here is notes of Update 19: UPDATE PATCH NOTES UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS The main focus for this update has been the finalization of the Community Map Project, resulting in the map “Operation Outbreak” which we built openly on the Community Test Environment. This release also includes a pretty extensive vehicle balance pass, which prompted us to change the format of the patch notes list in order to explain our changes better – we hope you like this new and more detailed version! OPERATION OUTBREAK – THE COMMUNITY MAP The Community Map Project is unique in many ways. We’ve allowed insight into the process of making a Battlefield map from the prototype stage until the finished product shipping with the Fall Update! Our initial goals for this map were to have an infantry focused, terrain based, medium sized map (like Zavod 311) featuring all out destruction but sporting no massive set-piece event, and it was to be a pleasant place to play for longer periods. With this as a starting point, we asked the community through polls and our channels what direction we should take, and everything from the theme (Jungle won the first vote), the name (Operation Outbreak) and points of interest (Waterfall, Temple, among few) were picked by and influenced by the active community. We are very happy with the outcome of this experiment, and the map really speaks for itself. A big Thank you to everyone that took part in this project! A top down view of the Harau Valley Operation Outbreak supports the following game modes: Conquest Large/Small Rush Domination Obliteration Squad Obliteration Team Death Match x2 Gun Master x2 Squad Death Match x2 Chainlink Capture The Flag VEHICLE BALANCE PASS In this release we have an extensive amount of improvements and changes to vehicles, vehicle related gadgets and infantry gameplay related to vehicles. To understand what our rationale or intent was with these changes, let’s start with a brief summary: Ground vehicles: Improve mobility and countermeasures to make vehicles more powerful overall Air vehicles: Add below radar support, improve counter measures and overhaul AA-missile balance for a more dynamic setup Vehicle weapons: Re-balance vehicle weapons to give a more meaningful spectrum of choices between competing options per vehicle. All weapons should have a good use case and niche now. Mobile Anti Air: Reduce effective range of MAA so it has to advance into the fray a bit more, while still maintaining its role as the counter to aircraft To put the pretty massive change list in context, we decided to list everything grouped by category and with a clear intent statement at the top followed by the detailed changes list. COMMON VEHICLE WEAPON CHANGES Secondary Weapon: Active Radar The new role of the Active Radar missile is long-range combat. It has worse tracking at low to medium range, and the lowest damage of all AA-missiles. With less available ammo shots have to be taken with more care. These changes impact all vehicles with the weapon: Mobile Anti-Aircrafts & Stealth Jet: Physics: Impact impulse reduced to 1500 Ammunition: Auto replenish increased to 30s from 25s Damage increased to 135 from 100 Ray length increased to 650m from 500m Guidance delay set to 0.5s Guidance no longer tracks within 100m Turn rate reduced to 350 max Increased maximum velocity to 350m/s Enabled force spawn to camera for more accurate aiming Enabled locking empty vehicles Time to activate guiding system is now 0.5s Acceptance angle has been reduced to 1.8° from 2.0° Secondary Weapon: Passive Radar The role of the Passive Radar is now focused on being anti-jet. It will have good top speed and pre-firing. Pre-firing allows for setting up traps, but the hold-lock mechanic gives targets good chances of evading. Also prevents use of main cannon. These changes impact all vehicles with the weapon: Stealth Jets, Mobile Anti-Aircrafts, & Attack Boats. Physics: Impact impulse reduced to 2000 Ammunition: Auto replenish decreased from 30s to 20s Damage increased to 195 across all vehicles Ray length increased to 650m from 500m Time to live reduced to 6s from 10s Turn rate reduced to 350 max Enabled pre-firing Increased acceleration to 75m/s² Unified lock time to 1.1s Unified acceptance angle to 5° Enabled force spawn to camera to increase aiming accuracy Secondary Weapon: Heat seekers Easy fire-and-forget style missile, for closer ranges than active radar with better damage and ammo availability. Medium damage. These changes impact all vehicles with the weapon: Stealth Jets, Attack Jets, Scout Helicopters, Attack Helicopters, and Mobile Anti-Aircrafts. Physics: Impact impulse reduced to 2000 Ammunition: Auto replenish decreased to 20s from 30s Damage increased to 195 across all vehicles Ray length increased to 650m from 500m Time to live reduced to 7s from 10s Turn rate reduced to 250 max Increased acceleration to 50m/s² Increased maximum velocity to 250m/s Unified lock time to 1.3s Unified acceptance angle to 5° Unified guidance delay to 0.2s Enabled locking empty vehicles Secondary Weapon: Laser Guided Damage against laser designations has been corrected. Lock range has been increased, except for jets. Laser designated now no longer one-hits aircraft Laser designated now can properly track and hit fast moving ground targets Fixed issue where some laser designated missiles did not track properly at launch Lock range for designated missiles increased to 650m from 500m Reduced lock time to laser designations to 1.2s from 1.5s Secondary Weapon: TOW missile Damage against laser designations has been corrected, lock range has been increased. Laser designated now no longer one-hits aircraft Laser designated now can properly track and hit fast moving ground targets Lock range for designated missiles increased to 650m from 500m Reduced lock time to laser designations to 1.2s from 1.5s Secondary Weapon: Zuni Rockets Changed speed and acceleration to give them a more natural trajectory. This change applies to the Attack Boats, Mobile Anti-Aircrafts, and Infantry Fighting Vehicles. This does not affect the Attack Helicopter primary weapon. Engine strength increased to 125m/s² from 50m/s² Max speed reduced to 200m/s from 300m/s Time to live reduced to 5s from 6s Gunner Upgrade: Gunner Incendiary Added blast damage to make it actually dangerous, improved velocity and increased range. Initial speed is increased to 40m/s from 15m/s Initial upward speed increased to 3m/s from 0m/s Blast damage increased to 60 from 0 Blast radius reduced to 5m from 7m Reload time reduced to 5s from 10s Time to live increased to 3s from 0.5s Passenger Weapons: Mini-guns Boosted damage up close, but with reduced max range Boat mini-gun damage increased to 6-12 from 2-10 damage All mini-gun damage now drops faster - reduced to 200-300m from 250-500mCOUNTERMEASURE CHANGESCountermeasure: IR FlaresReduced reload to allow aircraft to get back into combat faster, pop more flares to increase duration ofprotection slightly. This was an issue for jets, as they popped flares only once and could be relockedalmost right away previously. Reload time reduced to 15s from 20s Increased amount of flares that are fired to improve efficiency and increase protective duration Flares now work better against passive radar missiles Flares work a little better against heat seeker, stinger missiles and IGLACountermeasure: ECM JammerReduced reload like on IR flares. Longer protection than flares, but also longer reload. The longerprotection allows you to stay in combat for a bit while with flares you have to run away almostimmediately. Can also be used to prevent lock-ons, as an option for very defensive players. Reload time reduced to 20s from 25sCountermeasure: Fire extinguisherLowest reload of all countermeasures, as it does not prevent any incoming damage, it solely removesthe effects of mobility hits. Reload time reduced to 8s from 25sCountermeasure: Active ProtectionReduced both uptime and downtime. This means players will have to time usage better and it will nolonger stop a complete strafe from an aircraft. Improved reliability when active. Reload time reduced to 22.5s from 35s Up time reduced to 2.5s from 5s Removed early shutdown mechanic. Previously, the protection would get cancelled earlier thanthe expected 5 seconds from specific weapons. This will no longer be the case and will continuefor the full duration. The red lights will no longer appear while the Protection System is on cooldown.Countermeasure: IR SmokeReload time changed to be in line with other countermeasure timings. Reload time reduced to 15s from 15.8s (HUD previously incorrectly stated 25s)Countermeasure: Smoke screenReload time changed to be in line with other countermeasure timings. Reload time was changed to match intended reload of 12s Minimum damage angle radius has been increased by 1mAIR VEHICLE CHANGESGeneral: Below RadarPreviously there was no reason to fly at low altitudes in air vs air combat, as flying low only preventedthe player from aiming upwards. It was also extremely hard to avoid lock-ons from enemy aircraft, asthey could chase you and physical cover barely helped against enemies above you.Allowing to trade altitude for not being lockable solves this. Also creates a distinctive downside topassive radar: Your target going low will mean the missiles cannot track anymore! Below Radar has been enabled on all air vehicles – this means locks on your aircraft can not becompleted when below a certain height! Below radar triggers below 25m for helicopters and below 50m for jets Affects all vehicle based AA missiles, but none of the infantry based ones – watch the ground forstinger wielding infantry!General: Critical hitsCritical damage models have been changed for aircraft to make them less likely to crash from a criticalhit. Critical hits are meant to impair mobility, not crash and kill players. Critical behavior tweaked to make an aircraft less likely to crash when critically damaged.Helicopters should spin less and jets should pitch less.General: HelicoptersImprove AA missiles hit consistency across the board. AA Missiles now no longer fly through Transport or Scout helicoptersGeneral: JetsRe-inforce the rock-paper-scissor model by making jets more powerful against scout helicopter and lessso against the both infantry fighting vehicles and the overall less powerful mobile anti air. Damage of jets against scout helicopters increased by 20% Damage reduced against IFV and MAAAttack Jets Primary: 30MM GAU Cannon Enabled speed inheritance to improve crosshair accuracy Damage increased against scout helicoptersAttack Jets Secondary: Hydra Rockets Reticle updated Range reduced to 750mStealth jets: General Doubled the amount of AA missiles carried (Heat-seekers, Passive Radar, and Active Radars) Primary weapon damage increased against scout helicopters Deviation of jet 20mm and 25mm cannons reduced to 0.36° from 0.4°Attack helicopters: General Removed speed inheritance from the co-pilot gunner seat Reduced range of rockets to 750mAttack helicopters Primary: Smart rockets Ammunition: auto-replenish time reduced to 16s from 18s Removed dispersion fullyWATER VEHICLE CHANGESGeneralAll primary weapons are now more evenly balanced against each other. Boat mobility improved withfaster reverse, and angle damages is a bigger factor allowing for more skillful positioning.You now take less damage with good angles towards your opponent, but more damage with a bad angle.Tank shells are now less likely to inflict critical hits due to the new angle multipliers.The new angle damage multipliers shown across the side of an attack boatPrimary weapon: 25MM cannonHighest damage per magazine. Good against infantry. Blast damage increased to 22 from 20 Initial speed increased to 300m/s from 200m/s Gravity increased to -6m/s² from -3m/s² Damage reduced to 13.5 from 15 Physics: Blast impulse reduced to 500 from 750 Ammunition: Auto replenish delay reduced to 12.0s from 20.0s Max angle reduced to 0.2° from 1.0° Inner blast radius increased to 2m from 1m Blast radius increased to 5m from 3m Damage reduced against tanksPrimary weapon: 30MM cannonHighest damage output over time against ground vehicles, delivers damage very quickly. Low range. Blast damage reduced to 22 from 25 Damage reduced to 24 from 30 Ammunition: Auto replenish delay reduced to 12s from 16s Dispersion: Min angle reduced to 0.2° from 0.5° Dispersion: Max angle reduced to 0.2° from 1.5° Gravity reduced to -6m/s² from -9.81m/s² Inner blast radius increased to 2m from 1m Blast radius increased to 5m from 3m Number of magazines decreased to 3 from 4 Damage reduced against tanksPrimary weapon: Burst cannonVery high damage output against aircraft. Good at range. Damage reduced to 8 from 10 Physics: Blast impulse reduced to 500 from 750 Ammunition: Auto replenish delay reduced to 12s from 20sPrimary weapon: Passive Radar Missile Passive Radars are now properly firing Passive Radars, instead of Heat-seekers which were usedpreviouslyPrimary weapon: Laser guidedCorrected inconsistency with magazine counts and auto-replenish differing across factions. Magazine count normalized at 2 on all boats Ammunition: auto-replenish is now 15s on all boatsTransports: RHIBImproved survivability of the RHIB. Health increased to 750 from 500 Rear bonus damage removedLAND VEHICLE CHANGESGeneralImproved velocity and handling and tweaked all weapons to make them viable options Increased the size of the Active Protection shield. Now works better when moving Corrected reticles for tanks, IFVs and MAAsMain Battle TanksImproved survivability in vertical environments, bad/back angles now cause more damage. Increasedspeed and acceleration, normalized the faction differences somewhat Angle multiplierso Top: Reduced multipliers for angles better than 45° to improve tank survivability inenvironments with high verticality.o Front: Increased multipliers for angles better than 45° a smidge so they make a biggerdifference Handling: M1 Abramso Improved accelerationo Increased maintained top speed to 61 km/h from 53 km/h Handling: T-90 Ao Increased maintained top speed to 57 km/h from 54 km/h Handling: TYPE 99o Increased maintained top speed to 60 km/h from 54 km/hMain Battle Tanks Primary: AP ShellThe default shell. Good at killing infantry and vehicles. Reduced impulse to give helicopters a betterchance of recovering after a hit. Physics: Impact impulse reduced to 2500 from 5000 Physics: Blast impulse reduced to 1500 from 5000Main Battle Tanks Primary: Sabot ShellExcels at taking out armor due to high velocity, making it very hard to dodge and better against aircraft Physics: Impact impulse reduced to 2500 from 5000 Physics: Blast impulse reduced to 1500 from 5000Main Battle Tanks Primary: HE ShellWith Sabot shells covering the anti-armor role, HE has been turned into HE-DP (high explosive, dualpurpose), offering better damage against infantry. Great against destructible cover. Blast damage increased to 120 from 50 Inner blast radius reduced to 1.3m from 1.5m Blast radius increased to 5.5m from 4m Reload time reduced to 3s from 4s Damage reduced to 200 from 280 Velocity increased to 200 from 150 Renamed to HE-DP Physics: Impact impulse reduced to 1500 from 5000 Physics: Blast impulse reduced to 1500 from 5000Main Battle Tanks Secondary: Guided shellTurned it into a valid long range option, comparable to Laser Guided missiles. Damage no longer relies onwhat angle you hit your target but is consistent. Ammunition: Auto replenish delay reduced to 15s from 30s Reload time reduced to 4s from 5s Undesignated hitso Ray length increased to 550m from 300mo Inner blast radius reduced to 2.99 from 4.49o Blast damage increased to 150 from 100o Damage is now 450o Blast radius reduced to 3.0m from 4.5mo Physics: Impact impulse is now 2500o Physics: Blast impulse is now 1500o Max turn angle is now 720°o Gravity increased to –20m/s² from -7.2m/s² Designated hitso Inner blast radius reduced to 2.99m from 4.49mo Blast damage reduced to 225 from 250o Damage is now 450o Blast radius reduced to 3.0m from 4.5mo Physics: Impact impulse is now 2000o Physics: Blast impulse is now 1000o Max turn angle is now 720°Main Battle Tanks Secondary: Staff shellNow a close-medium range option to land critical hits on enemy vehicles. Low ammo count. Trackingsimilar to MBT-LAW. Ray length increased to 150m from 15m Acceptance angle decreased to 1.8° from 20.0° Check visibility length increased to 150m from 15m Velocity decreased to 150m/s from 180m/s Number of magazines reduced to 2 from 5 Ammunition: Auto replenish delay increased to 20s from 10s Damage reduced to 0 from 37.5 Inner blast radius reduced to 2.99m from 4.49m Blast damage increased to 150 from 100, material changed Blast radius reduced to 3m from 4.50m Reload time increased to 4s from 3s Lock on visible targets only is now enabled from being disabled Physics: Blast impulse reduced to 1500 from 5000Main Battle Tanks Secondary: Coaxial LMGReduced overheat to allow for more generous use in sticky situations. LMG is intended as an easy andreliable anti infantry option. Heat per bullet reduced to 0.0635 from 0.07 Suppression Max multiplier increased to 9 from 8 Suppression Min multiplier reduced to 9 from 12Main Battle Tanks Secondary: Coaxial HMGFaster overheat, but better velocity to signify its intended use as a long range alternative to LMG.Damage and suppression reduced. Unlike the LMG, the HMG can hurt unarmored vehicles. Velocity increased to 670m/s from 500m/s Heat per bullet increased to 0.145 from 0.1 Heat drop per second increased to 0.5 from 0.34 Suppression Max multiplier reduced to 20 from 25 Suppression Min multiplier reduced to 20 from 34 Start damage reduced to 45 from 50 End damage reduced to 30 from 38Infantry Fighting Vehicles: GeneralCannons can shoot up higher to deal with verticality. Acceleration on steep slopes improved. Increased turret upwards angle constraints from 15° to 25° Enabled top hitbox for hits to the flat top, not only the turret Increased top speed slightly Improved acceleration on steep slopesInfantry Fighting Vehicles: 25MM HE ShellSlightly improved damage against vehicles, greatly improved damage against infantry. HE shell shouldbe seen as the all-round option Inner blast radius reduced to 2.0m from 2.5m Blast damage increased to 35 from 20 Damage increased to 24 from 20 Velocity increased to 225m/s from 200m/s Dispersion Min angle reduced to 0° from 0.5° Physics: Impact impulse reduced to 500 from 1500 Reduced damage against tanksInfantry Fighting Vehicles: APFSDS ShellImproved damage against vehicles compared to the two other options Damage increased to 32 from 24 Physics: Impact impulse reduced to 500 from 1500 Reduced damage against tanksInfantry Fighting Vehicles: Canister ShellAnti infantry option compared to the other two shells Damage model: Changed material Damage multiplier against helicopters increased to 0.6 from 0.6Infantry Fighting Vehicles: Coaxial LMGSimilar changes as to tank LMG, but damage has also been increased to make it more competitive withTOW missiles and Zuni rockets. Heat per bullet reduced to 0.0635 from 0.07 Suppression Max multiplier increased to 9 from 8 Suppression Min multiplier reduced to 9 from 12 Start damage increased to 27 from 22 End damage increased to 18 from 15.6Mobile Anti Aircraft: General LAV-AD can climb mountains as well as its MAA siblings now Damage of MAA cannons has been decreased against jets and tanksMobile Anti Aircraft: 20MM CannonThe better choice against fast moving targets (jets) and easier to use than its 30mm counterpart. Drop off moved to 600-1000m Maximum damage reduced to 12.6 from 15 Minimum damage reduced to 4.2 from 12.6 Reduced damage against infantry in generalMobile Anti Aircraft: 30MM CannonBetter at closer ranges (within 800m) than its 20mm counterpart. Perfect for going closer to thefrontlines and negating airspace. Drop off moved to 700-1000m Maximum damage reduced to 49 from 50 Minimum damage reduced to 20 from 42 Reduced damage against infantry in generalTransports: AAV-7A1 AMTRACImproved survivability of the AMTRAC Health increased to 1250 from 1000 Gunner turret restraints are set to match the angle indicator of the HUDTransports: LYT2021, VDV Buggy, M1161 ITVImproved survivability of the unarmored jeeps Front damage bonus removedINFANTRY BALANCE CHANGESThe majority of the changes for infantry sits in direct relation balance wise to the vehicle changes,sprinkled with some general improvements and balance changes for shotguns and the Mare’s leg.GENERAL CHANGESBattle pickup HVM-IIHVM-II is now turned into a High Velocity Missile. Powerful, but no longer kills any aircraft in one hit.Previously, the HVM was the best AA missile in the game, as its awkward velocity lets it bypasscountermeasures easily. Highest damage. Damage reduced to 52 from 100 Initial speed increased to 20m/s from 1m/s Acceleration increased to 75m/s² from 20m/s² Maximum speed increased to 350m/s from 200m/s Time to live reduced to 6s, when lased: 10s Turn rate reduced to 350 maxBattle pickup M136 CS (AKA AT4)Set to constant velocity, increased blast radius to improve performance against infantry. Initial speed increased to 70m/s from 40m/s Engine strength decreased to 0m/s² from 10m/s² Max speed reduced to 70m/s from 100m/s Inner blast radius increased to 1.5m from 0.35m Blast radius increased to 5m from 4mShotgunsReduced efficiency of buckshot and flechette at medium range and balanced shotguns better againsteach other. Reduced damage of Buckshot and flechette ammo to lower performance at range Reduced number of pellets on the UTS 15, Saiga 12k, DAO-12, DBV-12, & M1014 to improve balance Damage drop-off reduced to 24-32m from 25-50mMare’s LegImproved damage at medium range to give it an advantage over the .44 Magnum Damage drop-off increased to 60m from 45mC4Damage reduced. With its throw distance and the absence of reactive armor blocking damage, it was tooeasy to destroy vehicles with. Increased time to resupply as well. Blast damage reduced to 400 from 500 Inner blast radius reduced to 1m from 2m Blast radius reduced to 4m from 5mASSAULT CHANGESAssault gadget: M320 GLImproved velocity and blast damage. Added one magazine. M320 3GL is now able to land significantblast damage with all three shots combined. Initial speed increased to 32m/s from 25m/s Number of magazines increased to 3 from 2 Blast damage increased to 45 from 35Assault gadget: M320 DARTApplied changes similar to normal shotguns: More pellets, less damage, tighter cone. Performanceshould be more consistent. Number of bullets per shell increased to 24 from 12 Pellet cone reduced to 2.0° from 2.5° Start damage reduced to 11.2 from 25 End damage reduced to 5.6 from 8.4 Damage fall-off start distance increased to 24m from 12m Damage fall-off end distance increased to 32m from 30mAssault gadget: M26Increased accuracy when moving and aiming to be in line with other shotguns. Min angle reduced to 0.4° from 1.2°ENGINEER CHANGESGeneral Removed the ability to use lock-on launchers in vehicles (dumb-fire launchers is still allowed).Vehicles are supposed to be able to get away from infantry, this was made nigh impossible whenengineers could use lock-on launches from vehicles.Engineer gadget: FGM-172 SRAWThe SRAW is now less extreme and more attractive to use. It has less damage, but better velocity atclose range and the ability to dumb-fire. It also has more agile tracking for small corrections. Damage reduced to 188 from 215 Initial speed increased to 30m/s from 15 m/s Engine strength increased to 30m/s² from 25m/s² Tracking range increased to 500m from 450m Changed the physics property from Missile to Tank Shell (this increases damage against IFV,MAA, FAC...) Min turn angle increased to 2° from 0° Turn angle multiplier increased to 3 from 2 Max turn angle reduced to 30° from 35°Engineer gadget: FIM-92 STINGERA dangerous point defense option. With drastically reduced acceleration and increased lock time, targetsgets a much better warning period than previously. High damage. Acceleration reduced to 50m/s² from 100m/s² Lock time increased to 1.3s from 1.0s Ray length increased to 400m from 350m Damage increased to 270 from 175 Time to live reduced to 7s from 10s Matched static position with IGLA Physics: Impact impulse reduced to 2000 from 2500 Acceptance angle reduced to 5° from 7° Turn rate reduced to 250 max from 360 maxEngineer gadget: SA-18 IGLASimilar to Stinger, but more focused against jets with better velocity and hold-lock mechanic. Highdamage. Acceleration reduced to 75m/s² from 125m/s² Maximum speed reduced to 350m/s from 500m/s Lock time increased to 1.1s from 1.0s Damage increased to 270 from 175 Time to live increased to 6s from 10s Physics: Impact impulse reduced to 2000 from 2500 Acceptance angle reduced to 5° from 8.5° Turn rate reduced to 350 max from 360 maxEngineer gadget: MBT LAW (AKA NLAW)Matched trajectory with the crosshairs. Initial position_y to -0.05m from 0m Initial speed_y to 0.5m/s from 0m/s Force spawn to camera disabledEngineer gadget: AA MineChanged behavior to work more like a mine with instant lock-on and reduced range, allowed use withengineer launchers, this gadget is only supportive, like AT mines. Set lock-on to instant Ray length reduced to 75m from 200m Max count reduced to 1 from 2 Increased damage to 210 from 150 Can now be equipped together with engineer launchersSUPPORT CHANGESSupport gadget: UCAVUCAV has been made weaker against vehicles, especially aircraft. Direct impact is against vehicles,airburst is against infantry. You now get a fresh UCAV every 40 seconds. Ammunition: Auto replenish delay to 40s from 60s Direct attack Blast damage to 200 from 400o Physics: Blast impulse to 1500 from 15000o Physics: Shockwave impulse to 500 from 5000 Airburst Blast damage to 125 from 200o Inner blast radius to 2.5m from 2mSupport gadget: MortarMortar delays have been toned down Reduced time before you can use it to 15s from 30s You will automatically get a new mortar every 60 secondsSupport gadget: Ammo Box & Ammo PackMost gadget resupply times have been tweaked to be more consistent and better balanced Grenadeso M67: 8 secondso RGO: 7 secondso V40: 7 secondso Incendiary: 7 secondso Flashbang 7 secondso Hand Flare: 7 seconds Gadgetso XM-25 Airburst/Smoke: 7 secondso XM-25/M320 Dart: 2.5 secondso M320 HE/LVG/3GL/Flash: 7 secondso C4: 8 secondso Engineer launchers: 8 secondsRECON CHANGESWeapon: CS5 Zeroing correctedTEAMPLAY & OBJECTIVE PLAY UPDATESWith this release we’ve pinpointed some specific changes to help improve objective based and squadteam play.Marksman bonus removedMarksman distance based points bonus removed as its existence promotes a less objective play style Marksman bonus now gives a flat score of 25, shows distance within parenthesisObjective score re-balanceWhen looking at stats like score per minute per game mode from launch we identified some modes inneed of a scoring boost Conquesto Flag capture score increased to 400 from 150o Conquest Win ribbon score increased to 3000 from 1500 Obliterationo Bomb pickup score increased to 150 from 100o Bomb possession score increased to 25 per tick from 10 per ticko Obliteration Win ribbon score increased to 2000 from 1500 Rusho M-COM disarm score increased to 500 from 400o M-COM destroy score (team wide) increased to 500 from 400o Rush Win ribbon score increased to 3000 from 1500Objective Squad: Squad leader replacementTargeting inactive squad leaders, we integrated the Hardline solution with some tweaks to the setup topromote active squad leaders Squad member requesting an order triggers a cooldown of 30s which if left unanswered swapsthe squad leader role to the requesting member Attack orders now no longer automatically convert to defend orders on objectives after captureNETCODE IMPROVEMENTSWith this release we are continuing our quest for the best “netcode” in a multiplayer game.Included this time are fixes for a majority of the high tick rate known issues that were present in theSummer Patch, and some pretty great general optimizations as well!If you play on PC, you might have found some high tick rate servers and played at 60hz or more already,and with this release we significantly improve on the experience.High tick rate specific changesWith this release we addressed several of the known issues from the Beta which only surface whenrunning servers at tick rates higher than 30hz, as well as optimizing and tuning existing features Enabled high tick rate servers. Previously released post summer patch, enabling Rental ServerProviders to rent servers running higher tick rates than 30hz Battlelog: Added high tick rate server browser indicators and filters Fixed an issue where jet's pitch up gets cancelled almost instantly when using the mouse onhigh tick rate servers Fixed an issue in which wings on any aircraft behaved inconsistently at higher rates (this alsoapplied when having low framerate) Soldier Movement: Implemented sprint acceleration modifiers for high tick rates the same waywe did the walk modifiers some time ago Weapons: Fixed an issue where burst fire, recoil, spread and gun sway was not applied in aconsistent manner Fixed some issues related to general movement & vaulting Added stronger rubber-banding prevention for high tick rate Fixed an issue related to pickup entities fixes (battle pickups etc.) Improved server/client synchronization for character input when running at low fps Significantly reduced bandwidth usage at higher tick ratesDual Frame History Time supportWith dual Frame History Time we can minimize both dusting and the worst of the high ping issues! Infantry & everything not considered a vehicle use FHT 0.125 value. This means that with a ping>250ms you will have to lead your shots to compensate Vehicles use FHT 1.0 value. This allows for a majority of projectiles to hit even at higher speedsor pings when in a vehicle Bump max allowed latency to 1s as frame history time protects impact on other players nowVisualization & ToolsIn this release we’ve made some pretty extensive improvements and additions to our networking graph Performance overlay: Generalo Shows a longer time period in its window, making it easier to follow what is happeningo Added orange and red colors (warning, severe) to indicate problems. These values arealso synced with the HUD icons for corresponding problems (latency, server performanceetc.)o Changing the latency variation calculation for the warning iconso PC: Added RCON command to return the server tick time (request by the RSPs) Performance overlay: Updated tracking propertieso Tickrate(hz)Shows the current active tick rate used by the servero Latency(ms)Shows the latency of the client (like ping, but within the game), lower is bettero LatVrtn(ms)Shows the current latency variation, lower is bettero PktLoss(%)Shows the current packet loss, lower is bettero CliFired(num)Shows the current number of bullets fired on the cliento CliHit(num)Shows the current number of bullets hit on the client, should match CliFired normallyo SrvDmgBnd(num)Shows the current number of damage bundles sent by the server. Can’t be used tocompare the CliHit valueo SrvTick(ms)Shows how long it takes for the server to process a “tick” (an update), lower is better,should stay consistent over timeo SrvOffset(ms)Shows how far behind or ahead of the server the player is, a value between 0 and 50 isgood. Below zero means the server is having a hard time keeping up, higher than 50means client bandwidth have a hard time catching upo DownStr(kbit)Shows how much bandwidth (in kbit) that is used by the game coming from server toclient CONSOLE: Revised the ping bar segments in the server browser & rental server UI to properlyrepresent expected values Five bars Great connection (0ms-50ms)o Four bars Good connection (50ms-100ms)o Three bars OK connection (100ms-170ms)o Two bars Almost bearable connection (170ms-220ms)o One Bar Bad connection (220ms-300ms)Optimizations & ImprovementsWith this release we have several optimizations on both server and client side, low level and Increased the vehicle High Frequency bubble size (utilized for both 30hz and higher) Several low level optimizations related to bandwidth and ordering Use 3d distances instead of 2D for better ghost (networked items) utilizationGENERAL FIXESLast, but not least - the list of the changes in this release that didn’t fit into featured section or was astraight up bug fix. All changes apply to all platforms unless explicitly stated otherwise. Pillbox bunker featured in Zavod 311, Operation Hammerhead and otherso Bipods can now be deployed on the window sillso Fixed an issue where players would get stuck in the ceiling when attempting to vaultthrough the windows Fixed an issue with the team balancer that forced players to constantly attack or defend in Rush.Balancer will now cycle between two different tie breaking behaviors every time that teams arerebuilt for a new round Fixed an issue with the team balancer were it was enabled by default in Defuse. This is now setto OFF by default. Fix from Hardline. Invincible soldier bug caused by its collision turned off on the local client. Alsocalled the “bullet soaker bug” Single Player: Fixed an issue on the third mission of the campaign, the South China Sea missionthat was blocking player progress Squad Obliteration changeso Increased the size of Home Team restricted areas to prevent bomb holding exploit.o Players should have the bomb reset out of their hands Fixed Bug for no ladder movement sounds for 3P soldiers PC: Fixed stability issue involving RSP Servers PC: Potential fix for the "French jump glitch" where players can jump while prone PC: Fixed several crashes seen on the Community Map on the Test Environment PC: Fixed an issue related to Origin and the BF4 client version PC: Fixed a common crash in live environment (3rd most common) Xbox One: Fixed an issue where the Kinect Leaning Enabled option does not function in activegameplayUI Added the Hardline capture area visuals on the mini map, added support for square, shape andcircle Added the Hardline mini map mechanic that shows player icon relative elevationo Above player icons: Scales up slightly with added transparency.o Below player icons: Scales down slightly with added transparency.o Both states start scaling at 3.5m distance below or above respectively, reaching finalsize at 7m+ Corrected HUD string when active protection is active Countermeasure HUD fixed. HUD should reset correctly again, even if you use countermeasuresright as they reload Added a fix for the static "Killed In Action" message that appears when joining as commanderfrom a regular soldier while in-game. Consoles: Changing sorting for elements in the quick match menu (newest on top).WEAPONS & GADGETS Smoke grenades now block FLIR/IRNV M18 and 40mm smoke grenades now un-spot players inside of them when they explode. Thisbehavior is also consistent with the XM25's smoke grenade Added the M-60 ULT battle pickup (for Operation Outbreak) Motion Sensor text update: the string now correctly say 14 seconds, instead of 24 seconds onlongevity Laser designators lock on time reduced to 1.5s from 2.0s PLD lock range increased to 500m from 350m Extended PLD glow distance to match locking distance Fixed an issue where PLD/Lock-on missiles would not prioritize occupied vehicles. Fixed inconsistencies with incendiary FX Split effect so both grenades could have their own effecto Slightly reduced radius and duration of handheld effect to match damage over timevalueso Increased radius and duration of tank effect to match Damage over Time valueso Made both effects slightly better at blocking night scopes Fixed an issue where flares left craters on terrain Fixed an issue where M240B have magnifier + FLIR/IRNV and all medium range scopes. Magnifiercan no longer be equipped with FLIR/IRNV or medium range scopes Fixed a bug where grenades would bounce back towards the player if the grenade was thrown onan ammo box or med pack. Now the grenade passes through the box, breaking it and the grenadelands where the player expects it to.VEHICLES Fixed an issue where Attack helicopter hydra/smart rockets did no damage to the environment Fixed an issue where the enter button prompt on the jet vehicles were located in the left wing tipinstead of the middle Thermal camo upgrade reduces visibility of the vehicle through thermal scopes Increased the draw distance of Tunguska to match other tanks Increased visibility of stealth jet tracers Fixed an issue where passive radar missiles spin around the targeted vehicle if the target is lostor the weapon is changed Transport helicopter: Fixed an issue with side mini-guns to prevent them from turning too quickly. Attack boats. Fix to the side mini-guns to prevent them from turning too quickly.BATTLELOG• Added support for high tick rate server filters and server browser listsMAPSZAVOD 311 Fixed an issue where US soldiers could spawn out of out of bounds at (CQS) Objective A uponredeploy.LANCANG DAM Fixed an issue on in Rush where the user was able to deploy under the map at the secondattacker basePEARL MARKET PC: Fixed a specific crash issue on Pearl Market with Users running a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770with a Driver version 353.30ROGUE TRANSMISSION Fixed an issue where players could spawn-camp enemy transport helicopters on conquest large.SIEGE OF SHANGHAI Fixed an issue where the player was is able to get underneath the map near objective ATHE DEPICTION OF ANY WEAPON OR VEHICLE IN THIS GAME DOES NOT INDICATE AFFILIATION,SPONSORSHIP OR ENDORSEMENT BY ANY WEAPON OR VEHICLE MANUFACTURER.
