Change log

The patch notes and major update information here is a copy from the dev-log channel on the Nock Discord, where you can get updates about what is being worked on.

## v1.0.0 - LAUNCH

Nock goes live!

* 🌎 Better support for cross region play
* 📰 News card in the menu
* 🎶 Added 1 new song by Take45
* 🐛 Bugfixes

## v1.0.1

* 📈 Fixes for recording XP and Rank in 2v2 and 3v3 matches
* 🔚 Matches should now end when a whole team leaves (on latest build)

## v1.0.2

* ⚙️ Some internal tooling for future updates, no bugfixes or new features. Sit Tight!

## v1.1.0

* 💥 KO Bug Fix!
* 🚫 Leaving a ranked match results in a forfeit
* 🎚️ Add individual audio sliders to in game menu for UI, Music, Voice, SFX
* 🏹 Arrow pickups now regenerate between goals
* 🏹 Arrows wont get picked up if your ammo is full
* 🏹 Waiting on top of arrow pickups now works as expected
* ↩️ Added turn style “None” for players with stick drift
* ✍️ More logging to help us debug connection drops
* 🔉 Boosted default voice chat by 3db

## v1.1.1

* 🐛 hotfix for the practice room bug that was causing players not to connect to matches

## Matchmaker Updates

* ⚽ Matchmaker now displays your true rank on the leaderboard. This value can jump around a little when you play your first few matches, but it's the actual value the matchmaker uses to calculate your skill.
* 🐛 Fixed a bug that would cause your rank to go down after a win, or up after a loss.
* 🐛 The matchmaker now awards you fractional MMR for wins in unbalanced games. If you beat someone who is a much lower rank than you, you're still ranking up, just only by a small amount. These fractional amounts will add up over time.

## v1.1.2

* 🔧 Potential fixes for intermittent client disconnects

## v1.1.3

* 🙅‍♀️ A few fixes around desyncs
* 🔈 Adds voice chat settings to main menu and the ability to disable voice chat completely
* 🤫 Fixes bug where mute wasn't working properly
* 🚤 Menu loads faster when coming from match
* 💯 HUD score text wraps properly
* 🏅 Rank is hidden from in game scoreboard until after match
* 🔌 Got rid of the broken power indicator number on bow

## Game Server Update

* 🐛 Fixed a bug that would cause clients to get disconnected mid-match after a lot of packet loss.

## v1.2.0

* 🏟️ New Arena! ft all new visuals, new ball design, new soundtracks
* 🏹 2 new bows to unlock with unique sound themes
* ✍️ Adjusted MMR to show more detail
* 👋 High fives at the end of game
* 🎵 New music track by Take45
* 🤖 Adds an idle mode for bots.
* Bug: Fixed race condition around arrow respawning on goal reset
* Bug: Fixed a bug around forfeits, MMR, and XP
* Bug: Fixed the leaderboard not showing your name
* Bug: Fixed a custom game bug that didn’t allow you to switch teams when teams were full
* Bug: Fixed a bug where the boombox was unable to me muted after joining a new party
* Bug: Fixed a bug where the boombox would turn on when joining a fresh party
* Bug: Under play now: “Find a game” now looks more like a button so its less confusing

## Game Server Update

* 🐛 Shipped a new game server that reduces bandwidth use by 50%

## 1.3.0 KO UPDATE

KO Update - Everything you need to know

* 💥 New KO mechanics
* 🤸 Ragdoll physics
* 🔉 New SFX
* 💻 Netcode updates - Reduced bandwidth usage
* 🐛 Fixed player spawns in 2v2 - Obsidian Arena
* 🐛 Fixed reticle in practise arena
* 🐛 Fixed hitboxes remaining after a demo

## 1.4 Community Update

* 🏹 Bow pullback power clamping.
* ⏬ Pull yourself down from in air.
* 💥 KO Toggle in custom games.
* 🙏 Mercy rule at 7 goal lead.
* ↩️ Irregular bounces at half court on the 2v2 and 3v3 court have been fixed.
* 👓 Menu renders more clearly.
* 🏎️ Slightly improved performance.
* 👪 Meta Party Support - Join Nock private parties directly from a Meta Party, and see statuses for friends who are currently in-game.
* 🖐️ Improved haptic feedback.
* 🦺 Bhaptics support.

## v1.4.1 - Hotfix

* 🖐️ Fixes for haptics on arrow hand when pulling back bow
* 🦺 Added some additional bHaptics integration

## v1.5.0

* Custom game options:
	+ Unlimited arrows
	+ Match length
	+ Court size
	+ Ball Mass
* ❔ Tutorial: added block step, ammo step and pause menu
* 🎤Push to talk - Enable it in the voice chat menu, then press Y to talk.
* Adds a ball finder setting to turn off the ball finder
* 💻 Improved bandwidth usage
* 🙏🏽 Increased high five radius
* 😲 Added Tom and Adrian to credits!
* Improved menu arrows, no more misfires!
* -Bugfix: Fixed case where a player not joining in time could result is a misreport
* -Bugfix: fix load-out not saving
* -Bugfix: Fix overtime in scoreboard showing negative numbers
* -Bugfix: Fix bot shooting sound when bot is idle -
* -Bugfix: Fix misfire sound when you pickup ammo mid pullback

## v1.5.1

* 🎚 Added a locomotion dropdown to the in-game menu
* 🔄 Added a block rotation hand setting to the general settings menu.
* 🔎 Bigger nametags
* Fix for wonky avatar legs while in the air
* Bugfix: Block rotation hand now properly changes with bow hand.

## 1.5.2

* ⚙️ Some internal tooling for future updates, no bugfixes or new features. Sit Tight!

## 1.6.0 - Cosmic Fall

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE1lDEGUyPE

Twitter - https://twitter.com/normalvr/status/1580604822402654226

* 🎫 Free Season Pass
* - A completely new reward track with 30+ items that span BLOCKS, BOWS, and Jumper SKINS. Each item has their own custom sound effects.
* - Every item is editioned based on when you earn it. This means someone will be the first to earn the each item on the track 1/X.
* 🏟️ 2 New Arenas. The Void and Woodlands
* 🍁 New Cosmic Fall main menu theme
* 🏹 Expanded the LOADOUT section of menu where you can equip items
* 🥇 Weekly wins leaderboard
* 👾 New Seasonal XP - this is a more advanced XP that takes into account performance. Wins, goals, MVP status, shot accuracy, etc. This algorithm will be tweaked and elaborated on in the future. This is used to earn items and will be reset every season.
* 🆒 Your original level is now called CORE, this is your lifetime XP and will never reset.
* 🏆 "Soft" rank reset
* 🧊 Tutorial blocks step has been improved to prevent confusion
* 🐛 Bugfix - Bots unnatural reaction time has been nerfed
* 🐛 Bugfix - Fixed a bug where you thought you nocked an arrow but it didn't register
* 🎨 New Store Art

Next week will be delivering the ranked block rewards based on your final rank in this pre-season,, those should appear in your loadout automatically.

Can’t wait to play 🙂

Normal Team

## v1.6.1 - Rank Blocks

🔲 Awarded everyone a ranked block based on pre-season rank (your rank before Cosmic Fall).It should automatically be applied to your inventory!