Thanks, Hilbert. I was wondering what that update was about.

Things I have noticed weird... When I get a new gun in the box and add to inventory, I can never find it again or use it in a round. Open game, black screen appears, then closes again to desktop.. At end of round in my progress page, the progress bar increases to show xp earned in round but then this disappears again like it took it away from progress.

You don't get new weapons from battlepacks, just skins. To equip them, customize the weapon ingame; if you have unlocked a skin, you should have an additional option below the bayonet.

Things I have noticed weird... When I get a new gun in the box and add to inventory, I can never find it again or use it in a round. Open game, black screen appears, then closes again to desktop.. At end of round in my progress page, the progress bar increases to show xp earned in round but then this disappears again like it took it away from progress.

They're skins not new guns, in the customize menu, you'll find them under visualization,unless you haven't unlocked that weapon.

I'm going to start the game tonight for the first time. Hopefully after this patch I will have a okay first time experience.

Patch notes

General: Fix for one common and one uncommon client crash. Fixed a potential soft freeze in single player campaign connected to AI. Fixed an issue where players experienced getting stuck in the globe screen when cancelling matchmaking. Fixed an issue when trying to join multiple servers. Fixed an issue where players experienced weapon skins not being removed when scrapping items. Fixed an issue where players were missing “The Insider” Dog Tag. Tweaked calculations of values in End of Round. Fixed issue where Class Rank was incorrect. (Note: This fix may result in players going down in Class Rank to the correct rank. In this scenario, any unlocks purchased at a higher and incorrect rank will not be lost.) PC: Fixed an occasional crash when a user shutdown the game. PC: Fixed an issue where players experienced troubles with A and X button functionality on PC while using an Xbox One controller. PC: Fixed an issue where players experienced crashing while closing the client during streaming installation. Xbox One: Fix for the "Trench Raider" Dog Tag not unlocking on Xbox One. UI: Fixed two issues in the “Through Mud and Blood” War Story where no new objectives would appear. Fixed an issue where players experienced wrong info in loading screen. Fixed an issue where players were missing the Dog Tag counter. Fixed an issue where English text would appear for players in non-English regions. Fixed an issue where players experienced a placeholder image when opening the Operations menu for the first time. PC: Fixed an issue where players were missing an option to display controller button prompts. Fixed an issue where players experienced End of Round screen not loading Graphics: Fixed a crash related to soldier animation. Fixed a graphical glitch when exiting a War Story and going to the main menu. Fixed an issue where players experienced player icon overlapping while matchmaking on console. PC: Temporal anti-aliasing is now the default anti-aliasing mode on medium graphics quality. PC: Fix for a graphical issue causing artifacts in shadows. And it looks like Shaun got his wish: There's no mention of the psychede

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