15/01 - 2nd PC Patch Fixlist

[.TuG.Beaver]

Helios has finally posted a fix list for the upcoming 2nd PC patch & DLC due soon.

 

Apprantly the patch went back into QA yesterday for final approval after fixing the bug found last year.

 

Full details of the patch list below.

 

Original thread & community discussion on CM forums: here

 

Hi all,

 

Here is the fixlist for the 2nd PC Patch.

 

It's still undergoing testing so I don't have a release date yet, will update you all with a confirmed release date when I have one.

 

The PC patch upon release will also contain the 2nd DLC Pack "Overwatch", contents of which have already been announced.

 

 

• Support added for 2 new PvP game modes included in DLC Pack 2
• The host is now able to press "Start" button to ready up and begin the 10 second countdown into game irrespective of whether all players are ready or not.
• Improved multiplayer stability.
• Online synchronisation has been improved mitigating various issues such as shots fired not being registered and missing animations
• Medics no longer become unable to move if the player they are trying to heal attempts to heal themselves at the same time.
• The corpse looting inventory now appears appropriately when characters are killed
• The corpse looting inventory updates appropriately when swapping weapons.
• Tweaks and amends to enemy and friendly AI.
• The damaged vehicle icon no longer becomes stuck on screen if the player is spawned into a vehicle just as it becomes critically damaged.
• Fly in camera at the start of the Lumber Yard Infiltration mission now behaves appropriately
• alt tabbing when in the lobby no longer causes graphical corruption on ground texture
• Speed hack checking has been activated to block 3rd party speed hacks during online games.
• Anti-cheat measures implemented to combat leaderboard hacking
• Ammo counter for Fire team leaders in PvP matches now counts down the remaining ammo correctly.
• Vehicle control responsiveness improved for clients, with input lag reduced
• Sessions that you cannot join such as those that contain DLC not present on the players machine appear as greyed out on the browse server screen.
• If someone without DLC is invited to a game that requires DLC content they will receive a message explaining this and the game can still be started. They no longer take up a space in the lobby.
• Improved On & Offline stability
• Player positioned appropriately after exiting a vehicle.
• Players are no longer able to access a locked vehicle by using an unlocked vehicle
• Mines are no longer triggered by neutral (inactive) vehicles
• Death cam view behaves correctly if the player dies whilst in a vehicle and swapping between 3rd & 1st person camera views
• It is no longer possible to enter aimed view mode while the weapon select OSD is open.
• Binocular functionality no longer impaired by previously selected inventory item.
• Weapon torches now turn off properly when swapping out the current weapon via ammo crates with the torch light switched on.
• Players stance is now correctly maintained after operating an emplaced weapon
• The player is now able to order a fire team under their control to operate an emplaced weapon
• "Move To" orders now correctly issued to the pilot rather than individual fire team members when mixed fire teams occupy the crew seats in helicopters.
• Helicopter chain guns no longer jam
• Weapons rotations for a.i. gyrostablised weapons are no longer updated if they've not got a target set.
• Weapon OSD for the M134 Minigun in the AH-6J Helicopter now displays the correct number of rounds loaded (9999).
• Helicopters no longer make inappropriate wheel contact surface sounds sound when flying over grassland.
• "Live Link" feature in the Mission Editor should now default to launch the game in Windowed mode
• The mission editor should now be able to read multiple databases so text strings can be easily added.
• Unavailable Bradley and ZBD200 squad references removed from Mission editor
• Mouse look sensitivity for mounted weapons is now aligned with other weapons
• Respawn timer now displayed in all game modes.
• Fixed crash using empty string with OFP:displaySystemMessage
• Fixed rare crash in AI input. Unchecked possible invalid cast in AI input.
• Changed client prediction code for extrapolating positions, based on how far in the past there is accurate server data. (Optimisation)
• getVelocities bug fix for helicopter suspension. Refactor removed getVelocities usage.
• Audio Feedback Manager can search blocked speakers list by name as well. (Optimisation)
• Destructor of commands is always called in the CommandPool. Prevents possible memory leaks.
• walkEchelonControlledSubUnits now recurses through only controlled units. Now processes correct sub units.
• Friendly fire feedback will revert to root echelon if no fireteam members are still alive. Processes feedback case correctly.
• Fixed clients showing low LOD back weapon between their feet after looting ammo crates.
• The player can now add custom audio and modify further AI parameters (Weapon usage values and dispersion system).

 

 

The team have kindly created a help file, that explains how you will be able to add custom audio into the game, and you can download it by following the below link:

 

http://www.codemaste....s.php?id=39431

__________________

Ian 'Helios' Webster

Community Manager

Edited January 15, 2010 by .TuG.Beaver

[.TuG.JJUK]

As the testing of the patch nears completition, I've just had another fix confirmed to me:

 

Improved bullet hit detection on clients

 

Should be able to confirm a release date soon, v.likely it will be sometime next week.

__________________

Ian 'Helios' Webster

Community Manager