Electronic Arts gibt bekannt, dass morgen der erste monatliche Patch für Battlefield 1 erscheint. Die englischen Patchnotes lesen sich folgendermaßen:

Known Issues

• The motorbike leans slightly to the right when being driven straight.
• The tires of the motorbike cannot be shot out at the moment
• [Non-English Players] There are some mistranslated in-game texts and they will be shown in English

Client Performance Improvements

• Made some improvements to address the issue of FPS drops when opening the inventory UI
• Reduced the load on the CPU through instance rendering so that the GPUs can function to their full capabilities
• Made improvements to address the issue of FPS severely dropping when in the vicinity of Yasnaya, Polyana & Georgopol
• Rendering performance on PCs with minimum system requirements has been improved
• Graphic performance and quality on PCs with minimum system requirements has been improved

Server Performance Improvements

• Performance improvements have been made with relation to the items spawned in the world

Content Updates

• Added Vector SMG. A very powerful SMG most appropriate for short to mid-range combat that is spawned in the world
• Added Motorbike w/ sidecar. A sidecar-less version will be added in a future update
• Added a 2X Aimpoint scope
• Added a Ballistic Mask
• Added 3 new color variations for the Dacia
• Added the crossbow back into the game

World

• Adjusted the density of environmental elements to be identical across all graphic options
• Adjusted object placement to address issues of characters getting stuck
• Adjusted placement of trees that were spawning inside houses or above the terrain
• Adjusted the frequency of thunder sound effects

UI

• Revised certain system messages and item descriptions.
• Added descriptions for attachments
• The dead team-mate icon will now disappear after a certain time and distance when in team modes
• Map markers are now visible to all teammates
• Names of teammates now appear on the world map

Gameplay

• You are now able to move sideways and backwards in the REVIVE state
• The REVIVE timer will no longer decrease when a team mate is attempting to revive you
• When attempting to revive a team mate, the reviving timer icon will now also be visible to the player being revived
• Adjusted the character position slightly when in the REVIVE state
• Made improvements to address the issue of characters shaking while being spectated
• You are now able to open the world map when spectating
• You can now view the casting bar when the teammate you are spectating uses heal and/or boost items
• You can no longer use heal and/or boost items when in water

Action/Gunplay

• Adjusted the overall balance on all attachments
• Adjusted the overall balance on Assault Rifles
• We will continue to balance all weapons and attachments throughout Early Access
• Fixed the issue that caused cars to temporarily stop when their tires get shot out
• You can now sprint when in the crouch stance
• Fixed the issue of “Armed/Unarmed” state not being applied when there are delays in the server network
• The blood hit effect size now varies according to the weapon caliber
• You can now move when in aiming and/or scoping in the prone state
• Fixed an issue with the sitting position of the character in the back-right seat of the UAZ
• Fixed an issue with the position of the left hand when reloading the AWM
• Fixed an issue where aiming from vehicles was not accurate
• The positions of bullet hits are now the same for both yourself and the others
• Fixed an issue that caused the hit box for the head to be slightly larger than the actual head
• Adjusted the ragdoll physics for dead characters to be more natural
• Fixed an issue that caused the character to use the wrong aim offset when using the freelook function while holding a grenade
• Fixed an issue that caused the landing-from-a-high-altitude motion to seem awkward when holding a pistol
• Improved the quality of zoomed-in scope views
• Bolt actions are now triggered even after the final shot has been fired, so that you can starti re-firing as soon as reload is complete
• Added swimming animations to go upwards and downwards
• Fixed an issue that caused the reticle to appear even when in situations where you are not able to shoot
• Your character now uses a different animation when in crouch stance while holding a melee weapon
• Made improvements to the reload animations for the M249
• Made improvements to the reload animations for the P1911
• The muzzle flash is now brighter than before and is now visible from a longer distance

Sound

• There are now sound effect differences for supersonic and non-supersonic bullet speeds
• Made adjustments so that the sound of the bullet flying through air doesn’t play when shots are fired from a short distance from your character
• You can now figure out what floor the opponents are at just by listening to their footsteps
• Adjusted the firing sound of the SKS in mid to long range combat
• Adjusted the volume of the footsteps

Miscellaneous

• Opened a test server to better manage content and secure stability for live environment updates
• Additional in-game texts have been localized

Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused some buildings to not be visible at long distance
• Fixed a bug that caused a knocked out player to be ejected in front of a vehicle. If knocked out in a vehicle, you will now be ejected to the side
• Fixed a bug that caused weapons to clip through walls
• Fixed a bug that caused the icons for certain “pants” items to not appear correctly
• Fixed a bug that caused the PLAYERUNKNOWN shoes to not render properly
• Fixed a bug that caused the hit effects to play at random
• Fixed a bug that caused bald characters to have hair
• Fixed a bug that caused disconnects after 5 minutes into a match