Patch v1.45

Patch v1.45
Released	2018-05-29
Platform(s)	All
Patch chronology
Patch v1.44
Patch v1.45
Patch v1.48

Patch v1.45 was released on May 29, 2018.

Note - PS4 Users will see this patch as v1.46, This is because a PS4 Pro patch v1.45 was released on May 7th already.

Note 2 - Patch v1.47 was released for PS4 platform.

The Headlines

• ‘Salty Shores’ Arena has been added
• Competitive Season 7 ends, and Season 8 begins
  • Season 7 Rewards: Player Banners and Goal Explosions are being distributed to eligible players
• ‘Impact’ Crate has been added

New Content

Arenas

• ‘Salty Shores’ is now available as a new Arena in all Playlists
• ‘Wasteland’ (Night) is now available in all Playlists

Crates and Keys

• ‘Impact’ Crate has been added

Monstercat

• ‘Rocket League x Monstercat Vol. 3’ is now available to all players under Music Playlists
• Monstercat Flags have been added
  • ‘Aiobahn’
  • ‘Bad Computer’
  • ‘Dion Timmer’
  • ‘Duumu’
  • ‘Instinct’
  • ‘Inverness’
  • ‘Skyelle’
  • ‘Soupandreas’
  • ‘Stephen Walking’
  • ‘Sundial’

S. Watercolour

• ‘S. Watercolour’ Customization Items have been added
  • ‘S. Watercolour’ Player Banner
  • ‘S. Watercolour’ Flag

Decals

• ‘Glyphtrix’ (Triton)
• ‘Min-Spec’ (Masamune)
• ‘ShapeRacer’ (Paladin)
• ‘Tiger Tiger’ (Aftershock)

Toppers

• ‘Goldfish’
• ‘Palm Tree’
• ‘Swim Ring’

Changes and Updates

Server Reporting

• You can now select the ‘Report Server’ button in the midgame menu to directly report a problematic game server to us for investigation

Competitive Season 7

• Competitive Season 7 has ended. Titles and items will be awarded for your highest rank achieved during the season. Season 7 Rewards are custom, non-tradeable Player Banners and Goal Explosions
• Receiving the Season 7 Reward Player Banners is also contingent upon successful completion of Season Reward Levels
• Reward Player Banners:
  • ‘Season 7 - Tier 1’
  • ‘Season 7 - Tier 2’
  • ‘Season 7 - Tier 3’
  • ‘Season 7 - Tier 4’
  • ‘Season 7 - Tier 5’
  • ‘Season 7 - Tier 6’
  • ‘Season 7 - Tier 7’
    • Season 7 Grand Champions will also receive the 'Season 7 Grand Champion' Title
• Reward Goal Explosions:
  • ‘Striker’
  • ‘Striker Pro’
  • ‘Striker Legend’

Competitive Season 8

• Competitive Season 8 has begun
  • Season 8 brings a “soft reset” that requires you to do placement matches in each playlist to recalibrate
  • Winning half of your placement matches will land you near your previous season ranking
  • The soft reset will no longer compress Champion Tier players skill downwards. Instead, only Grand Champions will be compressed down to the top end of the Champion 3 skill range.
  • League Rankings will be temporarily empty until players complete their placement matches

Bug Fixes

General

• A player’s Rank now correctly displays on the post-match screen
• Fixed an issue causing Orange team-specific Presets to incorrectly preload during matchmaking, causing them to appear late once the map loaded
• [Xbox One] Fixed a crash/performance issue
• Fixed Boost activation occurring one frame behind input when client runs above 60 FPS
• Boost Audio and visual FX will no longer continue to play after boost is deactivated
• Fixed an issue with physics state quantization that led to cars occasionally “settling” at inconsistent suspension heights (thank you to Rocket Science for reporting this)
• Improved loading performance that was causing some players (particularly on PS4) to experience stutter in the first 5-10 seconds of matches
• Fixed players who have initiated a Forfeit Vote being unable to see the Vote to Forfeit option afterwards
• The “Keyboard Input Acceleration Time” option is once again available in the Options - Controls menu.
• Fixed the “Favorite” button sometimes disappearing in the Garage Car Body tab
• Fixed issues with car preview sometimes breaking when quickly switching garage tabs
• [Switch] Improved scrolling performance when viewing items in the Garage
• Tread glow on ‘Season 3 - Star’ Wheels has been restored
• FX on Draco Wheels have been restored

Known Issues

[NOTE: If you go down a division after a win in a Ranked match, this is not a bug. The division down is attached to a previous loss that was reported to our database late. You are still receiving appropriate credit for the win.]

General

• Painted ‘Twinzer’ lacks paintable attributes on the front of the body
  • This will be changed in our next update
• Paint finish on the Batmobile may look different than before
• You may be able to see edges of the ‘lighthouse’ that illuminates the map on Salty Shores
• [PS4 Pro] Users may experience performance issues when playing 3v3 Rumble on Neo Tokyo with Supersampling enabled
• [Switch] Splitscreen users may take longer than normal to appear in the main menu
• [PS4] Join delays at the start of a match have been greatly reduced but may still be present
• [macOS. SteamOS] Textures on some buildings in the background may be missing
• On Salty Shores, some ground textures load a few seconds after reaching the Choose Team screen
• In some cases, users may not be able to invite Party members to trade immediately after leaving a match
• Images of Painted ‘K2’ and ‘Zeta’ Wheel variants may not display correctly
• Player POV camera issues when spectating or viewing Replays
• Voltaic Wheels may appear pixelated for some players
• Moving quickly between the Showroom and Garage may cause Boosts and Trails to not display properly when viewing in Redeem Rewards and Crate Preview menus.
• Some Gray Wheels (Voltaic) may appear similar to Titanium White variants
• Black texture can be seen sometimes outside of the Neo Tokyo and Tokyo Underpass Arenas
• Painted Voltaic Wheels may appear pixelated
• Trails slightly off-center behind ‘99 Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 Wheels

External links

• Patch Notes v1.45 - Salty Shores Update on Rocket League - Official Site