NBA THE RUN - June 25th Patch Notes

Here are our patch notes for today’s game update, which was deployed on Steam and all other platforms earlier today.**

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 

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[p align="start"]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 

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[p align="start"]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 

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[p align="start"]Ruleset Changes

• Oop City and Dunkfest rulesets are now set to Rare 

• Pickup ruleset now set to Common 

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[p align="start"]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 

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[p align="start"]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 

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[p align="start"]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

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[p align="start"]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 

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[p align="start"]Other Updates

• Reduced controller vibration on XBOX