[2018] Early Access v2.1.15 Changelog

New Features

• Added a sudden death timer for non-team games
  
• Seamless switching between keyboard and controller during a match (when only one player is on the machine)
  
• Individuals can now drop into a game that's already happening
  
• Network drop-outs now take the player out of the game instead of quitting the match
  
• Discord integration so you can invite players to join your game through Discord
  
• Online friends list now scrolls
  
• Add a logging system to track down networking bugs

Bug Fixes

• Wizards now slide off previously exploitable high surfaces to prevent camping
  
• 2+ local players can now start an online game by themselves
  
• Pull latest party from the server before starting the game and prevent last-second joiners
  
• Party size was accidentally capped at 9 -- this was corrected
  
• There used to be an exception when another player drafted before your video player was ready, causing the draft screen to get stuck
  
• Raised collider on tsunami so it doesn't drop units early
  
• Fixed a bug where 2/3rds of the time the coffin beacons on 3-team coffin would be for the wrong team
  
• In some cases the wizard would be mid-dash or be sliding and it would create an unpleasant looping noise or animation during the draft -- the wizards now return to idle and no sounds are looped
  
• The server now updates friends with match id when a game starts or ends so you know their actual state

Adjustments

• There are now always at least 3 different spells available each draft
  
• Added "while casting" to the tooltip for triggers and left/right mouse click
  
• Players are now indexed by steamID instead of steam name in the matchmaking server to prevent future errors with duplicate names
  
• Matches are now stored the same way parties are in the matchmaker
  
• Force first round to be volcano or islands so it doesn't take forever
  
• Removed "flaming" from puck description as it's no longer on fire
  
• Make puck do damage and knockback proportional to the speed it's traveling
  
• General button prompts on couch mode now match the controller of player 1

New Features

• Added a sudden death timer for non-team games
  
• Seamless switching between keyboard and controller during a match (when only one player is on the machine)
  
• Individuals can now drop into a game that's already happening
  
• Network drop-outs now take the player out of the game instead of quitting the match
  
• Discord integration so you can invite players to join your game through Discord
  
• Online friends list now scrolls
  
• Add a logging system to track down networking bugs

Bug Fixes

• Wizards now slide off previously exploitable high surfaces to prevent camping
  
• 2+ local players can now start an online game by themselves
  
• Pull latest party from the server before starting the game and prevent last-second joiners
  
• Party size was accidentally capped at 9 -- this was corrected
  
• There used to be an exception when another player drafted before your video player was ready, causing the draft screen to get stuck
  
• Raised collider on tsunami so it doesn't drop units early
  
• Fixed a bug where 2/3rds of the time the coffin beacons on 3-team coffin would be for the wrong team
  
• In some cases the wizard would be mid-dash or be sliding and it would create an unpleasant looping noise or animation during the draft -- the wizards now return to idle and no sounds are looped
  
• The server now updates friends with match id when a game starts or ends so you know their actual state

Adjustments

• There are now always at least 3 different spells available each draft
  
• Added "while casting" to the tooltip for triggers and left/right mouse click
  
• Players are now indexed by steamID instead of steam name in the matchmaking server to prevent future errors with duplicate names
  
• Matches are now stored the same way parties are in the matchmaker
  
• Force first round to be volcano or islands so it doesn't take forever
  
• Removed "flaming" from puck description as it's no longer on fire
  
• Make puck do damage and knockback proportional to the speed it's traveling
  
• General button prompts on couch mode now match the controller of player 1