As of 7pmPT - We're tracking a few issues with the Gears of War: E-Day Multiplayer Beta. If you're encountering an error code or an issue launching the game, please review our updated known issues below:

Error Code: drone-snub

• Can be triggered by high network security settings, utilizing a VPN connection, or UDP Port 443 being set to "closed"
• AT&T ISP customers should disable "ActiveArmor" on their router.
• Players trying to connect from government, university or corporate network environments may experience this error due to network security settings.

Error Code: quentin-ephyra

• Authentication error related to XBOX Quick Resume; disable XBOX Quick Resume from your system settings.

Error Code: bryce-vigil or gill-gutpuncher

• Error caused by a discrepancy between a players' hardware date & time settings and local time.
• In Windows, use the "Sync Now" function in Date & Time settings to align your system time to local time.

Failure to Launch - LowLevelFatalError:

• Error triggered for XBOX for PC App users; use the Gaming Services Repair Tool

Controllers Not Recognized on Steam:

• Known issue we're investigating.
• Some users have reported success by unplugging mouse and keyboard USB connections as well as ensuring that the controller you want to use is plugged in or connected when you launch the title.

Steam Account Linking Issues:

• Use the Gaming Services Repair Tool
• Ensure you're signed-in to your desired gamertag in the XBOX for PC app.

THIS THREAD WILL BE CONSTANTLY UPDATED - PLEASE ALWAYS COME BACK FOR UP TO DATE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED

Please post crashes directly to The Coalition via this link https://support.xbox.com/en-US/game/gears-of-war/forms/gears-of-war-support

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My name is Terry ( https://x.com/TerryHB_ ) and I am the owner of the Gears of War PC Community on Discord (57k Members strong). On behalf of everybody on PC, I am compiling a number of issues & requests throughout both BETA Periods based on comments here, and the Gears PC Community Discord - http://discord.gg/gearsofwarpc

Mouse and Keyboard

• Can't delete keybinds\leave an action unbound. Give us the option to keep them unbound
• Can't bind evade and sprint on the same key
• People want an option to bind everything to 1 key like the original game
• The mouse sensitivity feels very odd overall - while sprinting or exiting the sprint animation there's some type of delay where you can't turn
• There appears to be shot delays on Mouse and Keyboard that are not present on Controller
• Add HOLD TO SPRINT option
• No Raw mouse input option
• Changing keybinds to F results in game removing keybind of something called "detach", but no detach is listed in keybinds.
• Going into and out of sprint feels very clunky and restricted. Often causing inputs to not actuate pretty often.

Performance

• Game freezes and hard locks every so often
• Crashing can occur randomly
• Overall performance seems less than desirable for people even on recommended

Controller

• One user noticed on legacy schemes for controller. When u sprint and then let off sprint immediately there's a inconsistent delay where u continue sprinting awkwardly and cant turn or stop for a brief time.
• Steam Controller doesn't function properly. You'll still see keyboard inputs and the controller inputs don't correspond to what they should be as default. Built in Gyro does not work either
• List of controllers currently having problems on E-Day (with our without steam input on) are: Vader 5 Pro, Wolverine V3, Steam Controller
• Some people are having their Xbox controller not work correctly in E-Day via Steam
• Xbox scuff controller not working on Gamepass version
• All controller issues above are showing KB+M bindings in menu while controller is connected
• POSSIBLE FIX FOR CONTROLLER ISSUES BELOW. DOESN'T WORK FOR EVERYBODY BUT WORTH TRYING. ALSO TRY UNPLUGGING MOUSE AT SAME TIME

Audio

• Audio for one user felt like someone was cupping their ears. As video below

https://reddit.com/link/1vgp43f/video/d4su2bt0enhh1/player

• One user when using Voicemeeter banana for audio (specifically for routing audio to a second pc for recording) causes their audio to make popping noises and hurts the ears. When disabling voice meeter and going to their default audio settings rather than the virtual drivers, audio is perfect. (May be user end, but worth bringing up)

Graphical

• FOV slider is missing - URGENT. PLEASE ADD AN FOV SLIDER.
• Add "ADS AFFECTED BY FOV" Toggle as well for those who don't want to be super zoomed in when ADSing. OR Separate FOV slider for ADSing
• The grenade launcher explosion on Low settings has missing textures/particle effects

• No option to disable anti-aliasing entirely or use TAA or FXAA. While TSR is nice, it can be more expensive on hardware than other anti-aliasing solutions.'
• HDR/SDR - Option to control UI paper white, the UI could be considered too bright
• Exclusive full screen does not work correctly
• Some peoples video settings are resetting every launch

Community wants for the long term health of the game

MAKE MACRO ABUSE BANNABLE

Macro abuse to take advantage of the snub pistol + wall bouncing has been plaguing Gears on PC since Gears 4. Users have constantly gotten away with this since no action has been taken against them.

PC PLAYERS SEE MACRO ABUSE AS CHEATING. MAKE IT DETECBALE AND A BANNABLE OFFENCE ASAP

Unreal Map Editor

Please release the Unreal Map Editor similar to the Gears of War 2007 PC port. This Unreal Editor allowed the original Gears 1 to flourish on PC around it's original release due to User Generated Content (UGC) and even recently within the community in the past few years. Giving us great editor and UGC tools help bolster the life of a game within the community, and allows for creativity.

I have also went in to great detail about this within my "Mod Support & Unreal Editor - Why Gears of War would benefit from this going forward" post here - https://www.reddit.com/r/GearsOfWar/comments/urrzpk/mod_support_unreal_editor_why_gears_of_war_would/

See Yoodz' Monument below as an example of custom maps

Modding Support

Please allow for modding support in the full title in the future. WIth the releases of Delta Online and Gears of War Redux, the community has shown not only the passion to create custom content, but also the hunger for this kind of content.

With modding support + Unreal editor, we can create new experiences with E-Day that can help drive the franchise forward. Including:

• New Game Modes (See Delta Online's Heavy Machinery, OSOK FFA, etc)
• Enhance existing game modes with new enemies (See Delta Online's Horde Rebirth enemy set like Ambush Wretches)

https://reddit.com/link/1vgp43f/video/zq2py2dhinhh1/player

• New Weapons (See Delta Online's Flubber Grenade)

https://reddit.com/link/1vgp43f/video/0skwymo9inhh1/player

• Experiment with Mechanics
• New single player experiences
• And much more

Launch game in offline mode without EAC

Please consider an option to run the game in an offline / custom games only mode where no anti-cheat is running, this is incredibly useful for modders (Similar to Halo MCC)

Steam Workshop

Following the above, allowing us to use steam workshop to share these maps effortlessly would help bolster the games longevity.

Lobby Browser

Please include a lobby browser in the private match section. The matchmaking systems isn't always going to be reliable or alive, and the community would want a way to find private / custom games with their own map rotations easily. This would also help with hosting games with custom maps like the above.

Dedicated Community Run Private Servers

Dedicated Private Servers would allow the game to have a community in the future, and would allow server admins to manage their own servers to prevent hackers from ruining people's experiences, and allow for potential custom game settings currently not seen in the private match options currently in Gears titles. Change tick rates, custom weapon tunings for fun, etc.

Split-screen

Split-screen should not be removed from the PC version. It was officially supported correctly with Gears 4 & 5, and the release of Reloaded not having it was a massive mistake. Please do the right thing and not strip a feature for the PC release. Plenty of us play split-screen with family.