PUBG on Xbox [preview program]

GottaGetGatt

Playing on the X myself. A lot of lads on the original Xbox are getting a raw deal alright with the building rendering and the constant disconnects. If we're playing the lads with the X do the driving otherwise we're stuck in a car going around in circles with the Dc'd player until he hits a tree so we can jump out. Annoying but hilarious at the same time.

Other then the lobby, the initial plane phase and the occasional drop in the Military base with a lots of people is all I've been having problems with along the odd disconnect. I Have never played on PC but it's running pretty much like every other shooter on console. Ark was sh!t show at launch compared to this. Constant disconnects. Waiting nearly half hour to get back into a server. At least with this when you get disconnect, it puts you back into the same session again even when you get dashboarded.

Time will tell whether it'll get better performance wise. It depends on how much Microsoft put the boot down.

Grahamer666

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

that explains it so, I was on the edge of one of the final circles and my plan was to heal to max, let the forcefield come in then take a little damage as I ran the last bit, to try and be the last man into the safe zone. I had a big medkit and about 80% health but it wouldn't let me use it.

Also - does the forcefield get stronger, the closer it gets to the final circle? I died in the above scenario, even though I had a relatively short distance to travel. The night before in squads, we got caught outside early in the game but we seemed to last for ages

Yes. The Blue Zone kills you in seconds on the last couple of circles if you don't make it to safety.

FAILSAFE 00

GottaGetGatt wrote: »

Playing on the X myself. A lot of lads on the original Xbox are getting a raw deal alright with the building rendering and the constant disconnects. If we're playing the lads with the X do the driving otherwise we're stuck in a car going around in circles with the Dc'd player until he hits a tree so we can jump out. Annoying but hilarious at the same time.

Other then the lobby, the initial plane phase and the occasional drop in the Military base with a lots of people is all I've been having problems with along the odd disconnect. I Have never played on PC but it's running pretty much like every other shooter on console. Ark was sh!t show at launch compared to this. Constant disconnects. Waiting nearly half hour to get back into a server. At least with this when you get disconnect, it puts you back into the same session again even when you get dashboarded.

Time will tell whether it'll get better performance wise. It depends on how much Microsoft put the boot down.

The disconnects are on all Xbox consoles. I have gotten them on the X and the OG.

We have actually had to set up perimeter around disconnected players to keep them alive until they reconnect

GottaGetGatt

FAILSAFE 00 wrote: »

The disconnects are on all Xbox consoles. I have gotten them on the X and the OG.

Yes. I know.

As stated.

Stone Deaf 4evr

FAILSAFE 00 wrote: »

The disconnects are on all Xbox consoles. I have gotten them on the X and the OG.

We have actually had to set up perimeter around disconnected players to keep them alive until they reconnect

I came across a fella in a field last night, standing still, 4 point blank shotgun blasts to the head didnt kill him, I'd say you could actually be safe enough if you disconnect.

battser

Downloading an update worth 4.7gb! Sizeable considering the game came in originally at 5!

FAILSAFE 00

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

I came across a fella in a field last night, standing still, 4 point blank shotgun blasts to the head didnt kill him, I'd say you could actually be safe enough if you disconnect.

Unfortunately you can be killed while disconnected. I was driving a jeep last night and got DC'd. Just as I was reconnecting the lads said not to bother :P I had a line of bullets in me.

Fuzzy Logic

battser wrote: »

Downloading an update worth 4.7gb! Sizeable considering the game came in originally at 5!

Even the pc updates are similar which are bigger than base game.

brav

from https://forums.playbattlegrounds.com/topic/134575-xbox-game-preview-patch-notes-1/

Here are the first of many Xbox-focused patch notes to come:

Gameplay
▪ Gas can now be used while on bike or bike with sidecar
UI
▪ Equipment icons on HUD will now be visible
▪ Player icon is now more clearly visible on the world map
▪ UI prompts now appear when reload and enter a vehicle options are present
Character
▪ Tweaked hair color options
Animation
▪ Cleaned up sidecar passenger animations in first person view
▪ Fixed player camera issues while a passenger on the backseat of a Buggy
▪ Addressed arm animations specific to holding some weapons
▪ Character now correctly faces the proper direction when stopping while swimming
Others
▪ First pass visual and performance improvements
▪ Slightly improved anti-aliasing on Xbox One and Xbox One S
▪ Localization updates for Vietnamese, Spanish,(Spain/Mexico)
▪ Controls on motorcycle no longer inverted
▪ Keyboard functionality is disabled
Bugs
▪ Fixed instances of player nametags not properly displaying in the lobby during Squad and Duo play
▪ Fixed minor animation while crouching and prone
▪ Fixed issues where curtains on windows block line of sight of players in the TPP mode
▪ Fixed an issue where when Squad leader left the party, voice chat ceased to function as intended
▪ Fixed issue where players could lean out of vehicles even when obstructed
▪ Fixed collision of cardboard boxes in Yasnaya city
▪ Fixed typo in the controller guide
▪ Other minor fixes

Stone Deaf 4evr

Has anyone downloaded and tried the patch yet? I'm interested to see if theres any noticeable benefits.

Fuzzy Logic

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

Has anyone downloaded and tried the patch yet? I'm interested to see if theres any noticeable benefits.

Just played a round there. No more sluggish strafing from side to side in it. It does feel a lot better because yesterday I played a few rounds after coming from pc and hated it a lot. This has got me playing more

Stone Deaf 4evr

the plane and island look better anyway, some weird dips at the very end for some reason, but for a 1st patch it looks like a solid start

davycc

Jayop wrote: »

I'm IWTK123

Finally figured out how to add you and Graham as friends! Be warned I have no microphone for the foreseeable future and still haven't managed a single kill yet! S

Grahamer666

davycc wrote: »

Finally figured out how to add you and Graham as friends! Be warned I have no microphone for the foreseeable future and still haven't managed a single kill yet! S

You really need a Mic for this game if you're planning on playing squads or duo's.

Jayop

Yeah big time. You can use a mobile phone headphones for comms, but directional headset is a must have for this type of game anyway as otherwise you have zero idea where people are coming from.

FAILSAFE 00

Jayop wrote: »

Yeah big time. You can use a mobile phone headphones for comms, but directional headset is a must have for this type of game anyway as otherwise you have zero idea where people are coming from.

For a laugh I tried a mobile phone headset into the Xbox controller using Dolby Atmos. It actually worked perfectly with regard to sound Q's and direction :eek:

Jayop

FAILSAFE 00 wrote: »

For a laugh I tried a mobile phone headset into the Xbox controller using Dolby Atmos. It actually worked perfectly with regard to sound Q's and direction :eek:

Directly into the controller or using the wee thing you plug in with the volume control?

FAILSAFE 00

Jayop wrote: »

Directly into the controller or using the wee thing you plug in with the volume control?

Both. I had one of the old headset adapter things. They both worked. I wouldn't recommend it but just thought that it was interesting.

Jayop

Ya at a pinch it'll do till you get the turtles sorted.

FAILSAFE 00

Grahamer666 wrote: »

also had to turn HDR off as the image was too dark. Hopefully they add an option menu as it needs it. Early versions of the test server on PC were too dark too but they have since fixed that.

If you want to use HDR with the game just go to an area that's dark and increase your TVs brightness.

Most games that use HDR have an in-game adjustable brightness slider to help you get just the right brightness level for the HDR to be effective.

Unfortunately this one doesn't yet have a brightness setting so to counter it the TV brightness level needs to be increased.

FAILSAFE 00

Mr.S wrote: »

Picked this up as it was cheap on CDKeys. Turning off game recording DVR and streaming in the settings helps loads with stuttering / lower FPS and I had to crank up all the sensitivity options, but totally playable bar the odd game crash.

Best tips for winning!? My biggest downfall seems to be jumping to a location where everywhere goes to, or spending to long looting and then spend 90% of the map trying to outrun the restricted field and then get popped off by room campers in the last 20.

There are many things but one I can think of is when you approach a location like buildings look around for signs of looting like open doors. If they are open redirect to some where else. Even when the doors are closed I move next to a window for a peek inside to see if there is still loot inside indicating that it could be safe to enter.

That tends to avoid many of the nasty surprises while looting.

Try to loot off the flight path. So if the flight path is north to south consider far east or west. This will give you time to do a good loot while many players are killed in the meantime.

Stone Deaf 4evr

I saw a fella streaming the other night and if he came across a car or bike in the wild that he didnt need, he'd shoot the tires so no one else could use it.

thats just feckin mean!

Fuzzy Logic

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

I saw a fella streaming the other night and if he came across a car or bike in the wild that he didnt need, he'd shoot the tires so no one else could use it.

thats just feckin mean!

I do that too. Takes them longer to get out of the blue zone that way

wexdevil

I always shoot out the tires, didn't realise other people did it too.

I tried it on one occasion but didn't notice the tyres "losing pressure" so wasn't sure how much of my ammo I'd need to waste or could I take it that one shot to each was enough.

Considering only one can win, it's fair game really.

Might try it again.

Blazer

oh yeah...and if its a bike I shoot out my cars tyres and take the bike instead

Dozyart

The buggy has been my most powerful weapon so far :pac::pac::pac:

ECO_Mental

Dozyart wrote: »

The buggy has been my most powerful weapon so far :pac::pac::pac:

Yeah cars kill me more than anything at the moment.... last 5 or 6 games about 4 times I've been run over:(

Stone Deaf 4evr

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

the plane and island look better anyway, some weird dips at the very end for some reason, but for a 1st patch it looks like a solid start

Anything for the X1X?
That looks a bit better on the One S at least

Stone Deaf 4evr

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Anything for the X1X?
That looks a bit better on the One S at least

Its just so hard to gauge whats lag and whats the game engine chugging. we were playing last night and there seemed to a fair old bit of rubberbanding. and Anytime I crossed the threshold of a warehouse it would happen.

i would have to say that i've been lucky when it comes to bugs, other people report lots of problems but for me, by and large its been pretty good.