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Another Halo: The Master Chief Collection Patch Rolls Out
Halo: The Master Chief Collection is still under repairs, with the latest patch designed to further improve matchmaking. You’ll be prompted to download another title update next time you log in.
The patch also improves roster, parties, custom games, achievements that still weren’t unlocking properly, and more. Halo: Combat Evolved has received a number of changes to its multiplayer, including improved hit detection.
One control scheme in Halo 2: Anniversary and Halo 4 (Legacy) is not functioning properly. Applying that setup results in the default scheme. This will be addressed in a future patch.
Here is the full list of changes and updates:
MATCHMAKING
- Made improvements to the reliability of Matchmaking parties.
- Local split-screen players will now always be on the same team in Halo 2 Matchmaking.
- Made an update to allow players to use Voice Chat during loading screens in Matchmaking.
- Made an update to ensure that players are not forced into an incorrect party after encountering an issue in Matchmaking.
- Resolved an issue where the “Winning Team Won” text was shown in the Carnage Report.
ROSTER
- Made fixes to reduce the amount of time it takes to update the Roster:
- Players will now be discovered sooner after starting the game.
- Changes to the roster will be more immediate to better reflect friend activity.
PARTIES
- Made several improvements to party joining and management.
- Resolved an issue where players that were in a party could not join another party from the Roster.
- Made changes to ensure that parties cannot exceed the maximum party size of a playlist.
- Made an update to ensure that Party Leaders can assign a new Party Leader or Kick a player from their party.
CUSTOM GAMES
- Made a change to ensure that teams selections are correctly carried over in Custom Games.
- Made an update to ensure that player settings do not revert to a previous state after completing a Halo 2 Anniversary Multiplayer match.
- Made an update to ensure that players do not disconnect after completing a Custom Game.
- Resolved an issue in Custom Games where parties would disband if some players were playing in Split-Screen.
- Made a change to ensure that Halo 3 Custom Game variants display correct author information.
HALO: CE
- Made various changes and improvements to Halo: CE multiplayer hit registration.
ACHIEVEMENTS
- Made an update to ensure that the “Legend Slayer” achievement unlocks when prerequisites are met.
- The “Pacifist” Achievement will no longer be awarded for resuming “Assault on the Control Room”.
STABILITY IMPROVEMENTS
- Made a variety of stability improvements across the following areas:
- Matchmaking
- Custom Games
- Campaign Playlists
- Main Menu
CONTROL SCHEMES
- Updated the Halo 2 “Green Fingers” Button Layout.
- Updated the Halo 2 Anniversary Multiplayer Recon Button Layout.
MISC.
- Made improvements to stat-tracking.
- Improved language support for Norwegian, Spanish, German and Japanese.
[Source: 343 Industries]
Our Take
I’m glad that the Halo experience is improving, and this (lengthy) list of patch notes is fairly routine. Rather, it is until you get to the part about control schemes not functioning properly. At this point, I have to wonder if developers aren’t pulling our leg with some of these patch notes. This doesn’t top Ubisoft “refurbishing” Assassin’s Creed Unity’s Paris map, but broken controls in a decade old game is a little odd.
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