Ny Master Chief Collection-patch redo för nedladdning

Sedan dess lansering har den på pappret larvigt prisvärda samlingen Halo: The Master Chief Collection hemsökts av diverse buggar, matchmaking-problem och instabilitet till mången fans stora förtvivlan.

343 Industries och Microsoft är dock medvetna om dessa problem och säger sig arbeta som rabiata tokar för att ge fansen den Halo-upplevelse de förtjänar. Och den tredje uppdateringen för spelet är nu redo för nedladdning, meddelar de via Twitter. Filen ligger på drygt en halv gig, för den som undrar.

Patchen ska enligt ett inlägg på Halo Waypoint göra matchmaking-systemet dugligare, fixa diverse användargränssnitts- och party-relaterade buggar och förbättra övergripande stabilitet för spelet. Här nedan finner ni den fullständiga listan på förbättringar som kommer med uppdateringen, saxat från redan nämnda inlägg.

Matchmaking

• Made improvements to the way the matchmaking system handles player matching
• Made improvements to the team selection process to improve team balancing
• Made an update to the party system to improve searching with parties (2+ players)
• Made further improvements to how matchmaking progress is communicated to the player
• Made an update to ensure that players do not enter a non-joinable state after searching for a match
• Made an update to ensure that the "Game Session" UI does not persist after leaving a matchmaking lobby
• Resolved a variety of incorrectly displayed matchmaking prompts
• Improved matchmaking roster presentation during team creation phase to remove roster flickering
• Corrected a "connecting to host" message that incorrectly displayed during the matchmaking searching phase
• Made an update to ensure that FFA players do not appear as if they are on the red team in the pre-game lobby

Party, Lobby, and Custom Games

• Made an update to ensure that custom game settings persist between matches
• Made an update to ensure that player's player emblems load correctly when returning to lobby
• Made an update to improve nameplate and emblem display
• Improved the display of emblems in the "Games Session Details" screen
• Made improvements to parties to ensure that parties are merged when the host joins another player and "brings party"
• Made an update to improve party stability after completing a matchmaking game
• Made an update to ensure that players are joinable after playing a matchmaking game

Stability

• Made a variety of updates to improve UI stability
• Resolved stability issues that occurred while viewing medals in "Player Details"
• Made an update to prevent stability issues caused by controller disconnects
• Made an update to improve post-game-carnage-report stability
• Made an update to address in-game stability for Halo 2
• Improved matchmaking stability while searching with parties (2+ players)
• Addressed a crash that could occur after searching in the Halo 2: Anniversary Rumble playlist
• Resolved a variety of miscellaneous stability issues to improve overall performance

Achievements

• Made an update to ensure that the "Zealot" achievement is unlockable

343 Industries avslutar inlägget med att poängtera att de kommer fortsätta rulla ut uppdateringar till spelet för att ytterligare förbättra spelarnas upplevelse med Halo: The Master Chief Collection.

Ni som har laddat ner patchen, känner ni att den gjort framsteg för spelet?