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0.51.0

Gameplay:

Adjustments & Improvements:

  • Buff goalie saving ability when claiming crosses to ensure they win the ball when they come out to claim it.
  • Remove unintended blocks when close to some passes.
  • Improved the ball trajectory for jog dribbles.
  • Fixed ball trajectory calculation when the ball would bounce of the post or deflect off the keeper.
  • Improved bot behaviour.
  • Improvements to goalkeeper parry directions
  • Reduced the amount of curve applied on a curved through pass
  • Re-implemented through pass receiver speed threshold for directed through passes.
  • Triggered runs now go in the attacking direction apart from when they divert to run around a defender.
  • Added some spin to Clearance trajectories.

Animation:

  • Headers and Traps revised (again) to feature pre-wind-up, clear anticipation, strike, and recovery, as well as enhanced hang-time - Makes the action much more punchy and readable.
  • Pre-wind up added to animations across the board (passing and shooting in particular) to allow for more time for animation to telegraph what move is coming.
  • Action branching introduced to allow player to change their mind as to what action they want to perform right up to point of impact with ball - enhances responsiveness.
  • Standing tackles injected to give visual feedback for a tackle from any angle (for the defender only for now - ball carrier reactions are coming soon).

Design Adjustments:

  • Passes can now start execution during the charge of a pass.
  • Flattened driven pass execution time at 0.2s.
  • Lowered the min. initial shot speed for first-time shots.
  • Lowered the max trap cooldown when an action is requested before trapping the ball.
  • Temporarily lowered the maximum angle for outside foot shots until an angle calculation issue has been resolved.
  • Fix for AI defenders pushing up unnecessarily when tracking runs.
  • Ensure AI defenders go back with high urgency when the ball surpasses them.

UI/UX/Audio & Quality of Life:

  • Added Online Activity Indicator to the Main Menu.
  • More updates/fixes to the HUD.
  • Fixed filter selection in arena character select.
  • Various navigation fixes in squad/collection screens.
  • Added new match event visuals for goal kick, corner, and throw-in.
  • Adjusted when the HUD shows/hides itself to improve pacing.
  • Added a UI visual when entering Golden Goal.
  • Golden Goal pause can now be skipped.

Core:

  • Disabled occlusion queries as they in some cases cause stuttering.
  • Enable GC suppression during gameplay.
  • Add user id to text message of crash reporter (copyable text content), great for users when reporting bugs.
  • Stability improvements to persistent connection.
  • Integrate Tellusim BC7 encoder as Unreal Compute function.
  • Edit benchmark config for low end and wait for benchmark to finish before generating player cards.
  • Initial AFK detection and kick implementation.
  • Improved bandwidth in Server to Client communication.
  • Fixes to ball prediction code.
  • Changing time unit to ticks.
  • Degrees to Radians conversion.

Art:

  • Improved Crowds & Flags.

Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed an issue where you were able to trigger more than one 2nd player pressers
  • Fix for delayed through pass execution
  • Fix for missed trap / delay in trap after hitting the post
  • Fixed an issue where headed lofted passes were being played too slow
  • Fix for Floating ball issues in the arena
  • Fix for incorrect GK parry directions
  • Fix for cases of missed lock-ons
  • Removed unintended blocks caused by the "contact" radius check being too large
  • Fix for foot selection using the current ball location instead of the execution locat ion for "side" calculations
  • Fix for accidentally tackling and giving away penalties when the keeper is locked on to the ball
  • Fix for tackling accidentally whilst the keeper is locked on
  • Fix for incorrect ball prediction after a collision
  • Fix for penalty pulse UI being faded
  • Fix for Golden Goal UI appearing after a pause in the Golden Goal phase
  • Fixed issue where an additional bright screen appears between the Splash Screen and the loading screen, which may be perceived by the user as screen flicker
  • Fix for “Y” filter not working correctly when in Arena
  • Fix for transition wipe playing twice after a pause when the pause is triggered by a foul
  • Fix for un-skippable waiting for opponent screen for 30 secs during golden goal against bots
  • Fix for Inconsistent Collection scrolling when using the controller
  • Fix ball indicator leaving the radar zone when ball is kicked out of bounds
  • Fix for offside notification not appearing
  • Fix for ball not rotating when outside the field
  • Fix player flickering when removing multiple characters
  • Fixed incorrect icons shown during matchmaking when using PS5 controllers
  • Fixed an issue on Swaps that would cause the submit spinner to be stuck
  • Fixed an issue that would cause the ready button in the lobby to sometimes not show
  • Fix bot GK dropping the ball in an unintended way