Hyped4 🔜 Paris Games Week

ARC Raiders Update 2.2 has been released! Patch Notes: Patch highlights: • Update 2.2 is live with the Wreck Set and numerous bug fixes • PvE Beta test has wrapped up, share your feedback in the dedicated Discord channel • Survey going out to a sample of players starting October 22nd • Multiple fixes for Grappling Hook, Frigate, Emperor, and Ballistic Gondola • Improved ARC Turbine spawn consistency on several maps • Various animation, audio, stability, and UI improvements Content and Bug Fixes Animation: • Fixed wind animations not playing on the Frigate • Fixed Vault Spring jump animation sometimes failing to play • Fixed Selfie Emotes appearing distorted while moving • Grappling Hook: Fixed weapon animation breaks when swapping immediately after throw • Polished climbing rope swing animations for smoother transitions • Grappling Hook throw animations now follow up/down aim correctly • Smoothed dodge roll animation while attached to prevent visual popping Audio: • Fixed audio when opening and searching loot containers on the Frigate and inside the Emperor • Tuned distance and air absorption for Frigate engine and Frigate Cannon audio • Adjusted blunt damage and debris impact sounds to be louder and scale properly • Fixed missing looting sounds on Transmitter Debris objects • Adjusted Bombardier mortar firing audio to reduce overly loud effects at long distances • Polished Cassio’s and Celeste’s voice lines for improved clarity • Added voice responses for the Cowboy emote • Ballistic Gondola: Fixed engine audio dropouts during takeoff • Extended takeoff preparation sound to prevent cutting off with multiple players • Added distant variations of boarding and takeoff alarms • Polished door interaction sounds and fixed double door open sound ARC: • Fixed certain ARC being more accurate than intended against sliding players • Fixed Hydra's weapons not spreading to different targets as often as intended (increased base damage to compensate; also improved close-range targeting) • ARC will now react to Gondola Transceivers being interacted with Gameplay: • Frigate: Fixed players being ejected from cargo while falling • Fixed instant knockout when riding on the side of a Frigate cargo drop (crushing now only applies at landing or inside) • Fixed riders on Frigate cargo drop being burned during descent (thruster heat now only near landing) • Emperor: Fixed moving platforms becoming out of sync Items: • Fixed Tether Launchers not being repairable in-round • Fixed Geometric Fabric Chair Design blueprint not being granted after consuming it • Grappling Hook: Improved rappelling to the ground • Improved auto-vaulting reliability on steep slopes • Improved swing and rope-climb entry near the ground (climbing continues briefly, velocity preserved, steep slope attachment fixed, unintended landing fixed) Maps: • Increased ARC Turbine spawn consistency in Buried City, Riven Tides, Blue Gate, and Spaceport (now spawn in the overwhelming majority of sessions) • Fixed visual culling on Frigate lighting scenarios • Adjusted map boundaries near the Emperor to prevent clipping out of bounds • Fixed compaction killbox coverage inside the Emperor • Pendola Pass: Fixed collision stuck spot inside Fallen Emperor; slightly increased enemy presence; improved lighting and reflections; fixed Ballistic Gondola navigation; fixed floating objects and clipping; fixed multiple stuck/fall-through spots • Dam Battlegrounds: Removed ARC Turbine spawns from standard sessions and most minor map conditions • Stella Montis: Improved lighting and reflections across time-of-day scenarios Movement: • Jumping off the wall during a Wall Run now requires holding backward to avoid accidental activation • Enabled interactions from wall climbing to transition into ladders and ziplines Performance: • Reduced memory usage from loot spawning systems • Optimized the Frigate entry sequence Quest: • “To the Skies” can now be completed on any map (only need to complete installation in one location) • “Belly of the Beast” optional objective now requires the correct item as described Stability: • Reduced memory usage in Frigate interiors to address rare crashes • Fixed memory issue in the Frigate that could lead to crashes UI: • Polished Main Menu lighting and reflections • Removed the Expedition Vault tab and related offer • Fixed focus loss when navigating the quest tracker with a gamepad • Fixed old Cred icon showing in character customization for Reward Pass rewards • Feats rebalance: Added new Feats, removed some existing ones, and rebalanced others • Outpost: Fixed Workshop screen appearing broken if basic workbench was in the last slot • Raider is now hidden when inspecting/decorating furniture or viewing Generator screen • Inspect/Decorate camera now requires holding left mouse button; right mouse no longer adjusts pitch • Fixed camera fading to black when orbiting near walls • Skill Tree: Node tooltips now show remaining skill levels • Changed “Add Skill Point” wording to “Spend Point” • Weapon Amplification: “Ascend” button now reads “Amplify” VFX: • Fixed Aphelion’s beam effect appearing cut off • Improved explosion impact marks with higher-resolution visuals • Fixed smoke from firing a weapon disappearing under certain circumstances Known Issues: • The Raider Tool has the default skin even when other skins are equipped • Extracting with partial progress of ‘To The Skies’ quest may result in an inability to complete it • ‘When Everything Falls’ some quest objectives (e.g. “Photograph Port A”) may not complete for some players • In some instances, losing or selling quest items (e.g. Equatorial Sundial for ‘Clean Hands’) prevents quest completion • Players can still die after entering the Ballistic Gondola if downed and very close to being knocked out • Some XBOX players may experience instability or crashes • The Grapple Hook can, in rare instances, cause the player to be thrown upwards at high speed • The Grapple Hook cannot be thrown while inside the Matriarch’s shield • ARC Reclaimers can occasionally fail to dock on the appropriate spot on the Frigate

Embark said their biggest challenge while making The Frigate was conveying its massive scale through sound without drowning out everything else Interesting that Embark isn't revealing much about The Frigate 🤔