Insurgency Sandstorm Console Update 1.12 Patch Notes for PS4

Level Design Improvements & Fixes in Insurgency Sandstorm Console Update

Bab

• Fixed a visual issue where seams could be seen on some walls.
• Addressed a bug where certain dishes weren’t destructible.

Citadel

• Fixed various lighting issues.
• Added a new Frontline layout.
• Addressed a bug where black textures would appear on stairs.
• Fixed a visual issue on the walls of the tunnel.
• Fixed improperly rendering terrain at Insurgents spawn.
• Addressed a bug where a wall texture would render improperly.
• Fixed a hole in the map.

Crossing

• Fixed an invisible wall in the tunnel.
• Fixed improper lighting on various props.
• Fixed shadows improperly rendered on a dresser.
• Addressed a bug where certain rocks had improper collision applied.

Farmhouse

• Fixed various lighting issues.
• Addressed a bug with certain crates not showing bullet impacts.
• Addressed a bug where bricks have glitched textures and appear as completely black.
• Addressed a bug that occurred between certain walls and ceilings when the “High Shadow Quality” setting was selected.
• Fixed a shadow artifact that could be seen between modular wall and flooring meshes.
• Fixed an area that allowed players to go out of bounds.
• Fixed a collision issue on stairs by objective A that could cause players to get stuck in the prone position.
• Addressed a bug where certain vases were unbreakable.

Gap

• Addressed a bug with textures not rendering correctly.
• Addressed a bug where enemy proximity chat could still be audible after death and during spectate mode.
• Addressed a bug where one of the cars had an improperly sized hitbox.
• Fixed a collision issue on objective G.
• Addressed a bug where the hotel windows break after a delay, or break in the wrong window pane.

Hillside

• Addressed a bug where it was possible to go out of bounds.
• Blocked off an area that should be inaccessible.
• Addressed a bug with bots spawning inside certain geometry.
• Addressed a bug with faulty AI checkpointing that prevented them from assaulting objective J.
• Fixed a texture issue where black marks were showing up on a table.

Ministry

• Fixed various lighting issues.

Outskirts

• Fixed various lighting issues.
• Addressed a bug with texture seams.
• Addressed a bug with rubberbanding on stairs near objective A on Push Security.
• Addressed a bug that caused a crash on the loading screen.
• Addressed a bug with clipping blocking a doorway at Security Checkpoint objective C.

Precinct

• Fixed various lighting issues .
• Addressed a bug where players could get underneath the map.
• Addressed a bug where textures would not load in the middle of the map.
• Fixed lighting issue resulting in low visibility of enemies in windows.
• Addressed a bug where the game would crash on the loading screen. after playing a 10×10 Versus game and selecting to play again.
• Addressed a bug with texture clipping.

Powerplant

• Fixed clipping issues in Power Plant that were blocking projectiles.
• Added a new Frontline layout.

Range

• Addressed a bug where the game would crash when loading into the Range.
• Addressed a bug in Range where the player character will slowly raise up in the air against a destroyed wall.

Refinery

• Added a new Survival layout.
• Fixed a collision issue on the large tanks.
• Addressed a bug where players could pixel walk on a window and capture Frontline objective C.

Tell

• Fixed various lighting issues.
• Added a new Frontline layout.
• Added a new Survival layout.
• Addressed a bug with ceiling textures disappearing.
• Addressed a bug with roof textures rendering black.
• Addressed a bug where friendly AI would spawn in the air on Tell Security Frontline.

Tideway

• Added a new Survival layout.
• Addressed a bug where the doorway was blocked by an invisible wall on the building at Insurgents starting spawn.
• Addressed a bug with textures disappearing on the South side of the map.
• Addressed a bug where the game would crash when loading into the night map in Local play.

Modding Improvements

• Added missing VIP assets to the modding tools editor.
• Addressed a bug where the game would crash when unsubscribing from a mod.

Resolved Issues

AI

• Addressed a bug where the AI could get stuck switching between their primary weapon and grenade.
• Addressed a bug where allied AI would not plant explosives in ammunition depots.
• Addressed a bug where AI would sporadically lie down and get up when moving.
• Addressed a bug where AI could be seen jumping in the round end screen.
• Addressed a bug where AI would observe players but not attack them in Survival, most notably in the Rusher’s attempts to have a cuddle with players.
• Addressed a bug where enemy AI would swap to their melee weapon after throwing grenades.
• Addressed a bug where melee AI would not harm players in Survival, reinforcing the Rusher’s belief in pacifism.
• Addressed a bug where AI would not react to or attack players on night maps in Local Play.
• Enemy AI are now briefly blinded by flashlights.

Art & Graphics

• Addressed a bug where players could clip through thin objects when exiting the mounted machine gun on technicals.
• Addressed a bug where severed body parts were still being displayed in-game even when the dismemberment setting was turned off.
• Addressed a bug where the dismemberment setting would reset after relaunching the  game application.
• Addressed a bug where player’s cosmetics would not load properly and would use the placeholder default mesh instead.
• Addressed a bug where bricks have glitched textures and appear as completely black.
• Addressed a bug in spectator mode where the character being watched in third-person will show hands clipping through the car when switching weapons.
• Addressed a bug where scopes are obscured when ADS and the player is checking ammo.
• Addressed a bug where the ready animation while using the Desert Eagle was causing the player’s hands to disappear.
• Fixed some lighting issues when the game’s shadow quality is set to high value.
• Addressed a bug where the Grease Gun was not covered in dirt as intended.
• Addressed a bug where graphics settings set to low could not handle texture streaming as intended.
• Addressed a bug where night vision goggles were not able to be removed from the player character.
• Addressed a bug where the player character was able to stand on invisible platforms adjacent to in-game furniture.
• Addressed a bug where there was a large stone combined with a bicycle seat model.
• Addressed a bug where the Rogue SOF Top was not fitting the character model properly.
• Addressed a bug where previewing unowned cosmetics would add default cosmetics to the player character.
• Addressed a bug where a flat top of the M16A4 would be visible with some optics.
• Addressed a bug where dropped P90 magazines were not rendered when viewed through scopes.
• Fixed multiple issues where vaulting over an obstacle could make the player’s weapon disappear.
• Addressed a bug where shotgun reload animations were absent.
• Addressed a bug where the Upriser Top was displaying in low quality textures.
• Addressed a bug where the Urban Warden Top was clipping with heavy armour.
• Addressed a bug in local play where the ammo pickup animation would play after the full resupply animation.
• Addressed a bug where the M45 Desert Hex skin would turn black under certain lighting conditions.
• Addressed a bug where the Rogue SOF Skull is clipping with the hood material.
• Addressed a bug where the player’s clothing changes after dying.
• Addressed a bug where the M4A1 magazine disappears while speed reloading when an underbarrel launcher is quipped.
• Addressed a bug where the smokescreen will remain in the map after beginning the next round.
• Addressed a bug where the player can get stuck in the front window of a van.
• Addressed a bug where the NVG was displaying in the player’s line of sight while driving or sitting inside the technical truck.
• Addressed a bug where many trees were missing textures.
• Addressed a bug where the Malik and Emmanuel heads were missing textures.
• Addressed a bug where the Vertex Ballistic Mask and Mandible were missing from the Customise menu.
• Addressed a bug where the left hand thumb would move into the weapon’s barrel when resupplying.
• Addressed a bug where the reticle was not displaying when switching optics.
• Addressed a bug where textures would disappear on some 6x-3x optics when ADS.
• Addressed a bug in Spectator mode where the reload animation would run in an endless loop.
• Addressed a bug with the Commander class where holding the binoculars would play the wrong animation.
• Addressed a bug where some weapons and optics textures would overlap with each other and flicker.
• Addressed a bug where dismemberment was not working correctly on consoles.*
• Addressed a bug where spawning ragdoll was not working correctly on consoles.*
• Addressed a bug where bullet hole decals were not appearing for console players.*

Audio / VO

• Fixed an audio quality issue related to suicide bomber explosions.
• Addressed a bug where the Fire Support VO would behave erratically when called in while Minigun Support was still active.
• Addressed a bug where soundscapes were not loading up at respawn or late join.
• Addressed a bug where the burning rag sound was missing when using the Molotov.
• Addressed a bug where the crawling sound would not be heard if the other player was behind them.
• Fixed multiple issues where the character VO would not replay after selection.
• Addressed a bug where changes to the audio settings “voice transmit volume” and “mute VoIP radio beep” would not apply.
• Addressed a bug where the audio would become distorted in the end of round screen.

Crashes/ Optimisation

• Fixed a crash that occurred during the Basic Tutorial.
• Fixed an “unhandled exception” client crash.
• Addressed a bug where the game would crash while loading.
• Addressed a bug where frame rates would drop when selecting cosmetic categories with multiple items in the list in the Customization menu.
• Fixed a memory crash caused when the player transitions to a new map without exiting to the Main menu.
• Addressed a bug where the game would crash upon launch.
• Addressed a bug where the game would crash if the player changed language while in a community server.
• Addressed a bug where the game would crash upon joining a community server.
• Fixed a crash that could occur after accepting an invite to a party that is currently in a match.
• Addressed a bug where the game would crash when joining a game from the Xbox dashboard with two or more members in a player’s party.
• Addressed a bug where the game would crash while completing the ‘Run & Slide’ portion of basic training.
• Addressed a bug with the improper level of detail rendering when aiming down sights after loading into a match.
• Addressed a bug where the game would crash after switching maps after replaying a map four or more times.
• Addressed a bug where the game would crash upon swapping maps in local play.
• Addressed a bug where frame rates would drop in the Customization menu when selecting the Insurgents facewear cosmetic items.

Epic Games Store

• Addressed a bug where community servers were not visible for Epic Games Store users.
• Addressed a bug where the Midnight Blue weapon skin did not appear for EGS players in the in-game store.
• Addressed a bug where the ‘Show owned’ and ‘Hide owned’ store buttons in the EGS were swapped in effect.
• Addressed a bug where certain party and menu functions would not work as intended if the account is unlinked from EGS.
• Addressed a bug for EGS players where the player was not prompted to link Epic and Insurgency accounts.
• Added five missing achievements to EGS.
• Addressed a bug where the option to link Steam and EGS accounts was not shown on the Main menu.
• Reduced occurrences of EAC kicking players in the case the player did not confirm the account linking between EGS and Steam.
• Addressed a bug where earned achievements were not showing correctly in the EGS overlay.

Gameplay

• Addressed a bug where vaulting caused the player’s weapon to disappear.
• Addressed a bug where explosions were being blocked by props.
• Addressed a bug where reloading a single loaded weapon could cause the weapon to go into an idle state in which the player could not shoot the weapon for a short duration.
• Increased damage & damage radius of ammunition depot explosion.
• Fixed intensity of IR flashlight on various weapons to make targets visible with night vision goggles.
• Addressed a bug where controller deadzone settings were not saved on restart if below 0.1500.
• Addressed a bug with the Alpha AK, replaced magazine with Steel 7.62×39 magazines allowing players to scavenge ammunition from AKMs – cosmetic weapon DLC will still use 7.62×39 polymer magazines.
• Addressed a bug where cooking an incendiary grenade caused it to disappear immediately.
• Addressed a bug where players would be kicked from a matchmaking session after 10 seconds.
• Addressed a bug where players would only receive 100 credits after levelling up multiple times in a single game.
• Addressed a bug where players would swap weapons when zooming in and out of the tactical map.
• Addressed a bug where breakable items would not sync properly between players when broken with a melee weapon.
• Addressed a bug where players could exploit engine access to see through smoke grenade effects.
• Addressed a bug with Flashlight visibility through magnified non-night vision optics.
• Addressed a bug with top-mounted laser sights clipping with night vision scopes.
• Addressed a bug where friendly UI markers were incorrectly tracked when using a magnified optic and point shooting mode.
• Addressed a bug where the “changing loadout” lesson would not display in the tutorial.
• Addressed a bug where players would respawn and fall infinitely after killing themselves with a grenade in Basic Training, possibly as karmic retribution.
• Addressed a bug where the gas mask could not be equipped/unequipped when holding a grenade in hand.
• Addressed a bug where the melee weapon was not equipped by default in any class.
• Addressed a bug where credits were not awarded after completing basic training.
• Addressed a bug where pressing ‘Up’ on a controller would return to the Observer class after previously selecting it.
• Addressed a bug where players in a party would have the Friend Colour and not the Party Colour.

Localisation

• Addressed a bug where frame rates would drop when selecting the Thai language in the Settings menu.
• Addressed a bug where achievements in the Stats menu were not localised.
• Addressed a bug where a preset is not deleted if its name is renamed using language other than the title’s language.

Performance Improvements

• Addressed a bug where the frame rate would drop during the Loadout menu.
• Addressed a bug where performance was impacted by bots using smoke grenades.
• Addressed a bug where performance was Impacted when observing replays of night maps.

Replay System

• Addressed a bug where the “A” button on Xbox controllers would not resume replay.
• Addressed a bug where there could be too many objective icons on the minimap during replay.
• Addressed a bug where quickly switching between characters in replay mode would cause some cosmetics to show in the wrong placement.
• Addressed a bug where rewinding a replay would not despawn decals.
• Addressed a bug with replays where the “watch” button on the History tab was unresponsive.
• Addressed a bug where some controller buttons were bound to multiple functions by default.

UI / UX

• Addressed a bug where skins from the “Assault DLC pack” were missing descriptions.
• Addressed a bug where the True Grit skin for the G36K had the wrong description.
• Fixed missing entries in several descriptions of attachments for QTS-11.
• Addressed a bug where players could be left stuck on the overview menu after loading into a match.
• Addressed a bug where closing the scoreboard after right clicking a player’s tab would cause the player’s menu to disappear.
• Addressed a bug where creating a loadout preset with a controller would swap focus to mouse and keyboard, requiring players to click on the screen in order to continue using their controller.
• Addressed a bug with inconsistent behaviour when pressing the ‘escape’ key in various menus.
• Addressed a bug where expired or unavailable replays still had the ‘Watch’ button enabled.
• Addressed a bug where the customise screen background would jitter when switching between the Loadout and Inventory tabs.
• Improved visibility when aiming down sights using a currently disabled toggleable optic.
• Addressed a bug where players could equip torso cosmetics for the opposite faction in the customization screen.
• Addressed a bug where players using a controller could not equip their gas mask while holding a knife.
• Addressed a bug where the main menu would display default characters rather than player presets.
• Addressed a bug where no game modes would be selected in the filter upon opening the ‘Community servers’ tab.
• Addressed a bug where the chamber slot in the Loadout menu could not be navigated to using the controller.
• Addressed a bug where players could not preview character presets before selecting them at the beginning of a game.
• Addressed a bug where the explosives selection for the Demolitions class would scroll back to the top after passing over items the player does not have enough supply points to afford.
• Addressed a bug where game hints would show “Unbound” on the loading screen.
• Removed the “Select” button that had no functionality in the Inventory screen.
• Addressed a bug where players could not return to first-person view after swapping to third-person view in spectator.
• Addressed a bug where the ability to interact with the party tab would disappear after interacting with various menu options.
• Addressed a bug where players were unable to navigate the customise appearance tab after game launch.
• Addressed a bug where new accounts would not be able to sprint or melee attack.
• Addressed a bug where the main menu character preview would blend factions after signing in with a second account.
• Addressed a bug where preview windows for the “Two-Tone weapon skin set” would not load images after purchase.
• Addressed a bug where the rewards window would not appear upon the completion of a match.
• Addressed a bug where sections would overlap in the Lessons menu.
• Addressed a bug where players would be briefly locked in place after resupplying.
• Addressed a bug where players could not select their secondary weapon after swapping from a grenade to their melee weapon.
• Addressed a bug where the reward window for unlocking Sporty and Big Spender outfits would not appear.
• Addressed a bug where launching a local play game with no options selected would load into a black screen.
• Addressed a bug where players could zoom in too much on the tactical map, resulting in it being blurry and unreadable.
• Addressed a bug where players would search for games infinitely if a guest is added after the search was initiated.
• Addressed a bug where the death camera would remain in position rather than cycling to teammates if the scoreboard was open.
• Addressed a bug where the “exit game” prompt was visible on the static loading screen.
• Addressed a bug where the player’s profile picture would disappear after creating a party while the Lessons menu was open.
• Fixed various issues relating to navigating the credits.
• Addressed a bug where the “confirm” window would remain indefinitely after changing language while in-game.
• Addressed a bug where the report creation screen would remain until the end of the game if the player lost a round while it was open.
• Addressed a bug where player avatar image would not load after joining a game.

Miscellaneous

• Addressed a bug where a player in a party would be unable to reconnect to a server after logging out of it.
• Addressed a bug where if a weapon was removed from a loadout and then replaced with the same weapon the model wouldn’t load correctly.
• Addressed a bug where the map loading screen would last longer than 30 seconds.
• Addressed a bug where loadout presets weren’t being uploaded to the cloud.