Apex Legends Update v1.20

Apex Legends Update v1.20

Known Issues

Teamwork and Bonus Round badges

• We are working on a server-side patch for these ASAP.

PlayStation sign-in bug for new players

• There is an issue preventing some brand-new players who do not already have an EA Account linked to PSN from signing into Apex Legends. We’re working a fix for this and will push it ASAP. [Affects PlayStation only]

Kings Canyon Updates

• Thunderdome has had some small changes to loot placement, mostly around moving loose loot into bins for more visibility on where the loot is.
• The Pit has about 2x the loot it had previously.
• Repulsor has had loot bins added to the west side of the area, on top of the trapezoid buildings.
• Some loot has been added to the underground pit in the small town in Shattered Forest.
• It is now possible to ping Jump Towers and added voiceover lines will call out Jump Towers when you do.

Quality of Life/Bug Fixes

• Decreased the delay before items show up in the menu when looting a Death Box.
• Mini Map direction will now display correctly while in the ship or skydiving.
• Improved server performance to fix some cases of rubberbanding when using items.
• Removed an exploit that allowed a squad to have more than one of the same Legend.
• Fixed an issue where players might “bounce” off your squad when breaking off during a skydive.
• Improved skydiving to help it feel more responsive and smoother.
• Thermite grenades now cause damage to doors.

Squad summary page improvements:

1. Cursor support added.
2. Players can now mute/report players from this page.
3. Players can now report teammates that have disconnected.

• Caustic barrels can now be disabled by friendly teammates.
• Added ability to fully customize button layout for controllers. [Xbox and PS4 only]
• Added cooldown [.5 seconds] before you can reuse the last zipline you were on.
• Pathfinder’s Grapple now has a blue crosshair indicator that will appear when the Grapple is in range of objects it can connect to.
• When grappling a zipline, the trajectory will now pull players to a point below the zipline rather than above. This makes it so players are more likely to connect with the zipline instead of flying over it.
• Made improvements to how weapon reticles and optics are displayed when playing with colorblind settings.
• Added colorblind support for threat vision scope and Bloodhound’s Ultimate.
• Removed the ability for players to change game settings not intended to be modified on a client level. Our intent is to prevent exploits like removing muzzle flash, disabling lighting, and other changes that give players an unfair competitive advantage.
• We've reverted the behavior of "Holster Weapons" so pressing that button while your melee weapon is out will no longer bring out your last primary weapon.

New pings:

• Players can now select “Enemy Suspected” from the ping wheel.
• Players can now choose “yes” and “no” options from the ping wheel.
• Added ability to fully customize button layout for controllers. [Xbox and PS4 only].

Added localized voiceovers for all Legends in the following languages:

1. French
2. German
3. Spanish
4. Italian
5. Russian
6. Polish
7. Japanese
8. Mandarin

• Fixed an issue where a player is unable to change their Party Privacy option.
• Fixed the extra sway from the G7 crosshair while moving.
• Fixed bug where cloaked Mirage was too noticeable.
• Fixed a rare issue with using consumables while having a Caustic gas canister out.
• Fixed an issue where shield cells and shield batteries would sometimes appear to be permanently stuck to the player.
• Improved frame rate when sun shadow coverage is set to High in video options.
• Fixed issue with the Long Distance Kill badge not displaying the correct max distance.
• Fixed issue with bad frame rate when using Bloodhound’s Ultimate.
• Fixed players being crushed by opening or closing doors when climbing onto a roof just above the door.
• Fixed a crash related to model code.
• Fixed issue where player would crawl very fast in place.
• Fixed some rare cases of players getting stuck in geometry.
• Fixed issue where Octane’s Stim trail would still linger after death.
• Fixed cases where melee lunges could stop too far from their intended target.
• Fixed issue with players not receiving any XP for anything after a match and the Champion Bonus showing as -1XP.
• Fixed an issue where sometimes the audio and visual effects would not play when a weapon fires.
• Lots of minor fixes and polish to game stability and performance.