PUBG: Battlegrounds

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PUBG: Battlegrounds

Developers
	PUBG Studios
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Planned	Unreal Engine 5
Release dates
Windows	December 20, 2017
Reception
Metacritic	86
OpenCritic	77
IGDB	75
Taxonomy
Monetization	Free-to-play
Microtransactions	Cosmetic, Currency, Loot box, Player trading, Time-limited
Modes	Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Battle royale, Shooter
Vehicles	Automobile, Motorcycle, Naval/watercraft
Art styles	Realistic
Series	PUBG

PUBG
PUBG: Battlegrounds	2017
PUBG Lite	2019
PUBG: Blindspot	TBA
PUBG: Black Budget	TBA

General information

Official Discord server

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store
Steam
Amazon.com (unavailable)
GamersGate (unavailable)
(unavailable)
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)
Humble Store (unavailable)

The game uses Themida and XIGNCODE anti-debuggers

Monetization

Type	Notes
Free-to-play	Game is free to play with microtransactions.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Cosmetic	Weapon Skins, emotes, character costumes.
Currency	Premium currency can be bought for real money.
Loot box	Loot boxes are available with cosmetics, probabilities are viewable.
Time-limited	Premium Battle Pass, and discounted bundles.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions
Go to <path-to-game>\TslGame\Content\Movies\ Delete or rename LicenseScreen.mp4 , LoadingScreen_Xbox.mp4 , LoadingScreen.mp4 , season_autoplay_film.mp4 and SurvivorPassLoadingMovie.mp4

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\TslGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/578080/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/578080/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud

Video

Display and Graphics Settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		See Multi-monitor.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		FOV slider for 1st person view, from 80° to 103°.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Very Low to Ultra quality settings, SSAA available through the resolution scale going to 120%.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Available as an option in the advanced sub-menu.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		In-Game FPS Limits are Unlimited, Display-Based, and Custom with a slider between 30 and 300 FPS. Menu FPS Limits are Unlimited, 30, and 60 FPS. Unlimited Frame rate is capped at 1000 FPS.[citation needed] See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
Color blind mode		Deuteranopia, Protanopia, Tritanopia options to change colored markers on the map.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 5 page for more details.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Multi-monitor

Set resolution manually
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open GameUserSettings.ini. Change ResolutionSizeX= and ResolutionSizeY= to the desired multi-monitor resolution. Run the game in windowed mode only.

High frame rate

Change FPS cap
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open GameUserSettings.ini. Change InGameFrameRateLimitType=Unlimited to InGameFrameRateLimitType=Customizable and change the fps limitter InGameCustomFrameRateLimit=60.000000 to your liking (e.g. InGameCustomFrameRateLimit=144.000000).

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Two inputs can be mapped per action.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration		Disabled by default.
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput controller support.
Full controller support		Main Menu is not navigatable.
Controller remapping		4 Control presets are available
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Also X-Axis inversion available.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)

Haptic feedback

Disable controller force feedback
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open GameUserSettings.ini. Find the string bUseForceFeedback= and change it to bUseForceFeedback=False. Save and close the config file.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music, UI, Gameplay (Gameplay, Emote) volume sliders, with option to disable any category of audio.
Surround sound		Surround sound output causes issues with directional hearing. Disable virtual surround sound when using headphones.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		HRTF in Audio options (unknown plugin).
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Thai
Turkish
Vietnamese

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play
Online play		100

Issues fixed

Stuttering

Disable Control Flow Guard

Search for "Exploit Protection" and run it Open Windows Security. Navigate to the App & browser control and click on Exploit protection settings. Click on the Program settings header, followed by Add program to customize. Add the program by its executable filename or by browsing to it. Scroll down to Control flow guard (CFG). Enable Override system settings and ensure the toggle is set to Off. Click on Apply to save the changes. Restart the system to allow the changes to take effect. Some people will need to additionally change the game to DX11 setting afterwards to see the improvement.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11, 12	Available options are DX11, DX11 Enhanced, and DX12, Game defaults on DX11 Enhanced.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Audio	Wwise
Interface	Coherent Gameface
Anti-cheat	BattlEye, Zakynthos

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-4430 AMD FX-6300		Intel Core i5-6600K AMD Ryzen 5 1600
System memory (RAM)	8 GB		16 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	40 GB		50 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 AMD Radeon R7 370 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible		Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 580 3 GB (Nvidia), 4 GB (AMD) of VRAM
Other	Broadband Internet connection

A 64-bit operating system is required.