Patch 1.20 is Out

[JiF]AlbieDamned · Post by **[JiF]AlbieDamned** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:51 pm

1.20 is released as of today. EA download link:

http://largedownloads.ea.com/pub/patche ... e_1.20.exe

Here's the official fix list:

* 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

[JiF]AlbieDamned · Post by **[JiF]AlbieDamned** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:52 pm

* Added optimization to Titan mode to reduce lag

I'm most excited about this one. We'll see how much better it is. It's pretty awful for me right now.

[JiF]Stepovich · Post by **[JiF]Stepovich** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:09 pm

Rorsch crosshair misalignment
Which weapon is that??

[JiF]rIot · Post by **[JiF]rIot** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:12 pm

I just went to play 2142 and was burdened w/ this patch!

[JiF]AlbieDamned · Post by **[JiF]AlbieDamned** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:23 pm

[JiF]Stepovich wrote:Rorsch crosshair misalignment
Which weapon is that??

The fixed AV guns I think.

[JiF]Stepovich · Post by **[JiF]Stepovich** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:29 pm

OH! That explains a lot.
Those things are brutal once you figured out how to aim them.
Now I'll have to relearn it

[JiF]bigjohnson · Post by **[JiF]bigjohnson** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:07 pm

well i downloaded that EA Link thing and it's moving pretty fast considering the load it must be seeing right now. I like the heal and engineer modification... I couldn't even get a bronze badge in healing. we'll see about the other stuff.

[JiF]bigjohnson · Post by **[JiF]bigjohnson** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:21 pm

Well I played the new patch last night. I played on one server which was was good; nice fair play. but then I got 2 others where the host clan was just spawn camping and using dirty tactics. So I started using some tricks of my own and started wiping out groups 3 at a time, so somehow they were tracking me personally and sending hit-squads out for me alone. I'm not paranoid because I purposely set a trap for them in our base and a group of snipers totally ignored all the commander resources and were looking for me. must have had a spy on our team.
On another note, I unlocked (field) the sniper decoy thingy... from what I found it's useless and don't know if you gotta hit a button or how the thing works. Well regardless, I made promotion and have to pick an unlock.

[JiF]rIot · Post by **[JiF]rIot** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:27 pm

While I was downloading the patch yesterday, I decided to play BF2. I miss the old weapons setup

[JiF]AlbieDamned · Post by **[JiF]AlbieDamned** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:30 pm

I played a little last night. I played a Titan round and the Titan lag was just as bad as ever for me. But it wasn't a fair test, because the two Titans had moved to be almost on top of each other which I know makes it lag even more. So I'll give it some more chances.

[JiF]rIot · Post by **[JiF]rIot** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:36 pm

Thats weird, I never experieced lag on the Titan, maybe a little while it was moving, but Titan mode has never been a problem for me...

[JiF]bigjohnson · Post by **[JiF]bigjohnson** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:40 pm

when the titans are real close it's really burdens the server's processor. I had a really weird crash to desktop last night but I think it was my video card tripping on overtemp.

[JiF]AlbieDamned · Post by **[JiF]AlbieDamned** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:36 pm

[JiF]bigjohnson wrote:On another note, I unlocked (field) the sniper decoy thingy... from what I found it's useless and don't know if you gotta hit a button or how the thing works. Well regardless, I made promotion and have to pick an unlock.

Wait - how are you able to unlock Northern Strike stuff already? I thought you had to own NS in order to unlock the new gadgets.

[JiF]bigjohnson · Post by **[JiF]bigjohnson** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:04 pm

downloaded EA Link, then downloaded patch 1.20 and the NS unlocks show up on the customize screen.

[JiF]AlbieDamned · Post by **[JiF]AlbieDamned** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:08 pm

[JiF]bigjohnson wrote:downloaded EA Link, then downloaded patch 1.20 and the NS unlocks show up on the customize screen.

Yeah, the stuff shows up for me too, but I didn't think I could choose it yet.

By the way, despite what the game tells you, you don't need EA Link. You can just download the patches directly. I didn't like EA Link cause it seemed to want to run in the background all the time. So I uninstalled it.