PvZ GW PC Patch Notes [ Edited ]

[EA_David]

The first major PC Patch is finally upon us!  We debated getting some quick fixes out right away vs trying to get the PC up to parity with Xbox platforms with regards to features, playlists, game modes and decided to go for the latter.  So, thank you all very much for your patience while we put this together!  We hope it was worth the wait.

Justin Wiebe,

Creative Director

Twitter:  @JA_Wiebe

Patch 1.0.1.0

New Features:

·         Added Push to talk for VOIP as well as a Mic Off feature – sorry about that everyone!  We’re still scratching our heads to figure out how we missed this…

·         Added VOIP Audio slider to adjust volume of VOIP chat

·         Added New Game Mode – Vanquish Confirmed!

·         Added New Playlist – Mixed Mode 8v8 which now contains all game modes.

·         Added in-game callout for Origin Friend locations (green text and appears anywhere in the world) to help you find each other to play together.

·         Enhancements to cheat detection systems & better support to assist FairFight in locating and banning players using cheats.

·         Added an Invite Friend button located in the pause menu in Multiplayer games.

Bug Fixes:

·         Fixed several stability issues/crashes.

·         Fixed inability to select other users in leaderboard with mouse.

·         Fixed inability to mouse over sticker packs when cancelling a coin purchase at Garden Ops End of Round.

·         Fixed CPU/GPU spike when shooting on crossfire video cards.

·         Fixed gesture selection bar when switching from mouse to controller.

·         Fixed loss of input when cancelling a pop-up with the controller in the Garden Ops Lobby.

·         Fixed crash closing Coin Purchase Pop-Up.

·         Black screen that sometimes appears at end of round has been fixed.

·         Character select screen had some specific audio missing.

·         # of revives was not accurately displaying the correct number of revives at the end of round.

·         Removed ability to change greyed out selections that should not have been selectable in options menu.

·         Scroll wheel now properly scrolls selection in gestures menu.

Gameplay Tuning:

·         Berry Shooter - The explosion blast radius and damage have both been reduced. We’ve also adjusted the size of the explosion VFX to better match its effective range. With these changes, the Berry Pea is still a strong splash-based character, but more precise aiming will be required.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/notes/plants-vs-zombies/pvzgw-pc-patch-notes/10152168476535178

[WootCandy]

https://www.facebook.com/notes/plants-vs-zombies/pvzgw-suburbination-patch-notes/10152207351790178

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Suburbination Pack

Major Features:

New Team Vanquish/Garden Ops Maps – Crash Course Day, and Crash CourseNight

o   Zombies have crash-landed onto the prestigious Bogey Hills Golf Course. Equal parts idyllic greens and flaming Zomboss wreck, Crash Course provides new opportunities forplayers to work on their swing, improve their putting skills, and take down the Zombie horde.

New Game Mode – Suburbination

o   The Plant and Zombie teams are locked in an epic tug-of-war as they fight for tactical control overthree hotly contested gardens. In this take on the classic domination-style game mode, it’s Suburbinate or be Suburbinated!

New Character – Plasma Pea Shooter

o   Winner of our Pea Shooter design contest on Facebook: You voted for Lefran Estera’s design, and now it’s in the game! Equipped with a three-stage charge weapon, the Plasma Pea Shooter can shoot rapid-fire plasma balls, super-explosive galaxies, and more!

New Garden Ops Boss – Baron von Bats

o   Battle the elusive Baron von Bats and his vampire minions! The Baron has been taking a dirt nap,waiting for the right opportunity to ruin Crazy Dave’s day. Team up with some friends, and you might have a chance at victory. If you can catch him, that is.

New Garden Ops Missions:

o   Treasure Yeti – Can you take down the crafty Treasure Yeti and steal his bag of diamonds?  Can you avoid the Yeti Imp’s icy blast? So many questions!

o   Vasebreaker – Break the vases and collect loot before time runs out. But watch out, something elsemay be lurking inside those vases…

o   Minigardens – Protect the wee gardens from hungry Zombies!

New Customization – Bling Packs

o   Purchase new stickerpacks and collect nearly 400 silver-dipped, gold-plated, diamond-encrusted, and royal versions of your favorite hats, glasses, and more!

Bonus Gardens

o   Keep on the look out for Bonus Gardens to defend in Garden Ops, they now drop treasure after everywave!

PC Queue System

o   Added a PC Queue system to better help play with friends… Now you can always invite a friend into your session and they will enter a queue to join as soon as a slot opens up.

Bugs Fixes and Tuning:

·     The RV Icon now disappears when players are in the extraction zone.

·     The Engineer now taunts before building a teleporter in Garden Ops.

·     Fixed an issue where the Imp wasn’t displaying a tell beforeexploding.

·     The Daisy Turret’s sundrops now spawn from a randomized position.

·     Fixed numerous issues where AI didn’t always count towards vanquishchallenges.

·     Crazy Dave’s vocabulary has been expanded!

·     Garden Ops bonus garden improvements:

·     The Bonus Garden UI icon now flashes.

·     The Bonus Garden has a sparkly new gold finish.

·     A new Conehead special wave has been added to Garden Ops.

·     Deployable objects (Tallnuts, Potato Mines, etc.) can now be droppedin shallow water.

·     Fixed an inconsistency with the Gargantuar’s running speed in GardenOps.

·     Fixed an issue with the scoreboard getting stuck on screen during theSuburbia mini-game.

·     In the Welcome Mat playlist, players would retain their health boostafter manually respawning. This is no longer the case.

·     Fixed an issue where AI would occasionally face the wrong way whilejumping.

·     Fixed an issue where players were unable to view the scoreboard whilein Boss Mode.

·     The Vanquish Confirmed orb VFX would occasionally bemisaligned when picked up. This has been fixed.

·     When a Drone is destroyed, the player’s camera could end up outside ofthe map. This issue has been fixed.

·     PC Specific – Fixed an issue where the Pea Shooter and Sunflower’srooted ammo bar would disappear when they still had ammo remaining.

·     PC Specific – Fixed an issue where selecting “ToggleMute All” would sometimes result in other players still being able to hear you.

·     PC Specific – In a Garden Ops lobby, blocked players were still ableto communicate with the player who blocked them. This is no longer possible.

[WootCandy]

Source: https://www.facebook.com/notes/plants-vs-zombies/pvzgw-legends-of-the-lawn-patch-notes/1015230837063...

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Hi Everyone!

We’re super excited to finally take the wraps off our newest content pack - Legends of the Lawn. Featuring the brand new Taco Bandits game mode, 7 new playable characters, new consumable Plants and Zombies, over 200 new customization items, and much more, Legends of the Lawn is our biggest update yet! Take a look below for the all the glorious details. If you have any feedback, questions, or suggestions, you can find me on Twitter (@cjopant).

ChrisFox, Lead Gameplay Designer

Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare

Legends Of The Lawn, New Features: 

NewGame Mode - Taco Bandits

• Crazy Dave has set up his taco stand in Zombie territory. Naturally, Dr. Zomboss is trying to each lunch and skip out on the bill. As a Zombie, it’s your job to push through reinforced Plant defenses, grab the taco, and make it back to Dr. Zomboss’ spaceship in one piece. If the Zombies can manage this feat three times in a round, it’s game over for the Plants. Who says capture the flag has to be boring?

NewPlayable Characters

• Centurion - Featuring a stylish new crossbow, the Centurion is quick, accurate and inflicts fire damage that burns over time.
• Sanitation Expert - His trash compactor launches explosive garbage bags that inflict toxic damage. Just don’t call him a Garbage Man.
• Paleontologist - In addition to his seriously stylish dinosaur suit, the Paleontologist comes equipped with a molten magma blaster that inflicts fire damage at both shortand long-ranges.
• Golf Star - With his increased zoom and super-accurate aiming, the Golf Star is as close to a sniper as an All-Star can get.
• Alien Flower - Her projectiles explode on impact, creating a defensive spore mist that’s out of this world.
• Chomp Thing - With an accelerated healing rate, and a swamp spray that could gross out even a Zombie, the Chomp Thing means business.
• Jade Cactus - Heavily armored, extra health, and explosive needles. This Cactus has it all.

NewConsumable Characters

• Laser Bean - Making a special appearance from the Far Future, the Laser Bean shoots lasers out of his eyes, and has never lost a staring contest.
• Heal Zombie - The Heal Zombie seeks out injured Zombies and replenishes their health. The  cool hat is just a bonus.
• Yeti Imp - He’s so excited about ice, he can barely contain himself.
• Backup Dancer - Does melee damage with style. We think he got lost on the way to a dance-off.
• Vampire Zombie - He’ll munch Zombies at close range, as long as it doesn’t mess up his hair.

NewCustomization Items

• Themed customization sets comprised of over 200 new items, designed to work togetherto create cool, unique looks.
• Awesomenew gestures!

Newto PlayStation:

New Team Vanquish/Garden Ops Maps –Crash Course Day, and Crash Course Night

• Zombies have crash-landed onto the prestigious Bogey Hills Golf Course. Equal parts idyllic greens and flaming Zomboss wreck, Crash Course provides new opportunities for players to work on their swing, improve their putting skills, and take down the Zombie horde.

New Game Mode – Suburbination

• The Plant and Zombie teams are locked in an epic tug-of-war as they fight for tactical control over three hotly contested gardens. In this take on the classic domination-style game mode, it’s Suburbinate or be Suburbinated!

New Character – Plasma Pea Shooter

• Winner of our Pea Shooter design contest on Facebook: You voted for Lefran Estera’s design, and now it’s in the game! Equipped with a three-stage charge weapon, the Plasma Pea Shooter can shoot rapid-fire plasma balls, super-explosive galaxies, and more!

New Garden Ops Boss – Baron von Bats

• Battle the elusive Baron von Bats and his vampire minions! The Baron has been taking a dirt nap, waiting for the right opportunity to ruin Crazy Dave’s day. Team up with some friends, and you might have a chance at victory. If you can catch him, that is.

New Garden Ops Missions:

• TreasureYeti – Can you take down the crafty Treasure Yeti and steal his bag of diamonds?  Can you avoid the Yeti Imp’s icy blast? So many questions!
• Vasebreaker – Break the vases and collect loot before time runs out. But watch out, something else may be lurking inside those vases…
• Minigardens – Protect the wee gardens from hungry Zombies!

New Customization – Bling Packs

• Purchase new sticker packs and collect nearly 400 silver-dipped, gold-plated, diamond-encrusted, and royal versions of your favorite hats, glasses, and more!

Bonus Gardens

• Keep on the lookout for Bonus Gardens to defend in Garden Ops, they now drop treasure after every wave!

GlobalImprovements:

Match making and Queueing

• Party matchmaking support has been added on PS4. Create your own party, or join your friend’s! 
  A queue system has been added on PS3, PS4, and Xbox One. Now it’s easier than ever to join a friend’s session, or invite them to your own, even if the game is full.

HigherLevel Cap

• You asked, we listened: Each character can now hit a maximum of Level 40.

GardenOps

• The Goop Shroom’s rate of fire has been slightly decreased. This should prevent any infinite goop loop shenanigans. Try saying that three times fast!
• Fixed issue where Baron von Bats wasn’t able to fire while gooped.
• New Special Waves featuring elite Legends of the Lawn characters.
• Triangulation Challenge!
• Gave a few AI Zombies a touch more intelligence. Only a touch.
• Fixed Mini Garden bad reset.
• Extra sauce on taco.

Bling Pack Price Reduction

• Bling Packs are now available for just 20,000 coins each.

VOIP Improvements for Xbox One

• Players should now be able to communicate with one another with increased reliability.

Resolution Increase

• The resolution on Xbox One has been slightly increased.

BugFixes:

• Online connectivity optimizations have been made for peer connected modes. (PS4, PC)
• The mute functionality will no longer be interrupted when teammates join or disconnect. (PC)
• Various reliability fixes with disabling VOIP.(PC)
• Fixed an issue where audio could loop if a player is Vanquished while reviving. (Global)
• Cheesy Goop now correctly displays on the Treasure Yeti. (Global)

Balance and Tuning:

Pea Shooter:

• The Agent Pea’s health has been reduced by 25, to 100 overall. This was done to retain the power and feel of his weapon, while addressing overall balance concerns for the character.
• The Law Pea also stood out as a character who was just too dominating in competitive play. As such, his projectile damage has been slightly reduced.

Sunflower:

• The default Sunflower’s projectile damage has been slightly increased. Though previous improvements have been made to this character, they’ve ultimately proven insufficient. The distance at which her projectiles inflict full damage has also been increased.
• The Mystic Sunflower’s base projectile damage has been increased. Though her charge shots are powerful, this boost should make her more viable in a variety of situations.
• The Electric Sunflower’s projectile damage has been increased. We’ve also increased the distance at which her projectiles inflict full damage.

Chomper:

• The Electric Chomper’s spray damage has been significantly increased. This should make him a valid alternative to the other spray-based Chompers.

Cactus:

• When spreading from one Zombie to the next, the Electric Cactus’ electricity now does significantly more damage.

• The Fire Cactus’ rate of fire has been slightly reduced. Despite previous changes of this nature, the Fire Cactus has remained noticeably stronger than intended.

Soldier:

• General Supremo’s projectile damage has been slightly increased. His damage output should now be much more competitive with other Soldiers.

Engineer:

• The Mechanic’s rate of fire has been slightly increased. His damage output should now sufficiently make up for his lack of splash damage.

• We’ve slightly increased the Painter’s splash damage. Despite his increased zoom levels, he just hasn’t been as competitive with other Engineer variants as he should be.

Scientist:

• The Marine Biologist’s rate of fire has been slightly reduced. He's still extremely effective at close-range, but his damage-dealing capabilities have been toned down a bit.
• We’ve given the Archaeologist’s projectile a slight damage boost at the end of its trajectory. This should give him a fighting chance in mid-range battles.
• To further compensate for his lack of splashdamage, the Astronaut’s projectile damage has been slightly increased.
• Dr. Toxic’s projectile damage has been slightly increased across the board. This should make him more competitive with other Scientist variants.
• Despite his dangerously cheesy attitude, Dr.Chester wasn’t performing as well as intended. To remedy this, his close-range damage has been increased, and his clip size has increased by 2.

All-Star:

• The Rugby Star’s projectile damage and explosion damage have both been slightly increased. This should better compensate for his relatively slow rate of fire.
• The Hockey Star’s projectiles now do more damage at a distance. 
  The Goalie Star’s projectiles also do additional damage at range. These changes should make the Hockey and Goalie Stars more effective at more than just super close range.

General:

• We’ve reduced the effectiveness of toxic characters, game-wide. The range at which you take damage from toxic characters has been reduced. Additionally, the overall damage inflicted from standing next to toxic characters has been reduced. This change affects the Toxic Pea, Toxic Chomper, and Dr. Toxic.