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Update 614: Dark Buckshot

[h3]Added penalty for leaving ranked matches, enabled emergency lights, other misc. fixes and UX improvements.[/h3]

[h2]Ranked:[/h2]
  • Players now will receive a penalty to their rank whenever they leave an unfinished ranked match
  • Add ranked penalty warning when leaving a ranked game
  • Ranked matches have a slightly longer waiting period before unbalanced matches will be formed


[h2]Gameplay:[/h2]
  • Emergency Lights above certain doorways have been enabled, they will activate whenever the power is out.
  • Optimizations to equipment to reduce hitching and at round start caused by spawning in equipment items for both teams
  • Fix for Dome anthem playing a second time while unloading the map sometimes
  • Updates to what lines are chosen in dome to make them more random but keep them synchronized between clients
  • Improvements to lighting bakes (for future levels)
  • Reduce lighting artifacts when baking through transparent objects (for future levels)
  • Defender room and background for dome has been updated and polished (was included in level update)


[h2]UX:[/h2]
  • Re-enable pinging while in training
  • Ignore pinging action while the chatbox is active
  • Ignore interaction hotkeys while the chatbox is active (pick up, swap, open, close, activate)
  • Ignore voice chat Interaction Key(s) while chatbox is active (push to talk/push to mute)
  • Close chatbox when message is sent instead of leaving it open and requiring second another input to close
  • Slightly increase delay before chatbox goes transparent after closing (because of above change)
  • Update leave button prompts to make them all have the same options and to include ranked leave penalty warning
  • Fixed issue where "Opponent Found" background overlay would not go away when joining a match in progress (transparent square covering player kick options)