Street Fighter V - NEWS!, PS4 / PC - Champion Edition: 14/02/2020

Thank you for the positive responses on our netcode announcement! Many players are asking about the timing for this, so I can share that the netcode update will happen next week after the server maintenance. For this week, please enjoy the release of #SFVCE and Seth on Friday!

While mid-animation,
taking damage at point-blank range used to result in the distance between both character models widening,
but this issue has now been addressed.

Specifically, adjustments have been made to the following:

1) Moves where the issue occurs between the start of the animation and the 5th frame.
　(For some moves where the character moves a significant distance, adjustments beyond the 5th frame were made.)

2) Moves with a large collision box on recovery, where taking a hit while missing an attack/blocking does not result in both characters being at point-blank range afterwards.

3) The first 2 frames of a back dash.

All moves described above have been adjusted.


Areas Affected by These Adjustments

Distance/situation after an attack varies according to the collision box and pushback on hit/block for each move. Fine adjustments have been made,
but other value changes have been observed as a result.
Adjustments were made to make attack hits/blocks/misses act closer to their original versions.
However, the methods of applying said adjustments differs according to character and move, so in some cases move properties and post-move situations have been changed.

Regarding point 1) above ("Moves where the issue occurs between the start of the animation and the 5th frame"),
it was felt that adjusting all actions would change things too drastically.
Therefore, adjustments were limited to the places thought to be the most effective, i.e. point-blank attacking/defensive moves where the issue is most likely to occur.

Please see the adjustment list for a rundown of changes by character.

Street Fighter 5: Champion Edition's servers are now back online. Reports indicate that those with the netcode mod installed on their PC version of the game will now be banned.

As a result, it's highly recommended that you remove the unofficial patch before booting up the game. As of this moment, it's currently unknown if these are the "netcode adjustments" that were previously promised to be launching this week. Hopefully, there's an unannounced patch that will be made available before the end of the week.

OgGeek2016
So after watching streams and reading takes tonight, it appears it's better for some, the same for others, but it's NOT worse. The matchmaking is faster but the same as far as playing someone in the same country (BAD), closer connections are better, still has one sided lag, and connection bars still mean nothing. All and all, it seems like you MIGHT feel a difference depending on your connection and/or hardware. It's weird, but it mostly an user based experience, so you can't really blame anyone for complaining and you can't take someone's word that it's better. It's going to be different for everybody.....and that kinda sucks!

GasBurglar

There was code changes the netcode. Essentially, maxframesahead is based on ping and will change dynamically. However, it has not been determined if the game attempts to resync frames. Apparently based on reports out there, it doesn't.

It's like the beginning of a fix.