Rocket League

The Headlines

• Adjusted Rank Point Calculations
• Ball indicator now properly appears in Beckwith Park (Stormy)
• Improved Ranked post-game UI stability when attempting to chat

Complete list below..

Changes and Updates

Online

• When a player’s Rank Points (RP) are well below average for their hidden matchmaking rating (MMR), bonus RP will be awarded for wins to better “trend” players towards their expected rank.

UI/ UX

• Improved UI functionality in post-game Ranked matches when receiving unlocks or attempting to chat

Bug Fixes

Arenas

• Fixed an issue where the ball indicator would not appear in Beckwith Park (Stormy) when Render Detail was set below High Quality

The Headlines

• Added “Revenge of the Battle-Cars” DLC Pack, including…
• (DLC) Exclusive “Scarab” and “Zippy” Battle-Cars
• (DLC) Six Decals for each new vehicle
• (DLC) Three new Paint Types: “Toon Glossy, Toon Matte,” and “Toon Wood”
• (DLC) Two new Wheels: “Scarab” and “Zippy”
• (DLC) Two new Rocket Boosts: “Accelerato” and “Battle-Stars”
• (DLC) Four new Toppers: “Cavalier, Locomotive, Pixelated Shades,” and “Shark Fin”
• (DLC) Two new Antenna Toppers: “Retro Ball – Urban” and “Retro Ball – Utopia”
• Added “Urban Central (Night)” and “Utopia Coliseum (Dusk)” Arenas
• Added five new Community Flags and three new Video Game Antennas

Complete list below…

New Content

Arenas

• Added “Urban Central (Night)”
• Added “Utopia Coliseum (Dusk)”

Battle-Cars

• (DLC) Added “Scarab” (SARPBC classic vehicle)
• (DLC) Added “Zippy” (SARPBC classic vehicle)

Decals

• (DLC) Scarab: Added “Bomani”
• (DLC) Scarab: Added “Derby Girl”
• (DLC) Scarab: Added “Flames”
• (DLC) Scarab: Added “Hearts”
• (DLC) Scarab: Added “Tiger”
• (DLC) Scarab: Added “Tribal
• (DLC) Zippy: Added “Caboodle”
• (DLC) Zippy: Added “Callous”
• (DLC) Zippy: Added “Flames”
• (DLC) Zippy: Added “Hearts”
• (DLC) Zippy: Added “Leopard”
• (DLC) Zippy: Added “Tiger”

Paint Types

• (DLC) Toon Glossy
• (DLC) Toon Matte
• (DLC) Toon Wood

Wheels

• (DLC) Added “Scarab”
• (DLC) Added “Zippy”

Rocket Trails

• (DLC) Added “Accelerato”
• (DLC) Added “Battle-Stars”

Toppers

• (DLC) Added “Cavalier”
• (DLC) Added “Locomotive”
• (DLC) Added “Pixelated Shades”
• (DLC) Added “Shark Fin”

Antennas

• (DLC) Added “Retro Ball – Urban”
• (DLC) Added “Retro Ball – Utopia”
• Added “Community Flags”

• Achievement Hunter
• Funhaus
• NeoGAF
• Polaris
• Rooster Teeth

• Added “Video Games”

• Nosgoth
• Nosgoth – Human
• Nosgoth – Vampire

Trophies and Achievements

• (DLC) Added five new DLC-specific Trophies/ Achievements

Bug Fixes

General

• Resolved issue that allowed party members to join matchmaking servers even though the Party Leader cancelled the search

Audio

• (PS4) Fixed sound-related crash scenarios that caused the game to crash on the loading screen after multiple matches (for real this time)

The Headlines

• Ranked Season 1 Officially begins
• Added multiple Ranked Season Divisions with post-Season Division placement rewards
• Added “Ranked Solo Standard” back to the Online match queue
• Made multiple improvements and adjustments to the Utopia Coliseum arena
• PC players can now filter PlayStation 4 players out of matchmaking search
• Added Music Player interface to all menu screens
• Added “Featured Video” to in-game blog roll
• Added multiple “Spectate” mode improvements
• Added 12 new Community Flags, 2 new Chivalry Flags, and 20+ new Country Flags
• Repaired sound-related crash scenario that caused the game to crash on the loading screen after multiple matches

Complete list below…

New Content

Antennas

• Added “Community Flags”
  • Angry Army
  • Anne Munition
  • The Attack
  • EMD1
  • ESL
  • itmeJP
  • MLG
  • Razer
  • Saudi Gamer
  • Serious Gaming
• Added “Video Games”
  • Chivalry – Agatha Knights
  • Chivalry – Mason Order
• Added “Country Flags”
  • Bahrain
  • Belize
  • Bhutan
  • Botswana
  • Comoros
  • East Timor
  • Fiji
  • Gambia
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Guyana
  • Kosovo
  • Lesotho
  • Macau
  • Mauritius
  • Puntland
  • Réunion
  • Solomon Islands
  • Somaliland
  • Suriname
  • Swaziland
  • Western Sahara

New Feature

Online Play

• Added “Find New Match” option to Ranked endgame screen
• PC Players can now filter PlayStation 4 players out of matchmaking search

Ranked Season

• Season 1 has officially begun and all leaderboards have been reset
• The “Solo Standard” 3v3 Ranked Playlist has been re-added
• Season Rankings are now based on Rank Points (RP)
  • Rank Points are gained or lost based on Player skill rating, teammates’ skill, and the opponent’s skill (like the Pre-Season rating)
  • Rank Points change consistently throughout the Season unlike the Pre-Season skill rating, which changed less and less the more games were played
  • Earning 100 RP will promote Players to the next Division, but dropping below 0 RP will demotes them to the previous Division
  • The Player’s initial division is seeded based on their Pre-Season skill rating

• Ranked Divisions are now separated into…
  • Unranked
  • Bronze I
  • Bronze II
  • Bronze III
  • Silver I
  • Silver II
  • Silver III
  • Gold I
  • Gold II
  • Gold III
  • Platinum (Top 100 Players)
• Reaching Silver, Gold, or Platinum division rewards players with special reward items at the Season’s end
• Note: Season 1 will last for the next several months. An end date will be announced several weeks in advance

UI/ UX

• Added Music Player interface to all menu screens
• Added “Featured Video” to in-game blog roll
• Added “Video Games” sub-section to Garage Items/ Antennas
• Spectate Mode: Added persistent nameplate that shows username and stats for all players
• Spectate Mode: Added the ability to focus on the ball while in Flycam
• (PC) Spectate Mode: Controls now support hotkeys for camera switching between players or free cam

Changes and Updates

Online

• Ranked Pre-Season is now over (see above)
• Improved overall connection reliability

Arena – Utopia Coliseum

• Daylight has been changed to earlier in the day
• Overall lighting effects and ambiance have been improved
• Level boundaries are now more clearly defined
• Added new arches around the outside of the playing field (because it looks cooler)
• Player start positions and Boost placements have been standardized to match other maps

UI/ UX

• Moved “Save Replay” option lower in the post-game screen so it is not selected by default
• (PS4) Controller audio has been switched to “Off” by default for single-player, but can be toggled back on via Options menu (Splitscreen controller audio still defaults to “On”)

Garage Items

• Antennas
  • Moved “Blacklight” to “Video Games” folder
  • Moved “Blacklight: Retribution” to “Video Games” folder
  • Moved “Edge of Space” to “Video Games” folder
  • Moved “Fenix Rage” to “Video Games” folder
  • Moved “Shadowgate” to “Video Games” folder
  • Moved “Strike Vector EX” to “Video Games” folder
  • Moved “Unreal” to “Video Games” folder
  • Moved “Warframe” to “Video Games” folder
  • Moved “Warframe Chroma” to “Video Games” folder
  • Moved “Warframe Excalibur” to “Video Games” folder
  • Moved “Warframe Loki” to “Video Games” folder
  • (PS4) Moved “Sweet Tooth” to “Video Games” folder

Bug Fixes

General

• Direct Input and XInput controllers no longer stop working when played together
• Improved protection against corrupted save data
• Repaired boundary-collision issue that would sometimes allow players to exit the arena
• Fixed random invisibility bug associated with large Boost pick-ups

Audio

• Fixed issue that caused in-game sounds to drop in and out
• Repaired sound-related crash scenario that caused the game to crash on the loading screen after multiple matches

Maps

• Utopia Coliseum: Fixed issue that would sometimes allow the ball to fall through the bottom of the map

UI/ UX

• (PS4) Text chat now properly works after suspend/ resume
• (PS4) Corrected issue that caused PC players to appear nameless to PS4 players following suspend/ resume

The Headlines

• Added “Supersonic Fury” DLC Pack Support, including..
  • (DLC) Exclusive “Dominus” and “Takumi” Battle-Cars
  • (DLC) Six Decals for each new vehicle
  • (DLC) Five new paint types: “Brushed Metal, Carbon Fiber, Metallic Pearl, Pearlescent,” and “Wood”
  • (DLC) Two new Wheels: “Cristiano” and “Spinner”
  • (DLC) Two new Rocket Boosts: “Burnout” and “Nitrous”
• Added “Utopia Coliseum” Arena
• Added “Spectate” to “Choose Team” menu in “Private Matches,” allowing players the option to watch games rather than participate (3v3 match-type maximum)
• Added 70+ new Country Flags and three “Sorry” items for our overloaded launch servers (“Servergate” Wheels, “Disconnected” Antenna, and “White Flag”)
• Added 3v3 Team Ranked as a replacement for 3v3 Solo the Online match queue
• Ranked matches will no longer start if the game is not full
• Added the ability to create or join Private Matches that can be named and/or password-protected
• Added “Vote to Forfeit” button to “Ranked” online matches
• Up to four Party member’s Battle-Cars can now be displayed on the Menu screens

New Content

Battle-Cars

• (DLC) Added “Dominus” (American muscle car)
• (DLC) Added “Takumi” (Japanese street racer)

Decals

• (DLC) Dominus: Added “Flames”
• (DLC) Dominus: Added “Scorpions”
• (DLC) Dominus: Added “Skulls”
• (DLC) Dominus: Added “Stripes”
• (DLC) Dominus: Added “Tats”
• (DLC) Dominus: Added “Wings”
• (DLC) Takumi: Added “Copycat”
• (DLC) Takumi: Added “Chaser”
• (DLC) Takumi: Added “Crazy-8”
• (DLC) Takumi: Added “Gaki”
• (DLC) Takumi: Added “Reiko”
• (DLC) Takumi: Added “Stripes”

Paint Types

• (DLC) Added “Brushed Metal”
• (DLC) Added “Carbon Fiber”
• (DLC) Added “Metallic Pearl”
• (DLC) Added “Pearlescent”
• (DLC) Added “Wood”

Wheels

• (DLC) Added “Cristiano”
• (DLC) Added “Spinner”
• Added “Servergate”

Rocket Boosts

• (DLC) Added “Burnout”
• (DLC) Added “Nitrous”

Antennas

• Added “Disconnected”
• Added “White Flag”
• Added “Community Flags”
• Gassy Mexican
• LIRIK
• SpoOky1611
• Team PowA
• YouTube Gaming
• Added “Country Flags:”
• Afghanistan
• Albania
• American Samoa
• Angola
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bangladesh
• Belarus
• Benin
• Bolivia
• Burkina Faso
• Burma
• Burundi
• Cambodia
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Congo DR
• Cuba
• Dominican Republic
• Egypt
• Eritrea
• Estonia
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Georgia
• Guam
• Haiti
• Iraq
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Latvia
• Lebanon
• Liberia
• Libya
• Lithuania
• Macedonia
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Moldova
• Mongolia
• Montenegro
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Nepal
• Niger
• North Korea
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Oman
• Palestine
• Papua New Guinea
• Paraguay
• Puerto Rico
• Qatar
• Rwanda
• Saudi Arabia
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• South Sudan
• Sri Lanka
• Sudan
• Syria
• Tajikistan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Turkmenistan
• S. Virgin Islands
• Uganda
• Uzbekistan
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Trophies and Achievements

• Added three new Trophies/ Achievements
• (DLC) Added six new DLC-specific Trophies/ Achievements

New Features

Gameplay

• Added “Spectate” to “Choose Team” menu for “Private Matches”, allowing players the option to watch games rather than participate (3v3 match-type maximum)

Content

• Added “Utopia Coliseum” Arena

Online Play

• Added “3v3 Team Ranked” as a replacement for “3v3 Solo” the Online match queue
• Added “Vote to Forfeit” button to “Ranked” online matches

UI/ UX

• Added the ability to create or join Private Matches that can be named and/or password-protected
• Added “Community Flags” sub-section to Garage Items/ Antennas
• Added “Reset Shot” to Keybinding Options to address errant R1 training reassignment

Changes and Updates

Online

• “Ranked” matches will no longer start if the game is not full
• “Ranked” Skill ratings are now calculated on dedicated servers

Garage Items

• Antennas
• “Saturn” has been renamed to “Planetoid” (because Saturn doesn’t have craters)

UI/ UX

• Up to four Party member’s Battle-Cars can now be displayed on the Menu screens

Bug Fixes

Online

• Repaired several “Connect Failure” issues

UI/ UX

• Fixed “Private Match” bug that sometimes caused the “Update Match” settings to disappear for the Party Leader
• Clearing the “Voice Chat” binding no longer removes the binding for “Reset Training”

Hello everyone,

Though Rocket League shipped with more than 80 different country flags when we released last month, there were still several other nations that weren’t included for release. With our next patch (v1.04) due later this month, however, we now have the opportunity to add those missing countries.

Listed alphabetically, here are ALL the new country flags that will be available in our next patch later this month, followed by a list of existing flags for you completionists out there. If there’s a country that’s still missing from our roster, let us know and we’ll see about adding it in another future update!

(Also, this could be the longest post of all time)

NEW Country Flags Coming in v1.04

• Afghanistan
• Albania
• American Samoa
• Angola
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bangladesh
• Belarus
• Benin
• Bolivia
• Burkina Faso
• Burma
• Burundi
• Cambodia
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Congo DR
• Cuba
• Dominican Republic
• Egypt
• Eritrea
• Estonia
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Georgia
• Guam
• Haiti
• Iraq
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Latvia
• Lebanon
• Liberia
• Libya
• Lithuania
• Macedonia
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Moldova
• Mongolia
• Montenegro
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Nepal
• Niger
• North Korea
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Oman
• Palestine
• Papua New Guinea
• Paraguay
• Puerto Rico
• Qatar
• Rwanda
• Saudi Arabia
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• South Sudan
• Sri Lanka
• Sudan
• Syria
• Tajikistan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Turkmenistan
• U.S. Virgin Islands
• Uganda
• Uzbekistan
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Currently-Available Country Flags

• Algeria
• Argentina
• Australia
• Austria
• Belgium
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Brazil
• Bulgaria
• Cameroon
• Canada
• Cape Verde Islands
• Chile
• China
• Chinese Taipei
• Colombia
• Congo DR
• Costa Rica
• Côte d’Ivoire
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• England
• Equatorial Guinea
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Ghana
• Greece
• Guatemala
• Guinea
• Honduras
• Hong Kong
• Hungary
• Iceland
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Ireland
• Israel
• Italy
• Jamaica
• Japan
• Luxembourg
• Malaysia
• Malta
• Mexico
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Nicaragua
• Nigeria
• Northern Ireland
• Norway
• Panama
• Peru
• Philippines
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Russia
• Scotland
• Senegal
• Serbia
• Singapore
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• South Africa
• South Korea
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Thailand
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates
• United Kingdom
• United States of America
• Uruguay
• Venezuela
• Vietnam
• Wales
• Yemen

THE HEADLINES

• “Quick Chat” commands can now be used cross-platform between PC and PS4
• Stat tracking for online games is now properly recorded for its correlating Garage items
• AI Bot skill levels now adjust to the average skill level of all players currently in the game
• The first player to abandon a “Ranked’ match is now banned from matchmaking for 15 minutes
• (PS4) “Far, Far Away” Trophy can now be unlocked via online play
• (Steam) “Virtuoso” Achievement is now obtainable and includes appropriate description
• Fixed multiple crash scenarios

Complete list below…

NEW FEATURES

Gameplay

• “Quick Chat” commands can now be used cross-platform between PC and PS4
• Content
• Topper: “Cherry Top” now includes a working, rotating light
• Topper: “Propellerhead” now includes a working, rotating blade
• Online Play
• AI Bot skill levels now adjust to the average skill level of all players currently in the game
• The first player to abandon a “Ranked” match is now banned from matchmaking for 15 minutes
• UI/ UX
• (Steam) Added “Mouse Sensitivity” setting to the “Options” menu
• (Steam) Added support for more resolutions

CHANGES AND UPDATES

• Training
• “Freeplay” now grants truly unlimited “Rocket Boost”
• UI/ UX
• Stats: Player’s “Win/ Loss Ratio” is now displayed as a “Win %”

BUG FIXES

General

• (PS4) Sweet Tooth now properly unlocks when completing a game with all 10 of the other Battle-Cars
• (PS4) Multiple visual optimizations
• Reduced, but did not eliminate, instances of the “Invisible Car” bug
• Fixed multiple crash scenarios

Garage Items

• Antennas
• Country Flags: Congo is now appropriately-named
• Country Flags: Mexico is no longer reversed
• Country Flags: Northern Ireland is now correct
• Country Flags: United States now shows all 50 stars

Trophies and Achievements

• (Steam) “Virtuoso” Achievement is now obtainable and includes appropriate description
• (PS4) “Far, Far Away” Trophy can now be unlocked via online play

UI/ UX

• Stat tracking for online games is now properly reflected for their correlating Garage items
• Blog and Scrolling Ticker now work as intended and will not errantly show “Offline” messages
• “PsyNet” icons for cross-platform players will now display properly
• Main Menu Player Avatars will no longer disappear between matches
• Player names are now displayed correctly during “Replays”

Localization

French, German, Italian, and Spanish-language corrections and improvements

Hello everyone, and thank you for your support of Rocket League during launch week!

To be honest, it has been a monster on our server structure, with as many as 90,000+ players playing the game on PC/ PS4 at one time. As a result, we’ve been increasing capacity and making performance upgrades as quick as we can.

Today’s Hot Fix begins the first steps in improving the online and matchmaking experiences. Thanks again for your patience and your help.

And now, here’s a log of the Hot Fix Deployment Process in reverse chronological order:

• 7:20 PM PT: Situation Normal. We’re All Fine Here Now, Thank You. How Are You?
• 6:56 PM PT: Status Improving. Approx. 94% Matchmaking Success
• 6:21 PM PT: Reliability Increasing. Approx. 65% Matchmaking Success
• 5:43 PM PT: Issue Persists. Approx. 40% Matchmaking Success. Servers Possessed?
• 5:20 PM PT: New Issue Alert. Approx. 50% Matchmaking Success. Investigating…
• 4:41 PM PT: Servers Still Spooling. Approx. 80% Matchmaking Success
• 4:19 PM PT: Servers Still Spooling. Approx. 70% Matchmaking Success
• 4:03 PM PT: Servers Still Spooling. Approx. 60% Matchmaking Success
• 3:22 PM PT: Servers Restarted. Slowly Regaining Online Status (ETA 15 min.)
• 3:21 PM PT: Hot Fix Deployment Completed
• 2:10 PM PT: Hot Fix Deployment Begins…

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