Battlefield 2142 Patch Release - 1.20

[lsmaster]

DICE over in Sweden has just gotten done working on the patch for 2142 that brings it up to version 1.20. Here is the news:

Greetings from Sweden!

Today we are releasing the latest update for Battlefield 2142. In this update we have addressed a number of issues and game play concerns.

• Fixed Pod Control Exploit - Players may no longer exploit the assault pods to 'surf' around the maps.
• Removed the stats category for the PK-74 AR-Rocket: All kills with this weapon are calculated into the statistics for the main assault kit weapon
• Fixed co-op server crash: Servers will no longer crash when attempting to rotate to co-op • mode with players joined into squads
• Added correct flag for Czech Republic.
• Fixed PDS-1 sonar system interference with UAV. Soldiers are now shown correctly on UAV when PDS-1 is activated.
• Change to Heal and Repair Point Awarding: Heal and repair points awarded after a 50% heal / repair instead of 100% heal / repair.
• Fixed tracking of hours with the medic hub in BFHQ: Medic hub hours shown in BFHQ has been corrected.
• Fixed Squad leader drone exploit. Removed the possibility to use drones as a stairway to heaven.
• Fixed the Rorsch crosshair misalignment: The crosshair should now be correctly centered while not zoomed.
• Change to Out of Bounds Damage: We have changed the out of bounds damage system to immediately kill players after being out of bounds for 15 seconds. Please note that the total time a player can be out of bounds has not changed. This fix will help prevent stat padding exploits.
• Ranked Server APM setting hard coded: Anti-personelle mines are now always set to "Friendly fire off" on ranked servers. Increases consistency and prevents misunderstanding.
• Fixed an exploit using the reactor core door: Soldiers can no longer conceal themselves by moving back against the reactor core door.
• The correct message is now shown when trying to join a full server.
• Fixed crash when placing Squad Leader Spawn Beacon
• Added server side option to prevent Titan Movement
• Added optimization to Titan mode to reduce lag

We wanted to thank everyone who took the time to beta test this update and provide feedback to us. We have archived all feedback and will be reviewing everything that did not make it into this update for future updates.

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Alright, lets talk patch names. The 1.19B is if you used the BETA 1.20. We call it 1.19 because it is a beta, so it can not be official the 1.20 patch. The 'b' just adds the helpful hint "BETA". If you are still on 1.1 patch, you will need to download the full patch. Thanks!

[Spid0r]

Awesome

Edit: Tried to install the incremental and it said I had a newer version. Downloading the full one then I guess.

[lsmaster]

Add the incremental link. Have a full link coming soon!

[VertigoSFX]

Nice guys, very quick response on this one, good work...dl'ing now.

EDIT: Actually, got a question, what's the deal with it being 270MB? The last patch was like 30MB, I don't see why this one jumped 240megs??

And on the incremental, it says it's from v1.19b->v2.20, what is 1.19b? The patch most of us have installed is 1.1, I don't want to risk screwing anything up..

[Nriva]

Originally Posted by VertigoSFX

Nice guys, very quick response on this one, good work...dl'ing now.

EDIT: Actually, got a question, what's the deal with it being 270MB? The last patch was like 30MB, I don't see why this one jumped 240megs??

And on the incremental, it says it's from v1.19b->v2.20, what is 1.19b? The patch most of us have installed is 1.1, I don't want to risk screwing anything up..

1.9B is the open beta for 1.2. If you have 1.1, download the full version.

[ward360]

The size of the patch is probably because of all the optimization in titan mode, and because the added ten new weapons and ten new badges, they are for northern strike but you can use them in the regular game, as field unlocks or if you have them unlocked for northern strike.. new content. hope this fixes the lag on 48 player titan, it would be nice... yes and the incremental is for you that did the 1.19 beta, if you didn't you need the full..

[Sydney]

w00t! The APM fix is the best thing, because now enemies will trip their own APM mines for me

[JediMindTrick1]

Originally Posted by PBAsydney

w00t! The APM fix is the best thing, because now enemies will trip their own APM mines for me

Only in unranked servers. Otherwise they are now set to Friendly Fire Off by default.

**edit***
Nevermind, found another thread that answered my questions.

[BrokenPhoenix]

Not that I have any personal involvement either way, but if you closed the 1.20 thread in general discussion because of this post.... A lot more people are going to miss it >_> No offense but I don't think this is exactly the first page most people check...

Oh well, maybe I'm wrong.

Or maybe I'm not

[tivojack]

Originally Posted by JediMindTrick1

Only in unranked servers. Otherwise they are now set to Friendly Fire Off by default.

I don't understand, fully, the ramifications of this APM change. I'd like to see FF on on all ranked
servers... I hate RDX tossing bombers... I want to see them get blown up too.... I assume that
FF OFF on the APM means that your guys WON'T blow up when they walk across a friendly APM...
but I didn't think that happened anyway....

Originally Posted by JediMindTrick1

Im a little confused about what the patch is for. Is it for the vanilla version of 2142 also? So, when I get home tonight and want to play, will I have to download this patch? If I do will I still need to copy my bf2142 folder for the new patch so I have two different versions?

as far as the patch... this is for BF2142 and it's just like the 1.06 and 1.10 patches.... eventually, most
everyone will install this and be running at the 1.20 level. You can only join servers that have this applied.
Not sure how soon all servers will apply this... can't recall how fast they all moved to the 1.10 patch.....

It is a large patch because it has all of the NS logic / weapons / upgrades / etc... it just doesn't have
the new maps. The new maps have the new vehicles. With this patch... if you kill a person that
has an NS unlock ( RDX Shotgun for example ) you'll be able to 'G' his kit and play with his NS
unlock until you die.

jack

[Quendendil]

To the post above mine :

We'll also be able to use our squad unlocks on the NS stuff, like on the 1.19b, right?

[lsmaster]

Originally Posted by BrokenPhoenix

Not that I have any personal involvement either way, but if you closed the 1.20 thread in general discussion because of this post.... A lot more people are going to miss it >_> No offense but I don't think this is exactly the first page most people check...

Oh well, maybe I'm wrong.

Or maybe I'm not

Because yea, it just happens to show up in here, and on the front page, and as well as the bug reporting thread. I do not know if you can miss it in three spots.

[BrokenPhoenix]

Originally Posted by lsmaster

Because yea, it just happens to show up in here, and on the front page, and as well as the bug reporting thread. I do not know if you can miss it in three spots.

Not trying to argue or anything, but I imagine a lot of people just go directly to general discussion.... so the ones here and on the front page will be passed by all of those people. As far as the stickied bug-reporting thread... well, that's bug reporting, not general discussion, so it's not really the same thing. But even if it was, people tend not to look at stickies. People are more likely to find out about the patch from somewhere else, THEN look to see if there's a sticky about it.

Either way Just saying, people ignore news posts and stickies. It's the unfortunate nature of forums.

[Simon Moon]

More people read the news than go to the general discussion forum. That should answer that one

[VertigoSFX]

Originally Posted by Simon Moon

More people read the news than go to the general discussion forum. That should answer that one

I second that statement, I have the homepage bf2142fever.com bookmarked and my visits to the General Discussion are very limited these days, but the Comments link on the news page is quite handy