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Hey folks, PTR build 53030 is now live which includes these changes. Cheers!
Hey folks, PTR build 53030 is now live which includes these changes. Cheers!
This post is to track further updates to the PTR as we make them. The following changes are planned for a PTR patch that will probably come on Monday.
Brigitte
Dev Notes: Reduces Shield Bash’s damage reduces her total stun combo damage potential while still allowing Whip Shot and her basic melee attacks to retain their full strength. Brigitte is a hybrid tank/healer, and lately we’ve been reducing her effectiveness by reducing the power of her non-healing functionality, but we want to make sure she is still a viable pick so we’re increasing the uptime of her Inspire passive to help increase her overall healing output.
Doomfist
Good day everyone,
If you’re looking for the most recent version of the LIVE Patch Notes, please go to this new location located here. PLEASE NOTE: LIVE Patch Notes are no longer posted in this forum.
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Thank you.
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.
Ashe
Bastion
Brigitte
Hanzo
This is something we are definitely looking into. 
That would actually be up to the community managers. I technically CAN but I will leave it up to them to add or not.
The newest 1.31 PTR has Windows Spatial Audio re-enabled. Please keep the feedback coming on this feature. These reports have been extremely valuable for us.
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Hey there! So there actually was a small change (though relatively minor) for Soldier: 76 that seems to have gotten left out of the notes. I’ll try to get those updated but people may have left for the day.
Soldier: 76
Developer Comments : The intent of Tactical Visor is to make Soldier: 76 unable to miss during its duration. However, Helix Rockets have travel time, so if they were fired directly at an enemy they would often miss a moving target at further ranges. This change allows players to freely aim Helix Rockets while still auto-aiming his primary fire.
A new Overwatch patch is currently in development and now available for testing. To share your feedback or report and issue, please post in the PTR Feedback or PTR Bug Report forums.
Please note that the below patch notes only include changes currently available for testing on the PTR. While many of these changes will also be available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in a future patch, the PTR is...
Read moreWyomingMyst is awesome! I’m a huge fan. Thanks for everything guy!
You’ll just have to wait and see!
Hey there, we have more information about this problem in this thread.
Hey folks, we’ve addressed this issue on live and we’re working to release a patch to fix the problem. Apologies for the hassle, we very much appreciate the info from you that helped us track down the problem.
Closing this thread, further discussion can take place in the live version of this thread which is here.
Hey Naru, feel free to use this workaround until we patch if you’d like. I’m just trying to give words of caution so others who wouldn’t benefit from this don’t add it in!
For everyone else, thanks for helping us verify. This was difficult for us to reproduce internally because it’s a bug as a result of a certain type of hardware which we don’t actively support or test with.
We’re working on a permanent fix for this, we hope to roll it out tomorrow! Further updates will be here if needed. Thanks everyone!
...Hey there as a workaround if someone who is affected by this issue can add an additional command line argument to their Overwatch startup we want to see if this fixes the issue for you.
Note this is an advanced startup line, you’ll want to clear this line after testing. Changing startup options can lead to odd problems.
To set the command line, in the Blizzard Desktop client with Overwatch selected, choose Options > Game Settings. Find the Overwatch entry in the list, click the Additional command line arguments checkbox. In the textbox there add:
--tank_WorkerThreadCount 1The file is probably too big to attach to the forums or email directly. Any place you can place it so we’re able to download it will work though.
Emailing the link to [email protected] is the best route to get it over to us instead of posting it here.
Thanks!
Hey there, we’re still investigating this issue internally. A dump of the Overwatch client when it’s in this “stuck” state would be helpful for us to do further investigation.
For anyone who has this specific issue and is comfortable with creating a process dump (Task Manager > Right Click Overwatch > Create Dump File) and can upload it to a location where we’re able to download it (drop box, one drive), this would be extremely helpful for us.
edit: Emailing the link to [email protected] is the best route to get it over to us instead of posting it here.
Thanks!
Hello there!
Are you using an AMD graphics card? If so, could you make sure your drivers are updated, or if that’s not possible, try setting “Refraction Quality” to “Low” in the graphics settings and see if that resolves the issue for you?
Thanks!
Bruce