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DBD, like any live-service game, has had to endure its fair share of bugs. However, things have taken a turn for the worse following Behaviour Interactive’s latest update, as players have begun discovering a few issues—including a game-breaking generator bug. If you haven’t encountered it yet, this latest problem occurs whenever survivors pop a gen. Instead of immediately reducing the gen count, it stays the same; the count only changes after another generator gets fixed.
If you’re a survivor main, you can probably see how much of an issue this is in the heat of a chase. But it also presents a massive problem to killers since the gen count essentially indicates how much time they have left before survivors start opening the exit gates. Say, if it turns from three to zero in a flash, it would likely lead to a lot of confusion and even cost some killers an entire match. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what’s begun happening in some games, according to a few Reddit posts.
Following Behaviour Interactive’s DBD update 8.1.0 patch notes in mid-July, player complaints have appeared in droves. Take this Reddit post from user Christhegamer1217, for instance, which includes a clip of the generator bug in action. In the short video, two of their teammates fixed a generator that should have reduced their gen count from two down to one. Instead, it remained at the same number, forcing players to keep track of what should be the real count.
Fortunately, Behaviour Interactive has addressed the issue in a recent post on the official DBD X (formerly Twitter) account. According to the statement, the dev team will be releasing hotfix 1 tomorrow, July 24, to address “some known issues, including players not correctly receiving the Endurance status effect, and the generator count being reduced when a Survivor leaves the tally screen whilst the Trial is ongoing.”
So, while you wait for the hotfix to arrive, check out some of our best killers tier list for patch 8.1.0 and all Tome 20 Mythic challenges and rewards in Dead by Daylight to pass the time.
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Dead by Daylight
- Platform(s): Google Stadia, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
- Genre(s): Action, Survival Horror
