What changed in APB Reloaded in 2023

Exciting holiday events and exclusive offers from December 21st to January 10th.

Discounts on various items including Joker Tickets, character services, and weapon skins starting December 21st.

Earn new titles: Thundersnow, Winter Storm, and Stargazer during the holiday events.

Improved accuracy, reduced fire interval, enhanced recovery, and decreased equip time.

Base health increased from 980 to 1150 and weight increased to 140% for improved resilience.

Modifications updated to no longer increase recoil or reload time, with equip time reductions.

Stats aligned with SMG standards and reduced shot delay for faster modifications.

Team alliance feature is currently non-functional and will be re-implemented in the future.

These districts are outside the scope of the matchmaking testing changes.

New code deployed for matchmaking functionality, changing data interpretation and calculation methods.

Attempting to ready up cross-district will fail without errors; this is a known issue.

Threat is visible for testing purposes but may be removed in the future based on analytics.

Matchmaker will only create matches that are equal in size, adhering to initial mission sizes.

Matchmaking has been moved from District to World, but will only function within the same district for now.

Backup functionality is disabled in this build and will be added in a future deployment.

All missions are now instantly opposed; unopposed missions are no longer present.

Team alliance feature is currently non-functional and will be re-implemented in the future.

Changes do not affect Fight Club, Social, and Minigame Districts, which are outside the scope of testing.

New code deployed for matchmaking functionality, changing data interpretation and calculation methods.

Threat is visible for testing purposes but may be removed in the future based on analytics.

Matchmaking has been transitioned from a district-based system to a world-based system.

Matchmaking will only function within the same district for now; cross-district attempts will fail without errors.

Backup functionality is disabled in this build and will be added in a future deployment.

All missions are now instantly opposed; unopposed missions are no longer present.

Matchmaker will match players according to initial mission sizes (2v2, 3v3, 4v4) without unequal matches.

Backup functionality is disabled and will be added in a future deployment.

Team alliance feature is currently non-functional and will be re-implemented in the future.

Matchmaking has been transitioned from a district-based system to a world-based system.

Matchmaking will only function within the same district for the time being.

Threat is visible for testing purposes but may be removed in the future.

New code based on existing matchmaking functionality has been deployed, changing how data is interpreted and calculated.

All missions are now instantly opposed; unopposed missions are no longer present.

The matchmaker will only create matches that are equal in size, adhering to initial mission sizes.

Attempting to ready up across districts will fail until further updates are made.

Fight Club, Social, and Minigame Districts are unaffected by the matchmaking changes and are outside the scope of testing.

Survive without being converted to earn 500 Joker Tickets and the 'Trick or Trigger' title.

Play 25 or more games during the event to earn 500 Joker Tickets and the 'Bullet Fiend' title.

Seasonal challenges from October 25 to November 8, featuring 'Headless Horseman' and 'Pumpkin Pickin'' events.

Submit event screenshots for a chance to win G1C prizes.

Visit Trick and Treat in Halloween Waterfront for unique seasonal items.

Squash 25 or more enemies to earn 500 Joker Tickets and the 'Hollow' title.

Slay 100 vengeful spirits to earn 500 Joker Tickets and the 'Reaper's Friend' title.

Raid special Halloween districts for pumpkins to earn 500 Joker Tickets and the 'A Scythe to Behold' title.

The Joker Vegas G24 4x4 was incorrectly priced in the JT store and now correctly costs 10,000 Joker Tickets.

The VBR ‘Temptress’ and the Cap40 ‘Sergeant’ were briefly unavailable in the Legendary store. They can now be purchased again!

A unique bundle with 13 new and colorized summer-themed in-game titles available on ARMAS.

Romulus and Remus cars, along with the Vegas 4x4 'Firebomb', available for free for 6 hours.

These items will be available as Joker Ticket items for a trial period of 6 hours.

Available during the event via Anne Partridge, the legendary Joker Store associate.

Purchase discount during the Mid-Summer Sale for specific vehicles.

Participate in the Mid-Summer Sale with limited-time discounts and offers on various items.

Limited-time 50% discount on Juggernaut/Fanatic and Revelations/Apocalypse weapons.

The Colby RSA 'Hunter' ARMAS weapon modification changed from 'High Magnification Scope' to 'Tagger'.

Participate in a day-long Gun Games event with GMs and staff on June 30th.

Celebration of APB's 13th birthday with special offers and events.

Two themed bundles available at special prices from June 29th to July 5th.

Removing the Little Orbit Day event content and hibernating the 'Beacon' map.

Ramp Distance for Fr0g and Fr0g-SD increased from 1000 to 1200.

RSA radius at ten meters changed from 16 to 14, walk modifier from 1.5 to 1.3, sprint delay from 0.73 to 0.625, and refire interval from 0.88s to 0.80s.

RFP9 marksmanship modifier changed from 0.32 to 0.64, health damage from 110 to 133, ramp distance from 4000 to 3000, minimum damage range from 1500 to 2000, ammo pool capacity from 120 to 105, and magazine capacity from 24 to 21.

The usable mod reminder HUD notification now positions itself on the bottom of the screen instead of the center.

The Shredder SB now has a 30-day rental option in the Joker Ticket store.

ACT44 radius at ten meters changed from 20 to 18, walk modifier from 1.2 to 1.0, and sprint delay from 0.73 to 0.625.

Removed a duplicate, non-functioning listing of the DMR-AV for 30 days from the Joker Ticket store.

Re-enabled bUseTextureStreaming and mitigated an issue with white texture characters appearing.

The default track count for themes and songs has been increased from 6 to 8 in the Music Studio.

Cooldown for Med Spray changed from 45 seconds to 90 seconds.

RFP9' Fang' mod changed from Improved Rifling 3 to Hunting Sight 3.

Recoil for the Apocalypse Pistol (Harbinger) changed from RSA's to ACT44's.

The GM-initiated minigame 'Butcher' now awards Joker Tickets.

Adjusted a location that could result in player textures failing to stream to the game client.

The Female Hoodie (Hood Down) 's flags have been fixed to no longer force untradable.

An issue where sometimes arresting a player requires you to perform the action twice has been fixed.

Damage for 'Fr0g' increased from 200 to 210.

The Beacon Map has returned as part of the Little Orbit Day 2023 event.

Activated items will no longer get canceled while crouched.

Fixed a crash resulting from setting UnStreamAllTextures=True defaulting to UnStreamAllTextures=False in the INI files.

Shader modifications have been disabled. Please uninstall any shader modifications made prior to this patch, as EasyAntiCheat will kick you for them.

Options added in DefaultGame.ini under APBGame.cVisualFX_Weapon.

Jump modifier changed from 20 to 15.

Colby .45's range will stay at 45m after nerf.

Fixed issue where exiting a car while drifting caused visual desync.

Launching the game will install EAC automatically.

Torque slowdown adjusted from 0.8 to 0.94.

Topspeed increased from 1700 to 2200.

Players can now choose to disable fog in Advanced Video settings.

Fixed exploit involving objectives and crouching at the same time.

Moderately decreased the effective and max falloff range of the Colby .45 AP.

Achievement does not increment if player is already threat level gold and character existed post achievement.

Adjusted Mikro's reverse speed from 13 to 15, equalizing it with the Vaquero.

Stalls can occur upon entering the Clothing Kiosk with 'NEW!' items.

Adjusted Mikro and Vaquero car's top speed from 19.5 to 20.5.

Adjusted the FAR's jump modifier from 30 to 20, placing it between the NTEC's and the STAR's.

The Easter Bunny event has ended and districts have reverted to their normal state.

Adjusted the STAR LCR's jump modifier from 13 to 10, aligning it with the STAR.

In bomb missions, bombs will hit 0 but not count as 'exploded' if the player who planted them is removed.

Adjusted the STAR's jump modifier from 30 to 10 to improve running and gunning experience.

Joker Ammo vending machines are no longer spammy metal monsters. The loud and obnoxious vocal bug has been squashed.

Some in-game roles would not give a proper visual representation of a player's progress, but this issue has been resolved.

Sending your vehicle out of bounds should no longer cause server issues.

Significantly mitigated character positioning issues when exiting vehicles, though some rare occurrences may still happen.

Limited time sale of the STAR 556 'LCR' in ARMAS during the Valentine's event.

APB: Reloaded has been upgraded to 64bit as part of version 1.30, resulting in better performance for a majority of players.

Some types of environmental sounds are missing appropriate volume levels.

There is a rare crash related to using Fullscreen mode and switching to other windows, especially when respawning after death.

Some districts may have incorrect lighting and shadows projected from non-existent objects.

New weapons available during the event include STAR 556 'Love-Gun' and others through various means.

A graphical glitch and potential crash vector related to the Blowtorch modification has been addressed.

The Valentine’s Day event for 2023, 'Seeking Love', is now active.

Earn rewards by achieving kill milestones with specific weapons during the event.

Players may receive errors such as 'Battleye failed to install' or 'insufficient permission' upon launching the game.

There is an issue with Joker Ammo boxes repeating their lines too often.

Rack up kills with the Colby SNR 850 'Cherub' to unlock various rewards.

Complete three missions daily to earn Valentine's Gift Boxes and titles over four days.

With the release of 1.30, players can manually adjust their clients’ FPS cap by modifying configuration files.

Cupid's mischief returns with new missions and rewards from February 8th to February 22nd.