Star Wars: Squadrons developer EA Motive at present launched a brand new replace, 1.2, for the dogfighting video game that fixes quite a lot of totally different bugs and supplies numerous enhancements. The developer additionally famous that it’s nonetheless engaged on a pair identified points in the mean time like gamers caught at sure talent ranks or unable to rank up, helmet rewards bugs, and gamers abandoning matches inflicting general discontent.
“We’re engaged on a brand new design for the general matchmaking expertise to make it higher for all gamers,” the submit in regards to the new replace reads partially. “We’re engaged on enhancements to matchmaking, foyer, and abandonment methods to make abandonment far much less punishing for many who keep within the game, and fewer frequent general. We are additionally making particular enhancements for ranked play.”
Pilots! The newest replace for #StarWarsSquadrons is now dwell! Read the Release Notes right here: https://t.co/N38R0plY2A pic.twitter.com/vwI2svD5Mr
— EA Star Wars (@EAStarWars) October 15, 2020
You can take a look at the total patch notes beneath:
General
- Made enhancements to the general Fleet Battles tutorial expertise
- Fixed a problem the place the participant might expertise a black display screen throughout or after customizing their pilots
- Fixed a problem the place pilot fashions have been blurry when being custom-made for some gamers
- Fixed a typo on the profile web page
- Other stability enhancements and minor fixes, together with decreased crashing on PC
Story
- Fixed a problem the place dying throughout the Rebel prologue mission whereas preventing the Star Destroyer might block progress
- Fixed a problem the place medals might be reset after uninstalling or updating the game
- Fixed a problem the place gamers couldn’t progress by way of Mission three in the event that they defeated the Quasars too rapidly
- Fixed a problem the place the participant might get caught when launching missions from the choices menu
- Fixed a problem the place the UI after finishing the prologue by way of EA Play wouldn’t show accurately
- Fixed a problem the place medal earned within the single-player story might be reset after enjoying different actions (beforehand fastened on PC)
Challenges
- Updated Challenge textual content to make it clearer that they can’t be accomplished in Solo vs AI
Social
- Fixed a problem the place gamers did not populate the EA Friends List
- Improved occasion stability
Dogfight
- Fixed a problem the place the game crashed whereas transitioning right into a match
- Selecting “Quick Match” will now keep in mind your faction choice for Dogfight
Fleet Battles
- Fixed a problem the place the game would crash when loading into Fleet Battles
- Fixed a problem the place gamers couldn’t use the “Customize Ship” possibility within the hangar throughout the Fleet Battles briefing room state
VR
- Fixed the problem the place cutscenes would seem damaged on the Valve Index when utilizing Origin
- Improved efficiency whereas utilizing Steam VR
- Fixed a problem the place the D-pad would not work within the settings menu whereas utilizing Steam VR
- Made the fade to black transitions a smoother expertise for Oculus Rift customers
- Fixed an flickering helmet difficulty on Victory poses for Oculus Quest customers
UI
- Challenges now extra clearly point out that they can’t be accomplished in Solo vs AI
Star Wars: Squadrons is now accessible for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. It may also launch later this yr for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. It prices $39.99 and options each a single-player marketing campaign and multiplayer, although it could seem that there are not any plans for post-launch content material additions right now. You can take a look at all of our previous coverage of Star Wars: Squadrons right here.
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