Patch 2

[DW_ToxicWaste]

We are currently testing this patch internally. If all goes well, we’ll be releasing a public beta to this list in a few days. Here is the current change list:



Gameplay:

- Increased UTGame MaxPlayersAllowed to 64.

- Fixed leviathan turret instant refire exploit.

- Fixed errant lock on warnings when no longer in vehicle.

- Fixed first person weapons in demo playback.

- Fixed translocator telefrag victim message.

- Fixed encouragement sounds not being randomly picked by bots.

- Implemented viewobjective spectating system for Warfare.

- Fixed berserk held by driver applying to all vehicle turrets.

- Only force low gore on German versions that were low gore only before being patched.



User Interface:

- Clicking on the settings tab goes to directly to the full settings menu.

- Added VOIP speaker portraits to HUD.

- Fixed character portraits sometimes not showing up on HUD or not staying up long enough.

- The Host server menus will no longer disable internet options if CheckNatTypeDisplayError returns true. It's just a warning now.

- Fixed the CD key always prompting when the user has no network card

- Added support for commandline log in -login=xxx -password=xxx. This also allows Gamespy comrade and other external applications to be used to launch network clients.

- Added UI option to hide objective paths (the white arrows).

- Added UI option to enable joystick support.

- Added JOIN to midgame menu when spectating.

- Added cancel button to "logging in" message box.

- Added support for auto-updating UI with new options.

- Improved language support for French, Spanish, Italian, and German.

- Joystick key bindings in UI display properly.

- Added game and UI support for customizing crosshair scaling.

- Added "Add Favorite" button to Server Browser server list tab.

- Fixed favorites Tab Page server details not updating.

- Improvements to voice menu. Added "status" section.

- Leave "Disconnect" and "Exit Game" on the mid game menu when seamlessly travelling so that players have a way to abort lengthy downloads

- Show "Change Team" button before the match has started.

- Added support for localized "single score needed" string.

- Tweaked some HUD message font sizes.

- Favorites/History lists list servers that are currently offline.

- Favorites/History lists don't stop working as the number of servers in them crosses max threshold for GS query.



Networking:

- Added support for autodownloading packages while in gameplay or while travelling.

- Auto team re-balancing before map transition if bPlayersBalanceTeams is set.

- Fixed dedicated server memory leaks.

- Force client state synchronization when in spectating state. Fixes sporadic issues with players not being able to join games.

- Fixed sounds not being heard correctly by clients if the sound location is the Actor's location and the Actor is not relevant to that client.

- Fixed spectators being unable to move after a level transition.

- Fixed track turrets being in the wrong position on clients in some cases after being destroyed.

- ConnectionTimeout and InitialConnectTimeOut now both 60.0. Addresses both clients failing connection because they take too long to load a level, and initial connections staying open too long.

- Fixed HTTP download compression.

- Fixed a bug where download during seamless travel would break because the downloader was keeping a pointer into the package map's list, which is unsafe while the game is in progress because that list could have more items added to it (and thus the memory rearranged) at any time

- Fixed a bug where in rare cases packages would get downloaded twice.

- Fixed spectators able to enter as extra players in Duel.

- Fixed issue where CTF, vCTF, and WAR maps are listed in the server browers when searching for a DM game when server changed gametypes.

- Fixed bots not replicating their view pitch, so their animation looks better in net games.

- Strip OwningPlayerName= from the URL, as this is determined elsewhere and was breaking dedicated internet servers launched from the UI.



Server administration:

- TCPLink and Webadmin functionality implemented.

- Banning is now based on CD key hash, so players can’t circumvent bans by creating a new profile.

- Fixed being unable to kickban players with | in their names.

- Added versioning information to the game settings

- Dedicated servers don't require DirectX shader model 2.0

- Fixed AdminForceTextMute and AdminForceTextUnmute.

- Restored the compress and decompress commandlets.

- Fixed AdminCmdOk() function not working properly if you were the listen server.

- Banned IDs readability improved.

- Added MaxClientTravelTime config option to GameInfo. If set, clients are kicked if they take longer than this many seconds to travel between maps.



Mod support:

- Added ScriptedTexture, a type of render to texture that gives Canvas access to script/C++ for rendering custom overlays.

- Added a version of DrawTile() to Canvas that takes a Texture instead of Texture2D so render to texture stuff like ScriptedTextures can more easily be used.

- Added Timestamp function to UObject, returns a string in the format YYYY/MM/DD - HH:MM:SS

- Weapons now take roll from player viewrotation.

- Fixed custom character DLC not applying until the next time the game is run because the default object was not updated after combining the .ini files.

- Added a ModFamilies array to UTCustomChar_Data to allow mod authors to add families to the list.

- Fixed Change Node Status Kismet action not working on fully constructed powernodes.



Map specific:

- Fixed DM-Deck get out of world exploit

- Fixed DM-Gateway portals sometimes sending you back to your starting point.



AI improvements:

- New orb carrier strategy AI.

- Improved bot hoverboard use.

- Reduced bot orb spawner camping.

- Fixed bots stuck on orb spawner unable to grab flag.

- Low skill bots use artillery properly.

- Tweaked shooting at nodes vs shooting at enemies.

- No human bonus to threat value.

- Improved threat picking AI, taking into account effectiveness of bot's weapon.

- Tweaked bot AI for link gun, flak cannon, redeemer, and AVRiL.

- Bots tend to stay on same enemy more, and focus on key vehicles more.

- Tweaked campaign auto skill adjust.

- Possible safe fix for bot navigation issues with staticmeshcollections on console. Also a performance improvement on PC and console.

- Tweaked rules for whether to attack node or enemy first.

- Improved bot AI for defending nodes with an orb.

- Fixed pathing issues that were causing bots to get stuck in some places. When a move fails, force a route refresh. Add cost to reachspecs when bot fails repeatedly.

- Improved AI code for adjusting around obstacles. If adjust left and right fail, try moving to center of reachspec.

- If previous move failed, don't allow "advanced tactics" (serpentine, etc.) for next move.

- Added FailedMoveTarget and MoveFailureCount to controller to track movement failures.

- Added bForceNoDetours to UTBot. Don't allow detours when bot is approaching a neutral node (more important to touch node first).

- Fixed bots thinking they've reach the orb spawner without quite getting there and touching the orb.

- Fixed cases where bots could get stuck failing to translocate over and over - bots know to give up now.

- Adjusted bot reaction time to seeing new enemies.

- Improved bot AI for dealing with lifts and hoverboards.

- Bots taunt after winning a match

[DW_e_aLpHa]

-- is it a patch or the missing 80% of the game -- ?

[zeus]

It is the Alpha -> Beta patch list.

[DW_WailofSuicide]

Patch looks alright, some much needed stuff.

-Webadmin
-Crosshair selection
-Auto team balancing
-What sounds like a fix to getting booted after custom maps download

Still some much needed stuff that's not there, but at least we know they're still working on it and not just pumping out the 360 version.

[Damnidge]

They could have saved me 5 minutes by simply writing:

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Patch 2

Every single thing that our dumbass company should have had when this thing was released, and in addition, things like the JOIN button that shows our collective IQ of 60 when it comes to error checking our software.
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It's all good though - I just sold my UT3 for $30 on ebay. I just cannot support a company that so blatantly insults my intelligence with such buggy product. I'll keep my fingers crossed that "UT: Four-Thousand!" (because they have to change the name of course) is good enough to win back my trust.

This is great news for those loyal UT3 players we have - I'm definitely happy for you all - esp Toxic in getting WebAdmin because I know he was cussing up a storm on that one.

[kaeolian]

Ill be looking forward to getting this !

Glad they are still working away at it. I really want to hate epic for the way the release was handled blah blah blah but I still think they were probably pressured into releasing early and that they shoudl be given a chance as they are trying to fix everything.

[WHIPperSNAPper]

This is the first I've heard of another patch. Epic really should make an effort to communicate more with the player base and let us know that another patch was in the works.

I'm glad they're finally fixing the Favorites list; it was an eyesore and one of the more obvious reasons that UT3 could be regarded by some as a joke.

Of course, there's still much more to do to bring the user interface and server browser up to UT99/UT 2004 standards. Sorry to see that it's still necessary to load the Main Menu and that the interface will still be clunky and slow.

[DW_Bomzin]

:blackeye: In case u missed the point . This is still a beta patch , holding breath for SP1 . I'm just going to wait until they get the bitch finished and go get the whole shabang on disc when released .

So just how big is beta patch ?