The work on adventurer composition led into finalizing the new written content generally and making sure I had handled all of the promises I'd made to various people over the last few months. Philosophical study opens up different avenues of discussion that allow people to pass their values to both individual readers and to a lesser extent through the underlying civilization when there's a library with a copy. This doesn't impact specific ethics yet, so you won't have to worry that an elf-written book will make all your dwarves start eating dead bodies, but such a thing is now threatened for a later date by these changes. Poetry written in certain poetic forms can currently spread values before philosophers come up with specific language that can be used in prose, though not all civilizations will have such traditions.

Generally, there's more information in all of the written content now, and there are more sorts. For instance, after the difficult concept of an alternate history is tackled by historians, they can write books pivoting around the negation of particular events. Mostly it hasn't been earth-shaking... dwarves wondering what life would be like if an antelope man hadn't attacked their town or if a competition had turned out a different way. One historian wrote a book considering how things would have been if the author had remained an architect instead of becoming a historian a decade before. It would be possible to weight the event selected with an importance check, but there are complications as usual. There are also cultural histories, genealogies, atlases, chronicles, the various biographies I mentioned before, etc., which have their proper topics and sometimes some historical events selected, and they occasionally push a value agenda when the author and form is capable of it.

You can create your own performance troupes now and get people to travel around with you as entertainers. Potential troupe-mates need to be into the arts or partying, though the magnitudes of those interests don't need to be as high if you have an artistic reputation (and you can get some of that reputation immediately by performing for them). You can kick people out of the band, of course -- I suppose it might come up in practice if a member ends up being predisposed to bar fighting. I was able to collect some peasants from my first village as a demi-god poet by impressing people from house to house with my recitals. The RNG came up with "the Ace Bees" for my first troupe name (you can also pick it yourself), but it was a short and sad tale, unfortunately, since I had to kick everybody out of the troupe to test it.

Patch Notes
Rocket League Patch Notes v1.03 Released: July 31, 2015 | 186 MB
 
 
THE HEADLINES
“Quick Chat” commands can now be used cross-platform between PC and PS4
Stat tracking for online games is now properly recorded for its correlating Garage items
AI Bot skill levels now adjust to the average skill level of all players currently in the game
The first player to abandon a “Ranked’ match is now banned from matchmaking for 15 minutes
(PS4) “Far, Far Away” Trophy can now be unlocked via online play
(Steam) “Virtuoso” Achievement is now obtainable and includes appropriate description
Fixed multiple crash scenarios
 
 
NEW FEATURES
Gameplay
“Quick Chat” commands can now be used cross-platform between PC and PS4
Content
Topper: “Cherry Top” now includes a working, rotating light
Topper: “Propellerhead” now includes a working, rotating blade
Online Play
AI Bot skill levels now adjust to the average skill level of all players currently in the game
The first player to abandon a “Ranked” match is now banned from matchmaking for 15 minutes
UI/ UX
(Steam) Added “Mouse Sensitivity” setting to the “Options” menu
(Steam) Added support for more resolutions
 
 
CHANGES AND UPDATES
Training
“Freeplay” now grants truly unlimited “Rocket Boost” UI/ UX
Stats: Player’s “Win/ Loss Ratio” is now displayed as a “Win %”
 
 
BUG FIXES
General
(PS4) Sweet Tooth now properly unlocks when completing a game with all 10 of the other Battle-Cars
(PS4) Multiple visual optimizations
Reduced, but did not eliminate, instances of the “Invisible Car” bug
Fixed multiple crash scenarios
Garage Items
Antennas
Country Flags: Congo is now appropriately-named
Country Flags: Mexico is no longer reversed
Country Flags: Northern Ireland is now correct
Country Flags: United States now shows all 50 stars
Trophies and Achievements
(Steam) “Virtuoso” Achievement is now obtainable and includes appropriate description
(PS4) “Far, Far Away” Trophy can now be unlocked via online play
UI/ UX
Stat tracking for online games is now properly reflected for their correlating Garage items
Blog and Scrolling Ticker now work as intended and will not errantly show “Offline” messages
“PsyNet” icons for cross-platform players will now display properly
Main Menu Player Avatars will no longer disappear between matches
Player names are now displayed correctly during “Replays”
Localization
French, German, Italian, and Spanish-language corrections and improvements