[News] Escape from Tarkov Update Adds FSR, New Bosses, Offline Co-op, and More

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Escape from Tarkov is rolling out its latest update today, and it’s a big one. The patch offers a new offline co-op mode, expands the Lighthouse location, adds new bosses, and more. Fidelity FX Super Resolution (FSR) support has also been added, although only for the original version of AMD’s tech, not FSR 2.0. Of course, as with most major Tarkov updates, progress is also being wiped, so get ready to return to square one. You can get the full rundown on all the new content and features included in Escape from Tarkov ver. 0.12.12.30, below.

New Features

• Expanded the Lighthouse location - added the ability to visit the island where the lighthouse is located, and also added new interiors inside the water treatment plant facility complex.
• Added three new bosses - the commanders of the ex-USEC PMC group known as Rogues. The leader of the gang is Knight, who coordinates the actions of the entire group and specializes in assault operations. Birdeye maintains distance between him and the enemy, setting up ambushes and choosing positions with a clear line of sight to the area. Big Pipe prefers the grenade launcher and serves the role of massive firepower in battle and always rushes towards the enemy to reach combat distance.
• Bosses maintain contact with each other and with the other Rogues, however they don’t stick together and instead keep their positioning distances. When an enemy is detected by any of the bosses or Rogues, information on enemy location is transmitted to everyone by radio, and the bosses prepare for battle, taking up tactical positions for engagement.
• Bosses help each other, use all available weapons, and are hostile to everyone: players of any faction, Scavs, and Raiders. They don't communicate with the rest of the bosses and Fence, so they attack any enemy immediately. Killing them does not affect the player's reputation.

• The bosses' habitats are Lighthouse, Shoreline, Woods, and Customs. They do not stay in one place and instead wander through these locations all the time. If the bosses have moved to one of the maps, they will be absent on the others. There is no timetable for their movement and no one knows what the bosses are guided by when changing their location.

• Added offline cooperative game mode. This game mode is only available to players who purchased the Edge of Darkness pre-order edition.

• Added the “Co-op mode” checkbox on the game mode selection screen. In co-op mode, all settings for bots, bosses, time and weather are identical to online raids. Progress in co-op raids is not saved, and the gear taken into such raids won’t be lost upon death;

• The “Start as group” checkbox allows for all players in the group to spawn together in the center of the location. With the checkbox unticked, all players will spawn like in the online mode.

• The number of players in a group for the co-op mode has been increased and depends on the maximum number of players in the selected location.

• The number of co-op servers may be limited under heavy loads. In this case, on the group gathering screen, you will see a message saying “Attention! High load on practice mode servers”. This message means that finding a server for a co-op raid may take longer than usual.

 

Graphical Improvements

• AMD Fidelity FX Super Resolution (FSR) - an image scaling technology in modern 3D games that allows you to increase performance with minimal loss in the quality of the final image. FSR is an analogue of the DLSS technology and is supported by all AMD graphics cards from the RX400 series and newer, as well as NVIDIA 1000 series cards and newer. The FSR option is only available for Full HD resolutions (1920x1080) and higher. The Performance mode is only available for 4K Ultra HD resolutions (3840x2160) and higher.
• Temporarily disabled the ability to enable Mip Streaming in the graphics settings. We are currently reworking this function and will re-enable it in the nearest updates.
• Updated the NVidia Reflex version.
• Reworked laser sights for all tactical devices: with IR mode enabled, the lasers and flashlights will not be visible since they are designed for use with NVGs. Also, the intensity and brightness of standard non-IR lasers has been increased.
• Of course, the latest Escape from Tarkov update also includes a variety of bug fixes. If you need to know about those, you can check out the full, unabridged patch notes, right here.

 

Escape from Tarkov is the work of Battlestate Games, one of Russia’s largest developers. The studio has remained silent on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, not offering either supportive or critical comments. We here at Wccftech hope for a resolution to the conflict and the safety of all Ukrainian citizens. If you wish to donate to the International Committee of the Red Cross to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine, head to this page.Escape from Tarkov can be played on PC. The game’s latest update is available to download now.

 

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