Patch 1.39 Known Issues

Disclaimer: This is not a complete list of all currently tracked issues affecting this build of Overwatch, rather this is a targeted list of some known specific issues with this release.

Sigma

• Some of Sigma’s animations don’t play correctly after being frozen.
• Sigma clips through Reinhardt when on the receiving end of a Charge pin.

Heroes

Brigitte

• There is no sound effect when Brigitte extends an existing Repair Pack heal.
• The cooldown duration for Brigitte’s Repair Pack is unaffected when decreased in a Custom Game.

Doomfist

• Sometimes Doomfist’s Seismic Slam will fail to hit targets if there is a gap between him and his target.

Hanzo

• The information in the F1 help menu for Hanzo’s Storm Arrows is outdated.

Soldier: 76

• Soldier: 76’s Tactical Visor sound effect becomes inconsistent when the Ultimate Duration is set to 500%.

Misc.

• Shooting animations for Practice Range bots are not playing correctly.
• Trying to save a highlight when you don’t have sufficient disk space displays a generic error.

Patch 1.39 Known Issues

Disclaimer: This is not a complete list of all currently tracked issues affecting this build of Overwatch, rather this is a targeted list of some known specific issues with this release.

SIGMA

• Kinetic Grasp can cause Sigma’s left hand to become stuck in an animation.
• The Workshop condition ‘Is Firing Primary’ is not true for Sigma.
• Sigma clips through Reinhardt when on the receiving end of a Charge pin.
• Some of Sigma’s animations don’t play correctly after being frozen.
• Certain lines of text, associated with Sigma, appear blank or as an "unknown string" on Japanese clients.

HEROES

Brigitte

• When there are less than 3 charges, the visual effect for Brigitte’s Repair Pack doesn’t play when thrown on a teammate.
• The cooldown duration for Brigitte’s Repair Pack is unaffected when decreased in a Custom Game.

Doomfist

• Sometimes Doomfist’s Seismic Slam will fail to hit targets if there is a gap between him and his target.

COMPETITIVE

• Groups are not being matched into new Competitive games after completing one, and are unable to recreate the group because groupmates are displaying as still being in queue.
• Workaround #1: Everyone in the group disable skirmish prior to matchmaking
• Workaround #2: Restart the Overwatch client after encountering the issue
• Workaround #3: Disband your group and reform with a new leader

MISC

Tutorial

• Tracer’s name is missing in Tutorial subtitles.

UI

• UI that keeps score of which team wins a Control map may display the incorrect color.