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PLAYERUNKNOWNS BATTLEGROUNDS Early Access Thread: This Is Battle Royale

Heh. Saw a guy looting someone right next to a car. I started taking shots. He hid inside a building. I stole his car and drove more towards the center :)

Later, there were 6 people left all in a pretty small circle. Even then, it's hard to see people. I was chilling out in a small building with a window. I see a guy running away from me. Before I can even take a shot, I'm headshot through the window by someone different that I couldn't even see.

Sucks that I only had a holographic scope at best. Seems people who get sniper scopes can do a lot better in the end-game.

Still, super fun and tense there towards the end.
 

Hybris

Member
Heh. Saw a guy looting someone right next to a car. I started taking shots. He hid inside a building. I stole his car and drove more towards the center :)

Later, there were 6 people left all in a pretty small circle. Even then, it's hard to see people. I was chilling out in a small building with a window. I see a guy running away from me. Before I can even take a shot, I'm headshot through the window by someone different that I couldn't even see.

Sucks that I only had a holographic scope at best. Seems people who get sniper scopes can do a lot better in the end-game.

Still, super fun and tense there towards the end.

Yeah scopes are key as the game goes on. Best way to get them is to kill other players and hope they looted one since they are fairly rare.
 

Venfayth

Member
My advice is learn how to use a red dot/holo effectively out to 100m or 150m. Using 4x at that range is rough. It's super beneficial to always have a close range sight equipped unless you know you need to snipe someone, because being able to ADS at hostiles who surprise you is really important. There's nothing worse than trying to ADS at someone and realizing you have a 4x or 8x equipped, and then dying before you can get out of ADS, and holding right click to aim over the shoulder is super innacurate.
 

Sturtiebe

Member
Hi

I have a problem with my game.

I installed the game but i can not start the game.

He is 5 sec active in steam but he don't start up.

First he want to install directx then its ok. Then my game go active on steam but nothing is happening.

Afther 5 seconds he close the game again.

Anyone can help me?
 

Hybris

Member
Hi

I have a problem with my game.

I installed the game but i can not start the game.

He is 5 sec active in steam but he don't start up.

First he want to install directx then its ok. Then my game go active on steam but nothing is happening.

Afther 5 seconds he close the game again.

Anyone can help me?

Check your task manager and make sure it's not stuck open in the background. If it is, kill it and try again, or restart your pc and try again.
 

Hybris

Member
5 sec is the game active. And he close automatic

Maybe try verify integrity of game cache in steam? Should be somewhere in the right click > properties menu for the game. Outside of that, maybe try the steam forums for any people with similar issues. I haven't had this happen to me.
 

Sturtiebe

Member
Maybe try verify integrity of game cache in steam? Should be somewhere in the right click > properties menu for the game. Outside of that, maybe try the steam forums for any people with similar issues. I haven't had this happen to me.

NOP i think my directx wont install on windows 10 :s
 

Lifeline

Member
Wish there was an unstuck button. Got stuck in the stairwell in the tower near the military base :/


I tried to go under a cut fence, it looked like there was enough space for me to go through if I crouched, but ended up getting stuck.

A unstuck button that would just push you out would be nice.
 

Beaulieu

Member
Hi

I have a problem with my game.

I installed the game but i can not start the game.

He is 5 sec active in steam but he don't start up.

First he want to install directx then its ok. Then my game go active on steam but nothing is happening.

Afther 5 seconds he close the game again.

Anyone can help me?

I had that happened once, I couldnt find the problem
2 hours later I tried again and it was working properly
 

Mr Swine

Banned
I just wanna say your post was hilariously incomprehensible before you edited out all the typos LOL

Haha I know, had Swedish language on my keyboard and noticed it after I posted a reply

I tried to go under a cut fence, it looked like there was enough space for me to go through if I crouched, but ended up getting stuck.

A unstuck button that would just push you out would be nice.

Yeah, just something so you can get out of there. Really hope they add the vaulting soon, maybe that will fix some of the problems of getting stuck
 

HowZatOZ

Banned
Yeah, just something so you can get out of there. Really hope they add the vaulting soon, maybe that will fix some of the problems of getting stuck
I feel if vaulting is coming it will.be the end of this month and be the prime example of their new patching methods. Announce it's coming to the test server at GamesCom next week with maybe a map or new weapons. I feel like that's why we got that new tease of the vaulting WiP then a day after the new patching methods.

Or I'm completely wrong and it'll be next month's big update. Who knows really.
 

Vee_One

Member
Bought a GTX1070 yesterday and got my second chicken dinner. Playing at 1440p, 60fps. I think the extra detail really helps, especially towards the end where everyone is in the grass.
 

SlickVic

Member
I managed to get my 1st "1st kill" today. It's not much of a feat, but I'm still proud.

That reminds me of the very first time I played the game I got into a house with another person. Neither of us had weapons so naturally we started punching one another, but I noticed he kept jumping up to punch me. I couldn't understand why he was doing that (thought it was some trick to make him harder to hit), but then a few seconds later I died, and the game gave a notification that I died from a headshot via punch. I haven't gotten into a scenario like that since, but I hope to have my "one punch man" moment one of these days.
 

Grassy

Member
I'm starting to get more high kill games, it feels really good. I'm also getting much better with sniper rifles. There's nothing more satisfying than getting a bunch of snipe kills, especially if you manage to snag an M24 or AWM.

I have the worst luck in regards to those two weapons. Whenever I get a crate with an AWM, there's 3 players shooting at me and I'm lucky to get one shot off. I got a crate yesterday with an M24 and ghillie suit, but no ammo or scope and all I had was a red dot. FML.

Has anyone ever ran into hits not registering at all?

I just played a game and it was down to the high teens left. Some guy came up on where I was on a motorcycle and got off right in front of me. I had an M4 and put about 6 shots into him. None of them registered, no blood spatter, nothing. He got back on his bike and took off.

A few minutes later, I found a guy who moved right in front of me. Again, put about 6-10 shots into him, no hits registered at all. He turned around and killed me.. It was fairly close range and I had a red dot sight, I'm sure I didn't miss.

This game can be so good, but so janky sometimes, it's incredibly frustrating. There's absolutely no chance that I didn't hit either of those guys. I had the jump, they were close range, my sights right on them. Nothing.

My advice is record that stuff and watch it back. Times I've thought I clearly hit someone, watching it back in slo-mo shows my aim was slightly off and I sprayed too much or whatever. The start of rounds is where I see the most BS involving jank and hits not registering, but that's mostly lag-related.
 
Man I really hate the Pubg discord. I was in a game with a squad I wasnt doing so hot and the people calling me a bunch of hateful remarks. When I talked to a moderator they said present proof.

I sware that discord is being filled with white nationalist and the mods wont do crap.
 

aeolist

Banned
i don't understand how it's possible to win at this game

i've seen streamers do it, i have friends who have done it, obviously there's a winner in every match i've played

but i still just can't fathom it
 

Blizzard

Banned
i don't understand how it's possible to win at this game

i've seen streamers do it, i have friends who have done it, obviously there's a winner in every match i've played

but i still just can't fathom it
Heck, I have a hard time even seeing anyone before I'm dead, let alone killing them. It's amazing how quickly some people spot stuff.

I know i'm at a hearing disadvantage though since I have to either play basically silent, or use the Realtek audio equalization to avoid going deaf / getting tinnitus from the gun sounds.
 

Afrodium

Banned
Man I really hate the Pubg discord. I was in a game with a squad I wasnt doing so hot and the people calling me a bunch of hateful remarks. When I talked to a moderator they said present proof.

I sware that discord is being filled with white nationalist and the mods wont do crap.

Get on GAF PUBG Discord
 

Hybris

Member
Man I really hate the Pubg discord. I was in a game with a squad I wasnt doing so hot and the people calling me a bunch of hateful remarks. When I talked to a moderator they said present proof.

I sware that discord is being filled with white nationalist and the mods wont do crap.

Yeah... unfortunately that's how most of the huge game communities are, especially games that streamers are playing. Twitch chat and reddit attract some real scumbags.
 

Venfayth

Member
Another squad win!

win.png

GGs dudes.

We had free loot of power plant, drove to yasnaya, ran over some people on the way to pochinki for the win. Sadly phaenos died, but his heroic efforts were vindicated.
 
Another squad win!



GGs dudes.

We had free loot of power plant, drove to yasnaya, ran over some people on the way to pochinki for the win. Sadly phaenos died, but his heroic efforts were vindicated.

Nice. I love getting loot of the power plant. I had a game last week where me and a squad landed at the Power Plant and we got super lucky with the RNG circle where we stayed there the entire game almost.
 
Fuck this game!

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Narrowly escaped a guy stalking me down. Almost had me. Ducked behind a rock to heal, then peaked my head over it to kill him. Then had a 3 headshot kill streak. 2 people left. Play area restricted to a tiny circle. I guess the first guy that moves loses and I should have stayed put. But I started running and boom... headshot out of nowhere. Should have just tried to outheal the final blue circle damage with my tons of medkits and bandages :(
 

aeolist

Banned
pray to RNG for a circle that will give you the advantage.

doesn't matter.

probably 90% of the games i play end when i get killed in about 2 seconds from someone i never see. i know it's a person killing me but it basically just feels like an arbitrary crash and restart.

i've never had this problem in a shooter before but it's almost impossible for me to understand where people are.
 
doesn't matter.

probably 90% of the games i play end when i get killed in about 2 seconds from someone i never see. i know it's a person killing me but it basically just feels like an arbitrary crash and restart.

i've never had this problem in a shooter before but it's almost impossible for me to understand where people are.

Even if the play area is like 50 meters wide in a completely flat parking lot with 2 players left, you'll still get killed by someone you don't see.

Very rarely does skill in shooting win you the game. More like... survival instincts and strategy. Good gear will eventually help of course, but usually when I die it's because I've made some errors in judgement.
 

Armaly

Member
Can I get a second opinion on this? Did the shotgun blast go through him and hit the pan on his back?

Edit: Prob the dacia behind me? Trying to figure out why he didn't go down when he didn't have a lvl 3 vest.
 

SlickVic

Member
doesn't matter.

probably 90% of the games i play end when i get killed in about 2 seconds from someone i never see. i know it's a person killing me but it basically just feels like an arbitrary crash and restart.

i've never had this problem in a shooter before but it's almost impossible for me to understand where people are.

Yeah I've felt the same way. It's like you been in the match for a good 10-15 minutes carefully making your way to the circle and out of nowhere, bam, someone shot you to death. It almost feels a bit anticlimactic, especially the longer you've been in that match. It makes me wish the game had some sort of killlcam, if only to provide some closure of how you died.
 

Venfayth

Member
Pellets his hit behind him (against the pan hitbox), combined with a tiny bit of latency it looks like total bullshit.

Also holy shit I'm so glad I play with voice off.
 

Armaly

Member
Pellets his hit behind him (against the pan hitbox), combined with a tiny bit of latency it looks like total bullshit.

Also holy shit I'm so glad I play with voice off.

Nah, voice is great. It let me know he was behind the wall rather than the house.

Edit: But yeah, those shots are def going behind him. :|
 

Grassy

Member
Nah, voice is great. It let me know he was behind the wall rather than the house.

Edit: But yeah, those shots are def going behind him. :|

This is the frame just before you fired. Your shot missed because the centre dot of the reticule wasn't actually on the target. It's stupid I know as a shotgun should theoretically have spread, but that's how shotguns work in this game.

lllklucsx1.jpg
 

Blizzard

Banned
Speaking of spread, I noticed something with shotguns. If I aim from the hip holding down right click, I see the reticule in one spot. Let's say I center that on a doorway.

Without moving the mouse, if I switch to ironsights, the sights are centered on a slightly different spot. Does this mean the hipfire will shoot in a different direction, or is one the aiming methods misleading?
 

alexbull_uk

Member
Also holy shit I'm so glad I play with voice off.

lol it was worth it on that clip just for the end when the dude dies with "let's have a 1v1 ... awwww".

Speaking of spread, I noticed something with shotguns. If I aim from the hip holding down right click, I see the reticule in one spot. Let's say I center that on a doorway.

Without moving the mouse, if I switch to ironsights, the sights are centered on a slightly different spot. Does this mean the hipfire will shoot in a different direction, or is one the aiming methods misleading?

I think that 3rd person is misleading, yeah. Bullets always go straight out of your gun, so in 1st person it's always aligned correctly, but 3rd person it may not be. I saw a picture on reddit that someone made to explain it but I can't find it now.
 
doesn't matter.

probably 90% of the games i play end when i get killed in about 2 seconds from someone i never see. i know it's a person killing me but it basically just feels like an arbitrary crash and restart.

i've never had this problem in a shooter before but it's almost impossible for me to understand where people are.
Oh, it's not just me that's blind? It's why I prefer FPV mode as I always have difficulty spotting that often doesn't seem the case for those shooting at me, so limiting the views possible from third person is only a benefit to me. I mean even when I know the direction the bullets are coming from by the time I gander and squint in the direction I'm still dead before I can identify a person.

It doesn't help that I'm pretty aggressive in playstyle and that footsteps are fairly loud.
 
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