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Hunt: Showdown 1896
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Crytek · Crytek·-60%$15.99
Feb 7, 2019 · 90mo ago

Update 4.2

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Update 4.2 focuses heavily on CPU/GPU performance optimizations, stability fixes, and minor recoil/fire-rate balancing for the Caldwell Conversion revolvers.

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Buffs5

  • Revolversfanning:Fanning is now more reliable when interrupting and resuming the action.
  • PerformanceGeneral optimizations to reduce CPU load, stutters, and frame drops for a smoother experience.
  • Audio
    • footsteps:Reduced volume of the player's own footsteps to make environmental sounds easier to hear.
    • crows:Fixed a bug where crows were inaudible beyond 100 meters.
  • General BugfixesHUD:Fixed a bug where used/grayed out items were erased upon death, blocking other items.

Bug fixes2

  • Lawson DeltaLawson Delta is back in the random mission pool after fixing a crash that returned players to the main menu.RemovedAdded
  • General Bugfixeschallenges:Fixed issues where indirect damage kills didn't count toward challenges and Tier 2 Hellhound challenges weren't tracked.

Other changes2

  • Performancefusee:Reduced fusee activate time to lower GPU cost.105 minutes
  • MatchmakingAdjusted skill-based matchmaking groups; SBMM is ignored during low CCU to speed up queue times.

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Hunt: Showdown 1896 · Feb 7, 2019

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