Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions - Patch Notes - 9/23/2024

PC & Steam Deck

• Updated Steam Deck Battery Saver to 40fps from 30fps
• Updated Steam Deck Rumble multiplier (x2)
• Added Invert Up/Down steering toggles for Steam Deck - HPQC-39
• Added Vibration/Vibration Intensity settings for Steam Deck
• Adjusted font size for some button icons on Steam Deck
• Adjusted PC crash dump logs to be reduced in size - HPQC-271

UI/UX

• Made “Skill Points” default tab in progression
• Message of the Day and Inbox message now notify players of Season end date
• Fixed a bug causing player nameplates to appear blank
• Change 'Quit to Lobby' to 'Proceed to Ceremony' at end of cup tournament
• Fixed a bug causing some Party notifications to not display correctly

Gameplay Balance/Tuning

Keeper

• Increased Catch/Steal base radius
• Increased Strafe Speed
• Increased Boost Strafe Speed
• Increased Dive Speed
• Reduced Boost cost multiplier

AI

• Improvements to AI Chaser loose Quaffle tracking
• Prevented AI from crowding goals while ally is attempting to shoot Quaffle
• Hooked up AI evasion chance vs tackles to a difficulty modifier
• Improvements to AI Chaser shovel pass logic to prevent instances where they would shovel pass upwards at incorrect times
• Fixed an issue where Keepers sometimes threw the Quaffle into the middle of the field when a suitable target was nearby - HPQC-150

Audio/VO

• Added new Favored/Underdog Rivals VO lines
• Added fireworks SFX to World Cup outro celebration
• Added VO hooks for “Quaffle Stolen”, “Shot on Goal”, and “Successful Pass” lines
• Cinematic volume not controlled by Master Volume in Settings
• Fixed an issue causing various VO lines to not trigger in certain languages
• Welcome VO lines now properly fire for certain countries during the World Cup

Performance/Optimization

• FX quality and Shading quality increased for Gen 8 (PS4/XB1)

General Bugfixing

• Fixed an issue where party leaders in coop weren’t receiving challenges progress HPQC-16
• Fixed Various crashes - HPQC-131
• Fixed a bug preventing users from interacting with other player profiles in the Scoreboard screen
• Various fixes for Screen Reader
• Fixed a bug that caused players to get stuck on the ground in the Weasley Burrow
• Fixed missing team banners on goalposts in Hogwarts (Day variant)
• Fixed preview for “Winged Key” (Level 52 reward)
• Fixed loss of D-Pad functionality when opening Social and Pause menus simultaneously
• Fixed excessively red VFX filter when boosting
• Fixed various issues with AI Keepers while using Playcaller
• Fixed a bug causing multiple Chasers to share the same spawn point after a Snitch Catch
• Fixed an issue preventing party members from joining Cup Modes together
• Fixed a bug preventing proper unlock of “Hogwarts Hero” Achievement/Trophy
• Fixed a bug causing the Ready Up button to be non-functional while in a Party
• Fixed a bug in which Ginny prompted the user to begin Chaser Training despite having already completed the Burrow Cup