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Halo: The Master Chief Collection 500MB patch addressing various issues goes live [Update]

The latest patch for Halo: The Master Chief Collection is going live and will hopefully address the ongoing multiplayer issues that continue to plague the game. (Update: Patch notes now included.)

Ozzie Mejia

November 26, 2014 6:15 PM

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Just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday, it appears that the newest update for Halo: The Master Chief Collection has been deployed.

Patch notes from 343 Industries are currently unavailable, but according to the Halo subreddit, the patch is available now and coming in at about 523MB.

Studio head Bonnie Ross previously issued an apology on the Halo Waypoint website earlier this week for the Master Chief Collection's continued woes. She also acknowledged serveral matchmaking issues, along with other issues regarding the campaign, UI, and other areas. Ross stated that multiple server-side tweaks would be forthcoming.

Shacknews will update this post with the latest patch notes as soon as they become available.

Update: The patch notes are now live on Halo Waypoint. They include:

Matchmaking

• Made improvements to the way the matchmaking system handles player matching
• Made improvements to the team selection process to improve team balancing
• Made an update to the party system to improve searching with parties (2+ players)
• Made further improvements to how matchmaking progress is communicated to the player
• Made an update to ensure that players do not enter a non-joinable state after searching for a match
• Made an update to ensure that the “Game Session” UI does not persist after leaving a matchmaking lobby
• Resolved a variety of incorrectly displayed matchmaking prompts vImproved matchmaking roster presentation during team creation phase to remove roster flickering
• Corrected a “connecting to host” message that incorrectly displayed during the matchmaking searching phase
• Made an update to ensure that FFA players do not appear as if they are on the red team in the pre-game lobby

Party, Lobby, and Custom Games

• Made an update to ensure that custom game settings persist between matches
• Made an update to ensure that player’s player emblems load correctly when returning to lobby
• Made an update to improve nameplate and emblem display
• Improved the display of emblems in the “Games Session Details” screen
• Made improvements to parties to ensure that parties are merged when the host joins another player and “brings party”
• Made an update to improve party stability after completing a matchmaking game
• Made an update to ensure that players are joinable after playing a matchmaking game

Stability

• Made a variety of updates to improve UI stability
• Resolved stability issues that occurred while viewing medals in “Player Details”
• Made an update to prevent stability issues caused by controller disconnects
• Made an update to improve post-game-carnage-report stability
• Made an update to address in-game stability for Halo 2
• Improved matchmaking stability while searching with parties (2+ players)
• Addressed a crash that could occur after searching in the Halo 2: Anniversary Rumble playlist
• Resolved a variety of miscellaneous stability issues to improve overall performance

Achievements

• Made an update to ensure that the “Zealot” achievement is unlockable

Ozzie Mejia

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?