‘Halo: Master Chief Collection’ Patch Hits Today, Full Matchmaking Fixes


The delay of the Halo: The Master Chief Collection update to fix matchmaking and other issues fortunately turned out to only be a day. 343 Industries announced late Thursday evening / early Friday morning that the patch is hitting the Xbox One exclusive Thursday, November 21.

The update will hit mid-late day Thursday Pacific Time, according to a Halo Waypoint post from 343 Industries. The main focus of the update is to fix the multiplayer matchmaking issues that have plagued Halo: The Master Chief Collection since its launch last week. However, there are fixes to the UI and campaigns as well with specific attention on Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, and Halo 2 Anniversary. This includes issues with unlocking Achievements, stat tracking, and Forge.

Meanwhile, franchise director Frank O’Connor apologized once again for the problems with Halo: MCC.

“We goofed, to put it politely,” he wrote on NeoGAF in response to another forum member. “Many of the little issues are connected to a single big issue that didn’t expose itself till we were in the wild and cascade from that.”

He went on to imply that the studio will be working non-stop through the weekend with no break until Thanksgiving.

343 Industries is already working on the next patch for the game. You can check out the Matchmaking patch notes for Halo: MCC below. For the full patch notes, please head over to the Halo Waypoint post linked above. It’s simply too much to post here.

MATCHMAKING

  • Addressed a number of issues that resulted in extended matchmaking times and low matchmaking success rates.
  • Made a number of updates to how matchmaking progress is communicated to the player. With this update, you’ll see better, more frequent and more informative status updates throughout the matchmaking flow – so “Players Found” for example, will be displayed to let players know where they are in the matchmaking process instead of simply wondering if it’s going to connect.
  • The improved matchmaking flow is as follows:
    • Searching
    • Searching for more players
    • Players found
    • Finalizing matchmaking process
    • Connecting session
  • Made an update to ensure that parties stick together when returning from the post-game carnage report
  • Prevented the ability for players “kick” other players from matchmaking games
  • Made an update to ensure that the Roster correctly displays the “searching” UI rather than “My Game Session” while searching for players
  • Removed the possibility to boost ranking through a custom games exploit
  • Made an update to ensure that players cannot get stuck in the matchmaking screen during map voting
  • Made an update to ensure that the “Connecting to your game” message no longer incorrectly displays in the lower right of the screen during gameplay
  • Made an update to the “team creation” phase that allows players to be grouped by team
  • Made an update to prevent players from seeing the “connection failed” dialogue if disconnected during the map voting screen
  • Improved roster / matchmaking lobby stability
  • Made improvements to the accuracy and stability of the “Game Session Details” UI
  • Improved version compatibility

Hopefully, this patch solves the majority of the Halo: MCC multiplayer issues to make it playable for all owners of the Xbox One game. Sound off on what you think of this patch below.

[Images via Halo Waypoint]

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