Full notes
Full Quake Champions update
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What changed
- Maps
- Balance
- Gameplay
- Security
Quake Champions changes
Salutations, Quakers! In this December update we've got a whole lot of NEW: vicious new vanity items, new custom game options, and two new competitive modes! Plus, some map fixes and miscellaneous updates. Check out the full notes:
New Content
Quake 2 CHAINFIST Gauntlet
Quake 4 DARK MATTER GUN Rocket Launcher
Quake Wars STROGG LIGHTNING PISTOL Lightning Gun
New Competitive Game Modes added to Custom Game
CTF Tourney - 1-8 players, no bots. One-champion-limit-per-team, 5 second weapon respawn times, no breakables, no killer target cams, and no killer death HP stacks
TDM Tourney - 1-8 players, no bots. One-champion-limit-per-team, 15 second weapon respawn times, no item timers, no breakables, no killer target cams, no killer death HP stacks, 10s->5s max forced respawns, and Friendly Fire (will initially test 50% damage).
New Custom Game Options
Force Champion (supports None, Mystery Champion, or a specific champion of your choosing)
Starting Weapons
Weapon Respawn Time
Active Abilities (now also supports enabling them in modes where they weren't present)
Refresh Ability on Spawn (cooldown reset when a player respawns)
Max Health & Armor on Spawn
Health & Armor Decay
Self-Damage
Instagib Weapons
Instagib Abilities
Infinite Ammo
Enemy Knockback
Friendly Fire
Spawn Power-ups
Spawn Health
Spawn Armor
Spawn Ammo
Spawn Pickup Weapons
Map Fixes
Blood Run - Fixed an issue that could cause players to fall out of the map during warmup, reported in Clan Arena
Vestibule of Exile - Fixed decal collision on HA and LG jumppads
Updates
CTF - Increased the size of the flag pickup trigger, 0.5m to 0.8m radius
CTF - Active abilities are now disabled when picking up the flag
Pings on the Duel scoreboard are now colored green, yellow, or red based on connection quality
Removed Mystery Champion game modes from Custom Game, as you can now enable it in any game mode using the new settings options
Services Updates
Updated anti-cheat, resolved Daemon Tools compatibility issue
Source
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