31 Jan 2024 1:22 PM +00:00 UTC

The Finals 1.6.0 patch notes

The Finals player holding melee weapon on blue and red background

Embark Studios continues to support its title thanks to the release of The Finals 1.6.0 patch notes.

The Finals continue to provide players with fast-paced action and coordinated teamwork that's required to secure control of the various vaults. Whether it's a Light build or a Heavy build, there are plenty of items to choose from when creating a loadout to suit your style of play. This particular update contains balance changes and numerous bug fixes to ensure smooth gameplay is maintained.

Before we reveal more about The Finals 1.6.0 patch notes, check out the best Medium build and whether the game features crossplay capabilities.

The Finals 1.6.0 patch notes

Balance changes

Gadgets

Dome Shield
- Dome Shields will now use squad colors if the ‘Use Enemy Squad Colors’ setting is enabled
Vanishing Bomb
- Increased the invisibility interrupt grace period for teammates from 0.65s to 0.8s (+)
- Increased the invisibility interrupt grace period for the player from 0s to 0.35s (+)
- Increased the duration of Vanishing Bomb invisibility on teammates from 5s to 6s (+)
Zipline
- Improved placement validation for ziplines, making them easier to deploy

Maps

Las Vegas
- General
  - Added some cover to the side of kitchen trolleys to make them easier to use
  - Replaced the zipline between Eastwood and Decora with a jump pad
  - Moved various cover pieces to avoid gaps in cover
    
    Moved various chairs to make traversal easier
  - Removed Turrets & Tripwires map variant in Quick Cash, Bank It, Tournament, and Ranked Tournament modes while we fix various bugs and re-evaluate the gameplay design
Argon Casino
- Removed some of the monitors in the casino so some doors are easier to see
- Added an extra door to make traversal easier
- Updated some Vault spawn locations and added cover to some of them
Eastwood Casino
- Updated exit points on various ziplines to make it easier to access rooftops
- Added decals to some windows to make the glass more visible
- Rearranged the aircon units to create more cover on the roof
- Adjusted the position of some cashout locations
Glamora Casino
- Removed some chairs so it's easier to jump in and out of cashier booths
- Removed some chairs and railings in the theatre to make traversal easier
- Various other small fixes and balance tweaks

The Finals players wearing black clothes

Specializations

Mesh Shield
- The Mesh Shield will now use squad colors if the ‘Use Enemy Squad Colors’ setting is enabled
Recon Senses
- Added a range limit to Recon Senses set to 30m. Players outside of this range will not be detected
- Players detected by Recon Senses will now see ‘Detected’ warning text on their HUD

Dev Note: Recon Senses have become much more common in the meta than we intended and can cause confusion for some newer players. The reduction in range and the warning given to detected players will bring the ability’s power back in line with other Specializations.

Content and bug fixes

Animation

Fixed some small issues with the LH1 reload and Goo Gun inspect animations
Updated reload animations when aiming down sights to add slightly more movement to them

Audio

Updated footstep audio and mix for the player, teammates, and enemies
Fixed an issue where the spawn sound effect could be cut off when respawning
Updated various VO lines
Various VO bug fixes

Career Rank

Added 10 more levels to the Career Rank along with additional rewards. Max rank is now 50.

Characters

Fixed an issue where characters could have their legs bent backward on some screens

Controller

Added Gyro aiming options for PS5 DualSense and PS4 DualShock controllers
Fixed an issue with aim assistance sensitivity reduction that caused almost no sensitivity reduction to be applied to targets closer to the player than 20m
Reduced input latency on PS5

Emotes

Fixed an issue that prevented the player emoting while crouched

Gadgets

Defibrilators
- Fixed an issue where player statues could not be targeted for revives when lying in foliage
- Fixed an issue where player statues could not be targeted for revives when carried
Fixed various issues with placement distances on deployable Gadgets
Fixed an issue where turret parts could collide with each other, causing strange behavior when placed on barrels

Game modes

General
- Added ‘Steal the Spotlight’ event mode
- Added the ability for players to customize their contestant Loadout for all Weapons, Gadgets, and Specializations during the match lobby at the start of each match in all game modes
Ranked tournament
- Lowered the number of rounds required to play Ranked Tournament from 60 to 45 (-)
Solo Bank It
- Disabled the experimental Solo Bank It mode

Maps

Monaco
- Made night and night storm weather conditions slightly less dark on Monaco for OLEDs
- Tweaked LOD settings on some trees in Monaco to reduce popping on low settings

Movement

Fixed an issue where players could become stuck in encroached spaces
Fixed an issue where players would fail wall jumps if they pressed and held jump too early in a vault sequence
Fixed an issue where the player would cancel a slide if aiming down sights was triggered from toggled crouch

Security

Made various improvements to security and cheat detection

Settings

Increased default FOV from 71 to 81 (new installations only)

Added Career Rank screen where players can see rewards earned by gaining rank
Added new tournament overview screen to tournament modes
Added additional item tutorial videos for the following items
- APS Turret
- Gas Grenade
- Glitch Grenade
- Glitch Trap
- Goo Gun
- Motion Sensor
- Pyro Grenade
- Smoke Grenade
- Sonar Grenade
- Thermal Vision
Added new Event Contracts to the Contracts screen
Updated the size of ranked icons
Fixed wrapping issues on Contracts during the end-of-round sequence
Decreased duration of Vault objective markers on round start
Made various improvements to contextual ping accuracy, making them more accurate
Various bug fixes to the UI

VFX

Added new impact effects when friendly players shoot each other, instead of the coin effects, as this could cause confusion for players
Updated collision on coin death effects to reduce the number of coins that can fall through floors
Various polish improvements to coin death effects
Optimization pass on the gas canister explosion effects

Weapons

Increased the size of various grenade projectiles, to make them easier to see in combat
Fixed some issues where AoE damage could be wrongly invalidated, causing no damage to be done
Fixed an exploit where melee weapons could be swung faster than intended
Fixed an issue that prevented C4 and Mines from being picked up when placed on a throwable object that had been picked up

Source: Embark Studios

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