restarted PC multiple times, and it just doesnt fetch any data from the server for my characters...

[MMDGLaDOS 0]

Yeah im having the same issue as well i cant seem to log in at all i hope everything gets fixed :(

[MACKxBOLAN 430]

3 minutes ago, Mikezor said:

doesnt fetch any data from the server for my characters

ya thats the way it was this morning for NA.

My EU characters were fine, but my NA showed no money n wouldn't let me click the name.

Now its the other way around, sorta Odd.

[Mikezor 0]

6 minutes ago, MACKxBOLAN said:

ya thats the way it was this morning for NA.

My EU characters were fine, but my NA showed no money n wouldn't let me click the name.

Now its the other way around, sorta Odd.

Can i create an NA character?

[iRawwwN 282]

HEY I HAVE NO MORE CHARACTER SLOTS FOR NA.... CAN WE GET A FREE CODE FOR A SLOT THANKS U MATTO

[Uhtdred 237]

I see people using crosshairs.. aren't shaders not allowed?

[vsb 6171]

8 minutes ago, Uhtdred said:

I see people using crosshairs.. aren't shaders not allowed?

crosshair overlays exist

[Deadliest 385]

 

1 hour ago, Uhtdred said:

I see people using crosshairs.. aren't shaders not allowed?

Monitor crosshair exist 

[Uhtdred 237]

13 hours ago, Deadliest said:

 

Monitor crosshair exist 

it wasn't a monitor crosshair, it was apb crosshair, shader crosshair.

Edited May 4, 2023 by Uhtdred