Patch Notes v1.58

Rocket League Patch Notes v1.58 / Friends Update

Scheduled Release: February 19, 2019, 10:00 a.m. PST / 6:00 p.m. UTC (All Platforms)

THE HEADLINES

• New Friends List is accessible via the bottom menu bar
  • Each player now has a unique RocketID

• Competitive Season 9 Rewards will be awarded to eligible accounts
  
• Competitive Season 10 begins
  
• ‘Curveball’ is now available as a Ball Physics Mutator
  

CHANGES AND UPDATES

Friends List

• The new Friends List allows you to add friends from other gaming platforms to Parties and Clubs.
• Accessible on the bottom menu bar next to Party Chat, it has four distinct tabs:
  • Friends
    • This tab shows your Friends from the platform you’re playing on
    • You can invite these Friends to Parties and Clubs from this menu by clicking on their name

  • RocketID
    • This tab shows your Friends on other platforms that you’ve added via RocketID
    • From here, you can select “Add Friend by RocketID” to search for a friend’s ID
    • You can input their name if you don’t know their full tag to do a search

  • Recent Players
    • Displays the last 25 players you played with or against that you aren’t already friends with

  • Alerts
    • Shows any pending RocketID Friend Requests you’ve received as well as active Party Invites, Club Invites, and other Notifications

• Your ‘RocketID’ is assigned the first time you log in using your name plus a random four-digit code
  • If your name doesn’t pass our language filter, you’ll be assigned a temporary, auto-generated name like Octane#1234
  • You can change your RocketID at any time for any reason via the RocketID Tab

• Show RocketIDs: Hide your RocketID from displaying in your Friends List (Under Options > Interface)
  • Players can use this feature to hide their RocketID during a live broadcast

• Notifications During Gameplay: Disable Friends List notifications during gameplay (Under Options > Interface)
  

Curveball Mutator

• ‘Curveball’ is now available as a Ball Physics Mutator
  • Available in Local Matches, Private Matches, and Tournaments
  • When enabled, this Mutator adds a curve effect to the ball’s trajectory based on its spin.

Audio

• Rocket League’s audio mix has been updated, including audio priority rebalancing, HDR audio, object elevation, and more
• When watching a Replay, audio now appropriately speeds up or slows down along with the Replay video

Competitive Season 9 Rewards

• Competitive Season 9 has ended. Titles and items will be awarded for your highest rank achieved during the season
  • Receiving Season 9 Rewards also requires successful completion of the appropriate Season Reward Levels

• Season 9 Rewards are custom, non-tradeable Wheels
  • Bronze I or higher – Season 9 – Bronze Wheels
  • Silver I or higher – Season 9 – Silver Wheels + lower Wheels
  • Gold I or higher – Season 9 – Gold Wheels + lower Wheels
  • Platinum I or higher – Season 9 – Platinum Wheels + lower Wheels
  • Diamond I or higher – Season 9 – Diamond Wheels + lower Wheels
  • Champion I or higher – Season 9 – Champion Wheels + lower Wheels

• Season 9 Grand Champion Rewards are unique new Titles
  • Competitive Grand Champion – ‘Season 9 – Grand Champion’ In-Game Title + all Season 9 Wheels
  • Rumble Grand Champion – ‘Season 9 – RNG Champ’ In-Game Title + all Season 9 Wheels
  • Dropshot Grand Champion – ‘Season 9 – Floor Destroyer’ In-Game Title + all Season 9 Wheels
  • Hoops Grand Champion – ‘Season 9 – Dunk Master’ In-Game Title + all Season Wheels
  • Snow Day Grand Champion – ‘Season 9 – Blizzard Wizard’ In-Game Title + all Season 9 Wheels

Competitive Season 10

• Competitive Season 10 begins
• Season 10 brings a “soft reset” that requires you to do placement matches in each playlist to recalibrate your Rank
• Winning half of your placement matches will land you near your previous season ranking
• League Rankings will be temporarily empty until players complete their placement matches
• All placement match wins count towards your Bronze Season Reward Level progress

General

• Extra Modes (Dropshot, Hoops, Rumble, and Snow Day) are now available in Free Play
  • Extra Modes are only available on certain Arenas as labeled in the Free Play Arena selection window

• You can now see how many Weekly Wins you have left on the experience screen at the end of a match
  
• Game Stat Display Level: You can now control which in-game stat notifications you see during a match via the Options > Gameplay menu
  • No Stats: You will not receive any notification during matches
  • Main Stats Only: notifications for the following will appear:
    • Assist
    • Epic Save
    • Goal
    • Save
    • Shot
    • Demolition

  • All Stats: All in-game notifications are displayed
    
• "Input Buffer" option added to the Gameplay Options menu
  • This setting controls which method the game uses to send your gameplay inputs to our servers. These methods are:
    • Legacy - The default option used since Rocket League launched.
    • STS (Sim Time Scaling) - This allows the game server to instruct your client to very subtly speed up or slow down in order to maintain a smooth input stream.
    • CSTS (Continuous Sim Time Scaling) - A more aggressive version of STS that uses a continuous feedback loop to determine game speed.

  • Both STS and CSTS are newer strategies for latency mitigation that may be more effective for players with connectivity issues, spotty Wi-Fi, etc. than the Legacy method
    
  • If you experience connectivity issues during a match, you should try switching from Legacy to STS or CSTS. If you see no improvement, change back to Legacy

BUG FIXES

General

• Fixed a bug preventing players from reconnecting to a match after a disconnection from the server
  • Please note that you will still not be able to rejoin if the match you were in has already ended

• Fixed a bug causing spectator camera control UI to reappear after any goal is scored
  
• Tournament creators no longer receive an error when trying to spectate matches
  
• [Xbox One] The game app will no longer crash when returning from a suspended state when using Instant-on Mode
  
• Fixed a bug causing trades involving 80 or more Keys to fail
  
• Goal Explosions should no longer play on repeat after backing out of the Crate preview screen
  
• Unrelated Customization Items will no longer appear under the ‘Body’ tab after rapidly opening and closing the Garage menu
  
• Chat sound no longer plays when entering Training while in a Party
  
• Items will appear correctly in the trade window after removing and re-adding to the trade
  
• Keys obtained through Rocket Pass will now stack with other Keys in your inventory
  
• [Switch] The UI will no longer lag when scrolling through a long list of friends
  
• The Special Edition label now appears when a Special Edition item is unlocked in Rocket Pass
  

KNOWN ISSUES

• Dunk House: In Free Play, the Ball does not lift right after the user moves out of the kick-off position like it does in offline or online matches.
• Friends List notifications will not appear while viewing Replays
• An incorrect error message may appear if you try to change your Rocket ID if PsyNet is down
• [Xbox One] Players may not be able to accept party invites via Xbox One notifications if Rocket League is suspended
• [Xbox One] In-game chat is replaced with asterisks (except for quick chat) after loading the game from suspended mode
• [Steam, Xbox] Adding a same platform friend through RocketID may cause previously deleted friends to reappear
• When previewing the Special Edition ‘Asik’ Wheel in the lobby or Garage, it may appear to have a low level of detail
• When spectating a Hoops match, the Blue goal displays an additional vertically-oriented net