Diesel Legacy Patch 1

UI / Visuals:

• Added “Reduce Flash Effects” option for photosensitive players, which disables rapid screen flashes during Meltdowns.
  
• Fixed typos and inconsistencies in Training Mode text, and improved some hint text.
  
• Fixed bugs and typos in Fritz’s Story Mode.
  
• On-fire hitstun flame effects no longer appears when the character is invisible.
  
• Now auto-hides the mouse cursor after a period of inactivity.
  

General Gameplay:

• Standing/crouching C attacks now break super armor as jumping C attacks already did.
  
• Reduce setplay by allowing Safe Falls from attacks that are easy to combo into, use few/no resources, and are very advantageous afterward: Rory's Riser Height->Open, Nyra's Rising Gada final hit, Saga's Board Stretcher, and Dieselmech's Toot Sweet D attacks and Gravel Crusher now allow the opponent to Safe Fall.
  

Adrik:

Adrik received a number of balance adjustments to improve his zoning and help his combos be more consistent, though he still has no low attacks or overheads.

• [bugfix] He can no longer perform buffered attacks out of dashes before the round starts. (Thanks Argenrost!)
  
• [bugfix] Thorn Lance is properly disabled between rounds in 1v1.
  
• Reduced block damage on Charlier and Dovetail to match Bridge.
  
• Increased the opponent's movement from Bridge and Dovetail, both inward and outward.
  
• Charlier: added magic outline on cards for visibility; longer window for followup inputs; hitbox size increased to make contact with everyone standing; trajectory of hitbox is always consistent instead of following the random distribution of the visuals.
  
• Crouching D: Startup reduced by 2f to properly combo off B attacks; increased hitstun by 4f; can now hit downed opponents; increased the range of the Down-Forward version.
  
• [bugfix] Ground special move motions ending in an Up direction (“tiger knee” inputs) will now produce the air special move rather than interrupting jump startup and performing the ground version.
  
• Thorn Lance rose startup reduced by 4f, now is 3f after the input; rose hitbox bigger.
  
• Thorn Orbit startup faster; recovery shorter; rose duration slightly shorter; properly becomes grounded if the air version lands.
  
• Thorn Volley startup faster; properly becomes grounded if the air version lands.
  
• Handbill hit now breaks super armor; increased the trigger area size and hitbox size, to make contact against the entire cast crouching.
  
• [bugfix] Adrik is no longer prevented from placing a Handbill/Convincer while another object is attacking.
  
• [bugfix] After placing a Handbill/Convincer, Adrik is now correctly in recovery instead of startup, allowing supercancels if the object he placed makes contact with an opponent.
  
• Convincer placement startup 15f faster; Convincer itself closes 6f faster once triggered and ejects the opponent at a slightly higher angle.
  
• Infernal Pact hitstun increased to allow conversions from farther away.
  

Damkina:

• [bugfix] Fix sound effect bug when Damkina is KO’d during Don’t Ever Marry.
  

Dieselmech:

Dieselmech received a number of small balance adjustments to help focus him as a high damage character with big attacks rather than also having excellent setplay, grabs, and runaway.

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World War Wonderful: to curb his ability to stall matches, the tank’s backward speed has been reduced by ~40%; backward recoil from charged shots reduced; all other speeds remain the same.

[bugfix] Crouching A now hits all crouching opponents.

Standing A is now an intentional antiair: it no longer hits crouching opponents except at very close range.

Crouching B hitbox slightly lower to reduce its usefulness against bigger opponents trying to jump away.

Crouching C range reduced from “ridiculous” to merely “very large”.

Added a taller hitbox near his body during crouching D, to help with corner juggles.

[bugfix] Cannot shoot a throw victim without having ammo loaded; without ammo, the input will now load ammo even with a throw victim.

Reduced throw range by about ~10%.

[*] Opponent mashing to escape his throw is more effective, still possible to do a j.[C]->j.D.

Can no longer perform supers while throwing an opponent: to fire a throw victim with a Big Bertha he must now load the shell before grabbing, which changes his gameplan to be less reactive.

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Eleanora:

• Standing C dart hitbox adjusted, now hits all standing characters no matter how close they are.
  
• [bugfix] Normalized her height at the beginning of her crouch animation to be no shorter than the rest of it.
  

Rory:

• [bugfix] Cold Crack now accepts diagonal Down-Forward or Up-Forward to change lanes instead of requiring straight Up or Down.
  
• [bugfix] Thermal Fatigue now accepts holding any Up or Down direction to change lanes instead of requiring straight Up or Down.
  

Rotwang:

• Schultergerat hitstun and blockstun increased by 2f; ground version on hit is now +1 instead of -1.
  

Saga

• [bugfix] Key to the Midway correctly only adds 1 hit when grabbing someone out of hitstun.
  
• [bugfix] Board Stretcher’s grab can no longer be accidentally nullified by super-cancelling it on the frame the grab connects.
  

Netplay

• Various stability tweaks to netcode and matchmaking across all platforms.
  
• Fixed improper disconnection of players, causing them to see timeout messages nonstop when they weren't connected to anyone.
  

Arcade

• Fixed mirror matches sometimes happening before the penultimate fight.
  
• Added additional text to the game over screen to display that you should press start.
  
• Fixed Adrik being able to attack after a dash in the ladder screen.
  
• Fixed incorrect font being used for the press any button text.
  

Story

• Fixed an exploit that could allow you to choose a color that you have not unlocked yet.
  

Localization

• Numerous typos and text adjustments across all languages.
  

Controls

• Added default OK/Cancel buttons for player 2 at all times. So using the quick F1 button key to open the pause menu in Juice would not soft lock people who had never set the controls for player 2.
  
• Added additional tooltips and text on the macro buttons to help players understand their functionality and that they can be set to anything they want.
  

Replays

• Fixed 1 frame of flicker at the start of a replay or spectating match.
  
• Fixed Replay recording not stopping completely sometimes, causing unintended frame-rate drops.
  

Accessibility

• Added a Super Flash Reduction option in the options for people who were having issues with the super flash effects.
  

Achievements

• Restored missing color for the Lab Zombie Achievement.
  
• Fixed rank-related achievements not being given at the correct ranks.
  

Added 2 new colors for all characters!

UI

• Exp panel will no longer count up from 0 every time.
  
• Moved the Crossplay button under the matchmaking tab, so it's easier for players to see.
  
• Fixed platform icons not always switching to their proper globe icon after joining a lobby with a crossplay host.
  
• Added version number in the options screen for sake of clarity.
  
• Added ping, jitter, and rift information on top of the screen in all netplay matches.
  
• Fixed text-bubble button not disappearing properly in multi-line dialogs.
  
• Fixed names on the bottom left not always updating when switching from a co-op to a matchmaking lobby.
  
• Replay and spectating dialogs will no longer close automatically after you watch a replay.
  

Character Select

• Fixed a crash backing out of character select in a specific way.
  

1v1/Teams

• Made the winning team/player invincible after they land the last hit, so they cannot be killed by stray projectiles during the round transition.
  

Stages

• Optimizations to the Worx stage.
  
• Optimizations to the Guts stage.
  
• Optimizations to the Fairgrounds stage.
  
• Added Hidden Temple stage as part of Nyra's custom arcade mode home (Nyra's home is no longer the Guts).
  

Fight HUD

• Fixed the badge level-up sound always playing at the start of an online game.
  
• Fixed the win banner being ever-so-slightly visible at the end of a round, even when it should have disappeared.