Apex Legends tends to make many changes that affect a wide variety of players, but the developers are also working hard to update private matches and the tournament scene. A lot of the Private Match changes are great for Quality of Life and bug fixing, though a couple of new functions have been added too. Let’s take a look.
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Observer Mode Changes
- In Free Cam you can now toggle the Kill Feed on and off
- Ring Visibility on the Minimap has been fixed
- Kill calculations for the Status & Stats screen have been fixed
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Application Programming Interface (API) Changes
- Now shows what is currently equipped by a player via new weaponSwitched
- squadEliminated and matchStateEnd now have player names
- observerSwitched now has squadmate names
- Item no longer appear as Unrecognized
- characterSelected event will now properly populate
- The Unique Player IDs from the Real-Time API are now also in the Post-Game API
Note: The bolded terms refer to specific Real-Time API events.
General Changes
- Teams with default names now have better Stats Summary generation
- Club features are now disabled in Private Matches
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