The Finals 1.5.0 patch notes

The Finals recently received a significantly large update, and you may be curious about what the game got.

The patch notes have been revealed, and many problems have been mended. This is a good sign, as it suggests that Embark Studios is listening to fans and is here for the long term. There are also a few tweaks to improve the different game modes.

The following patch notes for The Finals 1.5.0 are:

• Abilities
  • Charge N’ Slam
    • Fixed an issue where players could charge while stationary and stealing an extraction
  • Cloaking Device
    • Increased activation cost from 1s to 2s
    • Increased minimum required charge time to activate from 1.5s to 2.5s
  • Grapple Hook
    • Will no longer attach to objects that are attached to carriables
  • Guardian Turret
    • Will now shoot target dummies in the practice range
  • Mesh Shield
    • Decreased health from 1100 to 1000
  • Recon Senses
    • Increased activation cost from 1s to 1.5s
    • Decreased minimum charge time to activate from 2.5s to 2s
• Gadgets
  • C4
    • Player damage decreased from 210 to 155
    • Player min damage decreased from 120 to 100
  • Flashbang
    • Cooldown decreased from 20s to 18s
  • Gas Mine
    • Cooldown increased from 25s to 27s
  • Incendiary Mine
    • Cooldown decreased from 30s to 27s
  • Vanishing Bomb
    • Cooldown decreased from 20s to 18s
  • RPG
    • Player damage decreased from 150 to 140
  • Stun Gun
    • Decreased duration of stun effect from 5s to 3.75s
  • Tracking Dart
    • Cooldown decreased from 15s to 13s
    • Added new Scoped Zoom Sensitivity Multiplier to the settings screen that affects the Tracking Dart
• Game Modes
  • Bank It
    • Game show event start time reduced from minute six to minute four
  • Quick Cash
    • Game show event start time reduced from minute six to minute four
    • Team wipe respawn time increased from 17 to 18 seconds
  • Ranked Tournament
    • Team wipe respawn time increased from 25 to 26 seconds
  • Tournament
    • Team wipe respawn time increased from 25 to 26 seconds
    • Tournaments will now unlock after players have completed one round, reduced from 12
• Maps
  • Las Vegas
    • Updated destruction behavior to get more realistic destruction
    • Updated strain system to get more realistic destruction
    • Updated various ziplines in the level
• Throwables
  • Deployable explosives such as C4, Breach Charges and Explosive Mines will now add mass to throwable objects, causing them to travel less far when thrown  
• Weapons
  • Flamethrower
    • Damage increased from 28 to 30
  • LH1
    • Damage increased from 47 to 49
  • M11
    • Recoil pattern updated, to make the weapon easier to control
  • SH1900 Shotgun
    • Damage decreased from 12 to 10 damage per pellet
  • M60
    • Damage increased from 21 to 22
  • Riot Shield
    • Updated attack animations and hit sweeps, to make the weapon feel more responsive
    • Fixed issues where the Riot Shield could be invisible and still block bullets
    • Fixed an issue where the Riot Shield could block bullets while the player climbed a ladder
  • SA1216
    • Fixed an issue that allowed the weapon to be fired faster than intended
  • SR-84 Sniper Rifle
    • Added new Scoped Zoom Sensitivity Multiplier to the settings screen that affects the SR-84
  • Throwing Knives
    • Added new trail effects to make the projectiles easier to see
    • Shortened the lifetime of Knives stuck in metal surfaces
  • V9S
    • Damage increased from 35 to 36

Content And Bug Fixes

• Animation
  • Updated some main menu weapon animations
  • Left-side inspection animations added to the following items:
    • AKM
    • CL-40
    • FCAR
    • Flamethrower
    • Goo Gun
    • Lewis Gun
    • LH1
    • M11
    • M60
    • MGL32
    • Model 1887
    • R.357
    • SA1216
    • SH1900
    • SR-84
    • Stun Gun
    • Tracking Dart
    • V9S
    • XP-54

• Audio
  • Replaced an old unattenuated sound on the Glitch Trap
  • Fix a zip wire attachment sound that could play on the main menu
• Characters
  • Fixed some issues where hair could clip visually with various headwear
  • Fixed some skinning issues that occurred on wrists
  • Fixed some skinning issues that occurred on gloves
• Controller
  • Added an option that allows controller players to pick the priority order of Reload/Pick Up button actions
• Console
  • Fixed an issue that allowed Mouse and Keyboard to be enabled on some consoles
• Crashes
  • Fixed a server crash where players could attach to ziplines and disconnect at the same time
  • Fixed a client crash that could be caused by certain outfits in the Battle Pass and Store screens
• Disconnects
  • Fixed an issue where game servers could very rarely shut down early due to how players connected
• Maps
  • General
    • Improved the floor number display in elevators
    • Fixed lingering smoke clouds that could appear during the end of round sequence
    • Fixed team logos not always streaming in during the end of round sequence
  • Monaco
    • Fixed an awning that partially clipped through the path of a zipline
    • Optimised lighting for the Fog and Storm weather types
  • Seoul
    • Fixed an initial spawn in Hospital that ran into a small dead end
    • Fixed some railings that could block bullets
  • Vegas
    • Fixed an issue where the map border blocked bullets and grenades
    • Fixed a ladder that sometimes caused players to get stuck
    • Fixed some issues with intersecting and floating assets
    • Fixed an issue where Las Vegas spotlights would sometimes be culled unexpectedly
• Movement
  • Fixed an issue where players could slingshot themselves (aka ‘superglide’) by grinding against obstacles during vault interactions.
  • Vaulting
    • Fixed an issue where players could gain extreme speed by picking up objects that were being vaulted on
    • Updated vaulting to feel snappier and be more aligned to ledges
• Quick Melee
  • Fixed an issue where players could use Quick Melee on ladders
• UI
  • Fixed an issue where scoreboard text could be cut short
  • Fixed a ‘New’ label that could clip with the Play button in the main menu
  • Fixed an issue where ‘Tournament Winners’ text could be partially visible on both sides of the screen
  • Fixed an issue where player’s names could appear over their face in the end of round screens
  • Fixed an issue where the Career screen could jump during the first frame
  • Fixed an issue where hover VFX would not play on video thumbnails
  • Fixed an issue where some Weapon Charms and Stickers would become unequippable
  • Fixed an issue where total playtime would reset to 0 on the Career screen after 24 hours
  • Fixed an issue where the current gamepad bindings were lost when resetting the keyboard bindings
  • Fixed an issue with the crosshair that caused headshot hit indicators to show based on damage done, rather than hit location
  • Fixed an issue where player names above the health bar could sometimes get cut off
  • Fixed an issue where the subtitle preview would not hide correctly when exiting settings
  • Fixed team member names sometimes staying transparent after respawn
  • Fixed an issue that prevented player outlines on enemies appearing when looking through metal fences
  • Fixed an issue where some settings in the settings screen would not be affected by restoring default settings
• VoIP
  • Set VoIP to be enabled by default on PC, with Push To Talk set as the default input (new installs only)
  • Set VoIP to be enabled by default on console, with Voice Activated set as the default input (new installs only)
• Weapons
  • Fixed an issue where bullet dispersion/spread would not update if the player switched between items 
  • Throwing Knives will now have the correct skin when thrown 
  • Fixed cheat exploit with melee weapons

There’s also the Solo Bank It game mode that has been introduced. It’s labeled experimental, so we don’t know how long it’ll be around.