APB 1.30 is now Live!

February 8, 2023 | PC

APB: Reloaded has been upgraded to 64bit as part of version 1.30! It’s finally here! The upgrade to 64bit should result in better performance for a majority and, in the long run, allow the team to upgrade, fix, and improve the game further.

The Valentine’s Day event for 2023, “Seeking Love”, is now active! More information here: https://www.gamersfirst.com/apb/news/2023/2/7/v-day-2023

BUG FIXES:

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

FUNCTIONALITY:

POWER USERS: With the release of 1.30, you are now able to adjust your clients’ frames per second (FPS) cap on your own. We do not currently have a UI for this functionality, however, you may manually adjust specific configuration files.
Launch APB: Reloaded at least once after you have installed the 1.30 update.
Close the game.
Navigate to your APB install directory.
- For Steam users, this is located at C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common by default.
- For GamersFirst users, the folder is located at C:\Program Files (x86)\GamersFirst\Binaries\APB Reloaded\ by default.
Within this folder, navigate to "Engine\Config" after patching the game, and open the file called "BaseEngine.ini".
Within this file, search for the following section: [Engine.GameEngine]
There are two cap types that are able to be modified in this file: "MaxClientFrameRate", and “MaxSmoothedFrameRate”. Both of these correspond to the “Smooth Framerate” option in the game’s in-game options.
MaxClientFrameRate may be 0 (uncapped), or any value above MaxSmoothedFrameRate.
MaxSmoothedFrameRate may be any value up to 128.
Raising your FPS cap above 145 will worsen existing issues related to running above 128 fps worse – although a common bug known as sliding will happen if your fps is too stable at your current selected cap.
Additionally, there is an issue related to high framerates that causes your crosshair to expand with an inaccurate accuracy value. However, this is a purely visual bug, and does not actually affect accuracy.

1.30 KNOWN ISSUES:

There is a rare crash related to using Fullscreen mode and switching to other windows, commonly known as ‘alt tabbing’, especially when respawning after death.
Additionally, swapping between windows in Fullscreen mode may result in performance degradation over time.
- We recommend that players temporarily use the “Fullscreen Windowed” or “Windowed” mode until we address the above two issues properly.
There is a known issue involving some types of environmental sounds missing appropriate volume levels, as well as an issue with Joker Ammo boxes repeating their lines too often.
Some districts may have incorrect lighting and shadows projected from objects that may not exist.
On first launch of 1.30, players may receive errors such as, “Battleye failed to install” or an “insufficient permission” issue upon launching the game. Performing the “Repair” option on the APB Launcher application may solve these issues.