Patch 1.1

Welcome, Brawlers! On Launch Day, you can expect the following:

New and Improved:

• A new introduction cinematic welcomes new players to Knockout City and gives a quick tour of the Hideout
• We heard you! Players can now skip through sections of the rewards sequence in the Match Results screen.
• Added push-to-talk functionality for PC players using voice chat.
• Improvement stat tracking during matches and improved clarity in Match Results reporting.
• Separated “Master Music Volume” and “Match Music Volume” sliders to let players more precisely customize how they hear music in the game.
• When standing in the T.A.R.G.E.T. Dummy’s target circle in the Hideout and catching balls, players will now see tips to help them make perfect catches.
• Players can now change voice chat channels easily in the pre-and post-match cinematics, and in the Match Results screen.
• Always see who is speaking in voice chat with speaking indicator icons in more locations.
• A new timer in the Hideout shows players how much time is left in the current event.
• Players can now redeem special codes for in-game items.
• Simplified Friends list to streamline seeing what state players are in and friending/inviting/blocking them.
• Players in Private Matches can choose whether they will be spectators if there are more players in the group than the Playlist allows.
• When scrolling quickly through animations in the Customization menu, players will more clearly see animation previews.
• Players can no longer spam taunts and emotes during gameplay.
• Non-English text translations have been improved across the entire game.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where other players were sometimes invisible when joining games.
• Fixed an issue where players were sometimes stuck in the Match Setup screen while being able to hear the game start and progress.
• Reduced the frequency of unbalanced matches where one team had more players than the other (though this can still happen if a player quits right when a match starts).
• Fixed issues where music would be doubled while looking for a match.
• Fixed an issue where sometimes third or fourth teams appear in two-team games.
• Energy drinks are now usable in the Inventory screen between matches.
• Fixed issues causing some Contracts to not progress properly in certain conditions.
• Fixed visual issues when loading matches or returning to the Hideout.
• Improved detection and communication when a team forfeits by leaving a match.
• Implemented many missing UI sounds.
• Hovering on the edge of a color in a Customization menu no longer switches rapidly between multiple colors.
• Improved network performance for several maps.
• Friends' online and offline status in the Friends list are no longer reported incorrectly.
• Collision and physics have been improved and adjusted in many places, reducing likelihood of players falling through the floor.
• Balls that spawn on moving platforms should now stay on their spot better and not cause a duplicate ball to spawn.