An update to the moderately successful, Frontlines: Fuel of War, was released today. Some of the highlights in this release include PunkBuster support, a new multiplayer server browser, and many gameplay fixes.
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Hit the break for the full change log as listed on Shacknews.[break="changes"]
- New Features
- PunkBuster anti-cheat has been added
- Spawn Protection â€Â" To prevent spawn camping, players will spawn with a few seconds of invulnerability that will end if they perform an action
New Server Browser
- Phase 1 of the NEW Server Browser
o New streamlined design with easy to use layout
o Added text filters for the following categories: Server Name, Player Count, Ping, Map Name & Version Number
+ Server Name filter will search entire through entire server names for matching criteria
+ Player filter will default to the minimum number entered. This field also accepts ranges such as 10-40
+ Ping filter will take the number entered as the max ping allowed. This field also accepts ranges as well
o Server Information Box
+ Added server IP display
+ Added server name display
+ Added text clan/server company/message of the day support
o Added ability to cancel server search and the server browser will continue to display already pulled servers
+ Can apply filters to pulled servers
o Server browser no longer refreshes when coming back from the server info screens
o Enter IP address can now use IP€™s with ports and can use alpha characters
Gameplay
- Players can no longer stick landmines onto their legs
- Invert controls for land vehicles has been fixed
- Turrets will no longer continue firing when squad menu is raised
- All passengers in a vehicle will see hit notifications
- Sentry guns take slightly less damage to destroy
- Sentry guns will cause slightly less damage
- Sentry guns will no longer respawn after being destroyed (single-player game)
- Grenade launcher damage vs infantry has been slightly reduced
- Railgun rounds, clips, fire speed and damage radius have been modified, increasing the effectiveness of the weapon
- Character Movement Changes
o Forced pause which prevented the player from moving when recovering from a jump has been removed
o Player will be prevented from jumping immediately after landing for 0.5 seconds (stops the bouncing bunny syndrome)
o Multiple fixes should result is much less visible €œsliding, worming and œDolphin effects from transitioning between crouch to standing, crouch to prone and prone to standing
o Sprinting while crouched or prone has been removed
o Jumping from and to prone should now be impossible
o A minimum timer has been set in between changing positions. (This will prevent crouch/prone spamming)
o Character ground speed has been slightly increased, this includes strafe speed
o Free fall speed has increased for a more realistic feeling
- Single Player: Graveyard -€Â" Destroying all tanks will now always advance the frontline properly
User Interface
- Action key (E) can now be changed to any key. This key is also used for €œExit Vehicle€� functionality and is listed under Infantry controls.
- Scoreboard bugs related to double entries and zero point entries fixed
- Scoreboard now displays server name, server IP and personal ping
- Player can now paste text longer then the max characters set for a text box
Crashes
- Fix for reported ATI X800/X850 user crashes on start up
- Vsync default setting is now turned to off, solving some crashes for lower end cards (this is the Maximize Framerate option in the Video- Advanced tab)
- Added NULL check to stop players from inputting illegal characters and crashing the game
- Systems with the Ageia PhysX card will no longer result in game crashes
- Server crash caused by PhysX issue has been addressed
Localization
- Polish language fixes to load screens and gameplay text
Miscellaneous
- Registry fix to document the running version number and installed SKU (EFIS, E, EG etc). This will allow for improved patch installation detection
Known Issues (to be addressed in a hotfix coming shortly)
- Changing keys in the Control options will not check to see if a key is already bound. This is planned to be fixed in a future patch
- Punkbuster will kick you off the server if you use the following special characters in your display name: comma, forward slash, or backslash
- Effective melee distance to be reduced
- When using the pipe character in a server name, text after the pipe will not be shown in the upper right server information window