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DICE has announced that the delayed PC patch is finally here, and it’s quite an important patch: dozens of fixes and updates make the patch weigh at almost 500 MB. The full list of changes for the client side:

• Admin Interface – fixed the player.onKill spam that occasionally happened
• Admin Interface – ensured that player.onJoin events always report the player name
• Admin Interface – events triggered when people spawn
• Admin Interface – much more info on kills
• Admin Interface – detailed stats are reported at end-of-round

• Gameplay – Various minor level bugfixes
• Gameplay – Helicopter handling has been tweaked
• Gameplay – Weapon tweaks have been implemented based on PC public feedback
• Gameplay – Tracer dart gun speed has been changed from 300 m/s to 200 m/s
• Gameplay – Fixed technical hang when a crate was armed outside of the combat area
• Gameplay – “Victory is near” message was shown for the wrong team on Valparaíso, this has been fixed
• Gameplay – Countermeasures can be fired when driving a helicopter
• Gameplay – The brightness of the pilot view in the Russian helicopter has been reduced
• Gameplay – Advanced Spotting scope works better
• Gameplay – Knifing people in the back works again (we backed out the change that we had done for Server R11)
• Gameplay – Hit box for moving targets expands based on the speed of the targets movement
• Gameplay – G36 now has crosshair when in Hardcore mode
  

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Bad Company 2 R8/R12 Patch Coming Soon

We will perform another synchronized client/server update. It is expected to take place early next week.

The client update will be roughly 500MB in size.

Changelog:

Server - Some potential sources for lag/rubberbanding have been eliminated
Server - The old reserved slots has been replaced by a kick-on-demand system like in BF2
Server - Log file for server admins: all remote admin interface commands/events are logged
Server - Log file for server admins: major server events + all chat messages are logged
Server - Idle kick is controllable
Server - Profanity filter can be disabled
Server - Teamkill-kick system is controllable
Server - Ticket counts and bleed rate are controllable per-level
Server - Infantry only mode available per-level
Server - Initial spawn delay and respawn delay are adjustable
Server - Server description can be up to 400 characters, and use "|" for line breaks
Server - Banlist can contain up to 10.000 entries
Server - reduced latency in packet handling

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Latest ATi driver update fixes long loading times in Battlefield Bad Company 2

ATi has released ATI Catalyst™ 10.4 Hotfix for series 5 graphics cards (series 4 graphics cards are expected to get the drivers next week). You can read more about the driver hotfix at AMD.com. ATI Catalyst™ 10.4 Preview features: The ATI Catalyst 10.4 Preview provides resolution for the following issue: Long load times for new maps in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 when using an ATI Radeon HD 5xxx series graphics card

You can get hold of the Hotfix from AMD.com.

Note! This driver is provided as is and is not supported by AMD. It has not completed full AMD testing, and is only recommended for users experiencing the particular issue described above. This release is not supported by ATI Radeon™ HD5800 Eyefinity 6 series of products.