Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Patch Changelog

What's new in Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Patch 1.03 Beta

Jan 8, 2011

Added the ability for the game to load user modified files from the DATA_WIN folder. This allows modification
of various files and settings installed in the standard version of Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising.

New in Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Patch 1.02 (Jan 27, 2010)

Support added for 2 new PvP game modes included in DLC Pack 2
The host is now able to press "Start" button to ready up and begin the 10 second countdown into game irrespective of whether all players are ready or not.
Improved multiplayer stability.
Online synchronisation has been improved mitigating various issues such as shots fired not being registered and missing animations
Improved bullet hit detection on clients
Medics no longer become unable to move if the player they are trying to heal attempts to heal themselves at the same time.
The corpse looting inventory now appears appropriately when characters are killed
The corpse looting inventory updates appropriately when swapping weapons.
Tweaks and amends to enemy and friendly AI.
The damaged vehicle icon no longer becomes stuck on screen if the player is spawned into a vehicle just as it becomes critically damaged.
Fly in camera at the start of the Lumber Yard Infiltration mission now behaves appropriately
alt tabbing when in the lobby no longer causes graphical corruption on ground texture
Speed hack checking has been activated to block 3rd party speed hacks during online games.
Anti-cheat measures implemented to combat leaderboard hacking
Ammo counter for Fire team leaders in PvP matches now counts down the remaining ammo correctly.
Vehicle control responsiveness improved for clients, with input lag reduced
Sessions that you cannot join such as those that contain DLC not present on the players machine appear as greyed out on the browse server screen.
If someone without DLC is invited to a game that requires DLC content they will receive a message explaining this and the game can still be started. They no longer take up a space in the lobby.
Improved On & Offline stability
Player positioned appropriately after exiting a vehicle.
Players are no longer able to access a locked vehicle by using an unlocked vehicle
Mines are no longer triggered by neutral (inactive) vehicles
Death cam view behaves correctly if the player dies whilst in a vehicle and swapping between 3rd & 1st person camera views
It is no longer possible to enter aimed view mode while the weapon select OSD is open.
Binocular functionality no longer impaired by previously selected inventory item.
Weapon torches now turn off properly when swapping out the current weapon via ammo crates with the torch light switched on.
Players stance is now correctly maintained after operating an emplaced weapon
The player is now able to order a fire team under their control to operate an emplaced weapon
"Move To" orders now correctly issued to the pilot rather than individual fire team members when mixed fire teams occupy the crew seats in helicopters.
Helicopter chain guns no longer jam
Weapons rotations for a.i. gyrostablised weapons are no longer updated if they've not got a target set.
Weapon OSD for the M134 Minigun in the AH-6J Helicopter now displays the correct number of rounds loaded (9999).
Helicopters no longer make inappropriate wheel contact surface sounds sound when flying over grassland.
"Live Link" feature in the Mission Editor should now default to launch the game in Windowed mode
The mission editor should now be able to read multiple databases so text strings can be easily added.
Unavailable Bradley and ZBD200 squad references removed from Mission editor
Mouse look sensitivity for mounted weapons is now aligned with other weapons
Respawn timer now displayed in all game modes.
Fixed crash using empty string with OFP:displaySystemMessage
Fixed rare crash in AI input. Unchecked possible invalid cast in AI input.
Changed client prediction code for extrapolating positions, based on how far in the past there is accurate server data. (Optimisation)
getVelocities bug fix for helicopter suspension. Refactor removed getVelocities usage.
Audio Feedback Manager can search blocked speakers list by name as well. (Optimisation)
Destructor of commands is always called in the CommandPool. Prevents possible memory leaks.
walkEchelonControlledSubUnits now recurses through only controlled units. Now processes correct sub units.
Friendly fire feedback will revert to root echelon if no fireteam members are still alive. Processes feedback case correctly.
Fixed clients showing low LOD back weapon between their feet after looting ammo crates.
The player can now add custom audio and modify further AI parameters (Weapon usage values and dispersion system).
Added OFP:getTerrainHeight( x, z ) script cmd to return height of terrain, suitable as a Y value in cmds such as OFP:spawnAtLocation
Can issue AI fireteam a Defend order to unmounted/neutral vehicles.
Multiplayer arena bugfixes in ME
Multiplayer arena size limit changed to include warning zone in ME
New objective & territory icons for DLC2 added to ME
Multiplayer arena warning zone size clamped to 500m
Fixed CampaignEditor not starting on 64bit systems
Added export of attacking army to multiplayer data
Supremacy and Blindside gamemodes added to ME
Sea level is now configurable through Map.xml file

New in Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Patch 1 (Nov 16, 2009)

The game now displays the version number on the front end
Video can now be captured with the software FRAPS.
When using the Mission Editor, if the player clicks off the game in order to move an object in the mission editor, the game will now not loses focus.
Gameplay online
Lag issues reduced for 32 players pvp
The Client and Host shooting are now synchronised. The client will no longer empty a magazine into a player and not killing him.
o In an online game, the mines are now correctly synchronised. The player can place mines on the ground with no problems.
The weapon will now continue working if the player spam the fire button and the change fire rate button.
The Players will now position correctly when re-spawned inside a vehicle
Clients are now able to enter vehicles with no problem
All sniper rifles will now have a sway effect
When a building is destroyed any corpses that are within the building are removed, so they are not floating in the air.
The inventory UI from the crate or corpse can now be opened correctly when the player is standing at distance.
A rare online crash bug has been fixed when the Client is assaulting the fuel depot towards the end of the mission Bleeding Edge
If the fireteams are following orders and then the player select an ROE order on all fireteams including themselves the orders will now be spread across all fireteams.
On a Pvp game, the counter will now count correctly when the settings are restricted to no re-spawns
Games via a private server and password are now correctly protected. The players will now require the password to join the game.
The mouse wheel will now respond to the input control if the player enters a vehicle and continues to switch positions using mouse wheel.
The player can now change weapon with number keys while in a vehicle
The player can now scroll the list of names in the lobby using the middle wheel
The reloading time is now correct when the player is going prone straight after firing a SMAW or Queen Bee weapons.
The chat box will not overlap on 800x600 resolution
In the polish SKU, the apostrophe key is now translated correctly when changing keyboard configuration in the Front end
When exiting the credits, the heading will not transition twice.
The game has been modified to only use the original data to prevent cheating or hacking by modifying the configuration files.
Added script command OFP:setAIConfigPropertyValue to allow mission designers to override the AI configuration values found in the global AIConfig.xml file in user generated missions only.