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Maps
- New Takedown Map - Simulation Foxtrot
- Improved character and weapon lighting on all maps
- Performance improvements to Oasis and Highwind

Online
- Reworking Playlists:
- Social has been renamed to Casual and now has a variety of modes available (including Rumble modes)
- You can customize which modes you want to queue (minimum of 3 required)
- Removing FFA Rumble and Team Rumble - Modes included in new Casual playlist

Gameplay
- Many performance improvements (CPU and GPU)
- Greatly improved plasma rifle hit detection on high ping
- Fixed issue where projectiles could damage players through walls (Ex: Atlantis glass)
- Fixed issues with projectile hit detection being worse near portals
- New portal frame rate setting to customize how quickly portal rendering updates
- Added Epic portal quality setting for enhanced portal rendering resolution
- New controller settings for customizing aim acceleration and dead zones
- Controller aim tweaks
- Server optimizations

Weapons/Balancing
- Pistol damage and fire rate tweaks
- Scope zoom level tweaks to Sniper, BR, Rocker Launcher, Carbine, and AR

UI
- New! - Play Streak and XP icons added to player cards
- Settings now automatically save when editing instead of having to click Apply Settings
- Video settings still require Apply Settings, but added prompt to notify when pending changes exist
- Player cards added to party and lobby scenes
- Spectator / Replay UI overhaul + controller support
- Tutorial UI overhaul

Audio
- Optimized full auto weapon audio
- Optimized crowd audio on simulation maps
- Fixed bug where plasma rifle overheat sound didn’t play sometimes
- Fixed bug where portal close didn’t play sometimes
- Pantheon: Fixed various silent torches

Voice Chat
- Fixed various voice chat bugs and greatly improved stability
- Fixing issues where muting someone would sometimes not work

Killcam / Replay / Spectator
- Fixed teleporting smoothness issues in killcam
- Fixed issue where plasma projectiles didn’t show when shot through a portal
- Fixed bug where players didn’t have outlines when spectating FFA games
- Fixed bugs that would occur in the first killcam (gray characters, no outlines, missing guns, etc.)
- Fixed bug where VIP UI showed in the killcam when killed by the VIP

Misc
- Upgraded Unreal Engine to the latest version which includes performance and stability improvements
- NOTE: This update is a relatively large update due to the upgraded version
- Main menu performance improvements
- Fixed bugs with portal launcher trail effect rendering
- Other minor bug fixes and improvements

Celebrate this holiday season with 12 days of Community Events from December 11th -22nd. During each day of SPLITMAS, players can participate in Community activities to accumulate “Holiday Points.” The more holiday points you earn, the better the prizes!

Players don't have to participate in every event to accumulate Holiday Points; however, participating in more events will give players more opportunities to earn points.

[h3]Rules:[/h3]

1. All the events will be run via the Splitgate Discord. Please check the Discord announcements for the most up-to-date information on SPLITMAS.
   
2. Points will be awarded each day and the SPLITMAS leaderboard will be posted inside the Splitgate Discord under the #splitmas-leaderboard channel.
   
3. To enter an event, you must be online when the event begins and in the Voice Chat of the Splitgate Discord so you can hear the moderators give you rules. Participants DO NOT need to have an open mic to participate, just the ability to hear the moderators. If a certain event runs “ALL DAY,” players will have the entire day to complete the event and do not need to be in a voice chat.
   

Holiday Points will be tracked via a Google Sheet, and the top 20 leaders each day will be posted daily in the Splitgate Discord under the #splitmas-leaderboard channel.

For every non-ALL DAY event, players will be put into lobbies (5-10 people) with people close to their skill level. Holiday Points will be awarded based on the following breakdown:

• If you are first in your lobby: You receive 10 Holiday Points
  
• If you are second in your lobby: You receive 8 Holiday Points
  
• If you are third in your lobby: You receive 5 Holiday Points
  

For the Draft Day Tourney and Community Art Contest, please refer to the calendar for Holiday Points breakdowns.


[h3]If you earn ANY Holiday Points you will receive:[/h3]

1. "SPLITMAS" in-game Nametag!
   

[h3]If you earn 11 or MORE Holiday Points you will receive:[/h3]

1. "SPLITMAS" in-game Nametag!
   
2. 500 Disco Balls to Spend in the in-game Item Shop
   

[h3]If you earn 21 or MORE Holiday Points you will receive:[/h3]

1. "SPLITMAS" in-game Nametag!
   
2. 500 Disco Balls to Spend in the in-game Item Shop
   
3. Legendary Christmas FIRLOCK Character
   

[h3]If you earn 31 or MORE Holiday Points you will receive:[/h3]

1. "SPLITMAS" in-game Nametag!
   
2. 500 Disco Balls to Spend in the in-game Item Shop
   
3. Legendary Gift Wrapped Shotgun
   
4. Legendary Gift Wrapped Assault Rifle
   
5. Legendary Christmas FIRLOCK Character
   

(if a player already has one of the legendary weapon or character skins, they will instead receive 500 Disco Balls)



The events are listed below; however, make sure to join our Discord to receive up-to-date information on each event as well as all things Splitgate related!

[h2]December 11th: Community Customs - 3:30pm PST[/h2]
Community Customs are a fantastic way to meet other Splitgate players while playing fun and casual game modes. On December 11th, Community Customs will end with a “Best of 3” competition where the top 3 players will be chosen.

[h2]December 12th: Splitgate Races - ALL DAY[/h2]
Players will have ALL DAY to complete a RACE on LAVAWELL trying to earn their best score. To submit your score, take a photo of the time at the end of the race and submit the photo to the #splitmas-races channel in our Discord. Players who are already on any RACE leaderboard will not be competing with non leaderboard players. This event has 6 winners - 3 people who are already on RACE leaderboards and 3 people not on a current RACE leaderboard.

[h2]December 13th: StormTroopers FFA - 4pm PST[/h2]
StormTroopers is a WACKY custom game where players have low gravity, unlimited plasma ammo, and boundaries are turned off.

[h2]December 14th: Splitgate Podcast - 4:30 pm PST[/h2]
Splitgate is hosting a Podcast on December 15th on their Twitch Channel. 10 Holiday Points will be given out randomly to 5 viewers of the Stream.

[h2]December 15th: Most Teabags in a Game - ALL DAY[/h2]
For today, we will be tracking teabags in every game IF you have more than 10 teabags in a game. Post you a screenshot of your post-game stats showing off teabags in the #splitmas-teabag channel. Custom games will not be counted.

[h2]December 16th: LOW GRAV Rockets FFA - 4pm PST[/h2]
LOW GRAV Rockets is a WACKY custom game where players have low gravity, unlimited Rocket Launcher ammo, and boundaries are turned off.

[h2]December 17th: Hide and Seek - 4pm PST[/h2]
Hide and Seek is a custom game where players hide around the map and one “Seeker” attempts to find the players. This custom game requires players to listen to the event moderators for the full rules, so please make sure you are present in the Voice Chat of the Splitgate Discord. Players DO NOT need to have a mic or talk, just the ability to listen to the moderators.

[h2]December 18th: Community Customs - 3:30pm PST[/h2]
Community Customs are a fantastic way to meet other Splitgate players while playing fun and casual game modes. On December 18th, Community Customs will end with a “Best of 3” competition where the top 3 players will be chosen.

[h2]December 19th: Shotty/Snipers FFA - 4pm PST[/h2]
Shotguns and Sniper only! May the aim-gods be on your side!

[h2]December 20th : DRAFT DAY Tournament[/h2]
Time: 10am PST to roughly 3pm PST
Where: We are hosting the event via the Splitgate Discord
Who can join: Players of all skill levels! The teams should be even since this is a Draft.

Sign ups: HERE

Draft Day events are fun events where players sign up individually, and then Captains will draft players to teams. This means each team should be even in skill level, and games should be competitive. It is a great way to make new Splitgate friends and learn from some of the best players!

The Draft will start at 10am PST and all players must be present in the Discord BEFORE 10am PST to participate. Please read the rules on the registration sheet.

- Prizing
o 1st Place: 15 Holiday Points as well as 1,000 Disco Balls each
o 2nd Place: 10 Holiday Points and 500 Disco Balls each
o 3rd Place: 10 Holiday Points
[h2]December 21st: Oddball FFA - 4pm PST[/h2]
Hope you have been practicing your Oddball strategies!

[h2]December 22nd: Community Art Contest - ALL DAY[/h2]
If you want to create some Splitgate Art, whether it is an in-game picture, drawing, painting, or something else, you can earn Holiday Points! To submit your Splitgate Art, submit the photo to the #splitmas-art channel in our Discord.

Holiday Points: 15 Holiday Points will be awarded to the top 5 pieces of art (voted on by the Devs) and we will feature the top on our Social Media Channels. A BONUS 5 points will be awarded if your art is chosen as a winner AND is holiday themed!

Game Modes
- Gun Game - New Game Mode available in Rumble FFA and Custom Games. Kill enemies to progress through all guns, first one to the end wins!

Refer a Friend
- New Refer a Friend program allows you earn exclusive cosmetics by referring your friends to play Splitgate
- Referral Pass - The referral pass features the cosmetics available through refer a friend, the more friends you refer, the more cosmetics you will get!
- Each player receives a Friend Code and uses it to refer and their friend then redeems the code in the Refer a Friend menu
- You can find the Refer a Friend menu in the Reward Center
- Note: Rewards are only received once the friend who is referred reaches level 10

To get to the "Refer a Friend" screen, select the Rewards Center button in the bottom left of the Main Menu.

Gameplay
- Improvements to spawning algorithm to make it less likely to spawn close to an enemy character
- Fixing issues where aim assist no longer was working on controllers
- Tweaked aim acceleration on controller (will be configurable in the future)
- Fixing issue where a dummy character would spawn in Takedown
- Increasing timeout to “Cancel” a match due to people with slow load times
- Fixed issue where plasma rifle could run out of ammo when unlimited ammo was on
- Momentum melee damage scaling now works in Practice Range
- Portal beam effect improvements
- SMG ammo reduced to 1.5 clips in Takedown

Online
- South American servers have been added!

UI
- Notifications Menu - New section in Main Menu to view all your pending invites to parties and custom games. Access it by clicking on the bell icon in the top right
- Event Center is now called the Reward Center
- Takedown UI bug fixes and improvements
- Fixed issue with plasma rifle cooldown indicator getting stuck on screen

Invites
- Improved invite UI and flow
- Added ability to invite friends to custom games
- Invites are now acceptable through Steam, accepting with the game closed will launch the game and join the corresponding party/game

Audio
- New Crowd Effects! - Crowd in simulation maps now reacts to in-game events
- Fixed audio issues with spectating teammates in Takedown
- Pickup platform audio improvements

Voice Chat
- Fixed issue where you couldn’t voice chat with party in waiting areas

Replay / Killcam
- Replays are no longer recorded in waiting areas
- Fixed issue where match result UI was incorrect if killcam was playing at the end of the game

Misc
- Fixed issues where Steam would take a very long time to update the game (Preallocating and Verifying Files) even when the updates were very small. This will be fixed for all upcoming updates, but this update will still take a bit of time.
- Decreased Game Size by 5 GB
- Other minor bug fixes and improvements