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DgkAllDay09's avatar
7 years ago

Punching when swapping weapons

Product: Apex Legends
Platform:Microsoft XBOX One
Please specify your platform model. Microsoft Xbox One
What is your gamertag/PSN ID/EA Account name? benson09
Please provide your squad mates' gamertag/PSN ID/EA Account name if possible.
Which Legend were you playing (if applicable)? All
Which Legends were your squad mates using (if applicable)?
Where did the issue occur? In a match
Which part of the map or menu were you in? If you don't remember the exact name, please describe the area or what you were trying to do in the menu. Any
What were you doing when the issue occurred? E.g. respawning a squad mate at a beacon, using an ability, a squad mate left the game. Firefight
Did your squad mates also experience the issue? Yes
How many matches had you played in a row before the issue occurred? Comes and goes
When did this happen? (dd.mm.yy hh:mm) Comes and goes
How often does the bug occur? Occasionally (10% - 49%)
How severe is your issue? Major impacts to gameplay
What happens when the bug occurs? I’m swapping weapons in a fight and go to pull the trigger and my legend punches instead of shooting, like the guns not in his hands yet.
What should be happening instead? Gun should fire
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Just swap weapons ima fight and try to fire as fast as possible:

This happens to me and my mates and everyone I watch constantly. If we can switch weapons and punch, then we should be able to shoot just as fast right?  everyone seems to think the games not regestering the gun being in your hands at the right time, like there’s a delay sometimes. There’s been a few times that it works just fine but sometimes it doesn’t and that can impact a game a lot. Pubg and fortnite both experiences this problem as well so don’t feel bad 🙂 thanks for the time!! 

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  • EA_Blueberry's avatar
    EA_Blueberry
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    7 years ago

    We'll get this looked into. Can you reply with the following?

    • Did you make any adjustments to your controller layout settings?
    • Are you using a custom Xbox controller or standard one?
    • Do you have the game installed on an external hard drive?
    • Have you tried a power cycle yet?
    • Have you tried reinstalling the game?
  • I'm not the post creator but im having the same issue.
    i have linked the issue to weapon swap speed and the fact that someone programmed the fire button to also melee. it occurs after healing too. any time that you don't have a weapon out for even a millisecond, you will punch when pulling the trigger instead of shooting.
    the simplest solution that i can think of would be to simply remove melee function from the trigger. since there is already a button dedicated to punching (the right stick), there is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON to have the right trigger also be melee. 

    another way to fix this issue would be to remove punching from the trigger temporarily while your character is swapping to a weapon, so the trigger pull can que up and make the weapon shoot as soon as it is able to.

    -I was searching for others having the same issue and came across your comment and figured this would be the best way to contact someone who can get this issue fixed.

  • I have a similar issue, but instead of punching when swapping weapons, my ability goes off, and I get downed because I'm stuck activating my ability. It only happens when I am out of ammo and auto swap weapon. 

  • 28.3.2024... Just lost another ranked because I swapped onto my gun, as I was in the animation of pulling my gun out I started shooting so it shoots asap as the gun is out and it melees instead of it. Kinda annoying, but it´s fine since they said they will look onto it. Oh wait, "March 2019". Ok, maybe they are still looking

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