Killing Floor 3 New Update 2.004 for Version 1.0.0.6 Gives Players Free Creds Along With Matchmaking Improvements
Tripwire Interactive has deployed a new patch for Killing Floor 3, which the studio labels as patch 1.0.0.6. This includes matchmaking improvements, performance optimizations, and additional enhancements.
Not only that, but players will also get free Creds as a sign of appreciation for the performance woes players have been experiencing as part of today’s Killing Floor 3 update 2.004 (ver. 02.004.000) for consoles and PC.
The developers have also shared what’s in store for players in the next patch, known as Hotfix 3.
Killing Floor 3’s New Update Gives All Players Free Creds via Patch 2.004
Free Creds for Item Shop
- To show our appreciation for your patience as we release these hotfixes for a more stable experience, we are granting all players a free 500 Creds. These will be added to your accounts upon logging in after this update.
Bug Fixes
- Performance Optimization
- Improved performance related to masked materials on foliage.
- Optimized framerate spikes related to Siren Scream Shockwaves.
- Matchmaking
- Resolved issues where players would get stuck indefinitely searching for a match. If players still encounter this, please let us know via our investigation thread here so we can dive into any remaining cases: https://forums.tripwireinteractive….ite-matchmaking-investigation-thread.2343253/
- Dedicated South African servers have been added to improve latency in the region.
- Improved matchmaking prioritization to better select regional servers based on player connection location.
- Note: We are continuing to investigate solutions for client-to-game server connection latency issues, even when connected to the appropriate local region data center.
- Addressed errors on servers in which clients remain connected to inactive server sessions.
- Addressed server stability issues that don’t recover cleanly after termination.
- Gameplay & UI
- Corrected an issue where Impaler attack VFX would improperly replicate and play infinitely when parties split across the map.
- Visuals
- Continued to improve the visual behavior of shadows incorrectly rendering on large Zeds.
- Fixed visual issues with Zeds affected by the Enfeeble incapacitation.
Even with this available now, the studio is already working on Hotfix 3, though there’s no release date announced yet.
Killing Floor 3 Upcoming Hotfix 3 Preview
- Overall Performance & Stability
- UI Performance Improvements
- VFX Performance Improvements
- Improve performance for when Medic bag(s) are on screen
- Improving client stability, with a focus around certain hardware combinations
- Optimization to network traffic to reduce cases where players experience latency issues, even when connected to the appropriate local region data center.
- Fix for players ending up in a seemingly de-synced state from the server with jittery movement even when connected to the appropriate local region data center.
- Performance spikes
- Performance Improvements for in-game resource load
- Reduce memory footprint on splatter maps
- Improve framerate spikes caused by blood splatter.
- Matchmaking Issues including:
- Improve handling of players and servers that would end up in a “bad state” which would result in players being unable to matchmake
- And other critical issues & Improvements such as:
- Saving player data more often so impact of leaving a match early is minimized
- A fix for dead headless Zeds that would show up when players Joined In Progress
- Fix for holding sprint and running will not resume sprinting if you ADS and shoot a few rounds
- Fix for more than 6 players being put into a game
- Fix for explosive rounds sometimes not working on clots and cysts
- Fix for ammo being consumed from the reserve instead of the primary magazine
- Fix for gameplay inputs breaking (especially around throw dosh and melee gameplay – We are looking for help finding good replications of these events)
- Improvements for medic darts tracking to the intended healing target
- Fix for not being able to load profile or into a match when a player has crafted a certain amount of mods and saved custom weapons
- Fix daily objectives not completing for some players
- Perk Skill Menu soft locking under some conditions
- Defaulting Frame Cap to Unlimited (Players will need to manually change or reset to default if they have previously played the game)
Once Tripwire releases this patch, we’ll be sure to let our readers know, and chances are, that’s not the complete changelog as well.
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