Month: April 2016

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Killer Instinct Season 3 Patch Addresses Kan-Ra and Glacius Glitches, More

The folks at Iron Galaxy Studios launched a small patch for Killer Instinct Season 3 just a couple of hours ago. Those looking for balance changes in this update will find nothing of the sort, as the patch works mostly to address bugs encountered by players since the launch of the third season.

The most notorious bug that the team squashed was tied to Kan-Ra’s Swarm. In the previous build, this projectile colliding with a projectile from the other player could result in some hilariously game-breaking situations. Additionally, the team fixed an issue tied to Glacius’ Shatter, and addressed some issues with the in-game shop.

The update brings slight changes to the way ranking points function, too, and you can find the information surrounding those changes here. You can find the full patch notes below.

Killer Instinct Version 3.04 Changes

General Fixes

  • Cross Buy Updates
    • Service improvements to cross buy on Windows 10 and Xbox One.
    • If you bought Shadow Jago on Xbox One, and play on Windows 10, please note that you will need to update Killer Instinct to version 3.04 on Windows 10.
  • KI for Windows 10 now has improved support for monitors with refresh rates higher than 60hz.
  • Fixed a crash that would sometimes occur while the game was checking a user’s DLC.
  • Ranked Leagues scoring changes. Read all about them here.

Glacius

  • Fixed a bug that allowed opponents to get hit by Shatter during their pre-jump frames.

Kan-Ra

  • Fixed a bug that caused the spit startup part of the Swarm projectile to damage other players if it came in contact with projectiles they own.

Windows 10 Update Installation Help

  • If you are a Windows 10 player, please follow these steps to grab the update:
    • Launch the Windows Store App. Make sure you are signed in.
    • Click the User icon next to the search bar.
    • Select Downloads and Updates from the drop-down menu.
    • Click the blue “check for updates” button.
    • You should see an update for Killer Instinct.
    • Click to install, or select “update all.”

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Street Fighter V Glitch Lets Players Pick Previous Versions of Characters

Throughout its history, certain versions of Street Fighter have allowed players to select older versions of characters before stepping into a battle. Now, it seems that Street Fighter V has joined the likes of such past titles thanks to a glitch in the game’s character select screen.

The glitch in question concerns Alex. By having the cursor start on Alex–by setting him as a favorite character–players are then able to use the 1.01 versions of all the other characters.

On r/StreetFighter, dantarion notes that this is likely due to the fact that the game retains the files for both the 1.01 and 1.02 versions of the characters. The former are stored in a folder labeled 000, while the latter are in a new folder labeled 001. Being a new character, Alex only has a 000 folder. Since the glitch occurs when the character select cursor starts on Alex, it seems this somehow causes all the characters selected afterward to load files from the 000 folder as well.

Now, this shouldn’t be that big an issue in terms of balance, considering that the game hasn’t had any major balance changes aside from the removal of a few option selects, though small exceptions certainly exist.

Source: TOOLASSISTED via Franziska_VonKarma