Overwatch update 2.45 for PlayStation 4 is now rolling out for players. According to the Overwatch version 2.45 patch notes, the new update has added various new changes and fixes for crashing as well as stuttering/lag issues. Apart for this, the latest Overwatch 2.45 patch also includes various stability and performance improvements. Read more details below.
Since the last patch, many players were experiencing a number of issues when trying to play the game. Today’s update is expected to rectify all those issues.
Recently, a big anniversary update was released with a new free-for-all Deathmatch map—Petra. Additionally, the patch also added more than 190 Anniversary items, including eight legendary skins: Stealth Bastion, Shieldmaiden Brigitte, Formal Doomfist, Buccaneer Junkrat, Sherlock McCree, Forest Spirit Orisa, Magician Symmetra, and Cybjörn Torbjörn.
Overwatch Update 2.45 Changelog
GENERAL UPDATES
General
- All heroes in the Defense and Offense categories have been merged into a new category: Damage
- Combat can now be heard 25% further away
- Changed the name of the Varok spray to Saurfang
- Players must have Blizzard SMS Protect enabled on their account to be eligible for the Top 500
- The Acknowledge and Interact buttons are now separate input bindings
Career Profile
- Added an Inspire Uptime Percentage statistic for Brigitte on the Career Profile
- Removed some statistics for Symmetra on the Career Profile
- Added a Scoped Critical Hit Accuracy statistic for Widowmaker on the Career Profile
- Career Profiles will no longer be public by default (now defaults to Friends Only). An option to make Career Profiles visible has been added under Options > Social > Profile Visibility
ARCADE UPDATES
General
- Symmetra can now be played in 1v1 duel game modes (e.g. 1v1 Limited Duel and 1v1 Mystery Duel)
HERO UPDATES
Doomfist
Meteor Strike
- Bonus movement speed increased from 150% to 200%
The Best Defense…
- Shield gain increased from 30 to 35 for normal abilities
McCree
- Deadeye
- Range increased from 70 meters to 200 meters
Orisa
- Supercharger
- Ultimate cost reduced by 15%
Symmetra
- Photon Projector
- No longer locks onto targets
- Range increased to 10 meters
- Damage ramping now takes 2 seconds per damage level instead of 1 second
- Damage ramp increased from 30/60/120 to 60/120/180
- Now generates ammo instead of spending it when hitting a barrier
- Ammo reduced from 100 to 70
- Alternate Fire
- No longer locks onto targets
- No longer pierces targets
- Now explodes on contact
- Projectile speed increased
- Charge up speed increased
- Damage changed to 60 impact / 60 explosive
- Sentry Turret
- Turret is now placed like a projectile instead of being set in place
- Can hold a max of 3, down from 6
- Can now deploy a max 3, down from 6
- Damage increased
- Amount of slowing effect increased
- Teleporter
- Can now place the exit up to 25 meters away from Symmetra
- Entrance will automatically be built in front of Symmetra, rather than at her team’s spawn point
- Lasts 10 seconds
- Health lowered to 300
- More things can teleport through it (e.g. Junkrat’s RIP-Tire)
- Entrance can be destroyed
- If either the entrance or exit is destroyed, the other is removed
- New Ultimate: Photon Barrier
- Deploys a barrier that is big enough to span and cut through an entire map
- Orientation can be changed by pressing the ultimate button again
- Lasts 15 seconds
- Has 5000 health
MAP UPDATES
Horizon Lunar Colony
- Point A
- Added a staircase on the right when exiting the Hydroponics Room
- Removed the door to the lower room on the right
- Removed the small wall on the catwalk above Point A
- Added some cover walls to the catwalk area
- Moved the door next to the staircase that led to Winston’s room
- The door is now on the side of the wall in the training pit
- Moved the large health pack to the back of the room
- Removed some clutter in the upper left computer room
- Hydroponics Room
- Switched the positions of the large and small health pack
- Changed some of the hydroponic plant cover on the right
- Point B
- Defender spawn room exits moved from the front to the sides out of direct line of fire
- Small rooms added at spawn room exits
- Additional cover added near the spawn room exits
- Added a route and larger platform leading to the back right corner
- Raised the platform to the same height as the attackers’ platform on the opposite side of the point
- The location of the old defender exit is now an alcove with a small health pack
- Both teams can still pass behind the point, but there is now a cut-through in the middle of the wall for better access
- The area above the window overlooking the point is now covered
- A large platform with cover has been attached to the left side of the catwalk
- The upper platform for the attackers has been reduced
- The doorway leading to the platform is slightly smaller
BUG FIXES
General
- Fixed a bug that prevented loading screens from displaying the game mode
- Fixed a bug that caused the capture point UI to display capture progress as 100% before the point was captured
- Fixed a bug that caused some sprays to be pixelated
AI
- Fixed a bug that allowed Sombra bot to continue hacking health packs if the ability was disabled in a Custom Game
Heroes
Ana
- Fixed a bug that prevented Ana’s Naptime achievement from being granted when interrupting Moira’s Coalescence
- Fixed a bug that caused Ana’s Sleep Dart effect to persist on afflicted targets after changing heroes
Bastion
- Fixed a bug that prevented McCree’s Flashbang from interrupting Bastion’s Configuration: Tank transformation
- Fixed a bug that caused Bastion’s treads to disfigure if he was frozen while in Tank configuration
Brigitte
- Fixed a bug that caused Junkrat’s grenades to damage Brigitte when hitting her Barrier Shield
- Fixed a bug that allowed Brigitte’s Barrier Shield to become indestructible if her Barrier Shield Cooldown Time modifier was set to 0% in a Custom Game
- Fixed a bug that caused Brigitte’s Rocket Flail to clip into the ground during her Flail highlight intro on King’s Row
- Fixed a bug that allowed Brigitte to proc Inspire when hitting gondola omnics with her Rocket Flail in Rialto
- Fixed a bug that allowed Brigitte to proc Inspire by hitting the motorcycle in the Junkertown attacker spawn room
- Fixed a bug that allowed Brigitte to use Shield Bash while affected by Steel Trap or Graviton Surge
- Fixed a bug that prevented Brigitte’s Inspire passive from sometimes healing allies out of line of sight
- Fixed a bug that caused Brigitte’s knee pad and foot to clip the ground during her Kneel victory pose when wearing her Paladin or Engineer skins
- Fixed a bug that caused Brigitte’s arm animation to shake when using Repair Pack and Rally in quick succession
Doomfist
- Fixed a bug that caused Doomfist’s Meteor Strike animation to place him back on the ground when used in midair
- Fixed a bug that prevented Doomfist’s Meteor Strike cooldown UI from being hidden if he died during its activation
- Fixed a bug that prevented the HUD messaging for Doomfist’s Meteor Strike to indicate that players can zoom their camera out
- Fixed a bug that prevented Doomfist’s Rocket Punch from dealing bonus damage when the target hit a friendly Mei’s Ice Wall
- Fixed a bug that allowed Doomfist’s Rocket Punch bonus damage to hit Genji after using Swift Strike to move through the punch
- Fixed a bug that prevented Rocket Punch’s bonus damage from applying if the enemy used an evasive ability at the same time they hit a wall (e.g. Moira’s Fade, Tracer’s Blink, or Reaper’s Wraith Form)
- Fixed an issue that prevented Doomfist’s Rocket Punch from impacting some walls
- Fixed a bug that prevented Doomfist’s Rocket Punch, Rising Uppercut, and Seismic Slam from not playing the appropriate sound effect if these abilities were disabled or on cooldown
- Fixed a bug that prevented enemies struck by Doomfist’s Rocket Punch from taking additional collision damage when hitting Mei’s Cryo-freeze
- Fixed a bug that prevented Doomfist’s Rising Uppercut animation from playing when used after hitting something with Rocket Punch
- Fixed a bug that allowed Doomfist to use Seismic Slam and escape Graviton Surge when within range
- Fixed a bug that caused Doomfist’s failed Seismic Slams to display the wrong UI information
- Fixed a bug that prevented Doomfist’s Seismic Slam from being usable if spammed in a Custom Game with 0% cooldown modifier
D.Va
- Fixed a bug that caused D.Va’s mech to do a standing pose right before detonating
- Fixed a bug prevented the South Korean flag decal from displaying when she was in her mech
- Fixed a bug prevented projectiles from hitting D.Va if she stood behind her mech after it detonated
- Fixed a bug that prevented the Team Kill sound effects from playing for D.Va inside her mech
- Fixed a bug that allowed pilot D.Va could summon extra, empty mechs if she used Call Mech while standing on top of an enemy
- Fixed a bug that allowed D.Va to activate her mech boosters after activating her Self-Destruct
Genji
- Fixed a bug that allowed Genji’s Swift Strike to do damage after he dies
- Fixed a bug that prevented stuns from applying if Genji used Swift Strike
- Fixed a bug that allowed Genji to wall climb while using emotes
Hanzo
- Fixed a bug that caused Hanzo’s Storm Bow projectiles to sometimes use the sound effect for Storm Arrow
- Fixed a bug that allowed Hanzo to wall climb while using emotes
- Fixed a bug that prevented Hanzo’s Dragon Strike animation from playing if he was in a Graviton Surge
Junkrat
- Fixed a bug that allowed Junkrat to place multiple Steel Traps
- Fixed a bug that caused Junkrat’s projectiles to become invisible if they were shot through railings
- Fixed a bug that caused the medal in Junkrat’s Medal victory pose to clip through his chin with his Scarecrow or Hayseed skins equipped
- Fixed a bug that caused turrets to target Junkrat’s Concussion Mines while airborne
Lúcio
- Fixed a bug that prevented Lúcio from using his Sonic Amplifier when waving hello
- Fixed a bug that prevented Lucio from using Soundwave if he had zero ammo
McCree
- Fixed a bug that prevented McCree’s Flashbang from giving credit for environmental kills
- Fixed a bug that caused McCree’s Deadeye targeting markers to persist if the target died while it was active
- Fixed a bug that caused McCree’s Deadeye reticle to lock onto players who die while the ability was active
- Fixed a bug that prevented the tumbleweed from appearing in McCree’s The Duel highlight intro
Mei
- Fixed a bug that prevented Mei from receiving environmental kill credit if her targets were frozen
- Fixed a bug that caused Mei’s projectiles to appear that they weren’t passing through friendly barriers
Mercy
- Fixed a bug that prevented Mercy’s Caduceus Blaster and Caduceus Staff from appearing when switching between weapons and using quick melee at the same time
- Fixed a bug that caused Mercy’s Caduceus Blaster shots to become invisible if they were deflected by Genji if her Pink skin was equipped
- Fixed a bug that prevented Mercy’s Guardian Angel cooldown from resetting if Valkyrie was used midflight
- Fixed a bug that prevented the cooldown on Mercy’s Guardian Angel from being refunded while Valkyrie was active
- Fixed a bug that caused the resolution quality of Mercy’s Today’s Top 5 highlights icon to drop with her Zhuque skin equipped
- Fixed a bug that prevented player names from displaying when being healed by Mercy
- Fixed a bug that allowed Mercy to see her eliminated teammates while resurrecting a target
- Fixed a bug that allowed Mercy to switch weapons while using her Caduceus emote
Moira
- Fixed a bug that prevented Moira’s Biotic Grasp from damaging barriers
- Fixed a bug that caused Moira’s Biotic Grasp’s beam to disappear when attaching to barriers from certain angles
- Fixed a bug that prevented players from receiving the Excuse Me achievement when successfully interrupting Moira’s Coalescence
- Fixed a bug that allowed Moira’s Biotic Grasp to heal targets behind an enemy barrier
- Fixed a bug that allowed Moira’s Biotic Orb to pass through breakable objects
- Fixed a bug that caused Moira’s Biotic Grasp to attach onto the base of targets (e.g. Mei’s Cryo-freeze)
Orisa
- Fixed a bug that prevented players from being awarded Orisa’s Halt State achievement
- Fixed a bug that prevented Orisa’s Fusion Driver from closing if her Halt projectile was affected by Defense Matrix or Deflect immediately after it spawned
- Fixed a bug where Orisa’s arm would clip into her leg during her Puppy emote
- Fixed a bug that caused the effect of Orisa’s Halt! to persist if Wraith Form or Fade were used immediately after being pulled in
Pharah
- Fixed a bug that prevented Pharah from being knocked back by her Concussive Blast in spawn rooms
Reaper
- Fixed a bug with Reaper’s Shadow Step sound effect continuously playing while moving around on breakable terrain in Petra.
Reinhardt
- Fixed a bug that caused Reinhardt’s Barrier Field from not playing the correct sound effect if it was affected by Sombra’s Hack
- Fixed a bug that caused Reinhardt’s Barrier Field cooldown to cancel an active hammer swing when it became ready to use
- Fixed a bug that prevented Reinhardt’s Rocket Hammer eliminations from receiving credit in the Kill Feed
Reaper
- Fixed a bug with Reaper’s Shadow Step sound effect continuously playing while moving around on breakable terrain in Petra
Roadhog
- Fixed a bug that allowed Roadhog’s Chain Hook to reel in targets even if the ability was interrupted
Sombra
- Fixed a bug that prevented Sombra’s Hack from interrupting Symmetra’s Teleporter placement
- Fixed a bug caused Sombra’s Hack to be interrupted by thin environment objects (e.g. lamp posts)
- Fixed a bug that prevented Sombra’s Translocator from being destroyed when it was thrown off a level
Symmetra
- Fixed a bug that prevented Symmetra’s Photon Barrier from blocking Reinhardt’s Earthshatter
- Fixed a bug that allowed Symmetra’s Photon Projector to gain charge when used on breakable objects
- Fixed a bug that prevented Symmetra’s Photon Barrier from being placed with the correct orientation if the player rapidly turned during its placement
- Fixed a bug that prevented Symmetra’s Photon Barrier from being placed on moving platforms or payloads
- Fixed a bug that allowed Symmetra to place her Shield Generator inside gates on certain maps
- Fixed a bug that allowed Symmetra to place her Sentry Turrets inside chests and vending machines
- Fixed a bug that allowed Symmetra’s Sentry Turrets to deploy at maximum range without sticking to a surface
- Fixed a bug that prevented Symmetra’s Sentry Turrets from dealing the correct amount of damage and slow values
- Fixed a bug that caused Symmetra’s Teleporter to self-destruct when it was placed
- Fixed a bug that prevented Torbjörn’s turret from being built on Symmetra’s Teleporter
- Fixed a bug that prevented Symmetra’s secondary fire from consuming ammo when minimally charged
- Fixed a bug that prevented Symmetra’s Teleporter from teleporting allies that moved through it at high movement speeds (e.g. Genji’s Swift Strike)
- Fixed a bug that caused Symmetra’s Teleporter to fall through the ground if placed on platform edges
- Fixed a bug that prevented Symmetra’s eyes from aligning properly during her Askew and Snowflakes highlight intros with her Dragon skin equipped
Torbjörn
- Fixed a bug that prevented Torbjörn’s Batter Up emote from playing sound effects if he switched weapons
Tracer
- Fixed a bug that caused Tracer’s Pulse Bomb to stick on the opposite side of barriers when thrown at a certain angle
- Fixed a bug that caused Tracer’s animation to pause at the start of her Bomb Spin emote
Widowmaker
- Fixed a bug that caused Widowmaker’s shooting animation to become stuck if she scoped while firing and then jumped
- Fixed a bug with the grammar in the flavor text for Widowmaker’s Comtesse skin
- Fixed a bug that prevented Widowmaker’s Venom Mine from being destroyed when thrown over the environment edges on Oasis Gardens
Winston
- Fixed a bug where placing Winston’s Barrier Projector while going a step upwards would cause it to fall through the floor
Zenyatta
- Fixed a bug that prevented Zenyatta’s Discord Orb sound effects from playing with his Cultist skin equipped
- Fixed a bug that caused Zenyatta’s arm to clip through his pants during his Heroic highlight intro
Maps
Blizzard World
- Fixed a bug that prevented Soldier: 76’s Helix Rockets and Zarya’s primary fire from popping balloons
Horizon Lunar Colony
- Fixed a bug that caused armor packs to land behind crates and not be usable
Petra
- Fixed a bug that prevented ability indicators for Seismic Slam and Ice Wall from being visible on the breakable terrain in Petra
- Fixed a bug that allowed Reinhardt’s Earthshatter to travel across holes in the breakable tile floor on Petra
Rialto
- Fixed a bug where heroes would move left and right on their own while standing in one of the speed boats in the canal
- Fixed a bug where players were able to apply a spray on the surface of a body of water
Watchpoint: Gibralter
- Fixed a bug that caused the first Attacker spawn room to extend past its walls
- Added fixes for crashing issues.
- Overwatch 2.45 update includes stability improvements.
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