Rocket League Update Adds Tournaments By Rebecca Smith, 04 Apr 2018 CommentsPsyonix' multiplayer vehicle football title Rocket League has received its latest patch. Known as the Tournaments Update, the highlights of v1.43 include the aforementioned tournaments, the introduction of chat bans, a Quality Connection Status icon, expanded inventory organisation options, better crowd audio, and a new music playlist.The full patch notes can be found below:NEW CONTENTCountry Flags ‘Brunei’ ‘Monaco’ ‘Nauru’ ‘Tuvalu’Crates and Keys ‘Triumph’ Crate has been addedMonstercat‘Rocket League x Monstercat Vol. 2’ is now available to all players under Music Playlists ‘Monstercat’ has been added as a Flag Folder Monstercat Flags have been added ‘Anna Yvette’ ‘Intercom’ ‘Koven’ ‘Pegboard Nerds’ ‘Protostar’ ‘Slippy’ ‘Stonebank’ ‘Uncaged’ ‘Uncaged Cat’CHANGES AND UPDATESTournamentsPlayers can now create and join Tournaments via the Main Menu From the Main Menu, select ‘Play’ and then ‘Tournaments’ to find the Tournaments Menu Tournaments have a maximum bracket size of 128 teams, minimum of eight teams Team members must be in a party in order to register for a tournament Cross-platform tournaments are enabled Tournament creators can set minimum and maximum thresholds for entry based on a player’s Rank in the related Competitive PlaylistQuality Connection StatusIn addition to showing your ping on the scoreboard, you will now also see in-game icons on the HUD if you are experiencing connection problems. This will help you better diagnose if gameplay issues are related to server performance or your connection. You may see one or more of the following warnings when the client detects issues with your connection: High Latency Latency Variance Packet Loss Server Health Additionally, if you are experiencing any of these issues, you will see a warning “!” symbol next to your ping on the scoreboard. If one or more of these issues persists, you will also be notified via a pop-up notification in the Main Menu after exiting a matchChat Bans and Report FeedbackChat Bans Players can now receive a “Chat Ban” that restricts the banned player from sending chat messages in online play If you are Chat-Banned, you will receive a notification on the main menu with information about the chat that contributed to your ban Quick Chat is still allowed but chat-banned players can only send one Quick Chat message every 5 seconds Chat Bans do not affect Private Matches or Party Chat Report Notifications If a player you reported receives a ban of any kind, you will now be notified of the ban via a main menu notificationItems and InventoryFavorite Items You can now Favorite items in the Garage and Inventory screens. Favorited items appear at the top of each tab Item Stacking Most items will now automatically stack in the Inventory to reduce clutter in the inventory and trade windows Duplicate items with different attributes (e.g. Painted or Certified) do not stack Duplicate items with different trade holds do not stack Each item in a stack still counts towards the maximum items in a trade When adding a stacked items to a trade, you can select how many from the stack to offer with a slider The Garage now supports Search and Filter functionalities The Inventory screen now has tabs to quickly switch between different categories of items Items can now be sorted by Date Acquired and Quality Different Painted Car Bodies can now be equipped to the Blue and Orange teamsUser InterfaceA new “Interface” tab has been added to Options that contains all settings that control the user interface Gameplay Text Chat can now be set to ‘Team Quick Chat Only’ Client Send Rate - Limit how many packets your client sends per frame (may help on weak/wifi connections) Server Send Rate - Limit how many packets the server sends you per frame (may help on weak/wifi connections) Bandwidth Limit - Limit total bandwidth used by the game client Camera Camera Presets are now available Controls Controller Vibration now has multiple levels to choose from Interface Nameplate Scale - Adjust the size of player nameplates in the world Nameplate Mode - Combines the old ‘High Contrast Nameplates’ and ‘Always Show Nameplates’ option. 'Default' is the former 'High Contrast Nameplates' setting. Match Notifications All - Show all HUD stat notifications and match time updates Time Only - Hide stat notifications, only show “One Minute Remaining” and countdown Kickoffs Only - Only show “3-2-1-Go”, don’t show “One Minute Remaining” and similar messagesMap RotationAquadome and Starbase ARC have been added back into the Competitive Playlist map rotationTeam ColorsExpanded the palette of Blue and Orange team color choices for customizationIn Private and Exhibition matches, you can now select from the full color palette for primary team colorsCameraMade adjustments to Director Camera to make it more reliable in key situations.Auto Camera has been added back into Spectator ModeIn-Game MusicYou can now listen to Rocket League soundtracks during a match Under the ‘Audio’ Tab in the Options Menu, you can set ‘In-Game Music’ to: Always On Matches Only Training Only OffSpotify Integration (Steam Only)You can now select a song from the Playlists menu (in the Main Menu or in-game if ‘In-Game Music’ is enabled) and click the ‘Listen on Spotify’ button If you click on ‘Listen on Spotify,’ Rocket League will minimize and you will be taken to the selected track on spotify.com. You must have an active Spotify account in order to view and listen to tracks on Spotify.com.Enhanced Crowd AudioThe in-game crowd can now predict shots and saves using the same logic as the Director camera in Spectator modeNow that the crowd can predict exciting moments, they will get louder and more excited in advance of events instead of only making noise after something happensBUG FIXESGeneralBlack Market and Very Rare Decals no longer cover Painted portions of some Battle-CarsTrim on Octane no longer changes color when ‘Superman’ Decal is equippedPrimary Colors are now consistent on all car bodiesFixed a bug causing Supersonic Trails no longer flicker across player screens during a matchEquipped Banners are no longer equipped as a phantom item if they are traded inBoost will now regenerate while waiting for additional players to join a Dropshot matchPlayers can now see the ‘Vote to Forfeit’ option in the menu if they already initiated a forfeit voteFixed a French translation error related to Takumi RX-TFixed a Dutch localization error with Uncommon ToppersmacOS/SteamOSFixed a bug causing players to crash when loading Steam Workshop MapsFixed a bug causing players to crash when using ‘Happy Holidays’ Goal ExplosionThe Tournaments Update is available now.More Rocket League stories: Rocket League Free Weekend Begins Tomorrow Rocket League Salty Shores Update Arrives Dutch Gaming Authority Wants Changes for Loot Boxes Rocket League DC Super Heroes DLC Pack Out Now Rocket League Patch Introduces Victory Crate and Competitive Season 7 WindowsScreenshotsMac OS XLinuxGame Patch Written by Rebecca SmithRebecca is the Newshound Manager at TrueSteamAchievements, TrueAchievements and TrueTrophies. She has been contributing articles since 2010, especially those that involve intimidatingly long lists. When not writing news, she can usually be found sharpening her very, VERY, pointy grammar stick in anticipation of its imminent use. Outside of TSA, TA and TT, she works in an independent game shop so that she can spend all day talking about games too. At home, with a variety of PCs and consoles on hand from which to choose, starting with a ZX Spectrum, games are never far away there either. However, as you're not supposed to have an unhealthy obsession with just a single subject, she also likes to read and dream about owning her own tribe of minions. She'll occasionally go outside.