Shortly before the carnival weekend, the Fortnite developers presented the current status of the game in a blog. The server / patch problems are also discussed and what Epic would like to do about it.

Last Sunday, Epic got over 3.4 million players are happy, but this had quite serious effects on the server and caused lag and crashes. Similar to the competitor Playerunknown's Battlegrounds, the game is growing faster than the developers and the infrastructure can keep up due to the immense number of players. On the one hand, of course, a blessing when so many players jump into the fight and have fun, on the other hand, players annoyed by lags are quickly driven away.

Fortnite developer's plans

So the efforts to keep the game running stably are the focus of the Fortnite developers. Below is a brief overview of the points addressed:

• Continuous optimization: Shorter loading times & faster entry into Battle Royale matches are the key words here. To this end, we are working on a new code for loading the world.
• Consoles FPS: The 60 Hz mode for PS4, PS4 Pro, Xbox One, Xbox One X should come this month and is specially optimized for each console.
• Improved game search
• Cosmetic items: The art team is working at full speed, for example on new hang-gliders and outfits that change the character model more than before. They like to be inspired by fan creations like that Llama unicorn pickaxe by Reddit user / u / Pandanapper

• Improvements to previously released items like the Party Animal Pickaxe:

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• Weekly updates: More events, items, new features. At this point, the Fortnite team also take on the criticism of the fans.

• • Improved building control on the console
  • Other ways of team communication besides voice chat
  • Ability to register for the next match immediately after death
  • Ability to hold down the search button while approaching the next searchable object
  • Display that shows in the weapon bar how much ammunition the weapon is loaded with
  • Larger map with zoom

• Better ones Friends list and functions. In addition Facebook implementation and a "search for group" function.

Time-limited modes

• Improved and new limited time modes, the feedback from previous events is used. The following are planned for the next month:

• • Lightning fast (shorter matches)
  • Jump off in the first circle.
  • The time it takes for the circles to shrink is shorter.
  • The possible team sizes are between 50 versus 50 and the normal teams.
  • 50 versus 50 version 2
    • Should be closer to what's happening in 50v50 trailer come up.
    • Separate start
    • A great battle
    • A bus for every team
    • See all team members on the map.
    • More supplies in stock

• Audio: New footstep sounds for players above / below you. Changes to how the noise attenuation worked so far will come with Patch V2.5
• After the success of the second season, a more flexible system is planned for the third season. The second daily challenge is replaced by a weekly system.

The partly more detailed statements of the team can be found on the Fortnite homepage.