Live Servers for Hunt: Showdown 1896 will be taken offline on 21 Jan at 09:00 CET to deploy Update 2.6.0.2. Estimated downtime is about three hours. The update adjusts the completion conditions for the Story Challenge “On the Winds of Midwinter” so several tasks can now be finished after Post Malone’s Murder Circus Encore. It also includes a number of fixes across platforms, including a texture memory allocation fix for PS5 and PS5 Pro that could cause memory leaks and crashes.
Patch Notes
This patch changes several of the “On the Winds of Midwinter” Story Challenge objectives so they remain completable after Post Malone’s Murder Circus Encore, and it applies a range of quality of life and bug fixes. Below are the official notes.
Server Downtime – 21 Jan at 09:00 CET
The Live Servers will be taken offline tomorrow, 21 Jan, at 09:00 CET to deploy Update 2.6.0.2. This update will introduce promised changes to the Story Challenge “Winds of Midwinter” completion conditions as well as bring a number of fixes with it. The list of fixes can be found below.
Est. Downtime ~3 hours.
We will inform you when the servers are up again. Thanks for your patience!
- Changed some of the Challenges of the “On the Winds of Midwinter” Story Challenge so that they can now be completed even after Post Malone’s Murder Circus Encore.
- Chapter 1 – Changed “Hit a High Striker” to “Collect Clues or Hit High Strikers”.
- Chapter 2 – Changed “Destroy Balloons” to “Destroy Balloons or Kill Monsters”.
- Chapter 3 – Changed “Kill Circus Grunts” to “Kill Armoreds or Circus Grunts”.
- Chapter 3 – Changed “Acquire Traits of any Troupe” to “Acquire Traits in Missions” and decreased goal requirement from 15 to 10.
- Fixed a texture memory allocation issue on PS5 and PS5 Pro that could cause memory leaks and crashes
- Resolved several rare, hard-to-reproduce crashes and freezes
- Fixed an issue in the Basic Tutorial where progression could be blocked if the player collected the first Clue before the “Locate and investigate the Clue” objective appeared
- Fixed an issue where Centennial Trauma did not progress the melee damage challenge in the “On the Winds of Winter” Story Challenge
- Fixed an issue where, when using the Gunslinger control scheme with the Lowering State option enabled, the weapon did not return to the lowering state after aiming down sights. The option now correctly affects this behavior
- Fixed an issue where the Flame Rifle displayed a visible, duplicated mesh in a specific area
- Fixed an issue where Ewe’s Horn (Charm) was missing textures
- Fixed an issue where, when using Celestial Scream (Drilling) and all its variants, swapping between shotgun and medium ammo firing modes did not update the iron sight position
- Fixed an issue where the iron sights of The Elephant’s Promise: Silencer (Frontier 73C) were using a larger version instead of the new, smaller one
- Fixed an issue where multiple requirements in Story Challenges were cut off in Italian and Turkish
- Fixed an issue where Self-Fulfilling Prophecy (Dark Dynamite Satchel) did not detonate from nearby explosions (e.g. explosive ammo, dynamite, or other Dark Dynamite Satchels). This behavior now correctly applies to this Skin only and not to Evil Eye (Dark Dynamite Satchel) or nearby fire sources (Fire Bombs, lanterns, Flare Guns, etc.)
- Fixed incorrect unlock condition text for the Expert Marksman, Expert Deadeye, and Expert Sniper titles in Player Profile customization
- Fixed an issue where players could see enemy loadouts on the “View Team Loadouts” screen while loading into a Mission under specific conditions
- Fixed an issue where The Strongman’s mustache appeared overly glossy
- Fixed an issue where the unlock requirements for Tennessee Morgan (Bloodline Progression Hunter) were missing. This affected all three tiers and was present across all languages
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