Slapshot: Rebound News

Hey Slappers,

This is a tiny update to fix the stick highlights for God of Sea and Tentacle sticks. It also increases the difficulty of the hard mode for the goalie save practice a little bit (higher and harder shots).

Have fun!
- The Oddshot Games team

[h2]Matchmaking[/h2]
- Adjusted matchmaking algorithm based on observations from the last few weeks to provide more balanced matches quicker
- Created an internal region search speed modifier, NA West search speed has been set to 1.5x and Oceania to 2x. This means it'll be quicker to expand your search radius and find a match. If you have multiple regions selected, it will use the lowest search speed for all (if you queue both NA West and NA Central, it'll search at normal speed for both).

[h2]Quality of Life[/h2]
- A player joining or leaving the custom lobby itself (but not the match) will no longer be announced in the chat when you're in an active match to avoid confusion

[h2]Cosmetics[/h2]
- Fixed the monk hood clipping with default hair

[h2]Fixes[/h2]
- Fixed the career interface not showing your rating history properly for people whose PC was in an unsupported language
- Fixed the button sizes in the esports tab, the EUSL button was a few pixels bigger than the others
- Fixed the new shop rotation notification dot not working properly if you change your PC's locale
- Fixed the game crashing if you set the puck spawn and target to the same location in practice (division by zero distance, oops)
- Fixed post hits not counting towards your Steam achievements. These will now count offline as well.
- Fixed the ability to join the pond from the end game screen of an online match or other pond session

GLHF,
The Oddshot Games team

First off, thank you so much for the fantastic full launch! We have reached all of our launch goals and are so happy with how much you love The Pond and the new season pass. As mentioned in the launch post, 1.0 doesn't mean the game is finished, so here's some more features and changes already:

[h2]Season Correction[/h2]
With the soft reset, we noticed we over-tuned how much it would reset the 'uncertainty' factor (how much you gain/lose), we have corrected this:
- Your rating has received a correction to what it should have been based on all of your matches in this season so far. This will show up as a Season Correction when hovering over the rating change in the career interface. If this change kicks you out of a rank, you will have to reach it again to qualify for season rewards. If the change puts you in a higher rank, it automatically qualifies you for the season rewards unless you have not completed your placement matches.
- The default uncertainty factor for soft resets have been changed to reflect the new changes and corrections

[h2]NEW[/h2]
- Added a button to go to the pond from the end game screen
- Added notifications when people join/leave your lobby, even when you're in practice
- Added a new setting to hide the score bug (intended for broadcasters)
- Added a command broadcasterinfo on/off that writes a file with the current game status for broadcasting software. The file is located in your installation folder.
- Added a timestamp to the rating changes in Player -> Career

[h2]Cosmetics[/h2]
- Added support for back items to Oni and Pestilence
- Added support for hairstyles on the penguin hat

[h2]Fixes[/h2]
- Removed the grace period for leaving within seconds of the end because of abuse.
- Fixed a bug where if you left during the replay of a mercy rule, you would sometimes get leave penalties on top of the match result
- Fixed the Baseball and Tennis ball puck sizes

Good luck, have fun!
The Oddshot Games team

We're very excited to bring you the full release of Slapshot Rebound! We've been working on the game for the last 4+ years, making countless of improvements, adding new features and working with all of you to make the game the best it can be. As mentioned in the initial announcement, 1.0 does not mean the game is done - we will continue working on it and bringing you more awesome things.

Check out the new launch trailer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3-04aUXFDA

[h2]The Pond[/h2]
We've been teasing The Pond for a very long time and it is finally here in all its glory. You can join The Pond from the main menu while you're in the queue for a match or just because you want to hang out with others. It's a place to practice, play minigames and have fun together without any pressure.

[h2]Season 1[/h2]
The pre-seasons have concluded! Everyone that has played their placement matches in pre-season 2 will get a title and gloves for the peak rank they have achieved. Season 1 starts off with a soft reset of the ranks, meaning you'll need to redo your placements but start off at your previous rating. The rating calculations, matchmaking algorithm and rank requirements have been adjusted to reflect everything we've learned from the pre-seasons!

[h2]Season 1 Pass [/h2]
The new season brings with it an all-new season pass with 50+ new cosmetics. If you've completed the previous pass, you'll have received enough pux to get this one for free (if you didn't spend them :wink:). This pass also contains pux rewards to pay back your initial investment. There's some cool new free cosmetics on the free track as well! You'll still have unrestricted access to the previous pass, you can select which pass is active in the new dropdown menu on the Season tab.

[h2]Patch Notes[/h2]
While most of the changes in early access have come through the bi-weekly and monthly updates, there's a few new ones in this patch too!

NEW
- An all-new locker room for the game's launch
- Added the pond, accessible from the main menu
- Added the Season 1 pass
- Added ranked rewards: Gloves
- Adjusted rank rating requirements to improve the player distribution
- When logging in, if you've played before launch you get an exclusive beta cosmetic
- You can now manage your party while in-game
- Your Steam friend list now shows if you're in a party
- Added a setting to hide all off-screen indicators for the pond specifically
- Added a hard mode to the Open Goalie Practice mode
- Added thor eyes, cupcake set, tongue out, tailbone, god of the sea stick, tentacle stick
- Added the Slapatar in space loading screen by Rocky / JonathanWick

FIXES
- Fixed key prompts for the puck and caster cam
- Fixed a rogue pixel on the Sweat eyes decal
- Fixed mercy rule setting not always taking effect in a bot match

Thank you for joining us on this amazing journey. We hope you have fun!
- The Oddshot Games team

Hi Slappers,

Smol patch to fix some minor issues:
- When setting custom puck spawn and target positions in practice (F and G buttons), it wouldn't correctly set the target direction when calculating the velocity
- Steam rich presence would say "Bot Match" instead of "Practicing" when in Free Skate

GLHF,
Oddshot Games