As we all know, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has officially made its way out of Early Access on Steam. With the arrival of the full game, many wondered just how well it would perform after leaving its beta-like state. While it has had a few hiccups, overall, it seems to be chugging along just fine. That being said, the first PUBG update to arrive post-Early Access is now live.

Appropriately titled “Update #1,” the arrival of changes so soon after launch only shows the development team’s commitment to providing players with the best experience possible. They’ve also offered an apology for the lag many have reported, but state that they are working hard on a solution. This time around, they’ve performed some server optimization to help, but the road ahead is filled with much more than this initial PUBG update. Without further adieu, on with the notes:

“Before we dive into the patch notes, we would like to sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused by the intermittent lag and character position readjustment issues our players are experiencing during matches. Creating a smooth playing environment to allow our players to fully enjoy Battle Royale was one of our top priorities for PC 1.0 launch. However, a multitude of causes have triggered the in-game lag issue to become worse or happen more frequently in the last few weeks. In the process, we were not able to implement the measures to visibly address the issue more quickly.

Contrary to most expectations, there is a combination of causes that lead to the in-game lag and character position readjustment issues. The issues cannot be attributed to one or two causes and have stemmed from a combination of different factors which is why we need to continuously work on resolving and investigating the problem. We upgraded our game engine to the latest version and made changes to the game when we added new content. The problem resulted from these changes as well as several other causes.

In this patch, we have removed some inefficiencies in server infrastructure and optimized in-game servers to alleviate the problem. More specifically, we made adjustments to reduce the bottleneck during the game server launch phase and also resolved some server hitch issues.

Resolving the intermittent lag and character position readjustment issues are still one of our top priorities, and we are continuing to work on analyzing and fixing any remaining issues every day. After today’s update, we will be running some internal tests and deploying more updates to gradually mitigate the problem. We are currently examining several measures including server optimization and server logic modification to address the multitude of causes. On top of this, we will continue our efforts to further investigate remaining causes.

We will keep you updated on our progress going forward. We would like to apologize again for the inconvenience and we will continue to do our best to resolve the issues.

Please find the notes for the today’s patch below.

• Changed the map selection ratio to be equal for Erangel and Miramar.

• Adjusted replay system so that players can only view game replays from 3 minutes after death.
  • This is to prevent sharing opponent’s positions to surviving teammates immediately after death.

• Fixed the issue where some buildings and objects were not marked on the Miramar world map.
• Reduced occurrences of the issue where replays occasionally crashed back to the lobby screen.
  • On restarting a replay, it will continue where last viewed.
• Fixed the issue where the beginning of the Death Cam and replay was missing.
• Fixed the issue where players couldn’t earn BP.
  • We will update with a compensation plan soon.
• Fixed the issue where players could die unexpectedly from fall damage.
• Fixed the issue where bullets couldn’t penetrate particular fences from both sides.”

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is currently available on PC and Xbox One, with the latter having only just kicked things off in Preview mode, not unlike the PC version did all those months ago. Do you think the first PUBG update is a good start, or is there a mountain of work ahead? Sound off in the comments section below, and be sure to follow DFTG on Twitter for live gaming and entertainment news 24/7! For more gaming goodness, check out the following:

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