Street Fighter 5: Patch Notes, New DLC Character Timing, Servers Going Down

Capcom has made some announcements about Street Fighter V. First, the game's servers are going offline today, April 28, from 8 AM PST - 6PM PST, the company said on Twitter. This 10-hour downtime is being done to prepare for an update that will add the next DLC character, Guile, to the fighting game.

Another big announcement is that Guile will arrive at 7 PM PST today for PlayStation 4 and PC. Today's update will also include the new Air Force Base arena and a penalty system for rage-quitters, among other things.

As with Street Fighter V's latest DLC character, Alex, Guile will also be free for all players until the game's virtual marketplace arrives. When it does, the free trial period will end and players who want the new characters will have to buy them with real money or in-game currency.

The Air Force Base stage, the first new one added to Street Fighter V since its launch in February, is available starting now from the in-game shop. You can buy it for 70,000 Fight Money, while it's free for people who bought the Street Fighter V season pass.

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As for the new rage-quitting system, Capcom said in a blog post that it will continue to "refine" this over time, while more "enhancements" will be added in the future. The fighting game launched without a rage-quitting penalty system. Players were not too happy about this, and Capcom later announced an official penalty system which you can read about here.

In addition, today's update makes some improvements to matchmaking, specifically in the area of speeding up matchmaking times and simplifying how you create and connect to Battle Lounges.

The update also fixes some bugs for certain character moves, while other character-specific tweaks are also being made. More information is available in the patch notes below, written by Capcom.

Ryu/M. Bison/Vega(no claw)

Bug: After dishing out Ryu & Vega's (no claw) C. LP or M. Bisions C. LK, while doing a light attack rapid cancel at the absolite latest timing possible, if you input another action (V-Skill, Special Move, etc.) at the same time, if the opponent does an attack the "other action" will come out, and when the opponent does nothing, the rapid cancel attack will come out, creating a special option select.

Fix: Made the rapid cancel timing of said moves 1F shorter.

Ryu

Bug: In the guard animation branch of Ryu's C. HK, there was a counter box that was present up to the 13th frame. Therefore, during this time it was possible to eat counter damage.

Fix: Adjusted the counter box on Ryu's C. HK so that it is no longer present afterter the hitbox is not longer active.

Ken

Bug: In Ken's C. LP (including rapid cancels), for the 3 frames that it takes for the hitbox to become active, there wasn't a crouching state set to the move. This allowed moves that are only intended to hit standing opponents to hit Ken.

Fix: Adjusted the first 3 frames of Ken's C. LP (including rapid cancels) so that Ken is in crouching state.

Bug: In Ken's M. Tatsumaki Senpukyaku, the feint box that causes the opponent to go into a guarding standby state was not functioning correctly. The V-Trigger M. Tatsumaki Senpukyaku also caused the same phenomenon.

Fix: Corrected the feint box on Ken's M. Tatsumaki Senpukyaku so that it functions correctly, forcing the opponent to guard when used from a certain distance.

Bug: When a portion of Ken's EX Shoryuken (V-Trigger ver. included) hits as a ground counter hit, the hit real animation of the opponent continues when knocked into the air, which is an unnatural behavior.

Fix: Adjusted that specific portion of the EX Shoryuken (V-Trigger ver. included) so that when it hits as grounded counter hit, the correct knock up mottion occurs.

Chun-Li

Bug: In Chun-Li's EX Hyakuretsukyaku, after the moves has completely ended (freeze state finished), she was unable to perform mobility actions (move forward/back or jump).

Fix: Adjusted EX Hyakuretsukyaku so that she is moveable after the move has completely ended.

Bug: In Chun-Li's J. MP, she can follow up with Yosokyaku to EX Airborne Hyakuretsukyaku on counter hit.

(There is an unintentional difference between the number of continuous airborne hit limiter values between when this hits as a normal and and when it hits as a counter hit)

Fix: Adjusted the juggle potential of Chun-Li's J. MP so that it is the same whether or not it is a normal hit or a counter hit.

Cammy

Bug: Cammy's S. HK's hit box is no longer active, she was throw invincible.

Fix: Added a throw box to Cammy's S. HK & Lift Combination while the move is active.

Bug: While Cammy's EX Razer Edge Slicer is active, she was throw invincible.

Fix: Added a throw box to Cammy's EX Razer Edge Slicer while it is active.

Dhalsim

Bug: During C. MK, Dhalsim was throw invincible.

Fix: Added a throw box to Dhalsim's C. MK.

Karin

Bug: When the fourth hit of Karin's EX Mujinkyaku hits an airborne opponent, the opponent's float is differed from when it is a normal hit and when it is a counter hit.

Fix: Made it so that the 4th hit of EX Mujinkyaku would cause the same float on counter hit as it does on normal hit.

Bug: There were 2 bugs in Karin's EX Ressenha.

• When the second hit hits as a counter hit, the opponents Critical Gauge increase would be "0"
• On counter hit, EX Ressenha's starting juggle potential would be "0" for each hit.

Fix: Adjusted EX Ressenha on counter so that the opponent's gauge increase and starting juggle potential are the same as when it is a normal hit.

Laura

Bug: Under specific circumstances, how S. MP hits changes from when on the right corner or on the left corner.

Fix: Expanded S. MP's hit box downward so that the move yields the same results in both corners.

Necalli

Bug: When rapid canceling Necalli's C. LP during V-Trigger, the advantage after hit would be plus 1F more than the normal version.

Fix: Unified Necalli's V-Trigger C. LP to the normal version.

M. Bison

Bug: When throwing an oponent with Psycho Fall, depending on M. Bison's position and the side he is facing, the distance the opponent is thrown greatly changes, which was unintended.

Fix: Adjusted the behavior of Pyscho Fall so that the distance the opponent is thrown is fixed.

Bug: When M. Bison takes damage in the middle of performing and EX Double Knee press, the opposing character's behavior would be irregular after the hit.

Fix: Changed the behavior after hit on the EX Double Knee Press.

R. Mika

Bug: In R. Mika's C. HK, there wasn't a throw box in place.. Even though the move is visually performed on the ground, it was throw invincible.

Fix: Added a throw box to R. Mika's C. HK while the move is active.

Alex

Bug: The the time frame of the stop theatrics applied to an opponent hit by Sledge Hammer differs from when Sledge Hammer is used on its own and when it is used in a combo canceling from another move. Due to this, the circumstances are different after Sledge Hammer hits as part of a combo.

Fix: Made it so that the time frame of the stop theatrics of the Sledge Hammer (when cancled into) is the same as when it is used on its own.