NEW CONTENT

• SPRING PODIUM
• Sorlag SPRING EGG Vanity
• Quake 4 SMC Squad icons (8)

New Map for Duel & 2v2

• Resized the geometry to be 90% of its original size.
• Adjusted stair collision
• Added new spawn points
• Removed teleporter exit speed limits
• Adjusted collision on both sides of the green FX tower above SNG
• Adjusted positioning of a breakable mesh element behind the RL TP to prevent exploitation of totems (that may still be placed there)

New Features

• Added Hitbeep Volume
• Added Killbeep Volume

Performance Icon Optimizations

• Optimized the elapsed frame time tracking
• Fixed false positives events for minor frame drops
• Fixed non-functioning events for major frame drops
• Misc code cleanup for optimizations and reduced CPU overhead

Shotgun Performance Pass

• Switched trace style from spherical ray to a point trace (removing pellet radius)
• Reduced starting shotgun pellet count from 17 to 8
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• SG : 1 / - / 7 pellets

SSG: 1 / 4 / 7 pellets

Mini-Mega Health

• This 25 hp overstack item with a 15 second respawn has been changed to a 50 hp no overstack item with a 30 second respawn
• Bloom FX toned down, so was to not over-emphasize the item now that it no longer overstacks

Map Updates

Deep Embrace

• Fixed the LOD mesh at double-health double-cooldown hole

The Dark Zone

• Resized The Dark Zone to be 125% its original size, to give players more space
• Cleaned up geometry, removed unseen backfaces
• Improved lightmap texture density
• Optimized lightmap with video quality
• Fixed hole on ramp below Tri-bolt

The Longest Yards

• The Longest Yard - Fixed the size of the rock kill volumes
• The Longest Yard CTF - Fixed the size of the rock kill volumes

Unholy Trinity Fixes

Fixed UHT armor loadout (Example: Ranger should spawn 100 max armor points, not 50 starting ap nor 175 overmax ap)

Main Theme Music

• Made the Quake Champions main theme available to listen to in-game. Created by Chris Vrenna (Tweaker, Nine Inch Nails), our main theme is an amazing track and it is now available in-game, debuting as an alternative main menu music selection.

Misc Changes/Fixes

• Extra decimal in sensitivity settings
• Adjusted the performance icon thresholds for minor frame drops
• Assigned the Learn, Season Pass, and Challenges UI menu background cameras to new positions to address podium visibility issues
• Now use the blackghost shader of the customization pip previews for vanity items
• Fixed sizing of Eisen's FROSTED HAT vanity
• Fixed sizing of Eisen's LEATHER HAT vanity
• Fixed missing shard dismantle offer for Scalebearer’s CYAEGHA'S GAMBIT vanity
• Disabled voice chat while investigating MSS platform issues