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Patch v1.1.0 für die deutsche Version von Frontlines: Fuel of War (nicht für die Steam-Version)

Release Notes

New Features

• PunkBuster anti-cheat has been added
• Spawn Protection - To prevent spawn camping, players will spawn with a few seconds of invulnerability that will end if they perform an action

New Server Browser

• Phase 1 of the NEW Server Browser
  • New streamlined design with easy to use layout
  • Added text filters for the following categories: Server Name, Player Count, Ping, Map Name & Version Number
    • Server Name filter will search entire through entire server names for matching criteria
    • Player filter will default to the minimum number entered.  This field also accepts ranges such as 10-40
    • Ping filter will take the number entered as the max ping allowed.  This field also accepts ranges as well
  • Server Information Box
    • Added server IP display
    • Added server name display
    • Added text clan/server company/message of the day support
  • Added ability to cancel server search and the server browser will continue to display already pulled servers
    • Can apply filters to pulled servers
  • Server browser no longer refreshes when coming back from the server info screens
  • Enter IP address can now use IP's with ports and can use alpha characters

Gameplay

• Players can no longer stick landmines onto their legs
• Invert controls for land vehicles has been fixed
• Turrets will no longer continue firing when squad menu is raised
• All passengers in a vehicle will see hit notifications
• Sentry guns take slightly less damage to destroy
• Sentry guns will cause slightly less damage
• Sentry guns will no longer respawn after being destroyed (single-player game)
• Grenade launcher damage vs infantry has been slightly reduced
• Railgun rounds, clips, fire speed and damage radius have been modified, increasing the effectiveness of the weapon
• Character Movement Changes
  • Forced pause which prevented the player from moving when recovering from a jump has been removed
  • Player will be prevented from jumping immediately after landing for 0.5 seconds (stops the bouncing bunny syndrome)
  • Multiple fixes should result is much less visible "sliding", "worming" and "Dolphin" effects from transitioning between crouch to standing, crouch to prone and prone to standing
  • Sprinting while crouched or prone has been removed
  • Jumping from and to prone should now be impossible
  • A minimum timer has been set in between changing positions.  (This will prevent crouch/prone spamming)
  • Character ground speed has been slightly increased, this includes strafe speed
  • Free fall speed has increased for a more realistic feeling
• Single Player: Graveyard - Destroying all tanks will now always advance the frontline properly

User Interface

• Action key (E) can now be changed to any key. This key is also used for "Exit Vehicle" functionality and is listed under Infantry controls.
• Scoreboard bugs related to double entries and zero point entries fixed
• Scoreboard now displays server name, server IP and personal ping
• Player can now paste text longer then the max characters set for a text box

Crashes

• Fix for reported ATI X800/X850 user crashes on start up
• Vsync default setting is now turned to off, solving some crashes for lower end cards (this is the Maximize Framerate option in the Video- Advanced tab)
• Added NULL check to stop players from inputting illegal characters and crashing the game
• Systems with the Ageia PhysX card will no longer result in game crashes
• Server crash caused by PhysX issue has been addressed

Localization

• Polish language fixes to load screens and gameplay text

Miscellaneous

• Registry fix to document the running version number and installed SKU (EFIS, E, EG etc). This will allow for improved patch installation detection

Known Issues (to be addressed in a hotfix coming shortly)

• Changing keys in the Control options will not check to see if a key is already bound. This is planned to be fixed in a future patch
• Punkbuster will kick you off the server if you use the following special characters in your display name: comma, forward slash, or backslash
• Effective melee distance to be reduced
• When using the pipe character in a server name, text after the pipe will not be shown in the upper right server information window