Patch 4.8.6[]
Bug Fixes[]
- User Interface
- Updated description for certain items on the Collection to properly display.
Patch 4.8.5[]
Bug Fixes[]
- Campaign
- Fixed an issue where a mission on Legacy of the Void Campaign or Nova Covert Ops Mission Packs could not be properly saved when the previous mission was saved and loaded.
- Co-op Missions
- The Dark Pylon Recall now properly works with Vorazun’s units, as well as allied units.
- Versus
- Fixed an issue where a certain location could be blocked off by only two Pylons on New Repugnancy LE.
- User Interface
- Fixed an issue where a previously selected homescreen background could briefly appear before loading the new homescreen background.
Patch 4.8.4[]
General[]
- Swann: Machined Bundle is going to be available as a part of Twitch Prime offer starting April 11. Stay tuned for more details.
- Swann Co-op Commander
- Swann Announcer
- “Live Now” Terran Banner
- “Live Now” Spray and Emoticon Pack
- A new Mr. Sheng Announcer is now available.
- 5 new Feats of Strength are added with loading screen race banner rewards for completing all Campaign and Mission Pack achievements.
- Give Me Liberty: Complete all the Liberty Campaign achievements.
- Swarming the Castle: Complete all the Swarm Campaign achievements.
- Fill the Void: Complete all the Void Campaign achievements.
- Remember, November: Complete all the Mission Pack achievements.
- Visit the Koprulu Sector, They Said: Complete all the Campaign and Mission Pack achievements.
Bug Fixes[]
- Co-op Missions
- Commander
- General
- Global reallocation abilities such as Tychus’ Medivac Pickup, Nova’s Tactical Airlift, and Alarak’s Death Fleet Mass Teleport can no longer be cast on top of each other.
- Abathur
- Fixed an issue where Ravager cocoons would not properly clean themselves up after morphing.
- Alarak
- The Tal'Darim pre-placement model now properly appears when attempting to place a Robotics Facility on the map.
- Artanis
- After the Plasma Surge upgrade, Psionic Storm will now properly restore shields of invulnerable units affected by the Guardian Shell buff.
- Dehaka
- Fixed an issue where Primal Mutalisks would not properly play their cocoon animation before being revived.
- Fenix
- Fixed a crash when playing as Fenix with the Diffusion mutator.
- Swann
- Fixed an issue where Swann’s Siege Tanks could not be killed while affected by the Tentacle attack of Chokers on Dead of Night.
- Tychus
- Fixed an issue where units mind controlled by Vega could burrow and be removed from the game on Miner Evacuation.
- Enemy units dominated by Vega while the We Move Unseen mutator is active no longer remain cloaked.
- Tychus’ Kel-Morian Ripper Rounds no longer deals damage to the immune units affected by the Polarity mutator.
- James "Sirius" Sykes' D99 Detonator upgrade now properly triggers each time he is defeated.
- Fixed an issue where on-death bonuses such as Artanis' Guardian Shell and Vorazun’s Emergency Recall were not triggering properly on Sirius.
- Zagara
- Enemy Point Defense Drones no longer intercept the Banelings from Zagara’s Baneling Barrage ability.
- Zeratul
- Infested Terrans no longer occasionally spawn and attack players before 1-minute mark on Miner Evacuation if Zeratul is in the game.
- Zeratul's Artifact fragments no longer spawn in areas of the map that players cannot access.
- General
- Versus
- Updated tooltip description for Chrono Boost to state the proper percentage of faster operation.
- Maps
- King’s Cove LE
- Updated pathing in certain areas to prevent small units from getting stuck.
- User Interface
- Zeratul Announcer now properly plays voice-over lines when the user is supply blocked.
- The homescreen and Tychus music no longer overlap when using Tychus as a homescreen background.
- Progress bar for the Mutation Hard achievement now properly displays.
- War Chest
- Katowice 2019
- Fixed an issue where the Simulant Nydus Network could briefly appear during the Simulant Nydus Worm’s death animation.
Patch 4.8.3[]
General[]
- Abathur: Evolved Bundle is going to be available as a part of Twitch Prime offer starting later this month. Stay tuned for more details.
- Abathur Co-op Commander
- Abathur Announcer
- “Live Now” portrait pack
- “Live Now” portrait for Abathur
- “Live Now” portrait for Swann
- “Live Now” portrait for Vorazun
- “Live Now” Zerg Banner
- Evolved Zerg Console Skin
- A new Lowko Announcer is now available.
- A set of 8 comic portraits have been added for players who own War Chest: Katowice 2019 for at least one race.
Bug Fixes[]
General[]
- Queens can now properly spawn a Creep Tumor on ramps in certain Heart of the Swarm campaign missions, and Co-op Missions.
Co-op Missions[]
- Commander
- General
- Fixed an issue where incorrect portrait could appear for structures for certain commanders.
- Alarak
- Ascendants with multiple Power Overwhelming stacks no longer take bonus damage from the Black Death or Double Edged mutators.
- Dehaka
- Dehaka’s Drone no longer morphs into a structure while holding to a Xenon Crystal on The Vermillion Problem.
- Primal Host now properly attack enemy Creep Tumors with its Locusts.
- Murvar now dies properly when Murvar’s Den is destroyed.
- Enemy units will now properly take damage from Psionic Explosion when Dehaka devours a Psionic unit directly after spawning or respawning.
- Fixed an issue where the first charge of Greater Primal Wurm could sometimes not be properly given to the player.
- Nova
- Nova’s air units can now be properly deployed in areas without ground pathing.
- Stukov
- Fixed an issue where units dominated by Vega could be attacked by an allied Stukov’s Apocalisk.
- Zeratul
- Void Arrays no longer share the same cargo space as Kerrigan’s Omega Worms.
- Mission
- Dead of Night
- Ultralisks can no longer be stunned by Chokers.
- The Vermillion Problem
- Civilians can no longer become stuck outside neutral buildings when retreating from lava.
- Void Launch
- The bonus objective can no longer be targeted by a Viper’s Abduct.
- Fixed an issue where the bonus objective could be stuck.
- Mutator
- Fixed an issue where Amon’s Disruptors could fear units without detonating its Purification Nova while the Fear mutator was active.
War Chest: Katowice 2019[]
- Protoss rewards now properly match the level that they are awarded at.
- Damaged Spore Crawlers and Spine Crawlers with Simulant skins equipped no longer leave their fire effects behind when they are uprooted.
- Visual effect now properly appears as intended when placing a Pylon with the Forged skin.
Maps[]
- New Repugnancy LE
- Textures at certain locations were updated to make cliff edges and pathable areas clearer and more visible.
- Textures near base placement locations were updated to be more centered.
- Terrain updated near the natural base to prevent Photon Cannons from being walled in at certain locations.
- Certain doodads were removed to prevent units from hiding inside.
- Fixed an issue where Sentries could be blocked after being warped in.
- Year Zero LE
- Pathing now properly matches the terrain near the starting ramp locations.
- Cyber Forest LE
- Certain doodads were removed to prevent units from hiding inside.
- King’s Cove LE
- Pathing now properly matches the terrain near the starting ramp locations.
- Rosebud LE
- Faction emblems and selection circles are no longer hidden by certain doodads.
- Efflorescence LE
- A doodad is now properly centered at a base placement location.
- Team Liquid Map Contest
- Inhibitor Zones placed on higher level terrain will now properly animate.
- Inhibitor Zone Generator models and mini map icons updated.
Versus[]
- Time Warp's effect no longer goes back to the enemy after Neural Parasite ends.
- Stalkers can no longer be targeted at the original Blink location.
User Interface[]
- Fixed an issue where toggling on mouse drag scroll could cause the cursor to appear in the middle of the screen.
- Help menu now properly displays Cyclone’s Upgrades.
- Fixed an issue where the Polarity mutator would display its icon over friendly units and structures.
Patch 4.8.2[]
General[]
- The first season of 2019 has officially begun!
- A new Trophy Top has been added for those that win Tournaments in the new season.
- New features have been added to the WCS GameHeart Extension Mod.
- The mod will now automatically prevent skins from being displayed for players.
- Skins will be visible to Observers.
Balance[]
- Terran
- Cyclone
- Mag-field Accelerator research time increased from 79 seconds to 100 seconds.
- Mag-field Accelerator upgrade tooltip updated.
- Lock-On tooltip updated.
- Thor
- High Impact Payload weapon range increased from 10 to 11.
- Battlecruiser
- Weapon Refit research time increased from 43 seconds to 100 seconds.
- Zerg
- Infestor
- Fungal Growth tooltip updated to mention that affected units will not be able to Blink, Tactical Jump, or load into transports or buildings.
- Ultralisk
- Anabolic Synthesis upgrade now increases Ultralisk movement speed off creep by 0.82, up from 0.41.
- Nydus Network/Nydus Worm
- Nydus Worm health increased from 200 to 300.
- Nydus Worm armor while emerging decreased from 6 to 5.
- Nydus Network and Nydus Worm initial unload delay decreased from 0.36 to 018.
- Nydus Network and Nydus Worm unload period changed from 0.36 to 0.18.
- Nydus Network and Nydus Worm load period changed from 0.18 to 0.09.
- Protoss
- Adept
- Gateway build time increased from 27 seconds to 30 seconds. Warp Gate cooldown remains unchanged.
- Cybernetics Core
- Warp Gate research time decreased from 114 seconds to 100 seconds.
- Stalker
- Blink research cost reduced from 150/150 to 100/100.
- Robotics Facility
- Cost decreased from 200/100 to 150/100.
- Immortal
- Cost increased from 250/100 to 275/100.
- Observer
- Movement speed increased from 2.63 to 3.01.
- Gravitic Boosters upgrade now increases movement speed by 1.51, up from 1.31.
- Oracle
- Removed the Light attribute.
- Added the Armored attribute.
- Tempest
- Movement speed decreased from 3.5 to 3.15.
- Acceleration decreased from 2.8 to 2.1.
Bug Fixes[]
- Campaign
- Wings of Liberty: Fixed an issue in the Devil’s Playground mission that allowed enemy creep tumors to spawn on top of each other
- Legacy of the Void: Rebuilt enemy Oracles no longer use the default Protoss skin on the Rak’Shir mission .
- Versus
- The Infestor's Fungal Growth tooltip now states that it prevents affected targets from using Blink and Tactical Jump, and loading into transports and buildings.
- Battlecruisers will now prioritize static defenses instead of workers.
- The Raven's Anti Armor missile button now matches the missile model.
- The Templar Archive research animation has been restored. [Fixed in 4.8.1]
- Decals will no longer persist on the ground if a Command Center had upgraded to an Orbital Command and lifted off from that location.
- The tooltip for the Cyclone’s Lock On after Mag-Field Accelerator has been researched has been edited to be more concise.
- Updated the format of the tooltips of Anabolic Synthesis, Muscular Augments, and Adaptive Talon upgrades to be consistent with other movement upgrade tooltips.
- Eggs will no longer block the optimal placement of a Hatchery after being destroyed.
- Maps
- Kings Cove LE
- You can now wall-off your natural expansion with three buildings and one pylon as Protoss.
- Fixed a few areas that were not symmetric.
- Mineral nodes have been updated so the nodes closest to a player’s base will have the highest values.
- Year Zero LE: Prevented a two-Pylon, one-Photon-Cannon wall-in strategy in the starting bases.
- Cyber Forest LE: Corrected the location of base placement markers at certain bases.
- Ship Wrecked LE: Replaced missing water at certain locations on the map.
- Rosebud LE
- Fixed small visual distortions that would occur on certain doodads when rotating or zooming-in with the camera.
- Fixed several areas where certain doodads were clipping through the edge of the starting base.
- Replaced the blue Compound Mansion Carpets to red to prevent it from hiding faction emblem and selection circles.
- Restored ambient sounds throughout the map.
- Efflorescence LE
- The starting base buildings in the southwest will no longer appear to be floating slightly above the ground.
- Reduced the light reflection effect of water at certain angles.
- UI
- Fixed the text for feardragon’s portrait.
- Fixed an issue that caused certain voice lines to not play for Zeratul, Han and Horner, Day[9], iNcontroL, SCBoy, Park, and Nathanias.
Patch 4.8.1[]
Editor[]
- Doodad limit has been increased to 100,000.
- Added new objects in preparation for the next Team Liquid Map Contest.
Bug Fixes[]
- Co-op Missions
- Zeratul
- Fixed an issue that caused Shieldguard’s Reflection Shield to prevent Hybrids from spawning on Part and Parcel.
- Units can now path between the Artifact Reserve and adjacent structures.
- Fixed an issue that caused Reflection Shield to cause Propagator clones to be friendly.
- The Robotics Bay for Fenix and Alarak will no longer use the default model.
- Versus
- Fixed an issue that prevented the fast warp-in visual effect from displaying when placing a Pylon.
- Fixed an issue that caused box-selecting a single Probe collecting gas to select two Probes.
- The Nexus will once again display an animation when it is constructing a Probe.
- Fixed an issue that caused units with beam attacks to deal more damage than intended.
- It is no longer possible for Ravens to cast Interference Matrix on a Disruptor’s Purification Nova.
- Automaton LE: The Tarsonis Bridge doodad will now display creep properly.
- Port Aleksander LE: Adjusted the terrain at the natural expansion to prevent a two-Pylon-and-Photon Cannon wall-in.
Patch 4.8.0[]
General[]
- When equipping skins, there is now an option to equip all skins of the same set to all units and buildings.
- The Galactic Celebration, Mira's Marauders, Primal, and Purifier consoles skins have all be updated with custom UI buttons and colors.
Editor[]
- Co-op Mission dependencies can now be added: File > Dependences > Add Standard
Bug Fixes[]
- Co-op
- Zeratul
- Malwarfare: Fixed an issue that caused Artifact Fragments to spawn in areas that are not accessible to the player.
- The Vermillion Problem: Legendary Legion units will no longer attack civilians.
- Zeratul will now gain benefits from attack and armor upgrades with each Artifact Fragment instead of only at level 15.
- Fixed an issue that prevented an Artifact Fragment from appearing if Zeratul was standing directly on it.
- Zeratul's command card icons for the Construct Bay will no longer appear on other Protoss Commanders’ Robotics Bay's.
- Campaign
- Legacy of the Void
- Enemy Taldarim Tempests now display the correct 3D portrait, model, and death animation.
- Wings of Liberty
- Outbreak – Selecting the Refinery at the starting base will show the correct wireframe model.
- UI
- You are now able to bind the Burrow and Unburrow abilities to be the same hotkey.
- Fixed an issue that prevented players from earning achievements for gaining Ascension ranks.
- Versus
- Fixed an issue that prevented Stalkers from being warped on the bottom and left side of a Gateway.
- Transforming Gateways will now immediately grant faster warp-in field instead of after the animation completes.
- Fixed a typo in the Transfuse tooltip.
- Removed the blood particle effect that occurred when certain Zerg units complete their morphing process.
- Team color on some in-game Trophies have been reduced.
- Fixed an issue that caused the burrow animation from the Adaptive Talons upgrade to not appear properly for enemy players.