Patch Notes - v1.1

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Section 8(TM)
Xbox 360 and XServer Version 1.1

MAJOR
+ Automatch: several improvements to improve responsiveness and likelihood of finding a good match
+ Ranked Stats: fixed some issues with stats getting lost, new records now show at match end
+ Tank: Improved controls
+ Achievements: Fixed issues with not being awarded in certain situations
+ Projectiles: Improved behavior in high latency situations to be more reliable
+ AI: bots will now help defend human squadmates
+ Multiplayer: several improvements related to high latency situations

VEHICLES
+ Heavy Tank controls were adjusted to make driving more intuitive. The main turret will now turn with the vehicle.
+ Modified vehicle FoV to show more of the vehicle's exterior.
+ Fixed exiting vehicle sometimes placing characters inside of structures.
+ Removed an exploit that allowed users to increase the movement speed of vehicles by moving side to side.
+ Fixed a bug that would break the player's health display if they died while piloting a Heavy Armor.
+ Tank corpses will no longer hover after they are destroyed.
+ Fixed situations where the Heavy Armor would display a knife kill icon instead of the fist icon.
+ Renamed Tank seat two to "Minigun."

GEAR
+ Fixed bug where client and server would get out of sync about the equipped gear
+ Fixed a bug where a player's weapon could disappear after interrupting the set aside animation.
+ Fixed a bug where a player could lose the ability to switch weapons.
+ Fixed a bug where equipment would fail to function in high latency scenarios.
+ Fixed exploit which allowed using gear while sprinting.
+ Adjusted Friendly Fire Penalties for Weapons.
+ Shotgun in singleplayer gametypes will now have the same magazine size (7) as multiplayer gametypes
+ Slightly decreased the piercing damage dealt by the Machinegun’s rounds, and, the Assault Rifle’s piercing rounds. This does not affect the Assault Rifle’s non-piercing rounds.
+ Missiles will now detonate more consistently on a target in high latency situations.
+ Mortars will now split and detonate more consistently on a target in high latency situations’
+ Improved mortar targetting in certain situations.
+ Fixed the missile launcher's animation pop when zooming out immediately after firing.
+ Microsensors and Det Packs will now remain deployed if a player switches to another loadout which contains the Microsensor or Det Packs.
+ Shotgun and Machine Gun descriptions now indicate which feats they contribute to.
+ Fixed a problem with the knife where the equip animation would play after every attack.

BOTS
+ Fixed a bug where bots would continuously join and leave a 12 player game set to the balanced 25% bot mode.
+ Quick Match default bot mode now set at balanced instead of balanced 25%.
+ Bots will now attempt to defend nearby human squad members, particularly in Swarm mode.
+ Improved bot intelligence.
+ Players may now lock bots into squads.
+ Bots will no longer be added to teams during conclusion mode at the end of a match.

DCMs
+ Fixed a bug which would cause the DCM HUD to show up as blank in high latency situations.
+ Carried actors will now be returned to their starting location when they enter an unreachable location.
+ Fixed convoy DCM HUD showing "escort playerName" when a player would join a server after the convoy DCM had started.
+ Improved the logic behind awarding DCM participants score based on their participation.
+ Adjusted DCM spawning behavior in regards to AA turret locations.
+ Reduced the amount of damage taken by DCM actors from AA turrets.
+ Convoy will now always be oriented with the dropship that is delivering it.

GAMEPLAY
+ Added a jump delay of .85 seconds.
+ Fixed a problem where score could still accumulate during conclusion mode at the end of a match.
+ Resources will no longer be immediately replenished when a user interacts with a supply depot.

UI
+ Increased Default Sensitivity from 35% to 40%.
+ Fixed a bug which prevented players from being able to navigate the multiplayer settings screen on controllers 2-4.
+ The loadout screen will now close if a player moves outside of the supply depot's usage range.
+ Fixed a problem where players could interact with usable objects through walls in certain situations.
+ Fixed a problem where a user's camera would get stuck in matinee mode at the beginning of a match.
+ TacNet Spawn tab will now default to the previously selected spawn method.
+ Lock-On now aborts when line of sight is lost
+ Dropping: improved accuracy of the braking threshold

PURCHASING
+ Fixed a bug where the purchasing menu would close if the player cycled immediately upon opening the menu.
+ Fixed a problem where the purchasing menu would flash red while closing.
+ Fixed weapon being re-equipped after purchasing an item under very high lag.
+ Purchasing beacon will now always orient itself vertically.
+ Fixed a bug that was preventing users from destroying their own deployables when attempting to purchase a new deployable if the team was at the team limit.

CAMERA
+ Fixed a problem where players would get a bad third person camera if the match ended while they were dropping.
+ Fixed a problem where players would get a bad third person camera if the match ended while they were at the TacNet screen.
+ Added a new death camera view for when you are drop killed

MATCHMAKING
+ Automatch: several improvements to reduce time to get into a game, and to fix situations where automatch would fail despite servers being available.
+ Fixed bug that was capping the number of favorite servers to 9 instead of 10.
+ Server search results are now prioritized by player count.
+ Fixed map cycle issue that was preventing servers from proceeding to the next map correctly.
+ Fixed a bug where canceling an automatch search would sometimes not work correctly.
+ Fixed a problem where the loading screen would display the incorrect number of maximum players.
+ Added messaging that informs a player why they were disconnected when a disconnect happens.

RANKED STATS
+ Records will now be shown during conclusion mode at the end of a match.
+ Fixed a stats problem where time played was being doubled.

XSERVER
+ Fixed problem where map cycle would not work without modifying a config
+ Added a map cycle validation check which prevents servers from being launched with an invalid map cycle.
+ Corrected some problems related to adjusting the number of bots after changing the bot mode.

MISC
+ Fixed a bug that was preventing certain achievements from being awarded despite satisfying the requirements.
+ Fixed an exploit in spectator mode that would allow players to follow players on the other team.

LOCALIZATION
+ Fixed a bug where text overlapped in Italian for "Reset Loadout."
+ Moved Italian text "For Expert Users" so it is next to the "custom" install option.
+ Changed French host "HOTE" to "HÉRBERGE."
+ Fixed translation of French "Kicked for idling" message.
+ Updated the "With all due Haste" achievement descriptions in French and Italian.