Splitgate News

[h2]Skins[/h2]
* NEW CHRISTMAS WEAPON SKINS - Available for a limited time, grab them in the store for only 500 Disco Balls!
* Removed several skins from being unlocked through SAW Packs

[h2]Game Modes[/h2]
* VIP Overhaul
* The VIP can no longer spawn portals, but everyone else can. Defend your VIP at all costs!
* VIPs have double the health
* Reduced score limit from 15 to 10

[h2]Online[/h2]
* Ranked Matchmaking has been adjusted to expand the range to play with any rank if you have been waiting for more than 5 minutes. (Increased the rank XP level requirement to 25 so that this only affects experienced players)

[h2]Gameplay[/h2]
* Hit Detection / Netcode Improvements
* Controller Sensitivity and Aim Assist improvements
* Performance Improvements

[h2]Event Center[/h2]
* Improved Daily Play Streak UI
* You can now repair your Daily Play Streak for 50 Disco Balls if you missed a day

[h2]Challenges[/h2]
* Added brand new Daily Challenges that are easier to achieve
* Removed SAW Pack reward from daily challenges
* Weekly/Weapon Challenges are locked until XP Level 10

[h2]Maps[/h2]
* Removed Plasma Rifle from Silo

[h2]Balancing[/h2]
* Battle Rifle: (Buff) Decreased time between each bullet in a burst from .05 to .045 seconds

[h2]UI[/h2]
* In-Game HUD Enhancements
* Adding Kill Stack to show your recent kills + assists and how much damage you dealt.
* Improvements to Medals UI
* Added More Medals (First Blood, King Slayer, Revenge, and more!)
* Added Game Mode Description UI to pregame screen
* Added Tips to Loading Screen

[h2]Misc[/h2]
* Settings will be auto calibrated on first launch of the game (only applicable to new users)
* Improved chat profanity filter
* Fixed bug where game wouldn’t end if all players from the enemy team quit
* AI Improvements
* Fixed a crash when emoting at the menu/lobby
* Other minor bug fixes and improvements

Game Modes
- New Game Mode: VIP - Available to play in Social and Custom Games
+ One player from each team is designated as the VIP.
+ The goal in this game mode is to protect your VIP, while fragging the enemy VIP.
+ The twist is that only the VIP can use portals!
- Reduced match length to 8 minutes
- Capture the Flag: Reduced score limit to 3
- Domination: Reduced score limit to 500
- Replaced SAW Stadium with Outpost in ranked CTF map pool
- Fixed incorrect FFA placement when ties were present

UI
- Introducing the Event Center - Home to game news and daily check-in rewards
+ Daily Check-In Rewards
+ Daily Check-In features a week of rewards varying between XP Bonuses, Double XP and Disco Balls
+ Check in every day of the week to receive all the rewards
+ If you missed a day, you can still receive the missed rewards for 50 Disco Balls
+ Rewards reset every week
- Added ability to toggle viewing locked items in the locker
- Text Chat Muting - If you mute a player in game, it will mute both their voice and text chat
- Moved Reward Notifications to Main Menu
- Adding Challenge Complete notifications
- Showing names as greyed out when people quit rather than removing
- Fixed bug where enemy health remaining would incorrectly show as 0 sometimes on killed by banner
- Several Quality of Life UI improvements and bug fixes

Balancing
- Sniper Body damage decreased from 70 to 65
- Removed Sniper no-scope inaccuracy and made sniper no-scope bullet radius smaller
- Rocket speed increased from 4000 to 5000
- Rocket damage falloff reduced from 1 to .72
- Rocket explosion radius reduced from 500 to 350
- Fixed bug where rocket explosion would do half damage to self instead of full damage

Maps
- Several Collision and Map Glitch fixes on Highwind, Atlantis, Olympus, Pantheon, and Helix
Voice Chat
- Voice Chat bug fixes and stability improvements

Gameplay
- AI Improvements
- Fixed bug where weapon pickups could become desynced on server/client when a portal was placed under them
- Fixed bug where weapon pickups couldn’t be picked up sometimes
- Fixed rare bug where the BFB wouldn’t kill the enemy in one hit
- Fixed bug where teabags didn’t register near portals
- Fixed desync issue with rockets that could result in an explosion near an enemy without applying damage

Audio
- Fixed bug where enemy weapon audio would sometimes play from the wrong location

Misc
- Decreased the size of the Game by 10 GB
- 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 and the reduction of size
- Fixed stuttering issues with videos (intro and tutorial)
- Fixed issues with Railgun visual effects on lower graphics quality settings
- Other minor bug fixes and improvements

UI
- Adding Name Tags/Flair UI to in-game scoreboard. Currently only supports Developers/Partners. More Updates Coming Soon!
- Ranked Leaderboards - Head over to the career tab to see how you stack up with the best of the best. Also includes list of ranks along with corresponding XP values.
- Fix to incorrect killfeed entries when joining a game in progress.
- New custom crosshair added.
- Hit marker scale increased for oddball/flag

Gameplay
- Sprint Control Updates:
- Pressing the sprint input while sprinting no longer stops sprinting, if toggle sprint is enabled.
- The player now immediately stops sprinting when the move forward input is released, if toggle sprint is enabled.
- Crouching when toggle sprint is disabled no longer completely cancels sprint. Instead the player crouches, stops sprinting, and continues sprinting if the sprint input was still being held down when the player uncrouches.
- Fixed bug where player wouldn't sprint when holding sprint input before move forward input
- Fixed bug where player wouldn't sprint again when holding sprint input, aiming/firing, and unaiming/stopping firing, etc.
- Fixed bug where sprint would toggle off when moving forward and doing large 180ish degree turns
- Fixed bug where portal kills would register even if you landed on the ground before dying.

Game Modes
- Fixed bug where flag would get stuck in ceilings
- Reducing CTF announcer spam by removing “Flag Dropped” and only playing “Flag Taken/Stolen” when taken from spawn
- Fixed bug where animations would stop working when going through a portal with the flag while swapping weapons
- Fixed bug where flag couldn’t be picked up sometimes

Replay
- Fixed bug where incorrect victory screen would be shown at the end of replays.

Online
- Introducing Happy Hour. During Happy Hours, Ranked games will give you double XP. Happy Hours occur twice a day.
- FFA Fridays and 2v2 Tuesdays. On Tuesdays and Fridays, the ranked playlist will rotate to Team Doubles and FFA, respectively.
- You will now receive a SAW Pack if you finish all daily challenges in a given day (resets every day)

Game Modes
- No Tier 1 Weapon Pickups (other than the Sniper Rifle) in Team Doubles
- Fixed Bug in CTF where a dead character would return flag faster if overlapping

Gameplay
- Fixed issue with toggle sprint where pressing sprint input again wouldn’t cancel sprint
- Crouching now cancels sprinting
- Fixed bug where bots could sprint when sprint was disabled in custom game settings
- Fix to server crash that could occur in TBC
- Fixed network delay issues with LAN games

Maps
- Pantheon: Replaced AR pickups with SMG pickups
- Olympus: Replaced AR pickups with SMG pickups
- Abyss: Greatly increased number of spawn points

UI
- Custom Game UI Overhaul and Quality of Life updates
- Added Damage Dealt to post game summary screen

Audio
- Fixed bug where VOIP audio didn’t mute while minimized
- Fixed bug where VOIP volume setting didn’t take effect after restarting the game
- Increased default VOIP volume

Spectator/Replay
- Toggle Replay UI now also toggles all character outlines
- Toggle Observer Mode input added that allows players to toggle always seeing enemy nametags/outlines through walls
- Fixed multiple bugs with toggling replay UI
- Fixed bug with duplicate projectiles spawning

Dear Splitgate community,

For those who don't know, Splitgate started off as just a couple of college students (1047 was the address of our dorm) with an idea to combine two of our favorite games, Halo and Portal. We've put our heart and soul (and personal savings) into Splitgate, and it has turned into something far beyond what we ever originally imagined. We are proud of what we have accomplished as a new game studio, and we have learned so much that we think will enable us to grow in the future and establish a healthy playerbase.

Our community is filled with very passionate and positive Splitgate supporters and for that we thank you all. We take every piece of feedback seriously, and we love reading your comments and ideas. The feedback from the Season 1 update has been very positive and retention has greatly improved. So now, we just need to build on that.

In addition to continuing to improve the PC version of Splitgate and developing for consoles with a target release of Q1 2020, one of our fall projects is to raise enough money to give Splitgate the marketing push it deserves and give the community the player base it deserves.

In the meantime, please keep playing and spreading the word. We aren't going away any time soon, and we hope you won't either.

Love,
1047 Games