The latest patch in Dead by Daylight is a fiasco. Bugs and issues are piling up, the interface is hated. What the hell happened?
It should have been a reason to celebrate, as the Mid-Chapter Patch 4.5.0 of Dead by Daylight strengthened three killers and brought many graphic improvements. However, as unfortunately is an unpleasant tradition with Dead by Daylight, the patch has ruined a lot again. Numerous new bugs and issues have crept into the game. The community is outraged in the subreddit and creates a lot of memes. A few of them you can find embedded in this article.
What has gone wrong again at Dead by Daylight?
Yeah, I’ve been having fun with the community so far. from r/deadbydaylight
Hitboxes and Ranking System are bugged
A look into the Dead by Daylight community reveals that a lot is wrong after patch 4.5.0. Many game systems are fraught with errors, and new features either don’t work or work poorly. The biggest points of criticism include the following issues.
Hitboxes are faulty: The hitboxes for survivors and killers feel terrible. Survivors report that killers can occasionally hit them from a distance of 5 to 10 meters, while killers show short clips where they hit through survivors without injuring them. In many cases, it feels like gambling whether a hit will register or not – or whether the hit would even be possible.
From the survivors’ perspective, it looks like this:
What are you guys talking about? This is probably the best update ever! from r/deadbydaylight
Ranking System causes frustration: Another problem currently exists with the ranking. After a match, there are “Pips” – these are victory points that decide whether you level up or down. There are currently also errors here. Survivors who play well, survive the entire match, and complete many objectives still drop ranks at the end of a match. Sometimes they even lose several rank points, as if they had prematurely fled a match.
Collision detection is non-existent: Several maps have received graphic overhauls, including Crotus Prenn. Many new assets are on the map that visually fit better into the environment. However, these objects often lack collision detection, allowing players to walk straight through them or even hide in them. This is particularly frustrating with windows, which should be used as an important game element where players can gain or lose time.
New animations slow down the game: Survivors have been equipped with new animations as part of the graphic update. The aim is to make turning and running feel better and not look so abrupt. However, the animations make movements feel clumsier and former evasive movements like the notorious “360” are hardly possible anymore. At the same time, survivors occasionally get stuck when running close to a wall.
These are just the biggest points of criticism; there are many more. The played music is faulty and constantly switches between two music tracks while hanging on the hook. When observing other players as a dead survivor for the rest of the match, sound errors can occur, and the entire game is mute. Alternatively, spectators sometimes remain as spectators after the end of a match and cannot leave the round, meaning they have to completely close the game first.
No matter how you look at it: The patch has brought a lot of problems and is likely to mark a new low for Dead by Daylight.
Interface receives a lot of criticism
With the patch, Dead by Daylight also overhauled its interface and claimed to modernize it. However, the overhaul was not well received by large parts of the community.
Another problem is the size of the interface elements, which is only exacerbated by their arrangement. Too many elements distract from the gameplay, causing important things to be overlooked or preventing concentration on the gameplay itself, instead being distracted by the individual objects.
Lastly, the interface tears many players out of their immersion, as too many elements distract from the actual gameplay. Especially the portraits of the survivors feel like an alien body and do not fit the atmosphere as well as the previously suggested stick figures.
Man i just wish this update never happened 🙁 from r/deadbydaylight
However, there are also positive voices that like the interface and believe that one just needs to get used to the changes.
Behaviour, on the other hand, argued that they overhauled the interface to make room for new features and functionalities. This is aptly summarized by the community:
Nice one BHVR from r/deadbydaylight
Behaviour responds, working on new patch
After the players could let off steam for about 12 hours in the official forum and subreddit, there was a response from the developers on Twitter. The DbD account explained there:
We heard you loud and clear!
The team is working to find some solutions for the feedback on the latest update. We are focusing on fixing bugs, issues with the hitboxes, and we are taking another look at some elements of the changes to the HUD (UI) and survivor movement.
When exactly there will be a hotfix or larger patch is currently still unknown. Since the list of bugs is long, one should probably wait at least a few days.
Cortyn states: Let’s be honest. After a patch in Dead by Daylight, everyone has probably gotten used to some things not working in the first few days. That has now simply become part of the “DbD experience.” But what has happened this time with patch 4.5.0 sets new standards even for Dead by Daylight.
However, I am absolutely baffled as to why the developers made so many changes when transitioning from the PTB to the live version that it completely messes up the patch every single time. In the first 4-5 days, Dead by Daylight is often on the brink of being unplayable, and one ends up amused by the silly bugs.
If the horror in Dead by Daylight doesn’t come from the killers, but from the terrible game bugs, then something is seriously wrong.
I can only hope that the worst bugs will be fixed in a few days so that one can enjoy the new features and not have everything overshadowed by the problems.
Did you check out Dead by Daylight yesterday or today? Are you experiencing any other curious bugs?
