As promised, Fortnite’s v5.30 patch, which was delayed earlier this week, is now obtainable to obtain.
Patch v5.30’s launch is preceded by a couple of minutes of Fortnite server downtime on all platforms. The patch’s largest new addition, the Rift-To-Go, was teased on this week’s retailer replace.
The Rift-To-Go permits gamers to create their very own rift at any second, excellent for escaping a chase. Throwing it makes the participant disappear, earlier than reappearing within the sky. You’ll have to keep away from getting shot whereas gliding again down, although.
Patch v5.30 additionally brings a brand new limited-time mode (LTM) to the game referred to as Score Royale. In Score Royale, gamers have to be the primary to achieve the excessive rating threshold to win. To rating factors, you’ll have to get rid of different gamers, open loot containers – however extra importantly, accumulate cash.
There are totally different rating targets for the totally different modes (solos, duos, squads), however virtually something you do – together with utilizing an apple or mushroom – will add to your rating. In Score Royale, early game circles are bigger and the storm strikes in additional slowly, however late game storms are quicker.
The well-liked Playground LTM additionally returns, now with extra all-terrain karts (ATK), extra ramps, and new rifts everywhere in the map.
Check under for the total record of Battle Royale adjustments in v5.30:
General
- New Message of the Day format for each Save the World and Battle Royale modes.
- Added keyboard presets to the keyboard enter tab within the settings.
- Now you possibly can rapidly choose both the default keyboard controls (Standard) or the unique (Old School) controls.
Bug fixes
- Fixed a delay when making an attempt to open the highest bar menu instantly after switching to the Store tab.
- Fixed UI bug the place holding down the first button on a Widget, then transferring to a brand new widget, would end result within the present choice disappearing.
- Fixed points with burst-fire weapon native ammo quantity sometimes being displayed incorrectly when equipping or unequipping whereas firing.
- The shader cache now adjusts what number of shader entries are processed every body based mostly on how lengthy it takes to compile every shader. This makes the method quicker when the operating-system or driver has internally cached the shaders on a earlier run.
- Fixed a problem inflicting autorun to instantly flip off after being toggled on.
- Modified the Options display screen in order that participant inputs won’t instantly trigger it to shut throughout gameplay.
- Fixed reticle hit notify picture showing when switching rapidly from a melee weapon to a ranged weapon after inflicting injury.
- Fixed a problem that sometimes allowed weapons to show ammo within the journal if all ammo was dropped whereas reloading.
- Fixed a problem with making an attempt to fireside whereas opening a door, which was inflicting a fireplace animation to play with out the weapon really firing.
- Smoke generated from the destruction of objects is now 50% extra translucent than earlier than, rising visibility shut up.
Battle Royale
Limited-time mode: Score Royale
- Earn factors by amassing cash, opening loot containers and eliminating different gamers. The first to cross the High Score threshold wins the Victory Royale!
- Early game Storm circles are bigger and the Storms transfer in additional slowly, giving gamers extra time to unfold out and seek for loot.
- Late game Storms transfer in quick! Earn sufficient factors for the Victory Royale earlier than they shut in.
-Scoring chart
- Winning Score (Solo) – 2,000
- Winning Score (Duos) – 3,000
- Winning Score (Squads) – 4,500
- Use an Apple or Mushroom – 10
- Open an Ammo Box – 25
- Open a Llama – 50
- Open a Supply Drop – 100
- Eliminate an Enemy – 100
- Open a Treasure Chest – 50
- Find a Bronze Coin – 30
- Find a Silver Coin – 50
- Find a Gold Coin – 100
Limited-time mode: Playground
- Playground has been up to date with a pair dozen new ATK’s obtainable, some extra ramps to leap them off of, and a handful of recent Rifts scattered all through the map. Head to the hilltops and see if yow will discover all of them.
Weapons and objects
Rift-To-Go
- Rift-To-Go is a transportable Rift that may be carried in stock and deployed instantly.
- When activated, you’re teleported into the sky and positioned in skydiving mode.
- The Rift will stay on the location it was deployed for 10 seconds, permitting different gamers to make use of it.
- Epic rarity. Drops in stacks of 1 with a max stack measurement of two.
- Can be present in chests, Vending Machines, Supply Drops and Loot Llamas.
General
- Pump Shotgun equip time has been shortened from 0.96 seconds to 0.88 seconds.
- Double Barrel shotgun now has a selection discount of 15% whereas crouched.
- Clingers will now solely explode when their fuse has expired.
- Clingers will now not explode if the item they’re connected to is destroyed. They might be affected by gravity and fall till they stick to a different object or their fuse expires.
- Impulse Grenade max stack measurement elevated from eight to 9.
- Bouncers now want line of sight of a participant to activate.
Bug fixes
- Damage Traps will now correctly have an effect on enemy gamers who’re inside their vary.
- Remote Explosives now injury the whole lot of their radius that may be destroyed.
Gameplay
- Added the power to make use of Emoticons and Squad Comms whereas knocked down.
- Combat and Builder Pro Configs: Added performance to the appropriate stick click on motion that may cycle obtainable traps if the participant isn’t repairing or rotating a construct piece.
- Added an choice to auto-sort consumable objects to the rightmost empty fast bar slot when picked up.
- Added smoothing to movement controls on platforms that help it.
- Lowered the dead-zone used for aiming on Xbox One controllers.
- Tuned controller enter and accelerations to permit for extra high-quality tuning when aiming.
Bug fixes
- Vehicles will now fall correctly if the construction beneath them is destroyed.
- Characters who crouch and uncrouch will now not trigger visible or hitbox inconsistencies.
- Fixed a problem inflicting Zero injury quantity to be displayed.
- Players affected by community points akin to packet loss are actually restricted in how far they’ll transfer till the connection is steady once more.
- Additionally, fastened some inconsistencies with how far and quick gamers may transfer below these situations.
- The Save the World reward move will now not sometimes seem in Battle Royale.
- When well being and defend injury happen on the similar time, they’ll now be mixed and displayed as a single defend injury quantity.
- Fixed a problem with controller aiming the place the enter was not correctly scaled when aiming down sights or aiming with a scoped weapon.
- This will barely improve sensitivity when aiming down sights or with a scoped weapon.
- Players will now not emote with their pickaxe in hand.
- Fixed problem the place injury would at all times present blue numbers when a participant’s defend quantity would get caught at a worth between Zero and 1.
- Fixed some shrubs and bushes that took extra swings to reap then meant. They will now be destroyed after the meant variety of swings.
- Weapons will now auto reload if they’re geared up and their ammo sort is looted.
- Vending Machines now show the correct prices within the Playground LTM.
Performance
- Fixed some very lengthy hitches seen throughout lengthy game classes attributable to the Replay System.
- Optimized loading of Outfits to cut back disk load in the course of the early game (significantly skydiving). This ought to imply buildings and Outfits load quicker.
- Improved constructing streaming efficiency on Xbox One and Switch. This will assist buildings load in additional rapidly throughout skydiving, lowering the possibilities of touchdown on a low-detail mannequin.
- Improved load instances on Xbox One and Switch.
Audio
- Additional stereo content material has been added to your individual gunfire sounds.
- Laser Chomp tail swing audio adjusted to extra intently match the animation.
Bug fixes
- Emote music now not breaks when enjoying again to again emotes.
- Music now performs correctly when utilizing the Hang Time glider.
- Added a max time for the clock ticking sound that performs previous to the Storm shrinking.
- Prevents Three minutes of this sound from enjoying on the finish of a Playgrounds match.
- Pick Squeak pickaxe now correctly squeaks on each hit.
UI
- Added a show timer and new animation for Item Shop carousel tiles.
Bug fixes
- Health bars for objects with greater than 1000 well being now show correctly.
- Fixed a problem the place you couldn’t use LT/L2 to zoom on the fullscreen map whereas spectating as a result of it might open the report participant window.
- The ATK now shows the correct controls for gamers on a gamepad.
- Fixed a problem the place all buses would show as enemy buses on the starter island.
Art and animation
- Purple trails on Split Wing Glider will now seem correctly.
- Whiteout Outfit now has 100% extra neck.
Replay system
- The digicam will now not get caught following the Battle Bus in replays.
- Shield bar will now correctly replace after a participant is revived.
- Weapon icons on nameplates will now show correctly.
Mobile
- Players should now choose a most popular fireplace mode earlier than continuing to matchmaking.
- A devoted button to powerslide whereas driving has been added to the UI.
- The button for exiting a car will now at all times stay constant.
- Turbo constructing will now not be interrupted by switching construction varieties.
Bug fixes
- Fixed digicam jitter whereas transferring and looking out concurrently.
- Fixed a problem the place settings would seem in-game decrease than meant leading to lacking shadows and decrease picture high quality.
For Save the World-specifc patch notes, head over to Epic’s blog.
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