Here are our patch notes for today’s game update, deploying across all platforms at 11 AM PT.

Player Specific Changes

• Improved attributes for Trae Young and DJ 
• Reduced start up animation on DJ’s jumpshot to be more in line with other players 
• Fixed issue with Zion’s dunk where the ball didn’t visually go through the hoop 
• Steph now uses correct dunk at long range
• Polished animations for Giannis, El Gigante and Wemby blocks 
• Improved LeBron idle
• Fixed bug that lists Bobbito’s ITZ ability as Ankle Breaker but in game he is assigned as Deep Threat, game and UI now match, he is Ankle Breaker
• Improved Street Legend / IP Character attributes to make them more viable players / opponents 
• Player attribute updates based on player feedback – Cade, SGA, Bam, Brunson and Wemby 

Gameplay Changes

• Increased nearby defenders effect on jumpshots to make shooting in traffic more difficult 
• Tuned delays for Guard and Protect Ball abilities 
• Tuning pass on XP & CRED rewards 
• Kamikaze dunk ending no longer flips 
• Add Icon / Targeted player switching in KO Solos Defense. Uses L1 + X or O as input for intended targets. 
• Reduced stealer movement speed and increased energy cost for steal to balance based on community feedback 
• Reduced near hoop radius for block to increase chances of high skill goaltending 
• Increased odds of OTH, extended range of OTH, reduced errant OTH loose ball distance 
• Tuned rim bounce to avoid ball landing on top of the backboard 
• Added 2 Good Shot outcomes to increase variety and make the outcome less predictable 

Visual Changes

• Hit reactions look less cartoony now
• Polished shove recoil animation set 
• Polished run animations for big / large players  
• Updating fallback meshes of the apartment walls in Tenement to fix gaps around windows 
• Fixed lighting channels on ball in Intros 

Ruleset Changes

• Oop City and Dunkfest rulesets are now set to Rare 
• Pickup ruleset now set to Common 

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue with softlocking that was being caused by players simultaneously forfeiting a match 
• Fixed issue where players could start a new ability / animation while in ankle break animation 
• Prevent button inputs during loading screen transitions 
• Fixed issue where players can move around during Intro & Outro Sequences 
• Fixed player stats system crash when party data is missing 
• Fixed map randomization crash when both team’s party data is missing
• Fix issues w/ Bobbito’s shorts in Intros to remove material overrides / visual glitches  
• Fix for tooltips in Matchmaking appearing below the 16:9 space on 16:10 monitors 
• Fix for French / German text in the locker 

User Interface Changes

• Hide ready checkmarks in the Front End for AI / Bots 
• Clear baller portrait highlights when showing the carousel to prevent multiple highlights being shown 
• Fill Teammates option no longer enabled if switching from KO Friends
• Removed outdated unblock button
• Fixed issue where players were getting PBP-004 error during the matchmaking carousel after queuing into KO Friends with fill with previous crewmates 
• Fix case clicking off a button on PC with mouse once selected breaking navigation with cursor keys 
• Fixed issue where Fill Teammates was enabled in Solos, game now checks state for Fill Teammates in all modes 
• Hide Crew invite notification if the invite has been responded to in the Social Hub
• Several fixes to Social Hub scroll bar and issues around the mouse cursor interfering with other controls 
• Disable actions in home screen until loading completes
• Prevent character changes occurring visually when in the Profile Screen
• Fixed issue where Ready status wasn’t updating when switching Game Modes
• Refresh the KO Friends code when returning from a Match 

Stats Updates

• Corrected stat calculation for most played character time
• Time played now reflected in HH:MM:SS rather than seconds to make Time Played more clear in Profile Menu
• Treat blocked dunks / alley oops the same as failed dunks / alley oops, and don’t score them as dunks / alley oops
• Credit steal / intercept only if the play results in a turnover 
• Putbacks no longer count as Alley Oops 
• Don’t increment rebound stat for throw-in pick up

Audio Updates

• Removed the logic for ShotMade UI sounds from the HypeMeter widget and moving it to when scores occur to allow for for Dunk specific UI sounds
• Far shots and non-dunk shots now trigger the respective UI sfx events
• The existing “Dunk_Success” (called already in the Dunk + AlleyOop ability) audio has the UI sounds in that event now
• New Dunk fades happen in BP_AudioSetup, taping into Dunk Start and Dunk End events
• New audio created and implemented for style / dribble moves 
• Bigger dunk sounds, will duck music + other sfx for it
• Updated shot made UI sounds to have built in delays (removing it from the animations in order to use data on which type of shot)
• Style moves and Dunk UI sounds
• Music slowdown event for Alley Oop 
• Added Bobbito VO hooks for time running out as the game clock winds down 

Other Updates

• Reduced controller vibration on XBOX