Salutations, Quakers! Today's Season 19 update features improvements and optimizations to the game engine, in addition to balance changes and beach-themed Battle Pass content, just in time for summer! We have also included the Season 17 and Season 18 patch notes below the current season's notes, for your perusal. [h1]Season 19 Battle Pass[/h1] We're going to the beach in this season's Battle Pass, with items like a new surfboard for Anarki; a fishing hat for BJ and a sun hat for Nyx; new watergun skins for the Lightning Gun and Tri-bolt; and your own little slice of the sandy shore with a new Summer Beach Podium! 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[/list] We also added a new game option: [list] [*] Champion Blood FX - Disable blood on hit and death [/list][h1]Map Updates[/h1] [list][*][b]Awoken:[/b] Fixed orb collision exploit above power-up hallway [*][b]Crucible:[/b] Simplified stone textures, removing lava sub materials [*][b]Corrupted Keep:[/b] Fixed an FX issue which may have been hindering map performance [*][b]Deep Embrace:[/b] [list][*]Fixed exploitable rock on the docks ring-out [*]Added a texture management config to manage texture quality [*]Fixed dire orb exploit near power-up [*]Fixed exploit near LG LA[/list][*][b]The Molten Falls:[/b] Fixed exploit near bones ring-out between RG & SNG [*][b]Vale of Pnath:[/b] Fixed collision on HA churro pillar [*][b]Vestibule of Exile:[/b] [list][*]Fixed wall collision left of the HA jumppad [*]Fixed two collision issues where players could get stuck, one in the narrow foggy tunnel, one next to the HA jumppad[/list][/list][h1]Champion Updates[/h1] [list][*][b]Keel:[/b] Reduced delay between grenades from 500 ms to 400 ms[/list][h1]Weapon Updates[/h1] [list][*]Starting Shotgun:[list][*]Reduced damage falloff range from 386 u to 256 u (9.65 m to 6.4 m)[/list][*]Starting Nailgun:[list][*]Increased damage from 10 to 12[/list][*]Super Shotgun:[list][*]Reduced damage falloff range from 386 u to 320 u (9.65 m to 8 m) [*]Increased knockback from 1.0 to 1.25 on ground and to 1.5 in air[/list][*]Super Nailgun:[list][*]Increased projectile speed from 1800 ups to 2000 ups (45 m/s to 50 m/s)[/list][*]Rocket Launcher: [list]Increased the splash damage trace reversal from 10 u to 16 u[/list][/list][h1]Bot Updates[/h1] [list] [*] Added support to play Timelimit Duel alone or vs a bot in Custom Game [*] Added support to play Duel Rounds vs a bot in Custom Game [*] Improved Tri-bolt aim targeting [*] Improved respawn times [*] Increased the "Human Teammate Defer Powerup Distance" from 768 to 1024u [*] Increased the priority of hitscan weapons [/list][h1]Sound Updates[/h1] [list] [*] Fixed reverb voices not being managed by the Champion VO volume slider [*] Spectators no longer hear "You Win", "You Lose", or "Round Draw" announcer sounds [/list][h1]Game Updates[/h1] [list] [*] Fixed the third person beam muzzle size for every lightning gun. [*] Sort champions on CTF endgame podium by Score instead of XP [*] Fixed totem health (issue which required Peeker to need more shots than necessary to destroy the totem) [*] Fixed Loveless LG texture quality [*] Updated Loveless LG beam fx [*] Fixed main menu/customization/profile podium rotation (we haven't yet had a podium where this issue was noticeable, but this had to be fixed for the new seasonal podiums) [*] UI - Updates to Battle Report skipping logic [*] Fixed a texture quality issue for scorch marks, trails, and explosions causing lower quality than desired at Low, Medium, & High. [*] Moved Gore Details & Blood Enabled from Advance Video to Game Settings [*] Moved FPS Display and Performance Icon settings options from Game to HUD Settings [*] No longer save max fps in the backend config, as this is a hardware dependent value [*] Updated Russian "Bug Report" localization [*] Reduced ranked mode XP [*] Reduced TDM 2v2 minimum respawn time from 3 to 2 seconds (previously deployed to live) [*] Reduced TDM 2v2 maximum respawn time from 10 to 5 seconds (previously deployed to live) [/list][h1]Service Updates[/h1] [list] [*] Ranking Reset - 1500 Starting SR, all tier values +300 SR from previous tier values [*] Anti-cheat updates: [list][*] Fixed compatibility with Logitech GHub [*] Fixed gamepad compatibility[/list][/list][h1]Additional Notes[/h1] [list][*]Streaming applications, such as OBS, may need to be run as administrator[/list] [h1]Season 18 Update Notes (Previous Update)[/h1] [h1]Map Updates[/h1] [list][*][b] Awoken:[/b] Jumppad fix near Heavy Armor [*][b]Crucible:[/b] [list][*] Fixed the lava fx coming through the floor below MH [*] Fixed some collision issues along the lava pit exit ramp [*] Cleanup of rock mesh around the outside of the map [*] Removed two breakables near Shotgun[/list][*][b]Ruins of Sarnath:[/b] [list][*] Fixed collision issue near Light Armor jumppad in T [*] Fixed collision issue near Lightning Gun jumppad [*] Fixed collision issue at Heavy Armor jumppad[/list][*][b]The Molten Falls:[/b][list] [*] Fixed collision at Lightning Gun jumppad [*] Fixed collision at Railgun jumppad[/list][*][b]Vale of Pnath:[/b] [list][*]Fixed collision at Light Armor jumppad near MH [*]Fixed collision at Railgun jumppad[/list][/list][h1]Game Updates[/h1] [list] [*] Added DirectI/O - Improves file I/O speeds for Windows 11 users with NVMe SSD drives [*] Added HELL-RAISER RL Shaders to the shop [*] Added TORMENTOR RG Shaders to the shop [*] Added Ally Arrow & Enemy Arrow options [*] Fixed the self-podium highlighting behavior in the Lobby, when attempting to move another player to your podium position [*] Adjusted LOVE SHAFT LG sounds - made the hum slightly quieter and the shot slightly louder [*] Fixed a crash in the Game Pass build after dismissing a system level error message when the 'You can join multiplayer games' privilege is set to 'Block' [*] Removed the nvidia Reflex code, while working on fixes for AMD cards [*] Profile Page UI - Viewing other player's profile pages will now properly show what Podium they have enabled [*] Default damage summation ALL RECENT DMG [*] Default teammate health and armor indicators to ON and visibility to XRAY [*] Default enemy outline ON [*] Updated backend settings storage to properly track settings between computers [*] Leaderboards - Removed "Best Champion" icon [*] FX optimizations [*] Fixed the dynamic shadow casting of the LOVE SHAFT first person model [*] Fixed Galang projectiles appear to come from above and behind the barrel of the weapon [*] Fixed audio config storage for Champion Quips, Soundtrack, Heavy Breathing, Hit Beep, Kill Beep, Low Health Warning, and Taking Damage Indicator which was preventing default values to be stored in the configs for new users [*] Removed lava footstep code that was causing CPU performance issues on Crucible [/list][h1]Service Updates[/h1] [list][*]Bug fixes and optiomizations[/list] [h1]Season 17 Update Notes (Previous Update)[/h1] [h1]New Content[/h1] [list] [*]Added LOVE SHAFT Lightning Gun [/list][h1]Map Updates[/h1] [list][*][b]Crucible:[/b] [list][*] Promoted the secret overstack health bubble in Duel into a new 50hp overstack health item with new visuals of its own, and a 25 second respawn time [*] Moved Power-up to center low, made the 50hp in all modes on the lava pool column [*] Fixed a large number of collision, mesh, and visibility issues reported on PTS [*] Performance improvements[/list][*][b]Deep Embrace:[/b] Fixed exploit outside of the MH window [*][b]Insomnia:[/b] [list][*]Fixes to stair collision in blood pool [*]Fixed visibility blocker issue in the Heavy Armor room[/list][*][b]The Longest Yard CTF:[/b] Fixed missing collision on center side rocks[/list][h1]Champion Updates[/h1] [list][*][b]Eisen:[/b] [list][*] Turret now despawns 1 minute after deploy [*] Restored turret deploy delay from 1 second to 2 seconds[/list][*][b]Keel:[/b] Decreased cooldown between grenades from 800 to 500 ms[/list][h1]Game Updates[/h1] [list] [*] Fixed Player is not blocked from voice, text or invites from non-friend Microsoft Store players when the privilege is set to Friends on Game Pass [*] Fixed Player is still able to hear player after muting them on Game Pass [*] Fixed Microsoft Store player that is in-game friends with Steam player may not hear voice chat with the setting set to in-game friends onGame Pass [*] Updated CPU & GPU autodetect settings database to have knowledge of all currently available hardware [*] Fixed the missing icon for the Stroyent pickup item [*] Fixed Keel's ability description grenade count [*] Updated the "yellow shield" status effect icon, shown for Clutch & Scalebearer's which denotes their damage reduction during ability, to be protection-green. [*] Fixed an issue with the Inverted Mouse option storage [*] Fixed an issue with the Damage Indicator option [*] Fixed multiple engine issues, mostly related to synchronization between the game scripts & the engine code. These are minor errors & warnings, just some maintenance. [/list][h1]Service Updates[/h1] [list] [*] Performance updates [*] Anti-cheat updates [*] Security updates [/list]