Battlefield 3: Umfangreicher PC-Patch veröffentlicht

Seit heute steht der erste große Patch für den Shooter Battlefield 3 bereit. Das Update, bei dem Entwickler DICE etliche Leistungsverbesserungen vornimmt und Fehler ausbessert, wird automatisch beim Spielstart über Origin heruntergeladen und installiert.

Witold Pryjda, 22.11.2011 16:14 Uhr

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Beseitigt werden laut dem 'Battlefield-3-Blog' vor allem Probleme mit Abstürzen (etwa beim Betreten von Multiplayer- sowie Coop-Partien) und Leistungseinbrüchen auf "manchen PC-Konfigurationen". Verbessert wurden außerdem die Ladezeiten, auch die Darstellungsprobleme bei diversen Nvidia-Karten sollen nun der Vergangenheit angehören.

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Noch länger als die technischen Bugfixes sind die Änderungen an Balance und Gameplay (vollständige Liste s. u.): Als "signifikant" werden insbesondere die Anpassungen bei der Squad-Funktionalität bezeichnet. Ab sofort wird man nicht automatisch einem Squad zugewiesen bzw. gezwungen einem Viererteam anzugehören.

Wird man nun während des Werfens einer Granate getötet, fällt diese auf den Boden und explodiert. In den Modi Team Deathmatch, Squad Deathmatch und Conquest spawnt man nun nicht länger in direkter Nähe von Gegnern. Außerdem wurden diverse Anpassungen an den Waffen vorgenommen. Server-seitig wurde u. a. der so genannte EOD-Bot-Exploit ausgemerzt.

Der heute veröffentlichte Patch betrifft vorerst nur die PC-Version des Shooters. Die Konsolenfassungen des Updates sollen allerdings auch schon fertig sein, hier fehlen nur die Freigaben von Microsoft bzw. Sony.

Vor der Installation (bzw. dem Starts des Spiels, der den Update-Vorgang auslöst), empfiehlt es sich übrigens, den Virenscanner auszuschalten. Wie unser Leser Archon berichtet, neigt der BF3-Patch offenbar verstärkt zu so genannten "False Positives", dabei schlägt der Virenscanner fälschlicherweise beim Patchen an.

Battlefield 3 im WinFuture-Preisvergleich: Für PC, PlayStation 3 und Xbox 360

Vielen Dank an unseren Leser Archon für den Hinweis.

Visuals, Stability and Performance Fixes

General performance and loading time improvements
"Black Screen" fix for an issue occurring on some PC configurations
Stereo and rendering support for Nvidia and AMD graphics cards
Fixed several crashes that occurred when joining multiplayer and co-op sessions
Fixed a problem with high speed mouse movement (aka "negative mouse acceleration")
You should no longer be able to damage a friendly vehicle when sitting in an open position
Grenades now drop to ground if you get killed while attempting to throw it (dangerous in Hardcore mode!)
You should no longer spawn too close to enemies in TDM, SQDM, or Conquest
A large number of damage and range tweaks on a number of weapons to fine-tune overall balance in the game
Added round duration and ticket summary at End of Round screen
Fixed a problem regarding key bindings while playing
Significant changes to the Join Squad interface, detailed at the bottom of this post

Balance and Gameplay Adjustments (PC)

Fixed a problem with high speed mouse movement
Added back some missing Growlers on Kharg Island Conquest Large
Added back EOR sound for SQDM and TDM
You should no longer be able to damage a friendly vehicle when sitting in an open position
Grenades now drop to ground if you get killed while attempting to throw it(note the affect this will have on Hardcore mode!)
Spawn protection now should work in Conquest. You should no longer spawn on points too close to enemies
You should no longer spawn too close to enemies in TDM and SQDM
Combat areas on Kharg Rush tweaked in order to disallow defenders to access the carrier ship after 1st base is taken and being able to enter the AA gun
Fixed a problem with revived players not suffering suppression
Fixed a problem with the camera when being revived in COOP
Added joystick deadzone setting
Fixed sound for when climbing ladders
Fixed an issue with some weapon sounds in first person
Fixed a swim sound loop error
Increased the damage of Helicopter Miniguns, AA guns, and Jet Cannons against infantry
Increased the damage of Helicopter Miniguns against jeeps.
Reduced the physics impact of AA guns and Jet Cannons, players under attack from these weapons should no longer lose control.
Increased the damage of the 44 Magnum slightly.
Increased the range and minimum damage of the .357 Round from the MP412 Rex.
Increased the range of all .45cal and 9mm weapons.
Slightly increased the range of the P90 and MP7 and PDW-R.
Slightly increased the range of the 5.56mm PDW-R and decreased the minimum damage at long range.
Slightly increased the minimum range of the Mk11, SVD, and M39 EMR 7.62mm rifles.
Decreased the maximum damage and maximum range of the G3 and SCAR-H 7.62mm weapons.
Reduced the damage from FIM-92 and SA-18 IGLA missiles against aircraft.
Increased the damage and range of the 40mm BUCK rounds.
Reduced the damage .50cal weapons do against Helicopters.
Updated T90 canister shell tweaks to match Abrams canister shells

UI Changes (PC)

Added round duration and ticket summary at EOR
Advanced squad polish - should be more intuitive
Significant changes to the Join Squad functionality (see below)
Fixed a problem regarding keybindings while playing
You should now get a better error message when being disconnected via Battlelog

Server Update Highlights

EOD Bot exploit fix
Several crash fixes
Anti-stat padding measures taken, disallowing ranked servers to run obscure settings
Improved team kill kick configuration
Support for unranked servers. Unranked servers do not report players' scores to Battlelog, but server administrators can freely control all settings

Newly added Battlelog functionality - Share your stats

Ability to share your Profile and Stats pages to Facebook, Google+, and Twitter
User Profile and Stats pages on Battlelog can now be accessed without being signed in to Battlelog if you know a user's URL
Single sign on from Battlelog to Origin. If you're not logged in to Origin and join a game server, Battlelog will automatically sign you in to Origin in the background and join the game server

Quick notes on Squad changes in the Nov 22 update

Removed FIND ME A SQUAD option
Allow players to join empty Squads alone, thus having 1/4 squad members
Change order of options to LEAVE SQUAD, INV A FRIEND, SWITCH TEAM
Disable Privacy flag when 1 man squad
Reset Privacy flag from Private to Public when squad drops to 1 player
All occupied Squads will now show up colored blue on the Squad Selection screen
Players who choose not to join squads will also show up as Blue in the "Not in a Squad” line
Squads that are currently empty will display as white -- if you wish to join an empty Squad, you can choose the first one marked with white text

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