#QuakeChampions PTS Update for 03-21-2022 is Live | 2 Days Remain for Season 13!

Good afternoon Quakers. We potentially Have our last PTS update before Season 14. Our current season is scheduled to end in just two days. That said we do not have an official release date for Season 14 yet. Could very likely be middle of this week, or early next week. In any case if Season 14 does end up being delayed then season 13 will be extended for those extra few days.

Scalebearer changes have been reverted back to their current live values, Weapon Shader bundle added for Annihilator Heavy Machine Gun, new starting guns Bitterman ShotGun, and StepChild MachineGun have had their model been more metallic.

**BASING THIS ON SYNC’S COMMENT FROM EARLIER TODAY.**

**Visor Looking Quite Dapper in His New Fedora. (variants added for BJ, Eisen, and Keel).**

NEW UPDATE

0.14.DEV.86285/86318
2022-03-21

Game Updates:
🔹 Reverted SB movement to live settings
🔹 Exile – Fixed invisible collision by Railgun pit
🔹 Exile – Fixed spectator room cameras
🔹 Insomnia – Fixed spectator room cameras
🔹 The Dark Zone – Fixed spectator room cameras
🔹 Burial Chamber – Fixed collision on central stairs
🔹 Fixed Super Nailgun Aquamarine shader
🔹 Fixed Trailblazer muzzle flash in 3rd person
🔹 Gore Toggle now applies to Peeker
🔹 Performance optimizations for the drone & turret explosion fx
🔹 Fixed Spectator Hint key in the UI not updating properly when resetting to default
🔹 Added weapon shader bundles to shop for: Annihilator
🔹 Made the Redeemer and Stepchild shaders more metallic.
🔹 Integrated language localizations

Services:
🔹 Anti-cheat updates
🔹 Fixed crash when Learn menu loads

PAST UPDATES NEWEST TO OLDEST

0.14.DEV.85731/85825
2022-03-15

Game Updates:
🔹 Added Athena Helios Crown
🔹 Added Stepchild Q2 Machinegun and Bitterman Q2 Shotgun to Weapon Shop
🔹 Added weapon shader bundles to shop for: Boomer, Oscillator, Double-Barreled, Trailblazer, Reaper, Last-Ritual, Stepchild, Bitterman, Old Painless, Executioner, Incinerator, Cess Rifle, Redeemer, Gravedigger, Flintlock, Purgator, Reconciler, Tesla
🔹 Citadel – Fixed bot navigation error near the entrance of the base
🔹 Insomnia – Fixed TDM initial spawn that was available to both teams
🔹 Insomnia – Raised up the MH so the respawn timer icon wouldn’t clip into the ground
🔹 Added a red laser to Keel’s LASER TRIANGULATOR vanity
🔹 Updated the Battle Pass & Weekly Challenges for Season 14
🔹 Reduced the price of Purchasing Levels on the BP from 200 to 100 :Platinum:

Service Updates:
🔹 Anti-cheat updates & compat fixes.

0.14.DEV.85539/85547
2022-03-13

Game Updates:
🔹 Added some new flower crown vanities for Nyx, Slash, Sorlag
🔹 Added fedora vanities for BJ, Eisen, Keel
🔹 Added bunny ears for Visor
🔹 Fixed Q2 MG power-up shaders
🔹 Scalebearer: Changed passive ground acceleration from 100 to 87.
🔹 Fixed HRTF Sound Mixing

Service Updates:
🔹 Anti-cheat updates & compat fixes.

0.14.DEV.84701/84851
2022-03-09

Game Updates:
🔹 Alphabetized the Datacenter list (which will group servers by region)
🔹 Reverted a lot of the Dec & Feb sound changes in an attempt to resolve some issues with dropped sounds and to try to get the sound back into a state that more seemed to prefer. Removed the elevation volume/pitch changes. Removed third-person weapon switch sounds. Reduced range & priority of third-person respawn sounds.
🔹 Clutch: Dodge cooldown reduced from 0.5 to 0.4 sec.
🔹 Scalebearer: Meh. Increased passive ground acceleration. Reduced interruption speed from 200 to 150. The acceleration value isn’t an attempt at a final value, was just the current value I had in testing when I had to press the button to make the build. It’s a buff over the last PTS build, which I don’t really like but everyone else felt the previous build was too nerfed, so maybe people will like this more.

Service Updates:
🔹 Anti-cheat updates & compat fixes. Error code dialogue should now be fixed & functional.

0.14.DEV.84457/84471
2022-03-06

Game Updates:
🔹Scalebearer: Some accelerations tweaks based on PTS tester feedback
🔹 Fixed the default hitbeep value in the config (it was mismatched with the correct default in code)

Service Updates:
🔹 Anti-cheat Updates (including a Proton compatibility fix)

0.14.DEV.84238/84262
2022-03-04

🔹 Sound – Reverted max sounds value (most likely culprit for the sound issues in the LIVE build)
🔹 Sound – Fixed a mixer volume level issue for footsteps/landings
🔹 Clutch: Dodge Cooldown added (death to mouse wheel abuse)
🔹 Scalebearer: Movement reworked (death to wiggle-turn abuse, alas no more full-speed 360s)
🔹 Optimized Hitboxes (maybe a small performance improvement)
🔹 Exile – Fixed collision issues near the front of the ice wall opening
🔹 Some weapon shader masks updated.
🔹 Power-up shader fixes for Fedora & Icarus vanities
🔹 Store bundle for Scrag Hood + Bottled Embryo
🔹 UI – Added a [!] after the video settings options that require a restart

Backend Update:
🔹 Maintenance Updates
🔹 Anti-cheat Updates

Added Drone Wars Arcade Mode
Strogg only.
Ability returns on respawn.
Peeker’s hyperblaster does instagib damage.

0.14.DEV.83371/83469
2022-02-24

Backend Update:
🔹Added Athena Vanity – Commandeered Icarus
🔹Added Strogg Vanity – Icarus GravPack
🔹New content under development re-added for further testing.

0.14.DEV.83371/83469
2022-02-24

New Content:
🔹Added Athena Vanity – Commandeered Icarus
🔹Added Strogg Vanity – Icarus GravPack

Backend Update:
🔹New content under development re-added for further testing.

The PTS is a Public Test Server that many games come with. It is completely optional to be part of the PTS, and does require an additional download to take part of. The purpose of the PTS for us Quake players is it allows us to preview upcoming skins, arenas, and gameplay changes in general before they are added to the Live | Main Game servers. It also doubles as bug testing. In fact all bugs, or issues in the PTS should be put in the official discord in the “public-test-server” channel. If you can you should try and find a buddy to test with. Two heads are better than one. You can find people to party with in the “party-finder” channel.

If you want to access, or rather download the PTS you can do this on both Steam, and the Bethesda Launcher quite easily. Just to note though like other PTS downloads you are usually downloading the entire game plus some. The PTS download for Quake Champions is currently just over 30 Gigabytes. Keep that in mind if you want to partake. Things that you accomplish in the PTS version DO NOT transfer over to the main game. That said you can also demo stuff in the PTS that you may not own yet in the main game.

*When first launching the PTS your game may “compile” for a few minutes.

For the Bethesda Launcher the Quickest way to access it is as followed. Make sure you have the “GAMES” tab selected, and on “My Library” in the drop down menu.