Summer Relief Update (0.14.2.0) Changelog

DLC

• Factions from the Gothic Serpent & Hyrcania DLC packs are now available to everyone as base game content

Core

• Fixed an issue where when joining a modded server, a mod that had been previously downloaded, but not subscribed to could fail to load with the error code: "SteamUGCManager_Failed_LoadWorkshopItem", despite the mod having been properly installed and in an uncorrupted state
• Speculative fix for a replication issue in the Deploy Menu where certain squads and/or members within a particular squad would not load in and remain hidden, especially under poor performance conditions

Construction System

• FOBs now take 4 rockets to be destroyed, dig down speed is doubled, and build speed has been reduced slightly
• Rally Point overrun radius doubled to 35m

Factions

• Updated Factions with Specialist kits
• Various updates to Faction loadouts, moved around some gun options

Gameplay

• Pressing the sprint button when moving forward while prone, crouched, ADS, or leaning will now cancel that state and the player will enter a sprint
• Pressing the ADS button while sprinting will cancel the sprint and enter ADS
• Eliminated most rubberbanding issues when vaulting obstacles in multiplayer under average to poor networking conditions
• Fix issue where the player character would stop short of the intended target position when vaulting over an obstacle
• Fixed issue where the player wouldn't resume sprinting automatically at the end of a vault despite the sprint key having been pressed
• Don't create Revive Widget component on Dedicated Servers as an optimization

Maps

Al Dhakir

• New Background Mountains added
• Fixed floating spawn points for players and vehicles
• Foliage and landscape edits around roads

Jaziira

• Updated Banner and Thumbnail images
• Landscape spline fixes
• Pebble reduction, removed grass on roads, fixed road

Khafji

• Background smoke material optimized
• Landscape sculpted to fix gaps throughout the map
• Atmosphere adjusted to blend better with the distant smoke
• Removed smaller particle effects which were barely visible
• Light vehicle spawn time set to 60 second respawn

Omaha

• Landscape and Foliage edits to fill gaps and created several new paths
• Tweaked flag routes, no more triple WN capture routes
• Moved German spawns closer to front line and decreased their time from 180 to 45

Risala

• Fixed potholes in roads
• Regenerated Navmesh
• Added Light Vehicle spawns to middle flags

Saint Quentin

• New names for flags with WW1 theme (Apples, Butter, Charlie, Duff)

Tan Binh

• Solid water fixed
• Floating spawn points fixed
• Several vehicle spawns added in between flags, single vehicle spawn

Medical System

• Security fixes and minor cleanup of revive code

Projectiles

• Fixed rubberbanding issues in multiplayer with throwables such as grenades via implementation of robust network prediction & lag compensation mechanisms for projectiles
• Fixed desync issues with grenade trajectories on the client, where a grenade projectile appears to land in a particular spot from the client's viewpoint, only for it to suddenly end up somewhere else upon the projectile exploding on the server
• Fixed issue where duplicate projectiles and/or impact FX were being spawned on the client after a frametime spike or under poor network conditions
• Fixed an issue where a player could fire a projectile, switch teams while the projectile was still in flight or otherwise unexploded, and damage their previous teammates with it despite Friendly Fire being turned off
• Fixed an issue where a player could fire a projectile, disconnect from the server while the projectile hadn't yet exploded, and damage their teammates with it despite Friendly Fire being turned off

UI

• Renamed "Single Player" menu button to "Instant Action"
• Renamed "Multiplayer" menu button to "Server Browser"
• Updated Credits screen with additional Developer and Contributor names

Vehicles

• Implemented vehicle recycling system that cleans up abandoned vehicles based on configured criteria

Weapons

• Fixed a rare issue where weapons could get stuck in a bad state on the client, such that reloads wouldn't replenish ammo, most often occurring when the player first spawned into the map.
• Updated rocket projectile FX, overall smaller and single smoke trail
• Implemented C4 explosives, C4 for modern, TNT for cold war and earlier, IED for Insurgents
• Updated OSV96 model, adjusted ballistics and scope masks for 50cal weapons
• Implemented VZ.61 Skorpion, UZI, MP18 32Round, M1928A1, K50M, M/45
• Added Bipod to SVD, updated PSO Scope for VSS and SVD
• Updated animations for M249, M240B, Stoner 63, MAT49, STG44, Bazooka, Panzerschreck, Gewehr43
• Rebalanced ammo magazine quantities for some weapons
• Added FNFAL, VSS and AK12 to the base game
• Updated XM177 with XM148 GL under barrel

SDK

• Added support for blueprint-based HDKitPrerequisite classes
• Added ability to reassign a Capture Point's team at runtime (see SetOwningTeam())
• Added Vehicle & Vehicle Spawner delegates
• Vehicles now keep a reference to the Vehicle Spawner that produced them
• Exposed vehicle wheel contact surface material, rotation speed, and state information to BPs. State information includes parameters such as the contact surface, contact point & normal, suspension spring force, longitudinal & lateral slip values, etc.
• Added PlayerNetPredictionComponent to help facilitate network prediction across various gameplay systems
• Added character movement GetTimestamp() function that returns the appropriate timestamp value for the most recent ServerMove
• Exposed vehicle wheel tire load values to BPs
• Exposed CharacterMovementComponent::SetDefaultMovementMode() to BPs
• Updated "Package Mod" button description to include mention of enabling the "Use Pak File Compression" setting as a potential culprit for "Out of Memory" errors encountered during the staging process of packaging a mod
• Added DFBaseCharacter::IsIncapacitated() method that returns true if the player is in a "downed" state
• Implemented DFTeamAgentInterface for Area Protectors, Buildables, Capture Points, & Projectiles
• Level Blueprints are now tickable