Aimlabs News

It’s a rare Friday release, and we’re putting some cool new stuff into Aim Lab along with quite a bit of bug squashing!

The Aim Lab x VALORANT Combine 2 is also still in progress, so don't forget to check it out for your chance to compete and win prizes, including a signed TenZ jersey!

[h2]New Stuff[/h2]
Mexico Major 416-C Skin



We’re excited to release a new skin for the 416-C in Aim Lab, in honor of the latest Six Major in Mexico City! Heavily inspired by the national flag for Mexico, this skin is available free for all users, so don’t be shy about heading in-game to check it out.

New Playlists

We’ve included a couple new playlists in this release, as we continue to release more starter playlists to help guide your aim training in your game of choice. This update includes one playlist for Rainbow Six Siege, and a warmup routine for CoD: Cold War from NYSL. Check ‘em out if you’re looking for some new training ideas!

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]
Bug fixes might not be sexy, but they are important. We squashed some longstanding bugs in this release, and hopefully improved stability and quality of life for many of our users:

• Improved some text for current Insights
  
• Fixed numerous bugs with the current Insights system
  
• Fixed sound issue in tutorial
  
• Fixed issue with downloading workshop playlists from featured scenario area in lobby
  
• Some technical bugfixes to help improve overall stability
  

Happy training!

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Welcome to the next VALORANT Combine 2 in which we'll be putting your abilities on the line. Master our four VALORANT specific courses putting your accuracy, speed, holding, and efficiency to the test and unlock an exclusive fifth secret task by Sentinels pro TenZ.

The challenge includes familiar locations including Haven, Split, Breeze and Bind. Climb the task specific leaderboards or work your way up the ranks on the overall leaderboard. The skills challenge is designed to help you nail down important scenarios in VALORANT which can be used to help you rank up! Play the challenge as many times as you want, hit your peak and share your unique player card. We’ve got some amazing prizes to give away including 10 tickets for the VALORANT Last Chance Qualifies live event!


The tasks include:

• Haven Entry Short A
  
• Split Angle Hold
  
• Breeze Headshot
  
• Bind Wall Peek
  
• TenZ ???? (bonus task)
  

[h3]Secure your place on the leaderboard[/h3]

Climb task specific leaderboards or champion the overall leaderboard with your skills. At the end of the Combine you’ll be awarded your unique player card displaying your core four stats and your overall Combine score. Replay the Combine or individual tasks as much as you want & up your score along the way!

[h3]Personalized player card[/h3]

At the end of the Combine you’ll get a unique player card displaying your core four stats and your overall Combine score. Customize the card to fit your style, and share your progress with us on Twitter! You can retake the Combine as many times as you want to improve your score. We love to see your progress!


[h3]Win cool $h*t[/h3]

We’re giving you the chance to get your hands on some awesome prizes. Firstly, by sharing your player card with #AimLabCombine & following @aimlab on Twitter you’ll be automatically entered into our giveaway for a chance to win $25. We’re also giving 5 players who are at the top of the overall leaderboard $500 USD. The top 5 from each task leaderboard will bag themselves $100 each and the top 5 on TenZ’s task will get a signed jersey from TenZ himself. Entries close at 5:59pm on the 25th August.

Full details of the giveaway can be found here

Happy training!


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We’re at it again with VALORANT Challengers, and bringing you a new Aim Lab x VALORANT Combine! That means new prizes, new tasks to test your skills, a new player card, and even an exclusive task by Sentinels pro TenZ await you!

And if that’s not enough great VALORANT content, you can also check out the all-new VALORANT profile page under the “Profile” section in-game, where you’ll find our first steps towards breaking down your VALORANT stats and putting information and practice options all at your fingertips.


[h2]The Combine[/h2]

Consisting of four new tasks and an exclusive task by Sentinels pro TenZ, this new combine will test your skills in both aggressive and defensive situations, as well as your peeking and precision - And as with before, you’re ranked on your plays and get a nifty player card once you complete the combine!

To accompany this - We are also giving 100 lucky winners a chance to win $25 by sharing your player cards - To enter, all you need to do is share your player card on twitter with the #AimLabCombine tag, and of course to give us a cheeky follow!

Not a fan of Twitter? Don’t worry - there are prizes in-game too!

The top 5 winners in each main task will bag themselves a tidy $100 - And the top 5 on TenZ’s task will win a Sentinels jersey - signed by TenZ himself!

And for those of you out there looking to give it your all - The top 5 players on top of the overall leaderboards will be winning two tickets each for the VALORANT NA Last Chance Qualifiers event!



The combine will run from August 11th to August 25th, and will end at 5:59 EST on August 25th, so be sure to get your hours in!



[h2]The Tasks[/h2]

[h3]VCT Haven Short Entry[/h3]

This task focuses on your entry skills, peeking and map awareness - Targets appear all over the entry line in common positions and shoot back if you overexpose yourself. Peek carefully, peek quickly, and push forward.


[h3]VCT Split Angle Hold[/h3]

Holding an angle and knowing how far away from an angle to hold for your reaction time and abilities is critical in any defensive role - And that’s something this task will stress test. Waves of three targets will rush across your screen towards a kill box, and your job is just to kill them.

Sounds simple - But don’t let that fool you. Get your lineups right and go for gold!


[h3]VCT Breeze Headshot[/h3]

VALORANT isn’t all about the close range engagements - Long angles and sightlines come with their own set of challenges, and no map highlights this more than Breeze.

This task will pit you against a single enemy going from Breeze B main to B site, taking three bodyshots or a single headshot. Aim for the head and take your time.


[h3] VCT Bind Wallpeek[/h3]

Defending a site can be tricky, especially when you want to stick it to the enemy team. That’s what this task will help you with - Defend your site from attacking enemies, and try not to get shot.


[h3]TenZ Haven Clutch[/h3]

Take a walk in the pros shoes - Relive a clutch moment from TenZ first hand!

This task pits you on Haven A Site and floods you with constant targets - When one dies, a new one will spawn.

Experience the tension that can only come from a clutch situation, and develop your skills until it becomes second nature.



[h2]VALORANT Profile [/h2]

Are you a VALORANT player looking for statistical insights in order to improve? Good news: our VALORANT profile is here! When you connect your Riot account to Aim Lab (if you haven’t done so already), we’ll start pulling your match data in order to help you see how you stack up.

This is the first step towards building deeper statistical insights within Aim Lab so everything is at your fingertips, and you can go straight from analyzing your performance to practicing with just a couple clicks of the mouse.

Let us know what you think!



[h2]Creator Studio updates[/h2]

Added a Score Bonus for Time Remaining, and a penalty for time elapsed option for creators

Added a new “Bot switch on kill” modifier

Added new lighting objects

Added a new w”Min/Max” elevation option for the Sphere behavior

Added a new Hitbox multiplier to modify damage to different hitboxes (Head, Body, Legs)

Added a new scaler option for Headshot bots to allow separate scaling of the Head and Body

Search is here! Gone are the days of spending half of your training in menus or struggling to find that one task - Now, with the new search functionality, you can access any of the 10,000+ Tasks, Playlists and Scenarios right from the main menu!

[h3]Search[/h3]

Many of you have been asking for us to cut down on the amount of menus you need to travel through to get to where you want to be - So we decided to cut out the middleman entirely!

The new "Search" functionality will allow you to search for any task, playlist or Scenario directly from the home screen - That means no downtime, no waiting, and no fuss! This feature will be available for all players with 0.94.7 - All you need to do is type the name, or any part of the name of a task, playlist or scenario in the new search bar and click to play!

You can also quickly tap CTRL + F in any menu or at the end of a task to open the search bar anywhere!



[h3]Kill and Spawn sounds [/h3]

Alongside Hit sounds, you can now set a custom "Spawn" and "Kill" sound for all tasks! To set your new Spawn and Kill sounds, go to settings -> Audio and toggle them on, then set the sound up however you like and hit save - It's just that easy!

But what are new sound options without new sounds to go with them? Well, no worries - This update brings a whole host of new sounds pre-loaded into Aim Lab for your customisation needs! No longer are you stuck with the clanky sounds of the default metal hitsounds!



[h3]Tracking Tasks Update [/h3]

Many of you have been enjoying the recently created tracking tasks - Reactivetrack, Startrack, etc. Well, we wanted to make sure you had the most bang for your buck when it comes to training - All five new tracking tasks now have a Speed and Precision variant! That means you can now play Arctrack, Startrack, Reactivetrack, Spheretrack and Spheretrack90 in Ultimate, Speed or Precision modes - Along with their own leaderboards!



[h3]New Visual Settings[/h3]

You’ll find some new options in the “Visuals” settings this update - Namely a new Shadows option and a new Override option for workshop tasks

The new “Shadows” setting will give you the ability to enable or disable shadows globally, and the new Override setting will allow you to override a creators colour settings to ensure that a task is perfectly suited to your preferences!

Along with this, you will also find some new skyboxes and skybox settings - From the beautiful new Galaxy skies to a solid colour skybox for those desiring simplicity, the new settings have something for everyone!

And for creators - These new skyboxes are immediately supported within Creator Studio tasks, so you will be able to select from any of the new skyboxes for your own creations!



[h3]General Bug Fixes [/h3]

Fixed an issue that would cause Steam to say Aim Lab is still running after being closed in specific circumstances

Fixed an issue that would cause some users to be stuck at the "Retrieving User" menu

Fixed various issues with both standard and custom crosshairs

Fixed an issue preventing both Siege and Valorant tasks from being playable under specific circumstances

Fixed an issue with weapons firing at a high fire rate having a clipping firing sound

Various lighting fixes for Creator Studio tasks

Fixed an issue with humanoid-style targets causing them to have no leg hitbox

Fix for issues with favourited tasks not having the right previews

-Patched an issue that would cause results screens to show errors when playing certain tasks in a playlist.
-Fixed a bug that would cause Pentakill task to freeze when a controller was plugged in.