#dynamic weather

Player Unknown's Battlegrounds has settled into a regular update cadence. Every month there's a new PUBG update and a new set of patch notes to look over, detailing new season details, balance changes and bug fixes. We're picking out the important details and compiling them here.

PUBG update 4.2

PUBG's update 4.2 brings a lot of adjustments and tweaks. Objects that were previously indestructible can now be destroyed, including traffic cones in Mylta. Car engines can now be toggled with "Z" which allows for some interesting silent tactical maneuvers by rolling down slopes with the engine off. There are also dynamic weather effects on Erengal that transitions overcast weather to rain, hail, and fog. A few changes to master volume controls should be helpful as well.

Gameplay

Vehicle Handling Improvements

Improved vehicle handling of the Scooter, Snowmobile, Snowbike and Motorcycle with Sidecar, thus improving overall driving stability. Motorcycle with Sidecar off-road driving control and stability has been greatly improved.

Altered Blue Zone Edge Visual Effect

To improve the gameplay experience, the rolling shimmer effect seen while at the edge of the Blue Zone will no-longer be seen at the center of the screen where the player is aiming.

Improved Visibility of Reticles Against Bright Backgrounds

Visibility of all sight and scope reticles against bright backgrounds (such as Vikendi snowfields) has been slightly improved.

Throwables Friction Adjustment

Adjusted the friction force of throwables to make rolling movement more consistent and predictable.

Smoke Grenades

Friction force has been increased to slow rolling speed and cause them to roll a shorter distance after impacting surfaces.

Stun Grenades & Frag Grenades

Friction force has been decreased to speed up the rolling speed and increase distance they can travel after impacting surfaces.

Vehicle Engine Toggle

Vehicle engines can now be turned off/on by pressing ‘Z’. The engine can be turned off while driving, after gaining momentum and can be used for quiet, tactical maneuvers. Once the engine is off, pressing ‘W’ to accelerate or ‘Z’ will start the engine again. Vehicle engines will automatically be turned off if the vehicle stays at a standstill for 8 seconds, or 2 seconds after the driver disembarks.

World

Overcast Weather added to Erangel. When a match starts with overcast weather on Erangel, the weather will change dynamically over the course of the match between overcast, windy, hail, light rain, heavy rain (rain with lightning and thunder), and fog.

Destructible objects on Erangel

Additional destructible pylons and barricades have been added to Erangel. They can be destroyed by vehicles, weapons and explosions, but do provide a limited amount of cover until they are destroyed. Some existing objects which were previously indestructible are now destructible, such as the traffic cones in Mylta.

Vikendi Ambient Noise Adjustment

Volume of Vikendi’s ambient wind noise has been reduced.

Removal of PUBG Esports Signage

As MET Asia Series and PUBG Nations Cup have now concluded, in-game signage across various maps and the starting plane has been removed.

Custom Match

Added Erangel Visual Update option to Custom Matches. Erangel Visual Update will be called “Erangel” and the previous version will be called “Erangel Classic”. All game modes will be playable on both Erangel variants.

Team leaderboard UI seen in observer mode has been changed to allow 4 character team tags (previously 3).

Replay

The replay system has been updated. Replay files from previous updates are now unavailable for use.

Skins & Items

New skins are available at in-game Store once PC Update 4.2 hits live servers.

New BP purchasable items

Vector & SLR BattleStat skins

2 Madsy Shoes

Twitch Broadcaster Royale Group 9 skins

More information will be released via an official announcement for Group 9 of Twitch Broadcaster Royale skins will be released after Update #4.2 arrives on live servers.

Added Regional Esports Baseball Bat skins in celebration of 2019 Phase 3 of PUBG Esports. Added Rabbit Season Set items, which can be found in the Featured Page of the in-game Store.

Videos: Niantic creates YouTube playlist of all its Pokémon GO tips #PokemonGO

Niantic has created a playlist that includes all of its Pokémon GO tips to date. You can access the playlist to watch informative videos about Pokémon GO Raid Battles, visiting Gyms, powering up, catching Pokémon, Dynamic Weather, Field Research, Trading Pokémon, making friends, Trainer Battles and more. To access the official playlist, click here.

https://twitter.com/PokemonGoApp/status/10859901…

Official video: How the Dynamic Weather feature works in #PokemonGO

Pokémon GO developer Niantic has released a brand-new informative video that showcases how the Dynamic Weather feature works in the immensely-popular mobile game. You can check it out below in both English and Japanese, complete with the official video description for more details:

You’ll want to start paying even closer attention…

#PokemonGO developer Niantic wants to know which of the four weather-influenced forms of Castform you've caught

Akin to how Castform is supposed to behave, the adorable little Weather Pokémon has four different forms in Pokémon GO. They are its Normal form, Sunny Form, Rainy Form and Snowy Form – each of which is influenced by the mobile game’s dynamic weather mechanic. If the real weather outside is cloudy, windy or foggy, Castform will be in its Normal form; if the weather is sunny, Castform will be in…

New videos: Japanese weather forecaster Yoshizumi Ishihara promotes Castform's different forms in #PokemonGO

Akin to how Castform is supposed to behave, the adorable little Weather Pokémon has four different forms in Pokémon GO. They are its Normal form, Sunny Form, Rainy Form and Snowy Form – each of which is influenced by the mobile game’s dynamic weather mechanic. If the real weather outside is cloudy, windy or foggy, Castform will be in its Normal form; if the weather is sunny, Castform will be in…