NOTES

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CHANGELOG

DATA

• Added: PlayerSteeringCoefficients configuration for basic vehicle types (adjusting sensitivity and linearity of steering)
• Added: PlayerSteeringCoefficients for UGV
• Added: Implementation of the new headgear randomization configs
• Added: Tab highlighting in Game Options
• Added: Tab highlighting to the MP Create Game display
• Added: New sounds for 30mm and 40mm autocannons (separated by turret / body position)
• Added: aiRateOfFire properties to fire modes meant for players to ensure the correct rate of fire even on short distances
• Added: ‘Creative solution’ to preload the line texture to avoid mipmapping
• Added: Support for description.ext CfgTimeTrials definitions (for self-contained TTs)
• Added: BIS_fnc_unitHeadgear now supports custom parameters from the scenario config file
• Added: CfgRemoteExecFunctions white-list for restricting script functions executable via remoteExec
• Added: CfgRemoteExec for restricting script functions executable via remoteExec
• Added: Parameter logicalOrder set for all Field Manual entries
• Added: Labels of UI elements in RscDisplayServer are now in config
• Added: An Empty Unit Insignia for clearing previously defined insignia
• Added: Variants of smoke shells, chem lights and flares with infinite timeToLive (used in scripted modules)
• Added: New samples for boats crashing into other boats
• Added: Turret movement sounds for soft vehicles, APCs and MBTs
• Added: Sounds of turret movement for CH-67 Huron and UH-80 Ghosthawk
• Added: New size variations of particle effects for destroyed windows
• Added: initPlayerSpectator.sqf for spectator slot initialization handling
• Added: Sounds for turret movement on Speed Boat
• Added: Icon for Tactical Backpack (Hex)
• Added: Machine Gun Teams Community Guide
• Added: BIS_fnc_animalRandomization now supports animal class Cock_random_F
• Added: File patching indicator to Server Browser
• Added: Tooltips to Post-Process settings in Video Options
• Removed: All mentions of the legacy allSites command, replaced by entities Site_F
• Removed: Weapon info during free fall
• Removed: "Command mode" action from controls as it was redundant and offered exactly the same functionality as the "Select all units" action
• Changed: Renamed selections and bones of building destructible parts from Dam_X + Unhide_X to Dam_X_hide + Dam_X_unhide
• Changed: "Zeus" category in multiplayer role selection renamed to "Virtual" (it's more generic and open for future uses of virtual entities, e.g. a spectator role)
• Changed: Copilot of the Hellcat has full control over the searchlight now (including switching it off and on again)
• Changed: The randomization aspect of the animals is now handled by BIS_fnc_animalRandomization, For Goat's Sake
• Changed: The old vehicle randomization (scripts) now uses VhC
• Changed: Headgear and face wear randomization of the Guerilla units and civilians; the scripts now redirect to new function BIS_fnc_unitHeadgear
• Changed: The scripts used to change the color of the Taru (including the pods) now use VhC
• Changed: The old randomization scripts for animals now redirect to the new centralized system (BIS_fnc_animalRandomization)
• Tweaked: AI versus clutter visibility (Altis & Stratis)
• Tweaked: Wood material to try to improve AI visibility tests on tree trunks
• Tweaked: Kneel sprint (unarmed, rifle, pistol and launcher) has been tweaked to be more plausible and balanced
• Tweaked: Unarmed sprinting
• Tweaked: Minor volume changes for MRAP turret movement sounds
• Tweaked: Configured aiAmmoUsageFlags for ammo of planes to help them choose proper weapons
• Tweaked: Dogs will now move around more often
• Tweaked: Rescue Boat, autonomous GMG and HMG turrets, Zamak Ammo and HEMTT Repair are now available in Virtual Garage
• Tweaked: Links for collisions SFX of Stomper
• Tweaked: Linked additional samples for turrets of AR-2 Darter
• Tweaked: Proper sounds of shooting different munitions for Marshall
• Tweaked: New sound samples for 105mm, 120mm, 125mm and 155mm cannons
• Tweaked: New samples for boat crashes linked
• Tweaked: Sound attenuation for tank crews
• Tweaked: Linked new SFX samples for boat crashes
• Tweaked: Linked new SFX sample for boats landing on shallows
• Tweaked: Volume of bullets hitting armored glass
• Tweaked: Improved collision sounds of rubber boats
• Tweaked: Minor volume changes for commander turret movements
• Tweaked: Adjusted the thermal image of Stavrou's face
• Tweaked: Shoes of ghillie suits are less shiny now
• Tweaked: Reduced shadows of the noses of the civilian driver and pilot
• Tweaked: Color of CSAT backpacks
• Tweaked: Shemaghs to work correctly for Asian faces
• Tweaked: Skinning of chest plates / stripes on VR soldier
• Tweaked: Improved skinning of stomach stripes for VR soldier
• Tweaked: Improved skinning / mesh of arm strips for VR soldier
• Tweaked: Given more space to the overview description of non-owned Challenges
• Tweaked: Volume of launcher locking sounds increased
• Tweaked: Inventory equipment of all tracked and wheeled APCs were standardized across all factions
• Tweaked: Translations for many languages
• Tweaked: Minor volume changes for shooting Cyrus with silencer
• Tweaked: Collision shapes for character movement
• Improved: Cars are no longer prone to explosions from small arms fire. Explosive shells & devices are now required to blow up cars.
• Fixed: Missing animation source warnings for xH-9 variants
• Fixed: Leaving the Zeus interface while the interface was hidden led to all icons disappearing
• Fixed: Icon, localization, author and editor presence of Carrier Rig (Black)
• Fixed: SDAR rifles should now have correct faction-specific tracers
• Fixed: Even APCs have been taken back to manufacturers for improved puncture protection of their wheels
• Fixed: Removed non-existing magazine with empty class name from TRG family of weapons
• Fixed: Launcher bug in unarmed sprinting
• Fixed: Module arguments config inheritance
• Fixed: Replaced 2D icons for Zeus-only map objects
• Fixed: Launcher bug from sprint with binoculars
• Fixed: Even the raised commander turret on Striders goes correctly sad panda if destroyed
• Fixed: Camera's display no longer overlays the time indicator
• Fixed: Section ComboBox doesn't appear any more in the Streamlined editor layout when using a Xbox controller
• Fixed: Animation and sound speed for kneeled sprint with pistol in hand
• Fixed: Animation files for kneel sprint in FL / FR directions were swapped
• Fixed: CSAT technicians have adjusted BTR-K Kamysh to prevent rolling even at extremely high speeds 
• Fixed: Spawning a grey sport hatchback from config was creating a red one
• Fixed: Soldiers have been told that Titan AT is not a static MG and they should rather report it as a static AT
• Fixed: IEDs can now be detonated by gunfire
• Fixed: Lowering primary weapon while prone no longer causes the soldier to stand up
• Fixed: Switching to binoculars while standing with pistol lowered no longer forces player to go prone
• Fixed: Missing icons for some of the particle modules
• Fixed: AI no longer gets stuck in prone stance
• Fixed: Dampers of the rear right wheel on Tempest trucks is now actually on the right side
• Fixed: Missing interior tail sound samples for Navid MMG
• Fixed: Adjusted center of mass of Motorboat to provide a smooth and straight ride
• Fixed: Red CSAT insignia are now back on the soldier uniform
• Fixed: Collecting Zeus Intel objects force-opened the map on all clients. Now it happens only for the person who collected the Intel.
• Fixed: Some virtual role icons were missing
• Fixed: Rocket cursors for Wipeout and Neophron were aiming under the point of impact of rockets
• Fixed: Snakes are no longer stuck in animations
• Fixed: Sides other than RESISTANCE, WEST and EAST did not have their scenario ending properly if they existed
• Fixed: Adjusted strength of RPG-42 explosions
• Fixed: Proper footstep sound is played when moving with pistol in combat pace
• Fixed: Players can no longer see through an object with a launcher in their hands
• Fixed: Drivers of Panther, Cheetah and Bobcat have learned that they should not turn out when there is no hatch for that
• Fixed: Weapons on the backs of soldiers are no longer twitching while changing sidearm to binoculars and vice versa
• Fixed: Player no longer has an obscured view when crouching in the R / BR / B directions in CSAT fatigues / ghillie suit and aiming (RMB pressed) with RCO (sometimes ARCO) optics
• Fixed: Launcher position on back for combat pace in the B / BR / R directions
• Fixed: CSAT soldiers had unnaturally pale hands and legs compared to their face skin tone
• Fixed: Helicopter Pilot [AAF] and Pilot [NATO] injury materials
• Fixed: Mirrors of FTW have a proper color even while sitting in them as a driver
• Fixed: Suspension of FTW has been adjusted to prevent barrel rolling
• Fixed: Player doesn’t slide anymore after a second vault (step over) when moving and pressing LCtrl at the same time
• Fixed: Missing config properties for animal class Cock_random_F
• Fixed: Many localization issues
• Fixed: Animals had the wrong position of their land contact points
• Fixed: Missing macro in Server List configuration
• Fixed: Arsenal buttons were broken when the game was running in an incorrect aspect ratio
• Fixed: Some View Geometry LOD selections were missing for small palm trees
• Fixed: Naval mines are now correctly going boom if they are shot with a properly heavy weapon
• Fixed: Machine Guns on the AH-9 Pawnee were not rotating
• Fixed: Hand animation glitches for the Mk14 rifle
• Fixed: Adjusted hitzones and penetration materials of FTW
• Fixed: Vehicles should no longer be able to drive through the main door of the office building
• Fixed: Characters in the AMV-7 Marshall should not clip through the ceiling
• Fixed: Origin of coaxial machine gun bullets on Slammer is now actually the coaxial machine gun; the bullets felt a bit lost in the main cannon chamber
• Fixed: The multiplayer topic in the Field Manual was empty during campaign gameplay
• Fixed: Soldier legs extended if the player changed weapon or reloaded while lying down hill
• Fixed: Minor animation issues on the belt of the Zafir machine gun

End Game

• Added: Scripted event handlers - EndGame_OnStageChanged / EndGame_OnStartGameObjectiveCompleted / EndGame_OnObjectiveStateChanged / EndGame_OnObjectiveCompleted / EndGame_OnObjectiveEnded
• Added: Schematics objects can now be destructible
• Added: The music that plays at the start of each phase can now be customized in the Objectives Instance Module
• Added: Equipment rewards for capturing Intel were reintroduced, now being controlled by a more optimized system
• Removed: The additional equipment that is being given upon securing the Intel site
• Improved: Zeus support
• Improved: FPS boost (the equipment rewards functionality was bringing FPS down significantly)
• Improved: Adding items to Virtual Arsenal created unnecessary network overhead
• Improved: DownloadProgress is now updated 4 times less often
• Fixed: Possible script error on JIP
• Fixed: Error message upon End Game initialization
• Fixed: Possible undefined variable in an expression in initServer.sqf

Dynamic Groups

• Added: Group insignia are now added to the unit itself
• Fixed: Create Group UI button not working if a player was in a non-registered group

Potential spoilers:

• Tweaked: In Showcase Armed Assault the turrets on the Tigris (enemy outpost) had their ammo reduced significantly
• Fixed: Moral Fiber - An instance where the eject action could be called on units which are not in the vehicle anymore
• Fixed: Soldier abusing POW now moves as intended in the final cutscene of the “Damage Control” mission in the “Prologue" campaign

ENGINE

• Added: Player steering coefficients moved to config (carType)
• Added: Script commands remoteExec and remoteExecCall
• Added: remoteExec / remoteExecCall support for JIP
• Added: Ability to restrict / turn off remoteExec
• Added: remoteExec support for removing a message from the JIP queue
• Added: remoteExec support for automatically generated JIP ID
• Added: Ability to restrict JIP in CfgRemoteExec via a jip parameter
• Added: allowedTargets for CfgRemoteExec's commands and functions to restrict the direction in which remoteExec commands can be executed
• Added: The -pid=startup parameter should work for all executables
• Added: Object transparency can be specified in surfaces for AI detection
• Added: New script commands didJIP and didJIPOwner
• Added: New targetKnowledge command (better version of knowsAbout)
• Added: New distance2D command
• Added: Support for displaying server mods in the LAN tab
• Added: Optional parameter for selectionPosition to select specific LOD (Memory, Geometry, FireGeometry, LandContact, HitPoints)
• Added: New eventHandler SeatSwitched
• Added: Support for a picture on the right side of a (UI) tree
• Added: New script commands splitString and joinString
• Added: New script command objectParent
• Added: New script command getObjectType
• Added: New script command getModelInfo
• Added: New script command getAllHitPointsDamage
• Added: New script command getHitIndex
• Added: New script command setHitIndex

• Added: New script command lineIntersectsSurfaces

• Added: New script commands AGLToASL, ASLToAGL
• Added: allowedFilePatchingserver.cfg parameter
• Changed: -noFilePatching replaced with -filePatching (file patching disabled by default)
• Changed: The ‘thanks for your purchase’ dialog shows a list of newly unlocked DLCs instead of a list of all currently owned ones
• Changed: Pose adjust action disabled in movement (to prevent problems with slowdown)
• Changed: Commands xxxContainer return null-object when failed now 
• Changed: Command createDisplay now returns handle to created display (or null)
• Changed: Command parseNumber now supports Booleans (parseNumber true > 1)
• Improved: Simulation when a vehicle is sling loaded but the player is not in the parent vehicle
• Tweaked: onPlayerConnected and onPlayerDisconnected commands (_owner and _jip variables)
• Tweaked: Increased maximum memory limit on Linux
• Tweaked: Splitting networkDiagInterval logs to their own files
• Tweaked: Network traffic optimizations
• Tweaked: Improved CfgSounds to be able to use sounds from an addon
• Tweaked: inGameUISetEventHandler event handlers
• Tweaked: Reduced memory required for roads
• Tweaked: Changed priorities of freeing on-demand memory
• Tweaked: Load object lists from the camera position in iterations instead of a square from the bottom
• Tweaked: Changed system for locking object lists around the camera (it isn't resetting loading that often)
• Tweaked: If there isn’t enough memory, limit preloading and keep something for release if needed
• Tweaked: MessageBox texts in the editor
• Tweaked: HandleDamage event handler can now return the damaged part index as integer
• Tweaked: Event handlers via inGameUISetEventHandler no longer return hidden menu items on scroll
• Fixed: Passengers can now properly turn their NVGs on and off 
• Fixed: Getting out of vehicles no longer resets fire mode 
• Fixed: Bugged view whilst using TrackIR and entering vehicles
• Fixed: Inaudible weapon firing SFX (e.g. UGL and PMCL) in MP under certain conditions
• Fixed: Preserve external camera after getting out of a vehicle
• Fixed: Time of day affected by low FPS
• Fixed: Bug in simulation when a vehicle is sling loaded but the player is not in the parent vehicle
• Fixed: Dedicated Server or Headless Client would freeze if a pop-up error showed up
• Fixed: mpStatistics.log moved from the Arma 3 root directory to other logs (profile directory)
• Fixed: FFV remote player simulation in local vehicles
• Fixed: Copilot controls in airplanes
• Fixed: Ignoring forward declaration classes when setting source mods
• Fixed: A crash when an object list was released and loaded again
• Fixed: An issue with FFV remote player simulation and optimized simulation for remote vehicles
• Fixed: allTurrets command should now properly return commander turrets with FFV
• Fixed: Healing action is now disabled while on a ladder
• Fixed: allTurrets fixed for FFV again (allTurrets [vehicle, false] will not return any turret with FFV now)
• Fixed: Unintentional endless looping of sounds of weapons
• Fixed: missionStart always had the same value on Dedicated Servers
• Fixed: Suspension diagnostics possibly causing a crash
• Fixed: Crash caused by potential corruptions in (mod) data
• Fixed: selectionPosition checks all LODs as it should
• Fixed: Spam of the PlayerUpdate messages from the server
• Fixed: Animation variants / idle poses were not canceled on remote players
• Fixed: Player with a not fully opened parachute will now take damage when hitting the ground
• Fixed: XBox shortcut icons allowed to show
• Fixed: Can rewrite full EditBoxes
• Fixed: Burst fire not completed because of a ‘can't fire’ animation state
• Fixed: Recursive #include crash in the preprocessor
• Fixed: Drag and drop for ListNBox
• Fixed: Personal waypoints for UAVs now show the correct distance and radar icon
• Fixed: Save profile namespace only when it was already loaded (could cause corruption)
• Fixed: Radio / dialog not audible in transport
• Fixed: Broken Headless Client auto-assign
• Fixed: Paratrooper should not destroy a helicopter rotor system
• Fixed: CTD in campaign menu
• Fixed: Wrong path handling when combining paths
• Fixed: Brainless soldiers causing a null center crash
• Fixed: addMagazine would sometimes duplicate smoke grenades 
• Fixed: The last item in listboxes is now always visible instead of being cut
• Fixed: Script command roleDescription (AI entities returned the wrong role description in MP)
• Fixed: Changing scenario hash should no longer crash the client
• Fixed: Smoke grenade ending SFX volume unbalanced
• Fixed: An issue with squad.xml on Linux servers
• Fixed: Independents were not firing at forces that turned from friendly to hostile
• Fixed: Infantry engaging armored vehicles with rifles
• Fixed: CTD in the intersect command
• Fixed: Turn-out action was broken in MP when done multiple times
• Hotfixed: Player personTurret movement appears laggy for other players

LAUNCHER

• Added: A troubleshooting report dialog (invoked from the unusual process exit dialog or the application menu)
• Added: Active app compatibility flags are now logged in the Launcher operational log
• Added: Localizations for update 1.50
• Added: List of compatible Windows versions included in the application manifest
• Added: A flag and getter that returns whether subscribed content list has been received [SteamLayer]
• Added: An identity for each usage of the modern style select folder dialog so they are treated separately by the Operating System
• Added: A dependency to the modern common controls and dialogs library included in the application manifest
• Added: Culture and version information to the simple and emergency crash logger
• Added: A list of assemblies to the simple crash logger
• Added: Exception handling for ghosts, ghouls and errors in the Log4Net logger. No log, no crash, no log, no crash!
• Changed: Parameter "No File Patching" is replaced with the "Enable File Patching" parameter
• Tweaked: The PLAY button is now focused when the Launcher starts, so it can be started by the Enter or Space keys without further interaction
• Tweaked: Improved whitespace handling in the news parser and converter
• Tweaked: Changed default options for the modern style select folder dialog
• Tweaked: The status bar message displayed while the Steam connection is being initialized and data is being preloaded
• Tweaked: Localizations
• Fixed: Header of the Name column changed from Imię to Nazwa in Polish
• Fixed: An error during creation of a parameter string when a file parameter value was null for an unknown reason
• Fixed: Added error handling to the process monitor to prevent unnecessary creation of an emergency report
• Fixed: Small fixes to basic keyboard navigation
• Fixed: Added handling of an error when Launcher is unable to delete a folder with a local mod
• Fixed: Launcher now opens the old folder selection dialog if a new one is unavailable due to overridden system settings or an unavailable COM class
• Fixed: Launcher doesn't close automatically when instructed to do so after the game ends
• Fixed: The 'subscribed content list changed' event is now not fired until a fresh list is received from Steam [SteamLayer]
• Fixed: Last update date of the subscribed mods was displayed in the UTC time zone
• Fixed: An error message is displayed when the common system open file dialogs are unavailable instead of CTD
• Fixed: Last update date was not updated properly
• Fixed: A typo in the logs
• Fixed: A few multi-line strings were truncated to a single localized line
• Fixed: pl-PL localization of a general error message box was causing a CTD