168 MB update on Steam, is it only Ernest?

Battleborn News
#1

There is an update for Battleborn released on Steam. Is there any official word about it?
Is it the only ‘major’ update we will get in August?

#2

Looking at the files now, dated 21 Aug.
New:
battleborn.exe
BaseGame.ini
DefaultBuildInfo.ini
DefaultGame.ini
DefaultInput.ini
DefaultEngine.ini
Entire folder of files in CookedPC
New Audio files
New unlocks in Localization folder

#3

Someone was telling me that they were updating the .NET to version 4.5.1 or something.

#4

I hate unannounced stealth updates.

Info so far - small patch.
.Net 4.5.1 update when BB is launched.
Highlight PVE map gone.
Possible Ernest connection?

Anyone notice anything else different?

#5

Seems unimportant. I doubt it’s the only update.

#6

I believe some of Ernest’s assets were pushed with the last big update that included Pendles. There were references to him in some of the files I work with when updating my Gear projects and not only that, everyone saw that his Trophy/Achievement got pushed early by accident.

The thing to be aware of is that different aspects of game content can be finished and included in a patch ahead of time as these things require certification, which takes time, so you’d want to make as few of these types of content pushes as possible.

That’s not to say Ernest is in the game right now in any kind of playable state. :wink:

The final form of his helix and base stats were probably still being tweaked and should come in a small patch that may include another batch of finalised skins and taunts (if it is a big update, that could be an indicator that the next story mission is pretty close!!). :heart:

The last update was fairly big because they made changes to a lot of legacy files with lots of graphical assets requiring them to be re-downloaded. Oh and 3 new PvP maps.

For reference:

  • A single character is roughly ~30-60MB including all their skins and taunts
  • A PvP map is ~300-500MB
  • A story mission is in the ~1GB area.

But as I mentioned, any change to legacy files will require re-downloading them as well so don’t treat this as any sort of indicator what a given update contains. Think of it as if there’s a big update, that means lots of goodies are possibly on the way and very soon!!

The devs will definitely let you know when there is something big coming though. :wink:

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#7

The highlight is only during week ends, so it has nothing to do with the patch itself. [quote=“lowlines, post:6, topic:1544737”]
A single character is roughly ~30-60MB including all their skins and taunts
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But Ernest is a fatso, that’s why it’s 168 :stuck_out_tongue:

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#8

Yes, his grenades account for ~50% of a new PvP map in game data! Much OP needs refactoring (programming nerf).

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#9

What’s in the update? Find out here.

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#10

What @Kaleidodemon meant to say was, if you were on the Discord server, you would have known about this 6 hours ago :wink:

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#11

Thanks, @kaleidodemon !

Sorry I forgot to copy my response here. To be honest, this is one of those little maintenance things that was completely off the radar of our design group. I had to ask to find out what it was myself.

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