This patch brings a number of updates to maps, as well as a series of QOL features designed to enhanced gameplay for players old and new. Some long-running bugs have been squared, and new features added.

Maps

Octane

• Extended flagstands with a circuit of chutes and bends
  
• Added boost gates on both sides of the circuit and a new front ramp
  
• Adjusted base layout with added cranes and improved spawn points
  
• Minor terrain and art updates
  

Relay

• Added pedestals near the flag stand to help defenders spot enemies and avoid damage
  
• Updated the high side of the map with adjusted terrain and a neutral outpost housing a health kit
  
• Art update, including new world details outside the play area
  
• Adjusted sun position and skybox rotation
  
• Added ambient sounds, including soft wind, bugs, and trees
  

Vortex

• Relocated flags to be closer together
  
• Added main base/flag stand structure
  
• Adjusted spawns and terrain to support new flag locations
  
• Reduced size of the inner out-of-bounds (OOB) grid
  
• Moved some structures outside the inner OOB grid to reduce potential hiding spots
  
• Added sound effects to spaceships
  

Twilight Grove

• Removed the far back left spawn point
  
• Optimized ambient audio
  
• Adjusted spectator preset camera positions
  

Outpost

• Removed pipes between floors in the base
  
• Adjusted terrain to allow for a slightly wider alternate right route
  
• Adjusted spectator extra view preset camera
  

Elite, Exhumed, Minora, & Nightflare

• Optimized ambient audio
  
• Adjusted spectator preset camera positions
  

CTF-Forlorn

• Increased lamp brightness
  

Gameplay

• Deployable beacons now have new sounds/visual effects, last longer, and have new properties that slow down and bounce players on contact
  
• Health/ammo nuggets have updated VFX that are clearer at a distance and change throughout their lifespan to indicate the remaining time
  

CTF Flag

• No longer has a pulsing light when home on the stand
  
• Announcer calls “You are out of bounds” when you take the flag OOB (1st person only)
  
• Announcer counts down "3, 2, 1" before the flag is auto-returned for being OOB (local area)
  
• Increased length of the flag VFX trail
  
• Increased volume of flag idle hum
  
• Fixed a bug where the flag would reset as if it was OOB when it wasn’t
  

Miscellaneous

• The scoreboard and score indicator will now flip depending on which team you are on, so your team is always on the left
  • IMPORTANT: When in Competitive Play there is no longer a "left side" and a "right side". We suggest using "red/blue", "Manatech/Arcturus", etc when communicating team names.
  
  
• Health bars now turn yellow when below 120 health
  
• Fixed a potential crash when joining servers
  
• Servers on the incorrect version will no longer be shown in the server browser
  
• "Rules" has been renamed to "Server Version" in the server browser
  
• Match History will now correctly reflect your own match history
  
• Added Gamma Slider to video settings
  
• Added player reports via the in-game player list menu
  
• Removed the energy pack, but default energy regeneration now matches what it would be with the pack
  
• Fixed loadouts not being saved
  
• Removed the sharpen and skylight brightness console commands, which could be exploited to make spotting enemies easier
  
• Fixed [dev] tags and Patreon stars not appearing