SpawnPoint

This patch includes the PunkBuster anti-cheat system, a new server browser, gameplay tweaks and various bugfixes.

New Features
PunkBuster anti-cheat has been added
Spawn Protection – 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
* New streamlined design with easy to use layout
* 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
* Server Information Box
* Added server IP display
* Added server name display
* Added text clan/server company/message of the day support
* Added ability to cancel server search and the server browser will continue to display already pulled servers
* Can apply filters to pulled servers
* Server browser no longer refreshes when coming back from the server info screens
* 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
* Forced pause which prevented the player from moving when recovering from a jump has been removed
* Player will be prevented from jumping immediately after landing for 0.5 seconds (stops the bouncing bunny syndrome)
*Multiple fixes should result is much less visible “sliding”, “worming” and “Dolphin” effects from transitioning between crouch to standing, crouch to prone and prone to standing
* Sprinting while crouched or prone has been removed
* Jumping from and to prone should now be impossible
* A minimum timer has been set in between changing positions. (This will prevent crouch/prone spamming)
* Character ground speed has been slightly increased, this includes strafe speed
* Free fall speed has increased for a more realistic feeling
* Single Player: Graveyard – 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 “Exit 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

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