The newest piece of Apex Legends lore is the story of Bangalore at the famed Gridiron battle and some backstory on her and her brother, Jackson. Along with that, we got a brand-new Legendary-tier Bangalore skin reminiscent of her long-awaited outfit seen in the ‘A Hero Fall’ wallpaper from Season 2. The problem is that if you purchase it, you will crash before each match, due to a glitch.
The Mil-Spec Glitch Explained
Like Valkyrie’s launch bundle skin and Pathfinder’s thematic event skin, Bangalore’s skin comes with a unique character select animation. The issue is that the animation was not properly in the game, so when the skin is selected and the game tries to load the animation, it kicks whoever was using the skin to the title screen and out of the match with an error message.
This will not prevent the player who purchased the skin from owning it. It will be there, but it should be noted that the glitch will occur before every match. That said, after the glitch occurs, there is a work around way to fix it until a hotfix or a proper full patch comes out.
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How to enter a match with the skin
In order to use the skin, you will have to load back into the game again, which will put you right back into the match. This said, everyone on your squad will have faced the same glitch, so if you are playing with friends: let them know they will need to reload to go into the match. If you are playing with randoms, you may lose your teammates if they do not know they can rejoin and exit the game.
It may be best to wait until a more permanent fix comes out before using the skin, as it will be frustrating to both you and your teammates to reload in, but at least you can connect to the match if you do choose to equip the skin.
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