Bad Company 2 R15 Patch

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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
  

• Client – Fixed DX9 issue, which likely caused graphics glitches and perhaps crashes
• Client – Fixed some crashes
• Client – Toggle/hold crouch is user controllable
• Client – Toggle/hold zoom is user controllable
• Client – Vsync bugfixed for DX10/DX11
• Client – Rewritten how settings are written to disk; this should reduce/eliminate the spawn lag
• Client – Fixed bug where a player could join a server before the stats has been downloaded causing faulty stats in “EOR- unlock progression”-screen
• Client – New chat system allows chatting when dead (but not during end of round) and keeps a 100 lines log
• Client – Improved Play Now functionality
• Client – Removed K/D ratio and Skill Level filters in the leaderboards
• Client – Any points you get while being dead will be added to your score
• Client – Reduced negative mouse acceleration
• Client – Increased health on the Cobra to match other vehicles
• Client – More informative disconnection/kick reasons
• Client – Support for Map Packs so PC gets future VIP maps at the same time as consoles

• Slightly increased the damage of the UZI at long range.
• The AKs74u now has more felt recoil when aiming.
• The G3, VSS, and all SemiAutomatic rifles now settle slightly faster between shots when aiming.
• The PKM, Type 88LMG, G3, An94, and 40mm shotgun have returned to their former glory.
• Increased the damage of the MG3 to bring it in line with the rest of the LMGs.
• Fixed a bug where the Saiga12 with slugs would do too much damage at long range.
• Fixed a bug where the SVU would do too little damage at long range.
• Fixed a bug where M95 rounds would not kill armored targets with headshots.