This week's update features private matches, a penalty for jump shooting, several defender equipment changes, and many bugfixes for issues. As this update contains many changes that are not just fixes and are gameplay changes, we encourage users to join our discord using the link on the game's homepage and give feedback!
Gameplay Changes:
Jump aiming penalty:
- Weapons will dip down rapidly when jumping
- Scoped weapons will unscope and will not be able to return to scope for half a second
- These penalties only apply to jumping, so falling from a ledge will not cause the penalty
Defender equipment changes:
Molotovs
- Duration reduced by 55% to about 8 seconds (this also will incidentally resolve the issue where fire goes out and comes back)
- The count of the molotovs has increased to 7, up from 4 to offset this, the total avaliable molotov time remains about the same
- The molotov area was slightly reduced, by about 15%
Barbed Wire
- Slow debuff reduced to 50%, down from a 65% debuff
- The count conversely increased to 9, up from 6
- Size changed to better match the actual model size of the wire: width shortened, gained length, height shortened.
Flares
- Duration decreased from 45 to 30
- Count increased to 4, up from 3
Other:
- Fix flashlights rendering with the map open, to help prevent spying on the other team.
- Animation fix for unholstered crouching causing an "A-Pose"
- Animation fix for ADS Legros weilding causing an "A-Pose"
UI/Menu Changes:
Added private matches:
- Private matches require a filter to be entered, this option can be enabled as "Display Match Making Password Box" in the UI settings.
- Once the private matches filter is enabled, you must type a code into the private match filter and search with the private match code to find an opponent.
- A singular squad searching with a private match filter will not start a match, you must have two opposing squads searching with the same private match code. It will also respect your region and gamemode selections, so those must match as well.
- Private matches do not stop players from joining during an in-progress match, so make sure to set your code to something secret!
- Additionally, it should say "Searching for a private match" when working correctly.
Other:
- Added fix for some audio devices not properly initializing on startup, leading to audio errors or vivox initialization errors.
- Display tip for "Press M to Open Map" for a short duration after a round starts.
- Fix issue where game would not respect the window/fullscreen/borderless mode set in the config.
- "Servers are locked down" changed to "Servers are being updated"
- More updates to the home screen, added new panels to fill out the rest of the home screen. Blog posts link, twitter link, code of conduct, more.
- When connecting while banned instead of seeing "You are Banned" a banned user will now see a notice explaining the reason and duration, to help describe temporary infractions.