UPDATE: The Halo 5 "Overtime" update is now available!
Hey folks - Great news, the next update for Halo 5 has cleared certification and is on target for release this Thursday, 11/2!
Here's what you need to know:
Here's a look at the patch notes for the "Overtime" update:
New / Updated Features
- New announcer voice over audio added
- New Oddball skull object added (it’s back!)
- Sentinel Beam
- Gravity Hammer
- Reach Grenade Launcher
- Wasp Destroyer
- Wasp Gunner
- Grunt Mech Slayer
- Changed default settings for Assault to no longer include double thrust for a ball carrier
- Added Forge entries for the new Gunfighter Flagnum
- Ball Mode Options:
- Ball Type: Allows selection between the default UNSC Ball and the newly added Oddball Skull for use as the game ball
- Ball Explosion Damage: Allows enabling/disabling of explosion damage when the ball is scored in an Assault mode
- Score Per Kill While Carrying: Allows configuration of points awarded for killing an enemy player while carrying the ball
- Ball Carrier Traits -> Melee Damage Modifier: Added a value for “Standard Weapon Melee Damage”, which configures ball melee damage to be exactly equivalent to that of a normal weapon melee
- Follow Camera Allow Enemy Player Selection: Allows the selection of enemy players in the Player Follow Camera screen during respawn
- Enable Stacking Team Spawn Influencers: Increases the chance of spawning with teammates
- Spawning Mode: Choose between default spawn selection and random spawn selection
Improvements & Fixes
- Fixed ability to get under the world
- Fixed ability to destroy the core when you should not be able to
- Fixed an issue where the red team shield door would sometimes not have proper collision
Hey folks - Great news, the next update for Halo 5 has cleared certification and is on target for release this Thursday, 11/2!
Here's what you need to know:
- The update itself should start rolling out around 9AM PT on Thursday, 11/2.
- Once everything is live and verified, we'll then pull the trigger on launching the landing page on Waypoint and will get the word out across our social channels.
- At approximately 1PM PT, a few items requiring back-end configuration work will go live - this includes things like the Arclight being returned to its previous value in Warzone and the new Commendations.
- Lastly, at approx. 2PM PT, the new Halo 5 Local Server app will be available for download via the Windows Marketplace.
Here's a look at the patch notes for the "Overtime" update:
New / Updated Features
- Halo 5 now looks better than ever with 4K UHD support for Xbox One X!
- Play Ball! Oddball and Oddball FFA return as official game modes:
- New announcer voice over audio added
- New Oddball skull object added (it’s back!)
- Host and play low-latency Halo 5 multiplayer matches with the Halo 5: Guardians Local Server app for Windows 10 PC (to be released at approx. 2PM PT 11/2)
- Support your favorite HCS team with new weapon skins for Splyce, Luminosity, and Str8 Rippin. Current release dates: Luminosity 11/7, Str8 Rippin 11/21, Spylce 12/5
- Represent your Halo World Championship home region with new United States, Canada, UK, Mexico, and Australia weapon skins. These skins will be available during the Halo World Championship 2018.
- New Weapon Tuning for 14 items deployed across all game modes (full details HERE)
- New Commendations added:
- Sentinel Beam
- Gravity Hammer
- Reach Grenade Launcher
- Wasp Destroyer
- Wasp Gunner
- Grunt Mech Slayer
- Assault changes:
- Changed default settings for Assault to no longer include double thrust for a ball carrier
- Forge changes:
- Added Forge entries for the new Gunfighter Flagnum
- New Custom Game Options:
- Ball Mode Options:
- Ball Type: Allows selection between the default UNSC Ball and the newly added Oddball Skull for use as the game ball
- Ball Explosion Damage: Allows enabling/disabling of explosion damage when the ball is scored in an Assault mode
- Score Per Kill While Carrying: Allows configuration of points awarded for killing an enemy player while carrying the ball
- Ball Carrier Traits -> Melee Damage Modifier: Added a value for “Standard Weapon Melee Damage”, which configures ball melee damage to be exactly equivalent to that of a normal weapon melee
- Respawn Menu Options
- Follow Camera Allow Enemy Player Selection: Allows the selection of enemy players in the Player Follow Camera screen during respawn
- Enable Stacking Team Spawn Influencers: Increases the chance of spawning with teammates
- Spawning Mode: Choose between default spawn selection and random spawn selection
- Flag Mode Options
Improvements & Fixes
- General stability fixes
- Improved JIP (“Join in Progress”) rules for Social playlists
- Fixed a number of exploits for Warzone
- Fixed ability to get under the world
- Fixed ability to destroy the core when you should not be able to
- Fixed an issue where the red team shield door would sometimes not have proper collision
- BTB Assault matches now group properly under their own category in the Service Record
- Fixed an issue where REQ currency would sometimes not recharge properly when joining in progress to Warzone modes
- Fixed an issue where players who JIP’ed into Warzone games were not leveling up
- Fixed an issue where JIP’ing players sometimes caused momentary hitches
- Added a fix for the “black screen” bug (We believe this is addressed, and will be monitoring closely - please let us know if you experience this issue post-patch)
- Fixed a bug in which banned players could continue to play matches
- Fixed a bug where March on Stormbreak and Battle of Noctus home bases did not have player collision
- Fixed a rare crash players could hit if they died while picking up power-ups
- Increased the cooldown time on the Banshee's flip maneuver