Psyonix has released the Rocket League – Tournaments Update across all platforms including Nintendo Switch. This new update brings new additions to the game including graphical improvements for Switch. Learn about all the new changes, below:
Rocket League – Tournaments Update (Change-log)
THE HEADLINES
- Players can now create and join Tournaments
- Quality Connection Status icons will appear in the HUD if players are experiencing connection problems
- Players can now receive a “Chat Ban” that restricts the banned player from sending chat messages in online play
- [Nintendo Switch] Video Capture and ‘Quality Mode’ have been added
- Expanded inventory organization and filtering in the Garage
- Enhanced Crowd Audio
- ‘Rocket League x Monstercat Vol. 2’ is now available to all players under Music Playlists
NEW CONTENT
Country Flags
- ‘Brunei’
- ‘Monaco’
- ‘Nauru’
- ‘Tuvalu’
Crates and Keys
- ‘Triumph’ Crate has been added
Monstercat
- ‘Rocket League x Monstercat Vol. 2’ is now available to all players under Music Playlists
- ‘Monstercat’ has been added as a Flag Folder
- Monstercat Flags have been added
- ‘Anna Yvette’
- ‘Intercom’
- ‘Koven’
- ‘Pegboard Nerds’
- ‘Protostar’
- ‘Slippy’
- ‘Stonebank’
- ‘Uncaged’
- ‘Uncaged Cat’
CHANGES AND UPDATES
Tournaments
- Players can now create and join Tournaments via the Main Menu
- From the Main Menu, select ‘Play’ and then ‘Tournaments’ to find the Tournaments Menu
- Tournaments have a maximum bracket size of 128 teams, minimum of eight teams
- Team members must be in a party in order to register for a tournament
- Cross-platform tournaments are enabled
- Tournament creators can set minimum and maximum thresholds for entry based on a player’s Rank in the related Competitive Playlist
Quality Connection Status
- In addition to showing your ping on the scoreboard, you will now also see in-game icons on the HUD if you are experiencing connection problems. This will help you better diagnose if gameplay issues are related to server performance or your connection.
- You may see one or more of the following warnings when the client detects issues with your connection:
- High Latency
- Latency Variance
- Packet Loss
- Server Health
- Additionally, if you are experiencing any of these issues, you will see a warning “!” symbol next to your ping on the scoreboard.
- If one or more of these issues persists, you will also be notified via a pop-up notification in the Main Menu after exiting a match
Chat Bans and Report Feedback
- Chat Bans
- Players can now receive a “Chat Ban” that restricts the banned player from sending chat messages in online play
- If you are Chat-Banned, you will receive a notification on the main menu with information about the chat that contributed to your ban
- Quick Chat is still allowed but chat-banned players can only send one Quick Chat message every 5 seconds
- Chat Bans do not affect Private Matches or Party Chat
- Report Notifications
- If a player you reported receives a ban of any kind, you will now be notified of the ban via a main menu notification
Items and Inventory
- Favorite Items
- You can now Favorite items in the Garage and Inventory screens. Favorited items appear at the top of each tab
- Item Stacking
- Most items will now automatically stack in the Inventory to reduce clutter in the inventory and trade windows
- Duplicate items with different attributes (e.g. Painted or Certified) do not stack
- Duplicate items with different trade holds do not stack
- Each item in a stack still counts towards the maximum items in a trade
- When adding a stacked items to a trade, you can select how many from the stack to offer with a slider
- The Garage now supports Search and Filter functionalities
- The Inventory screen now has tabs to quickly switch between different categories of items
- Items can now be sorted by Date Acquired and Quality
- Different Painted Car Bodies can now be equipped to the Blue and Orange teams
User Interface
- A new “Interface” tab has been added to Options that contains all settings that control the user interface
- Gameplay
- Text Chat can now be set to ‘Team Quick Chat Only’
- Client Send Rate – Limit how many packets your client sends per frame (may help on weak/wifi connections)
- Server Send Rate – Limit how many packets the server sends you per frame (may help on weak/wifi connections)
- Bandwidth Limit – Limit total bandwidth used by the game client
- Camera
- Camera Presets are now available
- Controls
- Controller Vibration now has multiple levels to choose from
- Interface
- Nameplate Scale – Adjust the size of player nameplates in the world
- Nameplate Mode – Combines the old ‘High Contrast Nameplates’ and ‘Always Show Nameplates’ option. ‘Default’ is the former ‘High Contrast Nameplates’ setting.
- Match Notifications
- All – Show all HUD stat notifications and match time updates
- Time Only – Hide stat notifications, only show “One Minute Remaining” and countdown
- Kickoffs Only – Only show “3-2-1-Go”, don’t show “One Minute Remaining” and similar messages
Map Rotation
- Aquadome and Starbase ARC have been added back into the Competitive Playlist map rotation
Team Colors
- Expanded the palette of Blue and Orange team color choices for customization
- In Private and Exhibition matches, you can now select from the full color palette for primary team colors
Camera
- Made adjustments to Director Camera to make it more reliable in key situations.
- Auto Camera has been added back into Spectator Mode
In-Game Music
- You can now listen to Rocket League soundtracks during a match
- Under the ‘Audio’ Tab in the Options Menu, you can set ‘In-Game Music’ to:
- Always On
- Matches Only
- Training Only
- Off
Spotify Integration (Steam Only)
- You can now select a song from the Playlists menu (in the Main Menu or in-game if ‘In-Game Music’ is enabled) and click the ‘Listen on Spotify’ button
- If you click on ‘Listen on Spotify,’ Rocket League will minimize and you will be taken to the selected track on spotify.com.
- You must have an active Spotify account in order to view and listen to tracks on Spotify.com.
Enhanced Crowd Audio
- The in-game crowd can now predict shots and saves using the same logic as the Director camera in Spectator mode
- Now that the crowd can predict exciting moments, they will get louder and more excited in advance of events instead of only making noise after something happens
Nintendo Switch
- Video Capture has been added
- To use Video Capture, press and briefly hold the Share button (below the D-pad) and the last 30 seconds of gameplay will be saved as a video.
- Switch players can now choose between ‘Performance’ and ‘Quality’ under the ‘Video’ tab in the Options Menu
- Performance Mode (60fps)
- Docked: Optimized for 60fps/900p, can scale down to 60fps/720p
- Handheld: Optimized for 60fps/720p, can scale down to 60fps/576p
- Quality Mode (30fps)
- Docked: 30fps/1080p
- Handheld: 30fps/720p
- Quality Mode also enables several graphics features automatically, including Lens Flares, Light Shafts, Dynamic Shadows and Depth of Field
BUG FIXES
General
- Black Market and Very Rare Decals no longer cover Painted portions of some Battle-Cars
- Trim on Octane no longer changes color when ‘Superman’ Decal is equipped
- Primary Colors are now consistent on all car bodies
- Fixed a bug causing Supersonic Trails no longer flicker across player screens during a match
- Equipped Banners are no longer equipped as a phantom item if they are traded in
- Boost will now regenerate while waiting for additional players to join a Dropshot match
- Players can now see the ‘Vote to Forfeit’ option in the menu if they already initiated a forfeit vote
- Fixed a French translation error related to Takumi RX-T
- Fixed a Dutch localization error with Uncommon Toppers
Xbox One
- Players who have multiple Painted items equipped are now visible in your Party
- ‘Certifiable’ Achievement has been fixed
macOS/SteamOS
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Fixed a bug causing players to crash when loading Steam Workshop Maps
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Fixed a bug causing players to crash when using ‘Happy Holidays’ Goal Explosion
The update is available for download now. For all things, Nintendo and Rocket League, stay tuned to NinMobileNews.
