Following the end of PGI 2018, a major update is soon going to hit PUBG PC test servers in the next 12 hours, introducing several new features and quality of life improvements.

　　The new PUBG PC Update #19 introduces, among other things, performance improvements and limb penetration, a highly requested feature, as well as gameplay tweaks and quality of life improvements.

　　Gameplay

　　Bullet penetration system is now applied to forearms.

　　When bullet hits the forearm of the character, it will penetrate following its ballistic curve. The result will be different depending on whether the forearm is blocking more vulnerable body parts.

　　When a bullet penetrates a forearm and strikes a more vulnerable body part behind it, the greater damage will be applied. In other words, if a player’s forearm takes a bullet while blocking their head, the full headshot damage will be applied. This penetration system works for the head, torso, and waist only.

　　If a bullet penetrates the forearm, but no vulnerable body part is behind it, only the forearm damage will be applied

　　Forearm penetration is disabled for shotguns

　　Bullet penetration is not applied to legs.

　　Hands do not block bullets, as they have no hitbox.

　　When exiting vehicles while pressing the sprint key, sprint now remains engaged. This way you won’t have to release and press the button again to start sprinting.

　　If a teammate disconnects, but is still alive in game, other teammates couldn't see the game reward (result) screen after all other teammates died. Now players can check even if there are disconnected players in their team.

　　If a disconnected teammate reconnects the game, and finishes the game with better result, teammates will receive any additional rewards earned by that player.

　　To prevent abuse, other teammates cannot see the Deathcam until all players, including the disconnected player, have died.

　　Farewell PGI 2018!

　　Loading screen, lobby theme, and lobby music have reverted back to normal.

　　In-game PGI advertisements and team logo graffiti have been removed.

　　UI/UX

　　Dropping items in stacks has been improved.

　　Quantity can now be adjusted using a slider.

　　Alt key + left mouse button immediately drops the full stack.

　　Alt key + right mouse button now drops half the stack.

　　Weapon attachment management when replacing items has been improved.

　　Removed or replaced attachments will now drop onto the floor if there is no room in your inventory.

　　When attaching directly from loot, the replaced attachment will be dropped on the floor if there is no room in your inventory.

　　When replacing an extended magazine with a quickdraw magazine, the extended magazine and overflow ammunition will be dropped on the floor.

　　When detaching an attachment by right-clicking, the attachment will be dropped on the floor if there is no room in your inventory.

　　Pressing Alt while right-clicking a weapon now detaches all attachments on that weapon.

　　Attachments will be sent to the inventory or dropped on the floor if inventory is full.

　　Players may now mute individual teammates.(ESC > Options > Team Management Tab)

　　Colorblind settings have been improved.

　　The following colors now change according to the selected colorblind type.

　　Scope and reticle colors

　　Blood

　　Supply Crate Smoke

　　Markers placed on maps are now numbered, so color is not the only way to distinguish them.

　　You can now place map markers without opening the map.

　　Right-clicking while pressing the Alt key places a marker on the map at the aimed spot.

　　Key bindings for this may be customized in the Options menu.

　　Eliminated teammates can now place markers on the map.

　　Equipped weapons HUD now shows slot numbers for improved readability.

　　Kill feed now displays personal knock-outs.

　　Sharpening option has been added to graphics settings.

　　You may now enhance sharpness independently of post-processing options.

　　Added an option to set a maximum frame rate

　　Maximum lobby FPS: 30 / 60 / Unlimited

　　Maximum in-game FPS: Unlimited + Smooth Off / Unlimited + Smooth On / Display Based / Custom

　　“Smooth” is an Unreal Engine feature that’s explained in more detail in a response posted here.[answers.unrealengine.com]

　　Now you can move your mouse cursor to another monitor when the system menu, world map, or inventory is opened, if you use multi-monitors

　　World

　　YouTube Video: PC 1.0 Update #19: Dynamic Weather

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　　Dynamic weather has been added to Erangel and Miramar.

　　Erangel: Overcast

　　Miramar: Overcast, Sunset

　　Overcast setting includes dynamic weather, and includes rain, fog, etc. during the game.

　　Erangel has received some improvements.

　　Small clusters of houses have been added to some areas of Erangel.

　　More tactical landscapes have been added near the river.

　　Added trees in the open area surrounding the Sosnovka Military Base.

　　Miramar has received some improvements.

　　More dirt roads have been added for better vehicle effectiveness.

　　Certain high-slope sections of roads have been lowered to enhance vehicle effectiveness.

　　Custom Match

　　Additional Custom Match presets have been added.

　　1 Normal Mode Setting: Early Access Setting

　　Lvl 3 Helmets and clothing spawns in world.

　　Item spawns are more scarce.

　　Blue Zone damage is weaker.

　　Jet skis do not spawn.

　　1 Esports Mode: Gamescom Invitational 2017 Setting

　　Same as the Early Access Setting, but without the Red Zone and 1.5x AR spawn.

　　When Overcast weather is selected when hosting a Custom Match, the following dynamic weather settings may be adjusted in the Advanced options.

　　WeatherChange StartTime Min

　　WeatherChange StartTime Max

　　WeatherChange Duration Min

　　WeatherChange Duration Max

　　No Change Weight

　　Change to Rain Weight

　　Change to Fog Weight

　　Custom Match sessions are now listed in order of the number of players joined, instead of time created.

　　When creating eSports mode, redzone option is fixed to ‘off’

　　When you create a custom match, you must fill in the game title to proceed further

　　Performance

　　Improved frame rate by optimizing weapons not currently held in hand.

　　Level streaming has been enhanced to increase performance.

　　Smoke and flames from vehicles have been optimized to improve frame rate.

　　Fixed an issue where frame rate hitches would occur when environment effects were created.

　　Server performance has been improved by adjusting the replication rate.

　　Previously, replication for all visible characters in sight was refreshed every frame. Now, replication rate differs according to distance from the player.

　　Network code has been adjusted to slightly increase server performance.

　　Lessened the discrepancy between the aim of the spectated player and the moving target being shot at.

　　Replay

　　Fixed an issue where War Mode/eSports mode replays were not saved successfully

　　Sound

　　Decreased the volume of vehicle sounds for players inside vehicles in FPP mode

　　Replay

　　The replay system has now been updated to a newer version and past replay files cannot be played anymore

　　Bug Fixes

　　Fixed an issue where destroying doors with grenades or Molotovs did not display debris.

　　Fixed an issue where some free-falling characters appeared to be locked in default free-fall animation.

　　Fixed an issue where pausing in replay did not pause the sounds.

　　Fixed an issue where a frying pan and a firearm could be held at the same time.

　　Fixed an issue where the breath gauge did not appear in killer spectating, death cam, or replay.

　　Fixed an issue where spectating in FPP showed inaccurate character locations.

　　Fixed an issue where a player that had been disconnected and reconnected could voice chat with the player he/she is spectating through killer spectating, if his/her team was eliminated while the player was disconnected.

　　Fixed an issue where leaning was possible while in an emote animation.

　　Fixed an issue where two players moving in a small space could sometimes get stuck.

　　Fixed an issue where the reporting screen message in spectator mode was displayed in English only

　　Additionally, a new play mode called War Mode: Conquest is also available on test servers, so there's a good chance that it might be implemented in the near future to the full game.

　　PUBG is now out on PC and Xbox One in all regions.