New Server Options:
- Increase Weapon Damage
- Increases weapon damage for head and torso shots with all weapons.
- Increased Weapon Recoil
- 15% recoil increase across all weapons.
- Reduce UI Elements Shown
- Disables UI elements such as ammo count for all players.
- Only Squad Members on Map
- This restricts the player position information shown on the mini-map to only include squad members and players that have been spotted.
- Only Show Ally Names
- Player nameplates for enemies will not show up.
- Require Manual Weapon Reload
- Disables auto-reload for all players on the server.
- Disable Death Follow Cam
- Disables the follow cam that is ordinarily shown when players die.
- Force First Person Cockpits
- Third person view is not permitted for drones or vehicles when this option is enabled.
- Reduce Ability Effectiveness
- Limited duration for thermal goggles and personal UAV.
- Force Ace Helicopters
- Enforces ace as the difficulty setting for all helicopters.
- NOTE: To disable specials and vehicles, scale the battlepoint earnings to 0% and set the initial BP to 0
Dedicated Server Tool:
- Improvements to the dedicated server tool UI.
- Added new dedicated server settings to the tool:
- Initial BP
- BP earning scaling
- Respawn delay timer
- Idle kick time
- Voting parameters:
- Enable voting
- Minimum players in a server before player voting is active
- Vote pass %
- Vote cooldown time (per user)
- Vote duration
- The autobalance status label will now display information on remaining swaps.
Balance Improvements:
- M4:
- Increased damage vs. infantry head to be less effective at long range (compared to that of the ACR).
- ACR:
- Increased damage vs. infantry head, chest and abdomen to be more effective at long range.
- SV45 SMG:
- Increased damage values vs. infantry to be more effective at range.
- Slightly increased infantry default material damage to be more effective at short range.
- Diablo SMG:
- Increased damage vs. infantry be slightly more effective at range.
- M200 Sniper Rifle :
- Increased damage values vs. infantry to account for enemy health regeneration.
- Adjusted damage range to be more lethal at short/medium range.
- Cluster:
- Increased Battle Points to 1600.
- Hellfire:
- Increased Battle Points to 1300.
- Phosphorus:
- Increased Battle Points to 1600.
- AntiTank Drone Dumb fire Missile:
- Damage increased vs. infantry.
- M1A3 Abrams:
- Increased damage resistance from the front of the tank.
- LAV Rocket (Seat 1):
- Increased damage vs. M1A3 Abrams
- Decreased damage vs. LAV
- Adjusted over armor effectiveness to compensate for damage changes.
- LAV 30mm Cannon:
- Increased damage vs. M1A3 Abrams
- Decreased damage vs. LAV
- Adjusted over armor effectiveness of the Tanks to compensate for changes.
- Proximity Launcher:
- Decreased damage vs. M1A3 Abrams.
- Rocket Launcher:
- Increased damage vs. M1A3 Abrams, and adjusted over armor to compensate for this damage change.
- MD600 Mini Gun:
- Adjusted damage values vs. Scout Heli and Apache Heli. Prior to this change, a proficient Scout pilot could take out an Apache with one extended burst. It now requires at least one cool down to kill.
Anti-cheat Support
- Cheat detection improved
- Global banlist:
- Each time a server boots, the entire global banlist will be pulled down from the URL specified in the playlist file.
- On each round change an incremental download is done based on sequence number.
Private Messages:
- Added “Private Message” functionality: pm playername message
Voting:
- All voting information is sent to RCON tools (start information, result and individual votes).
- Voting related UI (see pause menu).
- Implemented match restart.
- Supported vote types:
- Kick player.
- KickBan player.
- Next map.
- Restart level.
Server Splash Screen Added
We now display the server name, Message of the Day (MOTD), and a list of server options active at the start of the game when applicable (settings are located in the dedicated server tool’s checkbox game settings/options).
RCON Changes (for RCON Tool Developers):
Pm/bigsay/say (when used via RCON) have been changed to:
Adminpm steamID/playerName: Private messages players with the specified steamID/playerName.
Adminbigsay message: Broadcasts a bigsay message.
Adminsay message: Broadcasts a say message.