CHANGELOG
 
DATA

• Added: Campaign episode “Adapt”
  
  • We recommend not using active mods - or at least accept that we cannot influence their effects on the campaign.
  • Consider checking for data corruption by verifying local data in the Steam client.
• Added: "Adapt" music
  
  • 4 event tracks (with variants)
  • 1 ambient track
  • 1 background track
  • 4 lead tracks (with variants)
• Added: 2 new voices to Radio Protocol
  
  • 1 British English
  • 1 Altian English
• Wy-55 Hellcat cockpit visually tweaked
• Fixed: Distant LOD of Hellcat making it transparent
• Added: When all sides are using respawn tickets, their numbers will be automatically shown in the debriefing
• Fixed: Missing scrollbar in "Scenarios" and other displays
• Properties of scrollbars are handled by CScrollBar itself now
• Added blinkingPattern and blinkingPatternGuarantee parameters where appropriate and restructured MarkerLights config
• Emissive materials for MarkerLights are now animated according to the lights being on or off or blinking
• Models: reworked position lights selections
• HMD of Hellcat has been re-centered
• Reworked proxies of Buzzard to be useful for user armament
• Tweaked PhysX collision damage for tanks
• Tracks of tanks should not get damaged up to 30 KPH collisions
• Zeroing for Kuma commander HMG
• Configured animation sources and animations for MarkerLights on Boat_Civil_04, RoadCone and RoadBarrier
• Fine-tuned position of various group members in editor
• Darter doesn't have FAKs anymore
• Fixed: Using non-existent rank resulted in incorrect returned value (BIS_fnc_rankParams)
• Added: When commander rank is missing, it's not displayed (BIS_fnc_ORBATGetGroupParams)
• Fixed: Scripting error when no respawn position was found
• Fixed: Script header of BIS_fnc_MP contained misleading description
• BIS_fnc_playVideo: default variable for skipping videos was incorrectly set, resulting in instant termination under certain circumstances
• Added: In module config, 'isGlobal = 2' now has the same effect as 'isPersistent = 1'. The isPersistent attribute remains supported, but is considered deprecated. 
• New scripted geometry function added
• Redistributed proper helmets among Grenadiers
• Small fix of OPFOR Leader's helmet inheritance class
• Miller now has some basic equipment when placed in the editor
• New character heads received some polishing
• Changed: Simulation Manager now ignores helper objects
• Added: Poster Module
  
  • Removed graffiti, leaflets and posters from editor
  • Added: Variable (postersArray) with all posters in namespace of a building added
• Fixed: Roadways of chapels and the airport tower
• Fixed: Missing empty parameter for battlefield sounds 
• Added non-homogenous material for radar dome
• Configured posterSize, icons and mapSizes for graffiti
• Fixed: Non-functional binoculars
• Added: Black background when player is off the map
• Increased weight of machine guns while maintaining their weight differences
• Fixed: Localization for yellow flare and for 3rnd flare magazines
• Fixed: Zubr .45 had stretched / misplaced textures on the cartridges 
• Increased number of suppressors and flashlights in Support ammo boxes and Air Supply boxes
• The material of craters has been tweaked
• Added modest camera shaking from nearby hits for infantry weapons
• SMGs have improved zeroing for iron sights
• Tweak: Higher AI engagement ranges. AI snipers with GM6 should attack from greater distances.
• Fixed: Hellcat hitpoints
• Fixed: An issue with animations getting stuck when using a medikit with a handgun
• Fixed: An issue with standing up when trying to strafe in fast prone
• Added: New helmet camouflages
• Adjusted: Carbine rifles distribution
• Added: BIS_fnc_bleedTickets - system which will decrease amount of side respawn tickets based on sector dominance
• Added: BIS_fnc_counter now supports multiple name spaces
• Added: Executing call bis_fnc_respawnTickets will now return an array containing side with the lowest number of tickets and their value
• Fixed: Glasses were not recognized correctly
• Added: BIS_fnc_sortAlphabetically - a function to sort an array of strings alphabetically
• Fixed: BIS_fnc_dirTo returns negative value in some situations 
• Added: Corresponding AA and AT static launcher backpacks for every respective faction 
• Fixed: A typo in Industry Standard preset and cleared some redundant entries
• Fixed: AI disembarking from WY-55 Hellcat sometimes breaks main rotor
• Radio Protocol: preview samples used in profile editor now include all speakers for each voice type
• Fixed: Missing classes of the Altian Radio Protocol
• Roadways of small chapels have been tweaked
• Added: Empty ORBAT sizes
• Fixed: KIA cargo pose of Hellcat crew
• Fixed: Some situations in which credits would not execute
• Fixed: An error that appeared when changing mission parameters during hosting a multiplayer game
• Added: colorFocused and colorBackgroundFocused parameters for setting colors of focused RscShortcutButton
• Fixed: Support calls should now be globally limited instead of per player in Defend Kamino MP mission
• Fixed: A flying H-barrier in the AA outpost has been grounded
• Fixed: Bugged left sleeve of FIA soldier model
• Added: BIS_fnc_fixDate - checks and ev. fixes the date and time, when it goes out of the boundaries
• Added: BIS_fnc_isLeapYear - returns true if given year is leap year
• Added: BIS_fnc_monthDays - returns number of days in given month
• Fixed: An issue where NVGs could remain on during cutscenes
• Fixed: CSAT Grenadier now has correct helmet
• Tweaked: Effects of suppressors on bullets
• Tweaked: Underwater ammo speed and damage
• Function BIS_fnc_setToPairs now has a correct example
• Added new functions to control the stacking of disabled save games
  
  • Modified BIS_fnc_cinemaBorder and BIS_fnc_quotations to support stacking of disabled save games
  • Modified all “Survive” missions to support new stacked handling of disabled saving
• Continued work upon soldier protection:
  
  • Slightly decreased collateral resistance of OPFOR soldiers’ extremities
  • Decreased OPFOR advanced uniform protectiveness of extremities for it was too powerful. Still, it protects comparatively better than other uniforms.
  • Set up specific protection values for BLUFOR Helipilot and Pilot coveralls. It will not save you much more than the standard uniform, but there is a certain difference.
  • Set up proper protection values for OPFOR Officer uniform
  • Range-master belt, bandoleer and chest-rig armor values set to zero (serving as just equipment holders)
  • Tweaked helmet protection levels
  • Minor tweaks in ammunition, precise adjusting of minimalHitRange values, damage scaling rounds up, pistol ammunition damage adjustments and grenade tweaks
  • Adjusted explosives to maintain the protection of grenadier vests against explosives and grenades
  • Minor changes in soldier equipment due to changes in headgear. Purpose of classes is not affected in any meaningful manner.
  • Impacts of bullets cause soldiers to ragdoll a bit (flinch) even if they are fully absorbed by armor
  • Decreased overall helmet protection values to increase significance of head-shots and general lethality of damage to the head
  • Increased density of soldiers’ bodies to improve headshot lethality
  • Because of the previous change it was also necessary to halve the explosion shielding of head hitpoint in general to maintain helmet protection levels for collateral indirect damage and explosions
  • Fixed HE grenade from underbarrel GL weapon to match his RGO Frag grenade counterpart
  • Elevated OPFOR collateral protection for hands and legs for the previous values were not sufficient to create meaningful difference between OPFOR and soldiers of other factions
• Mk20 rifle now has correct zeroing steps of iron sights
• Fixed: Possible issues with cinema border function being called badly
• Engineer should be no longer stuck after repairing a vehicle

ENGINE

• Added: Initial implementation of HDAO method for ambient occlusion computation
  
  • Kudos to AMD engineer Layla Mah!
  • It's available only for DX11 GPUs (uses compute shaders)
  • Can be found in video options in AO settings
• Several multiplayer optimizations
  
  • Optimized dynamic errors for server
  • Better load spread across several CPU cores
• Various PhysX-related crash opportunities fixed
• Various small fix merges from core RV engine
• Fixed: Possible crash in Dedicated Servers
• Removed: setAIS scripting function
• Optimization of bleeding splatters creation
• Optimization of footstep marks creation
• Fixed: AI's selection of rifle and handgun
• switchCamera command now works for external / internal camera when gunner camera is not allowed
• Merged and used some optimization of collision detection from DayZ
• Fixed: Crash caused by wrong vertex data in specific objects
• Added several safety checks to prevent unnecessary AI calculations (optimization)
• Stolen (different side) vehicle is unassigned from group - to prevent AI team members from destroying it
• Fixed: 3rd person mortar view
• Fixed: Artillery not shooting at given position
• Fix for low skill AI turret gunners shooting at impossible-to-hit targets
• Tripwire mines now work properly when put in buildings
• Swimming soldiers stop levitating / swimming on land
• Fixed: Creation of duplicate post process effect handles after saved game is loaded
• No longer creating target lists for empty groups (small AI optimization)
• Fixed: CTD caused by broken skeletons - added index check
• Fixed: An inventory issue with backpacks in crates
• Fixed: Spawned medikits and FAKs sometimes have zero weight
• Simulation of dead bodies has been optimized
• Adjusted: Dynamic Calculated Error for AI, working on turrets, reacting to loosing sight of target
• Slight rendering optimization in stencil buffer usage
• Fixed: Disappearing tags when publishing a mission to Steam Workshop
• Fixed: Shadow of a proxy object when the proxy itself or the main object are not visible
• Fixed: AI unit is no longer repeatedly swapping gunner / observer position
• Fixed: The addItem command didn't register that a unit has magazines
• Fixed: Houses no longer have inventory
• Fixed: An issue with inability to play a mission that was subscribed from in-game overlay in offline mode right after the subscription
• Fixed: An issue where AI switched to sidearm but seemed to still be holding their primary weapon
• Fixed: Connecting headless client to password-protected server
• Fixed: AI avoiding dead bodies
• Tweaked: Low-skilled AI soldiers and gunners to be minimally effective
• Fixed: Low-skilled AI tank gunner couldn't engage targets properly
• Hotfixed: SubSkeleton log spam
• Added: Server option enablePlayerDiag for printing diagnostics about players and pending messages