Hello, Commanders! Here's your community update for the coming week!


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Girls Who Code Charity Stream



When: Wednesday, March 8
Join us as your favorite female streamers play Dropzone to raise money for Girls Who Code, a national non-profit organization whose mission is to close the gender gap in technology by inspiring and educating girls from 6th-12th grade through computer science programs.

Stay tuned next week for a full schedule and details on how you can watch the event and help make a difference!


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CSL Dropzone Collegiate Tournament



Region(s): North America
When: League play begins Sunday, March 5
The CSL Dropzone Collegiate Tournament begins this weekend! Collegiate players will be competing in 2v2 for a chance at the $5,000 prize pool! (Registrations now closed.)

Details here: https://cstarleague.com/dropzone

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TakeTV Friendzone Cup #3



Region(s): Europe, North America
When: Sunday, March 5
The Friendzone Cup continues, powered by Paysafecard! There's still time to sign up for this weekend's community tournament hosted by TakeTV. For more details, head over to the Battle of the Rigs site:

(ENG) http://battleoftherigs.com/en/friendzone
(DE) http://battleoftherigs.com/de/friendzone

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ESL Beta Cup #21



Region(s): Open to everyone who plays Dropzone!
When: Tuesday, March 7
Signups for ESL's next weekly Tuesday tournament are open!

Sign up here: https://play.eslgaming.com/dropzone/europe/dropzone/open/beta-cup-21-europe/
(Note that although the ESL tournament page says "Europe," it's open to all territories Dropzone is currently available in.)

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WardiTV Tournament



Regions: Open to everyone who plays Dropzone!
When: Saturday, March 11

This Saturday, WardiTV is hosting an open tournament with a $50 prize pool. The tournament will also be streamed live from http://twitch.tv/wardiii. Details and signups here:
http://challonge.com/WTVDZ1

-------------------------------

If you have a Dropzone-related fansite, or are organizing a Dropzone tournament or other community event, please reach out to us at community[at]sparkypants[dot]com and tell us about it!

Hello, Commanders! Here's your community update for the coming week!


-------------------------------

Girls Who Code Charity Stream



When: Wednesday, March 8
Join us as your favorite female streamers play Dropzone to raise money for Girls Who Code, a national non-profit organization whose mission is to close the gender gap in technology by inspiring and educating girls from 6th-12th grade through computer science programs.

Stay tuned next week for a full schedule and details on how you can watch the event and help make a difference!


-------------------------------

CSL Dropzone Collegiate Tournament



Region(s): North America
When: League play begins Sunday, March 5
The CSL Dropzone Collegiate Tournament begins this weekend! Collegiate players will be competing in 2v2 for a chance at the $5,000 prize pool! (Registrations now closed.)

Details here: https://cstarleague.com/dropzone

-------------------------------

TakeTV Friendzone Cup #3



Region(s): Europe, North America
When: Sunday, March 5
The Friendzone Cup continues, powered by Paysafecard! There's still time to sign up for this weekend's community tournament hosted by TakeTV. For more details, head over to the Battle of the Rigs site:

(ENG) http://battleoftherigs.com/en/friendzone
(DE) http://battleoftherigs.com/de/friendzone

-------------------------------

ESL Beta Cup #21



Region(s): Open to everyone who plays Dropzone!
When: Tuesday, March 7
Signups for ESL's next weekly Tuesday tournament are open!

Sign up here: https://play.eslgaming.com/dropzone/europe/dropzone/open/beta-cup-21-europe/
(Note that although the ESL tournament page says "Europe," it's open to all territories Dropzone is currently available in.)

-------------------------------

WardiTV Tournament



Regions: Open to everyone who plays Dropzone!
When: Saturday, March 11

This Saturday, WardiTV is hosting an open tournament with a $50 prize pool. The tournament will also be streamed live from http://twitch.tv/wardiii. Details and signups here:
http://challonge.com/WTVDZ1

-------------------------------

If you have a Dropzone-related fansite, or are organizing a Dropzone tournament or other community event, please reach out to us at community[at]sparkypants[dot]com and tell us about it!

This will hit the live servers tomorrow in course of the day.

Gameplay Changes

• Jump pads no longer disjoint ammo

Gear Changes

• Scatter Laser
  
  • Damage debuff is now 20% at all levels
    
  • Ability damage from 50x4 (total) to 28.5 / 37.5 / 50 (x4)
• Flamethrower
  
  • Auto-attack damage reduced from 80/90/100/110/110 to 80/80/80/80/80
    
  • Bonus Damage per Slag Stack increased from 0/2.5/2.7/2.9/3.0 to 0/2.8/3.0/3.3/3.5
    
  • Auto-attack range reduced from 14m to 13m
    
  • Auto-attack splash range reduced from 17m to 16.5m
    
  • Release count per auto-attack cycle reduced from 2 to 1. Auto-attack cycle length unchanged. This now applies damage less frequently, but more damage per damage instance
    
  • Overall max-stacks amplified DPS changed from: -/173/189/206.5/209.8 to -/173/179.8/189.8/196
• Null Field
  
  • Now has a 1 second delay before it starts silencing and damaging enemies inside the field
    
  • Overall duration has increased from 5 seconds to 6 seconds to accommodate the delay
• Inhibitor Field
  
  • The field now lasts for 1 second and no longer disarms enemies inside the field
    
  • Instead, enemies inside the field when it ends are disarmed
    
  • The disarm lasts for 2.5 seconds
• Dyno Vortex
  
  • Splash size rescaled from --/25/30/35/35 to --/20/25/30/30
• Shock Prod
  
  • Will no longer seek attackers at infinite distances
    
  • Seek logic from both the attacker (if present) and fallback nearest enemy logic has been unified to use the displayed search range value
    
  • Search range value increased from 20m to 28m
• Zealot Drive
  
  • Reactive HP Regen is added on all enemy damage, instead of just auto-attack damage
• Combat Rush
  
  • Now activates when the gunner auto-attacks while at low HP
    
  • The effect lasts for 3 seconds. Attacking will refresh the effect
    
  • The potency of the effect is still based on how hurt the gunner is
• Obscure Vitality
  
  • Now works in Infestation Mode

Pilot Changes

• Fury
  
  • Base speed reduced from 8.5 to 8.25 (Base gunner speed is still 8.0)

• Recon’s Trait
  
  • Now stacks up to 3 times
    
  • Duration does not refresh when stacked
• Plutus’ Trait
  
  • Ally armor bonus reduced from +5 to +3
    
  • Enemy armor debuff unchanged (-5)

Miscellaneous Notes

• Two new user preferences have been added to the Gameplay tab of the Options menu
  
• The Match Seeking panel has been moved to the bottom replay HUD to prevent UI overlap
  
• The outdated version error text has been updated to make it more clear that the player is on an old version and needs to update
  
• Custom Lobby chat is now automatically opened in mini-state when starting a Custom Lobby
  
• Basic Functionality stats have been moved to the bottom of gear cards
  
• In-game chat for Infestation now reflects each participants’ player color
  
• Friend chat now remembers the history of the chat. Currently, chat notifications are not set up if messages are received while the friend is offline or in the middle of a match - that fix will be added soon
  
• The ‘Continue’ button on the rewards screens now has click SFX
  
• The hologram that displays crafted gear and gear opened in crates has been updated
  
• Streamer safety guides have been added to the installation directory in the community folder. These files point out ‘safe zones’ for players to put their stream information so that it doesn’t overlap with Dropzone’s UI

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the Player Overview Tab was counting Test Loadout runs in the ‘Matches Played’ category.
  
• Fixed an issue where the camera could become locked in the 3[sup]rd[/sup] Tutorial – Scoring Points
  
• Fixed an issue where the flashing UI box was not properly centered on ‘Return to Builder’ button during the Builder Tutorial
  
• Fixed an issue where ‘Double Kill’ and ‘Team Wipe’ banners were always displaying as blue
  
• Fixed an issue where the Watch Mode HUD toggle was not hiding Infestation UI elements
  
• Fixed an issue where Custom Tower equipped text was displaying as string text
  
• Fixed an issue where Custom Lobby chat was named ‘Dropzone Chat’ – Custom Lobby chat is now named ‘Lobby Chat’
  
• Fixed an issue where double digit pilot levels overlapped with the level progress bar on the match results screen
  
• Fixed an issue where collapsing the chat into a smaller window did not show the most recent messages sent
  
• Fixed an issue where Credits were not accessible after completely playing once
  
• Fixed an issue where the Continue button on the Introduction pop up was not translated for German
  
• Fixed an issue where the Daily Bounty rewards were not listed in the Transmissions Detail panel after skipping the Tutorial
  
• Fixed an issue where chat text was too small in lower resolutions
  
• Added a temp fix to regenerate the default.json file if it ever got into a bad ‘null’ state
  
• Fixed an issue where certain Infestation VO lines only played out of the left speaker
  
• Fixed an issue where Nanite Wall did not block rigs that used Thrusters or Boosters toward it
  
• Fixed a memory crash on Windows 7 and 8 machines
  
• Fixed the vision controls for red/blue team in the bottom left corner of the replay UI. You no longer have to CTRL-CLICK to turn them both on. Both eyes now toggle on and off
  
• Fixed backwards compatibility issue with replays from builds 1635, 1640 and 1661
  
• Fixed Summoner's Cocoon not stacking until the original stack is removed by an attack

Known Issues

• There are known issues with words bleeding outside of their bounding boxes for every language other than English. Fixes are on the way
  
• Locking Observer slots in Custom Matches only works when both slots are empty
  
• The Private Match setting only works when the game is already created, so someone can join in-between
  
• Hive Link does not have a cast ring around hives to show where the ability can be cast
  
• The ‘Easy Pickings’ achievement does not count Hives killed by a teammate towards the goal
  
• Global Chat does not reflect your changed name until you have restarted the game

This will hit the live servers tomorrow in course of the day.

Gameplay Changes

• Jump pads no longer disjoint ammo

Gear Changes

• Scatter Laser
  
  • Damage debuff is now 20% at all levels
    
  • Ability damage from 50x4 (total) to 28.5 / 37.5 / 50 (x4)
• Flamethrower
  
  • Auto-attack damage reduced from 80/90/100/110/110 to 80/80/80/80/80
    
  • Bonus Damage per Slag Stack increased from 0/2.5/2.7/2.9/3.0 to 0/2.8/3.0/3.3/3.5
    
  • Auto-attack range reduced from 14m to 13m
    
  • Auto-attack splash range reduced from 17m to 16.5m
    
  • Release count per auto-attack cycle reduced from 2 to 1. Auto-attack cycle length unchanged. This now applies damage less frequently, but more damage per damage instance
    
  • Overall max-stacks amplified DPS changed from: -/173/189/206.5/209.8 to -/173/179.8/189.8/196
• Null Field
  
  • Now has a 1 second delay before it starts silencing and damaging enemies inside the field
    
  • Overall duration has increased from 5 seconds to 6 seconds to accommodate the delay
• Inhibitor Field
  
  • The field now lasts for 1 second and no longer disarms enemies inside the field
    
  • Instead, enemies inside the field when it ends are disarmed
    
  • The disarm lasts for 2.5 seconds
• Dyno Vortex
  
  • Splash size rescaled from --/25/30/35/35 to --/20/25/30/30
• Shock Prod
  
  • Will no longer seek attackers at infinite distances
    
  • Seek logic from both the attacker (if present) and fallback nearest enemy logic has been unified to use the displayed search range value
    
  • Search range value increased from 20m to 28m
• Zealot Drive
  
  • Reactive HP Regen is added on all enemy damage, instead of just auto-attack damage
• Combat Rush
  
  • Now activates when the gunner auto-attacks while at low HP
    
  • The effect lasts for 3 seconds. Attacking will refresh the effect
    
  • The potency of the effect is still based on how hurt the gunner is
• Obscure Vitality
  
  • Now works in Infestation Mode

Pilot Changes

• Fury
  
  • Base speed reduced from 8.5 to 8.25 (Base gunner speed is still 8.0)

• Recon’s Trait
  
  • Now stacks up to 3 times
    
  • Duration does not refresh when stacked
• Plutus’ Trait
  
  • Ally armor bonus reduced from +5 to +3
    
  • Enemy armor debuff unchanged (-5)

Miscellaneous Notes

• Two new user preferences have been added to the Gameplay tab of the Options menu
  
• The Match Seeking panel has been moved to the bottom replay HUD to prevent UI overlap
  
• The outdated version error text has been updated to make it more clear that the player is on an old version and needs to update
  
• Custom Lobby chat is now automatically opened in mini-state when starting a Custom Lobby
  
• Basic Functionality stats have been moved to the bottom of gear cards
  
• In-game chat for Infestation now reflects each participants’ player color
  
• Friend chat now remembers the history of the chat. Currently, chat notifications are not set up if messages are received while the friend is offline or in the middle of a match - that fix will be added soon
  
• The ‘Continue’ button on the rewards screens now has click SFX
  
• The hologram that displays crafted gear and gear opened in crates has been updated
  
• Streamer safety guides have been added to the installation directory in the community folder. These files point out ‘safe zones’ for players to put their stream information so that it doesn’t overlap with Dropzone’s UI

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the Player Overview Tab was counting Test Loadout runs in the ‘Matches Played’ category.
  
• Fixed an issue where the camera could become locked in the 3[sup]rd[/sup] Tutorial – Scoring Points
  
• Fixed an issue where the flashing UI box was not properly centered on ‘Return to Builder’ button during the Builder Tutorial
  
• Fixed an issue where ‘Double Kill’ and ‘Team Wipe’ banners were always displaying as blue
  
• Fixed an issue where the Watch Mode HUD toggle was not hiding Infestation UI elements
  
• Fixed an issue where Custom Tower equipped text was displaying as string text
  
• Fixed an issue where Custom Lobby chat was named ‘Dropzone Chat’ – Custom Lobby chat is now named ‘Lobby Chat’
  
• Fixed an issue where double digit pilot levels overlapped with the level progress bar on the match results screen
  
• Fixed an issue where collapsing the chat into a smaller window did not show the most recent messages sent
  
• Fixed an issue where Credits were not accessible after completely playing once
  
• Fixed an issue where the Continue button on the Introduction pop up was not translated for German
  
• Fixed an issue where the Daily Bounty rewards were not listed in the Transmissions Detail panel after skipping the Tutorial
  
• Fixed an issue where chat text was too small in lower resolutions
  
• Added a temp fix to regenerate the default.json file if it ever got into a bad ‘null’ state
  
• Fixed an issue where certain Infestation VO lines only played out of the left speaker
  
• Fixed an issue where Nanite Wall did not block rigs that used Thrusters or Boosters toward it
  
• Fixed a memory crash on Windows 7 and 8 machines
  
• Fixed the vision controls for red/blue team in the bottom left corner of the replay UI. You no longer have to CTRL-CLICK to turn them both on. Both eyes now toggle on and off
  
• Fixed backwards compatibility issue with replays from builds 1635, 1640 and 1661
  
• Fixed Summoner's Cocoon not stacking until the original stack is removed by an attack

Known Issues

• There are known issues with words bleeding outside of their bounding boxes for every language other than English. Fixes are on the way
  
• Locking Observer slots in Custom Matches only works when both slots are empty
  
• The Private Match setting only works when the game is already created, so someone can join in-between
  
• Hive Link does not have a cast ring around hives to show where the ability can be cast
  
• The ‘Easy Pickings’ achievement does not count Hives killed by a teammate towards the goal
  
• Global Chat does not reflect your changed name until you have restarted the game

Greetings, Commanders!

Each week, we'll keep you updated on the latest Dropzone community news! We're just one week into our Early Access release, and there are already some big events coming up!


-------------------------------

CSL Dropzone Collegiate Tournament



Region(s): North America
When: Registrations end Tuesday, February 28, league begins Monday, March 5
February 28 is the last day to sign up for the CSL Dropzone Collegiate Tournament! If you are a currently-enrolled student, don't miss out on the chance at the $5,000 prize pool!

You can find all the details at: https://cstarleague.com/dropzone

-------------------------------

TakeTV Friendzone Cup #2



Region(s): Europe, North America
When: Wednesday, March 1
In cooperation with Paysafecard, TakeTV is hosting a series of community cups! The next one is coming up on Wednesday, March 1. Enter to compete for prizes provided by Paysafecard!
(ENG) http://battleoftherigs.com/en/friendzone
(DE) http://battleoftherigs.com/de/friendzone

And don't forget to follow along with the TakeTV Battle of the Rigs event, as four teams compete in a six-week tournament!

-------------------------------

ESL Beta Cup #20



Region(s): Open to everyone who plays Dropzone!
When: Tuesday, February 28
ESL is bringing you a weekly Dropzone tournament every Tuesday! These tournaments have been running since the Closed Beta Test, and next week is the big #20!

Sign up here: https://play.eslgaming.com/dropzone/europe/dropzone/open/beta-cup-20-europe/
(Note that although the ESL tournament page says "Europe," it's open to all territories Dropzone is currently available in.)

-------------------------------

If you have a Dropzone-related fansite, or are organizing a Dropzone tournament or other community event, please reach out to us at community[at]sparkypants[dot]com and tell us about it!

Greetings, Commanders!

Each week, we'll keep you updated on the latest Dropzone community news! We're just one week into our Early Access release, and there are already some big events coming up!


-------------------------------

CSL Dropzone Collegiate Tournament



Region(s): North America
When: Registrations end Tuesday, February 28, league begins Monday, March 5
February 28 is the last day to sign up for the CSL Dropzone Collegiate Tournament! If you are a currently-enrolled student, don't miss out on the chance at the $5,000 prize pool!

You can find all the details at: https://cstarleague.com/dropzone

-------------------------------

TakeTV Friendzone Cup #2



Region(s): Europe, North America
When: Wednesday, March 1
In cooperation with Paysafecard, TakeTV is hosting a series of community cups! The next one is coming up on Wednesday, March 1. Enter to compete for prizes provided by Paysafecard!
(ENG) http://battleoftherigs.com/en/friendzone
(DE) http://battleoftherigs.com/de/friendzone

And don't forget to follow along with the TakeTV Battle of the Rigs event, as four teams compete in a six-week tournament!

-------------------------------

ESL Beta Cup #20



Region(s): Open to everyone who plays Dropzone!
When: Tuesday, February 28
ESL is bringing you a weekly Dropzone tournament every Tuesday! These tournaments have been running since the Closed Beta Test, and next week is the big #20!

Sign up here: https://play.eslgaming.com/dropzone/europe/dropzone/open/beta-cup-20-europe/
(Note that although the ESL tournament page says "Europe," it's open to all territories Dropzone is currently available in.)

-------------------------------

If you have a Dropzone-related fansite, or are organizing a Dropzone tournament or other community event, please reach out to us at community[at]sparkypants[dot]com and tell us about it!

Gameplay Notes

• Changes have been made to resigning
  
  • Drops and Resigns after 10 minutes of gameplay now give full rewards. This scales up linearly from 0 to 10 minutes. This will also count for the Daily Bounty ‘Finish 1 Match’
    
  • The client will now show a resign pop up when it is mathematically improbable for one player to win. This includes the opponent getting half of all possible points, not enough cores remaining on the map to gain a win, and not enough time to upload cores to win
• Players can now continue to play Solo modes when a new version of the game is released instead of being forced to patch to the latest version.
  
• Infestation
  
  • Adding extra time between waves as the game goes on. +3 seconds every 5 waves. Up to an additional +20 seconds
    
  • Fixing mob spawning rules, ensuring that we cannot spawn more of the hardest wave than of the easier waves
    
  • Core dunks are worth 2000 points instead of 5000 points
    
  • Increasing hive bucket milestone size by 1 for all player counts, it takes more hives to earn extra events
    
  • +1 event card per turn starting at waves 15, 30, and 45. (Wave 45 will be 4 event cards every turn)
    
  • Co-op games will increase the maximum hive count every three waves, instead of every two
    
  • Co-op games will spawn an extra hive every five waves instead of every four
    
  • Solo games will spawn an extra hive every 9th wave (in addition to the extra hive every 4th wave)
    
  • Kamikaze Kavash will now detonate on the reactor
    
  • Reducing the maximum core bucket milestone size for 4 player, from 6 to 5. (Late game it will only take 5 cores to receive a positive event)
    
  • Angel of Mercy event chance increased later in the game
    
  • Reduced Boss Surge event chance later in the game
    
  • Removed the Repair Malfunction event

Miscellaneous Notes

• Help text has been added to the Multiplayer Queue window explaining that players can participate in Solo Modes whilst waiting for an opponent in Multiplayer Queue
  
• An ‘Enable Intro Cinematic’ option has been added to the Gameplay Tab of the Options Menu
  
• Players can now watch Infestation replays (WIP)
  
• Players now have the option to “like” replays
  
• There is now a search bar in the filter, allowing players to search for specific replays using their Match Code. (Match Codes can be found by selecting a replay – the code is listed under the Watch Match button)
  
• Non-critical and user-input VO is now gated by a 10 second timer to avoid excessive VO triggers

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the right dropship in a replay would show the incorrect team until the countdown timer started
  
• Fixed an issue where the Options Menu could not be closed if the player hit Esc while the resign confirmation pop up was open
  
• Fixed an issue where the Watch Menu was displaying Rigs default loadouts rather than the selected loadout
  
• Fixed an issue where the speed control bar in the Replay Controls did not scale to 16x FF
  
• Fixed an issue where Jovians earned from Level Ups and Daily Bounties were not counting toward the ‘Kingpin’ achievement
  
• Fixed another issue regarding bad texture states when navigating between the Player Menu and the Builder Menu
  
• Fixed an issue where Atomic Welder was doing damage to allied units
  
• Fixed a very rare UI related crash
  
• Fixed an issue where certain FX lights were using the wrong quality settings
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur if Plutus casted Paradigm Shift on a Tank that was using Palm Rockets on a Vision Tower or Uplink
  
• Fixed an issue where Friends Lists information would overlap if enough friends were in a sort listing to produce a scroll bar
  
• Fixed an issue where some players were receiving ‘Unable to connect to the internet. Error Type: 2, Error Code:60’ when attempting to launch Dropzone
  
• Fixed an issue where Dropzone would not launch if it failed to initialize the default audio device. Now, if Dropzone fails to initialize the default audio device, it will launch with no sound and display an error message

Known Issues

• There are known issues with words bleeding outside of their bounding boxes for every language other than English. Fixes are on the way
  
• Locking observers slots in Custom Matches only works when both slots are empty
  
• The Private Match setting only works when the game is already created, so someone can join in-between
  
• Hive Link does not have a cast ring around hives to show where the ability can be cast – fix incoming soon
  
• The ‘Easy Pickings’ achievement does not count Hives killed by a teammate towards the goal
  
• Global Chat does not reflect your changed name until you have restarted the game

Gameplay Notes

• Changes have been made to resigning
  
  • Drops and Resigns after 10 minutes of gameplay now give full rewards. This scales up linearly from 0 to 10 minutes. This will also count for the Daily Bounty ‘Finish 1 Match’
    
  • The client will now show a resign pop up when it is mathematically improbable for one player to win. This includes the opponent getting half of all possible points, not enough cores remaining on the map to gain a win, and not enough time to upload cores to win
• Players can now continue to play Solo modes when a new version of the game is released instead of being forced to patch to the latest version.
  
• Infestation
  
  • Adding extra time between waves as the game goes on. +3 seconds every 5 waves. Up to an additional +20 seconds
    
  • Fixing mob spawning rules, ensuring that we cannot spawn more of the hardest wave than of the easier waves
    
  • Core dunks are worth 2000 points instead of 5000 points
    
  • Increasing hive bucket milestone size by 1 for all player counts, it takes more hives to earn extra events
    
  • +1 event card per turn starting at waves 15, 30, and 45. (Wave 45 will be 4 event cards every turn)
    
  • Co-op games will increase the maximum hive count every three waves, instead of every two
    
  • Co-op games will spawn an extra hive every five waves instead of every four
    
  • Solo games will spawn an extra hive every 9th wave (in addition to the extra hive every 4th wave)
    
  • Kamikaze Kavash will now detonate on the reactor
    
  • Reducing the maximum core bucket milestone size for 4 player, from 6 to 5. (Late game it will only take 5 cores to receive a positive event)
    
  • Angel of Mercy event chance increased later in the game
    
  • Reduced Boss Surge event chance later in the game
    
  • Removed the Repair Malfunction event

Miscellaneous Notes

• Help text has been added to the Multiplayer Queue window explaining that players can participate in Solo Modes whilst waiting for an opponent in Multiplayer Queue
  
• An ‘Enable Intro Cinematic’ option has been added to the Gameplay Tab of the Options Menu
  
• Players can now watch Infestation replays (WIP)
  
• Players now have the option to “like” replays
  
• There is now a search bar in the filter, allowing players to search for specific replays using their Match Code. (Match Codes can be found by selecting a replay – the code is listed under the Watch Match button)
  
• Non-critical and user-input VO is now gated by a 10 second timer to avoid excessive VO triggers

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the right dropship in a replay would show the incorrect team until the countdown timer started
  
• Fixed an issue where the Options Menu could not be closed if the player hit Esc while the resign confirmation pop up was open
  
• Fixed an issue where the Watch Menu was displaying Rigs default loadouts rather than the selected loadout
  
• Fixed an issue where the speed control bar in the Replay Controls did not scale to 16x FF
  
• Fixed an issue where Jovians earned from Level Ups and Daily Bounties were not counting toward the ‘Kingpin’ achievement
  
• Fixed another issue regarding bad texture states when navigating between the Player Menu and the Builder Menu
  
• Fixed an issue where Atomic Welder was doing damage to allied units
  
• Fixed a very rare UI related crash
  
• Fixed an issue where certain FX lights were using the wrong quality settings
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur if Plutus casted Paradigm Shift on a Tank that was using Palm Rockets on a Vision Tower or Uplink
  
• Fixed an issue where Friends Lists information would overlap if enough friends were in a sort listing to produce a scroll bar
  
• Fixed an issue where some players were receiving ‘Unable to connect to the internet. Error Type: 2, Error Code:60’ when attempting to launch Dropzone
  
• Fixed an issue where Dropzone would not launch if it failed to initialize the default audio device. Now, if Dropzone fails to initialize the default audio device, it will launch with no sound and display an error message

Known Issues

• There are known issues with words bleeding outside of their bounding boxes for every language other than English. Fixes are on the way
  
• Locking observers slots in Custom Matches only works when both slots are empty
  
• The Private Match setting only works when the game is already created, so someone can join in-between
  
• Hive Link does not have a cast ring around hives to show where the ability can be cast – fix incoming soon
  
• The ‘Easy Pickings’ achievement does not count Hives killed by a teammate towards the goal
  
• Global Chat does not reflect your changed name until you have restarted the game

Miscellaneous Notes

• The Match Queue window no longer estimate time to match (WIP)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a sim server crash that could occur if the player moved out of range of a hive’s glob spit attack in Infestation
  
• Fixed an issue where some FX were not playing in the Builder action timeline
  
• Fixed an issue where some FX were causing visual corrupted when spammed
  
• Fixed an issue where the Match Queue timer was not resetting between declines and region switches
  
• Fixed an issue where the game would reconnect after a network hiccup but the reconnecting UI persisted on the screen
  
• Fixed an issue where the slot type was missing from the gear received when opening a crate
  
• Fixed an issue where audio in the builder was too loud when selecting certain pieces of gear
  
• Fixed an issue related to the playback speed slider in replays
  
• Fixed an issue where your display name would not reflect your changed name in the Draft, until you had restarted the game first

Known Issues

• There are known issues with words bleeding outside of their bounding boxes for every language other than English. Fixes are on the way
  
• Locking observers slots in Custom Matches only works when both slots are empty
  
• The Private Match setting only works when the game is already created, so someone can join in-between
  
• Hive Link does not have a cast ring around hives to show where the ability can be cast – fix incoming soon
  
• The ‘Easy Pickings’ achievement does not count Hives killed by a teammate towards the goal
  
• Jovians earned in Daily Bounties and Level Ups do not count toward the ‘Kingpin’ achievement
  
• Global Chat does not reflect your changed name until you have restarted the game

Miscellaneous Notes

• The Match Queue window no longer estimate time to match (WIP)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a sim server crash that could occur if the player moved out of range of a hive’s glob spit attack in Infestation
  
• Fixed an issue where some FX were not playing in the Builder action timeline
  
• Fixed an issue where some FX were causing visual corrupted when spammed
  
• Fixed an issue where the Match Queue timer was not resetting between declines and region switches
  
• Fixed an issue where the game would reconnect after a network hiccup but the reconnecting UI persisted on the screen
  
• Fixed an issue where the slot type was missing from the gear received when opening a crate
  
• Fixed an issue where audio in the builder was too loud when selecting certain pieces of gear
  
• Fixed an issue related to the playback speed slider in replays
  
• Fixed an issue where your display name would not reflect your changed name in the Draft, until you had restarted the game first

Known Issues

• There are known issues with words bleeding outside of their bounding boxes for every language other than English. Fixes are on the way
  
• Locking observers slots in Custom Matches only works when both slots are empty
  
• The Private Match setting only works when the game is already created, so someone can join in-between
  
• Hive Link does not have a cast ring around hives to show where the ability can be cast – fix incoming soon
  
• The ‘Easy Pickings’ achievement does not count Hives killed by a teammate towards the goal
  
• Jovians earned in Daily Bounties and Level Ups do not count toward the ‘Kingpin’ achievement
  
• Global Chat does not reflect your changed name until you have restarted the game