Halo: The Master Chief Collection April Update Patch Notes For Xbox One

Halo: The Master Chief Collection April update is out now adding many new features to the game. Here are the patch notes for this update on the Xbox One.

Halo: The Mast Chief Collection was recently announced for PC. It will be released for both the Windows 10 Store and Steam. Halo Reach is also getting a 4K and 60 FPS remaster which will be the first game to launch on PC followed by the rest of the Halo: The Master Chief Collection games.

The patch notes for Halo: The Master Chief Collection April update can be seen below. Among the new additions are new loading screens, 60 Hz Tick rate, and many bug fixes.

Halo: The Master Chief Collection April Update Patch Notes For Xbox One

Global Menus

• Yapyap and his Grunt Rebellion have taken over Halo 2 and the main menu
• Added an idle indicator “ZZZ” icon to denote idle squad members in the roster
• Added a new game icon for Halo 3 ODST
• Fixed an issue where users could attempt to load a custom game with no game type selected
• Fixed an issue where the wrong error message was displayed when attempting to use as forbidden term in the Service ID
• Fixed several capitalization inconsistencies, spelling errors, and other text string issues

Global Gameplay

• Disabled a host standby prevention measure that was incorrectly running in dedicated server scenarios that would temporarily force clients into a joining state.
• Fixed an issue where the exit loading screen after a matchmade game could persist for an extended period

Matchmaking

H1 – 2v2 – Social Games

• Slayer: reduced time limit to 15 minutes
• Oddball: reduced time limit to 15 minutes; increased respawn time to 10 seconds

H3 – 2v2 – Social Games

• Slayer: Added Assault Rifle as secondary weapon
• Multi Flag: Reduced sudden death timer from infinite to 30 seconds
• One Flag CTF: Reduced flag return timer from 30 seconds to 15 seconds; reduced flag reset timer from 60 seconds to 30 seconds
• King of the Hill: Reduced score-to-win from 150 to 100
• Oddball: increased respawn time to 10 seconds; increased ball carrier speed to 90% of base speed

H1 – 4v4 – Social Games

• Slayer: Increased score-to-win from 50 to 75
• Multi Flag: Fixed issues with starting equipment; split between 3 Flag on Battle Creek and Hang Em High, 5 Flag on Longest, and 5 Flag with Pistols only on Derelict and Wizard
• Snipers: Modified variant name and description to be more accurate
• Team Muskets: Removed from Rat Race and added to Prisoner
• Team Reign: Added starting grenades; increased score-to-win to 5 minutes; removed from Rat Race and added to Damnation and Derelict
• Rocketball: Disabled radar; reduced ball count from 3 to 2; increased score-to-win to 5 minutes; removed from Chill Out and added to Derelict
• All: Reduced time limit to 15 minutes.  Action Sack modes are 10 minutes

H4 – 8v8 – Social Games

• Slayer: Reduced time limit from 16 minutes to 15 minutes

H2C Hardcore – Competitive Games

• 3 Flag: Disabled turrets on Sanctuary
• 5 Flag: Disabled suicide and betrayal penalties to align with other modes

Social Matchmaking

• Infection appears to have been replaced by the Yappening… We are working to resolve this as quickly as possible and make some improvements in the process.

Halo CE

• Added new loading screens displaying more game mode and map info
• Disabled a function which overrode the selected vehicle settings based on the name of the game variant

Halo 2

• Added new loading screens displaying more game mode and map info
• Raised packet send rate to 60 hz
• Fixed the game settings of the built-in H2C game variant accessible in Custom Games
• Added Skull Options to custom game settings. The following skulls can now be enabled:
  • Grunt Birthday Party
  • Blind
  • Black Eye
  • Sputnik
  • Boom
  • Eye Patch
  • Foreign
  • Grunt Funeral
  • Recession
  • Malfunction
  • Streaking
  • Feather

• Added World Gravity to custom game settings. This tweaks the gravity of all bipeds, vehicles, and props on the map on a scale of 25% to 300%
• Added Player Gravity to custom game settings. This tweaks the gravity of all bipeds on the map on a scale of 25% to 300%
• Added Vehicle Gravity to custom game settings. This tweaks the gravity of all vehicles on the map on a scale of 25% to 300%
• Added Infinite Ammo, Bottomless Clip, and Grenade Regeneration to custom game settings
• Added ‘None’ Starting Weapon option to custom game settings
• Added indestructible vehicle setting

Halo 2 Anniversary

• Added new loading screens displaying more game mode and map info
• Raised packet send rate to 60 hz

Halo 3 / Halo 3 ODST

• Added new loading screens displaying more game mode and map info
• Raised packet send rate to 60 hz
• Added built-in H3 MLG v8 map variants accessible in Custom Games
• Added built-in H3 Epilogue (Epitaph), Sand Tarp (Sandtrap), Boundless (Snowbound), and Pit Stop (The Pit) map variants accessible in Custom Games
• Fixed instant respawn setting for Assault Bomb

Halo 4

• Added new loading screens displaying more game mode and map info
• Raised packet send rate to 60 hz
• Fixed an issue where the mission completed difficulty badges for Spartan Ops missions were not displayed.

Halo: The Master Chief Collection is available now for the Xbox One. It is also coming to PC through Steam and Windows 10.