To summarize this patch, weapons have been re-tuned following our hit registration changes, some changes are happening to ranked matchmaking to improve the experience, and some other smaller bugs that couldn't go out without requiring downtime are going out with them.

• Adjust rank update formula to reduce falloff in expected win probability for lower ranked teams. Reduces impact on rank gains/losses when playing opponents of different ranks.
  
• Add 10 minute matchmaking timeout for players who fail to ready up for a ranked match 2 times within an hour
  
• Add config to restrict maximum team average rank difference for ranked matches. Should prevent skilled 5 stacks from being matched against noob teams, while still allowing these players to form a relatively balanced match if not stacked.
  
• Add additional debug logging for matchmaking flows. Should help diagnose issues with imbalanced matches, as well as cases where a match is not formed when there are 10+ players in queue.
  
• Ranked matches have a configurable disconnected player kick period that is longer than casual matches. (Now five minutes)

This weapon update is a general tuning and balance update that contain changes which reflect player feedback and a shift in the game’s meta based on recent events, namely a major improvement to hit registration.
Across the board, weapons will have less ‘movement sway,’ namely viewbob while moving, and aim jitter/jiggle/waggle/pick your favorite terminology.
Some weapons which were having a hard time competing with automatic weapons after the hitreg update such as the Auto Shotgun, have received major buffs.
We will monitor these changes and your feedback. Overall, players should feel more lethal and impactful with nearly all firearms present in the game.

• AP25 - Adjustments to Brace Fire camera recoil, reduction in movement induced weapon sway during ADS.
  
• BLKTAR - Adjustments to Brace Fire camera recoil, reduction in movement induced weapon sway during ADS.
  
• TUB12 - Lowered aim jiggle intensity, iron sights in ADS will be accurately positioned sooner.
  
• DL12 - Lowered aim jiggle intensity.
  
• SABR - Reduction in movement induced weapon sway during brace (canted) fire, RPM increased by a small amount. 180>200
  
• F1 - Reduction in movement induced weapon sway during ADS, RPM reduced by a small amount 330>310, lowered aim jiggle intensity.
  
• Ingmar - ADS move speed penalty increased, multiplier lowered .8>.7, Slight reduction in movement induced weapon sway. Very slight increase to horizontal recoil during sustained fire.
  
• KR82M - Brace move speed increased slightly, significant reduction in movement induced weapon sway during ADS, weapon displacement inertia increased, lowered aim jiggle intensity, increased consistency of accurate fire upon entering ADS.
  
• KR82U - Reduction in movement induced weapon sway during ADS, aim jiggle in ADS reduced.
  
• Gruber5, GruberSD6 - Reduction in movement induced weapon sway during ADS, front irons are now thinner for better visibility, visual recoil increased.
  
• NACK11 - Reduction in movement induced weapon sway during ADS and Brace.
  
• PK57 - Large reduction in movement induced weapon sway during ADS, lowered visual recoil, improved consistency of accurate fire upon entering ADS, camera recoil reduced, RPM lowered by a small amount 420>410
  
• GAT9 - Large reduction in movement induced weapon sway during ADS, lowered visual recoil, improved consistency of accurate fire upon entering ADS, camera recoil reduced, RPM increased by a small amount 420>430
  
• LS45 - Reduction in movement induced weapon sway during ADS, weapon inertia increased during swift motions, visual recoil increased, lowered vertical recoil in ADS, a laser is (once again) present when brace firing.
  
• Auto - RPM increase 240>325, vertical climb reduced in ADS and brace.
  
• Various mesh changes to nearly all weapons, which will mostly be unnoticeable but allow the team to make quicker adjustments to the sight pictures and attachments on weapons moving forward.
  
• Added a small Easter-egg to commemorate a player and their weapon of choice.

• Upgraded to slightly newer unity version for some specific targeted bugfixes caused by previous unity version upgrade
  
• Added light blue doorway to a specific killhouse cluster that had an opening but no indicator on the map
  
• Changed which maps are in the Offline Mode selection
  
• Updated several existing levels from player feedback
  
• Fix certain UI not working in various places (apply button, customizaton preset, etc)
  
• Fix a specific collider type was not being hit by bullets as expected after the changes to hit registration
  
• Fix a specific collider type was not being used by the spawn size tester
  
• Fix kick button logic, button showing at incorrect times
  
• Fix exception caused by players leaving and joining the game when drawing that makes drawing really slow for one round
  
• Fix collision missing on some cargo container props (1x1 and 2x2)
  
• Fix parkour in Bank Accounting using the taller desks
  
• Fix a destruction issue with a specific killhouse cluster

[dueprocess.info]We've got a new post on our devblog[dueprocess.info] with a boatload of content, experimental changes, and developer commentary. Come check it out and let us know what you think!

If you're less inclined to read a blog post, the main takeaway is that our previous update which shipped with PVE, Ranked, Grenade updates, and Hitreg is not a one-off. We don't want you waiting ages for more content, we have a lot of stuff in the works that we couldn't fit into that patch and we'd like to ship these ASAP.

We're hoping to ship some gunplay, maps, and hotfixes soon, with new gameplay mechanics right around the corner.

We took some time to improve them and we're now ready to push features that we tested in the PTE to the public. This means the Ranked Overhaul, Hit Registration changes, PvE content and Grenade changes are now live. If you're not sure about what the PTE is, you can see our blogpost about how we brought changes to public testing and read more about what we are working on.[dueprocess.info]
The game's size on disk is increasing in size, but this is a change designed to reduce future patch sizes. Maps are split away from the main game files, allowing maps to be patched and replaced individually without forcing users to download 7 or 8 gigs for a small hotfix of two or three maps, and allows us to make and deploy patches in an hour instead of taking up to 18 hours (due to the insane map count)

• Hit Registration has been completely re-written to give players more confidence that the game will correctly count their hits when shooting at players
  
• As part of those changes, we've improved how player movement is networked to make shooting players easier as well
  
• Player positions are networked with interpolation and extrapolation now to smooth out "laggy" players and reduce the benefits of "peeker's advantage"

• New ranking system with easy to distinguish symbols, names and color coding
  
• Improvements to the way ranks are calculated, including accounting more for individual player performance
  
• Improvements to the ranked leaderboard handling
  
• Added placement matches
  
• Added UI for post match rank changes, ranking up, and placement match progress
  
• Added behavior to penalize players who abandon matches

Still somewhat work in progress, the PvE mode is being slowly integrated into the game

• PvE against bots as Attackers, as practice for Online PvP modes
  
• Players can access singleplayer mode in the Training menu, select different maps and difficulties
  
• Co-Op mode can be done from the Multiplayer menu, invite players into your squad and you will start a private match to practice against bots with you and your friends
  
• Feedback is appreciated, as adding a PvE mode is a big change for our game and will need lots of attention and improvements

• Throwables and deployables have gotten animation overhauls for aiming and throwing
  
• Prepping a throwable will now give you an indicator that helps you aim the throwable
  
• Barbed wires have special deployable ghosts that show you how they will be placed

There was a decent delay in moving PTE to prod, we basically gave ourselves an extra month to work on various bugs and issues that popped up while also continuing to develop upcoming features for the next update. The following is a list of improvements to this build specifically that have been borne from that wait time:

• Added Main Menu Home Screen overhaul
  
• Fixed decals from gun hits not showing up
  
• Upgraded to a newer unity version with some bug fixes and minor performance improvements to occlusion culling
  
• Clients will no longer incorrectly predict charge placement, and will wait for the server to reply before placing a charge (adds slight delay on higher ping)
  
• Changed Dome pillboxes to be less problematic for parkour
  
• Fix exploit where attackers can destroy defender fire extinguishers from killhouse midground
  
• Fix bugs with defender room, players not teleporting and items getting left behind on defender room floor
  
• Fix defender item smuggling exploit
  
• Made hit sound testing against smoke grenades more accurate
  
• Fixed various level objects ignoring the audio mixer groups (volume sliders)
  
• Fix direct join prompt showing up or saying wrong text when cannot join
  
• Fixed incorrect region flags for matchmaking
  
• Fixed object destruction on some prefabs which were erroniously getting destroyed by frag grenades
  
• Fixed some cluster based object destruction involving blockers which will only apply to newly generated levels after the patch
  
• Fixed some background parkour on a couple tilesets
  
• Fixed factory fences not blocking hit-sounds

• Tweaked lag/prediction values to overlap to fix rejected hits at the lag boundary
  
• Fix issue where extrapolation could force players under the ground
  
• Rank icons are textured instead of flat images, with color coding and easier to recognize naming schemes
  
• Fixed crashes while alt tabbing caused by changes to level loading
  
• Fix various text and image fields not showing correct ranked level data
  
• Fixed 2v2 / Lobby / Singleplayer maps not loading under certain circumstances
  
• Fixed being able to see throwable arc from the map view

• Fixed issue where bots could get orphaned when loading a new co-op map and have no behavior
  
• Reduced issue where bots would get stuck walking in a tiny circle
  
• Fixed issue where bots could break if they saw a player get killed while playing EASY mode
  
• Fixed issue where certain bot behaviors were not applied on Online matches
  
• Fixed issue where bots make hit effects that cover the players screen in Offline
  
• Bots are slightly more aggressive when the bomb is being defused, needs more work still to make them actively attack when the bomb is threatened
  
• Added ability for bots to see through certain types of materials which don't block line of sight or bullets, such as fences
  
• Bots gain a minor amount of prediction so they react faster to quickly peeking players
  
• Tweaks of various bot behaviors, difficulties, accuracy

We will be doing a more detailed post on discord and on Steam soon detailing our plans for our next patch, which we expect to be not too long after this one. Keep an eye on our news for more info.

Thank you to everyone who participated in our PTE! It was a big success. Everyone who played it and experienced our new features and better hit-reg could not stomach playing the main server again, which is a good sign, we think.

We have received lots of comments about our ranked overhaul and have updated the visuals and are continuing to adjust the Elo system in response to the feedback.

The next update will feature everything from the PTE as well as some features we couldn't ship just then, which mostly include new audio and visual effects. Full patch notes will be available when the patch releases, which will be in the very near future.


In case you missed it, details about the update for those who missed the PTE are in our last post on the developer blog which you can find here:
[dueprocess.info]As always, for assistance with technical issues and direct feedback to the developers, you can head over to our Discord.[discord.gg]

If you haven't already heard, our new PTE is online right now, and loaded with new content to test including:

• Our new Ranked Overhaul
  
• Grenade animation changes and deployment ghosts
  
• A complete hit registration overhaul
  
• A brand new PvE mode with bots, for both solo and co-op play
  
• Quality of Life improvements and fixes

There's a lot in this test, and more content on the horizon, so your best bet is to head on over to our new post on the devblog[dueprocess.info] and read all about it there.

1. Open your Steam Library
   
2. Right click Due Process and open its properties
   
3. Select 'Betas'
   
4. Open the drop down menu beside Beta Participation
   
5. Select 'public-test-environment'
   
6. Steam will now download the test branch.

Don't fret if you notice all your cosmetics, rank, and your matches played reset! This branch has that data stored separately. You will get your normal account data back when you move back to the standard version of the game.
Please also be aware that only US East and US Central servers are available for the PTE.




All content on the PTE is work-in-progress, and as such, subject to change. For assistance with the PTE and direct feedback to the developers, please head over to our Discord.[discord.gg]
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This is a minor update that contains a map count redistribution, 46 new maps, and some fixes for issues reported in the bug reports channel on our discord.

• A few of these 46 new maps are some weird amalgamation maps that will be removed from the pool after a limited time that is TBD.
  
• Lowered the count of the 2v2 maps somewhat, specifically 2v2 Killhouse as there was like way more of those than any other set, as well as slightly lowered the number of 2v2 cstores.
  
• This should put every 5v5 tileset at 20 maps and the 2v2 tilesets at 30 maps each, for a total of around 160 still but instead of having like 11 or 12 of some 5v5 tilesets, and like 40 2v2 tilesets, it's a more balanced ratio. No old maps were brought back to do this, just new maps.

• Fixed a bug that prevented startup on the client in some cases where the client would start but not think it was either a server or a client and therefore got stuck
  
• Fixed bug(s) caused by clients attempting to shuffle users to start lobby mode when they don't ever have the appropriate data, causing all sorts of edge cases and bugs. (The cause of most of the recent 6v4 bugs, and some others, but there might be another cause of this.)
  
• Fixed a bug where the first frame of highlighting an object would be wrong if the user used a stretched gameplay resolution that was not a fractional ratio equivalent to their native resolution.
  
• Fixed error in UAV simulation that caused some minor UAV related edge cases
  
• Fixed another error around the same place where the client would erroneously resimulate the UAV killing the player multiple times, which could cause some bad edge cases in some places but was quite rare.
  
• Fixed an error in the phase change UI that was found in some bug report logs, but the actual representation or impact of this bugfix is unknown and is assumed to be minor.

Just as a note we are still working on more substative changes for the game, but they are not ready yet. When they are, we will bring them to live.

Apologies for the delay with this patch, the re-organization of our server backend and some other outstanding issues delay the fixes for a couple weeks after they were ready.

• Only US-Central, US-East and EU are now selectable regions.
  
• This is not intended to be a permanent change, this is partially in response to the low player counts, and unused servers (over many months) in regions such as SEA or AUS.
  
• US-Central servers have been physically relocated to be more... central.

• Swapping by scrolling up or down can interact and be additive/subtractive if multiple inputs are input before DRAW
  
• Made the hud show which weapon is about to be pulled before you finish swapping (including number key selections)
  
• Added scroll wheel sensitivity for those mice that do like 2000 clicks per second and the ones that do one click every like 1/8th rotations

• The lobby mode will attempt to re-arrange teams if it can do so to convert a Lobby Mode to an Unranked match, provided it is possible without breaking apart friendly squads that matched together. This will only occur at the end of a round, not during a round.

• Community member Voxel made some new maps, so I fixed them up and added them to the current roster, these maps are nearly all Unranked maps.

• Fixed netcode issue where certain entities would carry over behavior from previous rounds unintentionally because they shared IDs. This behavior would have included things like non-functional doors, random wallcharge holes, buttons not working.
  
• Reverted changes related to pucks that caused them to place "double" pucks erroneously.
  
• Fixed hitboxes on the geometry surrounding the ballistic CStore door used for tellers that allowed you to shoot through the gap between the door and the frame.
  
• Fixed exploit that allowed you to spawn inside of the CStore storefront archway.
  
• Fixed bug with UAVs that was related to UAV pings
  
• Squad votes actually require a majority instead of a partial majority on even numbered teams (need 3 yeses to kick on a 4 man squad instead of 2)
  
• You can no longer vote kick the other player in your squad/team when there are only two players in your squad/team
  
• Netcode libraries updated to newer version to fix minor bug (no hitreg etc. changes in yet)