Splitgate News

Patch Notes - Version 1.0.8 - 6/24/2019
Store
- Item Shop is open and ready for business! Features 5 items for sale. 1 Daily Item. 2 3-Day Items. 2 Weekly Items. Features store exclusives and items from SAW Packs.
Skins
- Sniper Raider Legendary set is now available!
- Plasma Rifle Raider Legendary set is now available!
- New Emblems for our new Splitgate Partners!
- Partner Emblems are now only available through the use of each of their Creator Codes. Go out and support your favorite Splitgate Partner. NOTE: If you already used the Creator’s code in the past, you will have access to their emblem. NOTE: If you had a partner emblem equipped before this update it will be replaced with a random emblem.
- Improvements to Gold Skins
Online
- Temporary Bans for Quitting - If you leave a ranked match before it ends, you will be banned from matchmaking for 15 min. NOTE: This only applies to the first player to quit each game. Meaning if you have a teammate quit, you are safe to quit and do not have to wait until the game ends.
Gameplay
- Don’t allow pickups to be picked up through the map
- Fixed bug where bots could still spawn portals when portals were disabled in custom game settings
Maps
- SAW Stadium: Moved B Domination hill from shotgun spawn up to railgun spawn
Weapons
- Nerf: Reduced shells per shotgun clip from 4 to 3
- Nerf: Reduced max shotgun ammo from 12 to 9 shells
- Fixed inconsistent explosion damage issues with rocket launcher
Spectator
- Spectator UI Improvements
- Indicators (pickups, player name tags, etc.) now show properly in freecam
- Fixed world scoreboards while in freecam
- Small improvements to aiming accuracy
- Fixed bug where weapon would be visible when switching POV to a player who was scoping in
- New keybinding to toggle replay/spectator UI visibility
- Hill, flag, and oddball indicators now show the correct alpha/bravo team color in freecam
- Killfeed names now show the correct alpha/bravo color in freecam
UI
- Added ability to quit social games before match starts
- Fixed issues with displaying player info for non-steam friends
Sound
- Improved environment ambiences on all maps
- Don’t play announcements after match has finished
- Fixed bug where out of bounds sound wouldn’t stop playing on death
- Made it easier to tell if sounds are above/below you
- Fixed footstep issues on Outpost
- New reload sounds for other players
- Pre-game countdown timer sound fix
Animations
- Fix to issues with 3rd person flinch animations
Stability
- Fixed two crashes that could occur when closing the game

Patch Notes - Version 1.0.7 - 6/17/2019 Game Modes
- CTF: Made it so that you can’t capture the flag unless your flag is at base
- CTF: Decreased Score Limit from 5 to 3
- CTF: Improvements to UI indicator for where to return the flag
- CTF: Flag Melee is one shot kill
- CTF: Fix to multiple scenarios where flags wouldn’t capture correctly
- Oddball: Oddball Melee is one shot kill
- Hill Lighting Improvements
Gameplay
- Fixed a bug with Easy bots that would cause them to not move properly sometimes
Online
- Added Waiting Area to Ranked Matchmaking where you spawn in a free for all game until you find a suitable match
- Fixed a bug in matchmaker causing queue times to be longer than they should have been
- Party Invites will now ping players through steam if they are offline
- Improved team balancing in matchmaking algorithm
UI
- Improved Friends List UI to making it easier to find friends who are in game
- Fix to wrong text being displayed for 50 killstreak
Spectator
- Improvements to spectator UI/UX
- Made scoreboard static positioned, based on teams, instead of switching based on who you are viewing
- Fixed bugs with characters not animating through walls if they were far away
- Fixed bugs when spawning as freecam at the beginning of a match
- Enemy outlines are now shown through walls to make spectating easier
Sound
- Fixed bug where ragdoll sound would keep playing more than once
- Enemy behind portal warning sound now correctly stops playing when portal is unlinked
- New out of bounds sound effect

We hear you and want to be as responsive as possible with our community so we have added Team Social back. Also,our top priority is to get games quickly. We temporarily removed TDM/FFA to make sure you all get games quickly but plan to add them back. Thank you for your feedback and patience! All gamemodes are still playable in custom games.

Patch Notes - Version 1.0.6 - 6/9/2019
Online
- Added Team Social back, temporarily removed ranked TDM and FFA playlists
Bug Fixes
- Fixed Bug where ragdoll in spectator doesn't work

Our top priority is for everyone to get games quickly. We are are considering reducing to 2 playlists temporarily, 1 ranked and 1 social. A voting system will also be added in the next few updates.

Stop by our stream to share your thoughts!

https://www.twitch.tv/splitgate

Maps
- Doubled number of spawn locations on all maps
- Outpost optimizations
- Pantheon optimizations
- Added Out of Bounds Zones to SAW Stadium
- Replaced rocket launcher with railgun on Atlantis
- Fixed scoreboard issue on Atlantis
Gameplay
- Anti-cheat improvements
- Fixed issue with frame drops on other player spawns
Weapons
- Shotgun now uses a fixed spread pattern (Goodbye RNG!)
- AR spread no longer decreases while zoomed
Game Modes
- Decreased score limit of DOM to 700
- DOM and KOTH hill location improvements on all maps
Online
- New Ranked Playlists: Team Deathmatch, Free for All, and Competitive Play (Tournament Modes)
- Removed Social Playlist and replaced with Standard Custom Games. Standard Custom allow you to create games with a set map and mode without any modifiers. Standard modes include: Team Doubles, Team Shotty Snipers, and more!
- Added Creator Codes! - Support your favorite creator when purchasing Disco Balls (Full list of creator codes and requirements coming soon)
- Changed Ranked Free for All to allow 4-6 players and will start regardless if players didn’t join in time
UI
- Cleaned up Post Game Menu to show Winning Players
- Added Rank Up/Down UI in Post Game Menu
- Added Sounds and Animations to Post Game XP Menu
- Added Names above Heads to Line Up and Party Characters
- Tweaks to hit notifier sizing
- Improved custom game modifier UI readability
Skins
- Added Ability to Redeem Arena Alloy for specific skins. Redeem your alloy in the Locker Menu!
- Fixed sniper gray M90 skin
- Fixed issue where characters in lineup would stay as hologram
- Made enemy players solid red regardless of skin chosen
- New legendary skins!
Sound
- Fixed issue where footstep sounds wouldn’t play for enemies that weren’t on screen
- Added sound to plasma rifle projectiles
- Crouched players have reduced footstep volume
- Fixed issue where footsteps weren’t played on bottom of SAW Stadium
- Fixed missing custom game lobby audio
New Players
- On first launch, new players will be forced to watch the entirety of the tutorial and play 1 bot match before entering online play.
- Once unlocking online play, players will have to play Warm Up Games
- Players unlock Competitive Playlists after reaching XP Level 5