{"id":5162,"date":"2010-01-12T14:14:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-12T12:14:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"bad-company-2-beta-changes-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/5162-bad-company-2-beta-changes-announced","title":{"rendered":"Bad Company 2 beta changes announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

Developer DICE has published<\/a> a list of all the changes made to Battlefield: Bad Company 2 following the PS3 beta.<\/p>\n

General<\/strong><\/p>\n

–    Completely reskinned the weapons and scopes for much improved visual quality.
–    The reddot sight no longer has a FOV penalty compared to iron sights.
–    Pistols now have the same FOV level as other weapons in iron sights.
–    Tons of weapon tweaks to improve the balance of play.
–    Increased accuracy when stationary and aiming for better first shot accuracy.
–    Decreased accuracy when moving and aiming, especially for sniper rifles.
–    Several gun specific balance tweaks to bring them in line with the other weapons of that class.

Weapons<\/strong><\/p>\n

–    Lowered the damage of the XM8 and F2000 at close range.
–    Lowered the damage of the AN94 at long range.
–    Raised the accuracy of the M16’s burst.
–    Lowered the damage of the Type88 LMG.
–    Raised the damage of the MG3.
–    Raised the damage of the M249.
–    Fixed the recoil of the M249 when equipped with a reddot sight.
–    Lowered the damage of the SMGs and Carbines at extreme range.
–    Lowered the accuracy on the move for the SCAR-L, AKS-74u, and the XM8c.
Raised the damage of shotguns, especially for the pump shotguns and slugs.
–    Semiauto and Auto snipers and slug shotguns cannot 1 shot headshot at extreme range.
–    Fixed the Knife’s stab animation and improved the reliability of Knife attacks.
–    Lowered the long delay between Knife attacks.
–    Fixed the animation speed for switching to the grenade launcher on assault rifles.
–    Fixed the too huge blood splatter effect for sniper shots at long distance.
–    Fixed the minimap disappearing if you switched weapons while aiming a sniper rifle.
–    Removed the fade to and from black when aiming a sniper rifle.
–    Adjusted graphics for sniper rifles and RPGs when zoomed.
–    Bolt action sniper rifles will chamber the next round if the trigger is pressed twice while zooming.
–    Fixed the close range damage of bolt action sniper rifles. Now a 1 hit kill on unarmored infantry in 5m.
–    Raised the damage of the VSS but lowered accuracy when moving.
–    Grenade carry limit with the Grenade Vest lowered to 2 hand grenades and 4 40mm grenades. <\/p>\n


UAV <\/strong><\/p>\n

–    Tweaked the airstrike missile called in by the UAV so it gives a longer warning to victim vehicles.
–    Exiting the UAV now also exits the UAV ground station.
–    The UAV station no longer self destructs when the attacker’s base changes.
–    The UAV station can no longer be destroyed by friendly fire if friendly fire is off.
–    Lowered the direct and splash damage of UAV’s airstrike.
–    Lowered the damage of the UAV’s alternate fire LMG.
–    UAV station screen shows offline when the UAV is waiting to respawn.
–    Many additional UAV bug fixes. <\/p>\n

Tanks<\/strong><\/p>\n

–    Lowered the splash damage of tank rounds. 1 shot kill radius is smaller now.
–    Raised the damage of the gunner’s 50caliber machine gun and added a visual effect when it overheats.
–    Tweaked the damage tanks take to be more consistent. Tank front armour especially is more consistent.
–    It takes 2 to 5 RPGs to kill a tank with no specializations. (was 3 to 8)
–    Tanks should no longer get stuck on destroyed terrain or inclines.
–    Increased the precision of tank turrets.
–    All armoured vehicles have new engine sounds.
–    Added environment specific camouflage to all vehicles. <\/p>\n

Vehicles General<\/strong><\/p>\n

–    New vehicle control layout: R2 and L2 for accelerate and brake, fire on L1 and altfire on R1.
–    Or lefty vehicle control layout: fire on R1 and altfire on L1. BFBC1 style vehicle controls are still available as an alternate.
–    Jeeps now burn when hit by tank shells instead of instantly detonating. This effect is the same as with RPGs.
–    Raised the damage of the jeep HMGs and added a visual effect when it overheats.
–    Shielded heavy machine guns now have a bullet proof glass front. Flank these guns or blow them up.
–    Raised the damage of the stationary HMGs and added a visual effect when it overheats.
–    Fixed the name of the UH-60 and corrected the caliber description of the miniguns.
–    Raised the launch speed of the RPG7’s missile for better long distance shots and less drop.
–    Raised the splash damage of all infantry launched Rockets and 40mm grenades.
–    Improved the visual feedback for locking onto tracer darted vehicles, this is much clearer now.
–    Note that TOW\/Kornet and M136 missiles are wire guided and cannot lock on to tracer darts.
–    Fixed wire guided missiles sometimes going erratic (even though this was realistic yet unintentional).
–    Improved the trail and blinking effect of Tracer Darts so they are more visible.
–    Vehicle Smoke Launchers and 40mm smoke remove tracer darts and spots on friendlies in the effect.
–    Targets which have been unspotted by smoke are immune to spotting for a few seconds.<\/p>\n

Repairs<\/strong><\/p>\n

–    Added a short cooldown to the Repair Tool after repairing 50% of a tank’s health.
–    Lowered the repair speed of the Repair Tool but raised its range.
–    The Repair Tool can only repair or damage vehicles and stationary weapons.<\/p>\n

Mortars<\/strong><\/p>\n

–    The Mortar Strike is now called in via a pair of binoculars.
–    Lowered the number of shells in the Mortar Strike barrage, but raised the damage of each shell.
–    Raised the effectiveness of the Mortar Strike against armoured vehicles.
–    Fixed a bug where the Mortar Strike would fail to begin to reload.
–    Switching kits no longer instantly reloads the Mortar Strike.
<\/strong><\/p>\n

Motion Sensors<\/strong><\/p>\n

–    Lowered the amount of Motion Sensors carried to 2 and limited each soldier to 1 deployed sensor at a time.
–    Deploying a new Motion Sensor before the previous sensor expires will replace the previous sensor.
–    Motion Sensors no longer detect players and vehicles sitting perfectly still.
–    Motion Sensors now beep when deployed and detecting a target.

Vehicle Motion Sensor<\/strong><\/p>\n

–    The Vehicle Motion sensor now beeps for all occupants of the vehicle when it detects a target.
–    Vehicle Motion Sensors on the UAV and other Airborne vehicles now detect targets at all altitudes.
<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ammo boxes, medktis and detonation packs<\/strong><\/p>\n

–    Fixed an exploit where players could deploy unlimited Ammo Boxes, Medkits, C4 and Mines.
–    Fixed a bug where players could detonate Detpacks placed the previous life upon respawning.
–    Detpacks can still be detonated if player’s kit is picked up with in 15 seconds of his death.
–    Lowered the damage Detpacks do to crates.
–    The Ammo Box, Medkit, Defibrillator, Repair Tool, and Motion Sensor are now unlocks for each class.
–    Players new to Battlefield will be introduced to these teamplay items when they are unlocked.
–    Battlefield Veterans will automatically have these teamplay items unlocked from the start.
   
Mines<\/strong><\/p>\n

–    Fixed AntiTank Mines not detonating when driven over at medium speeds.<\/p>\n

–    AntiTank Mines should now properly persist after the player has died.<\/p>\n

Target Spotting<\/strong><\/p>\n

–    Lowered the duration of spotted targets. Aiming at a close target will refresh the spot timer automatically.
–    Lowered the effectiveness of the Sniper’s Spotting Scope, targets must be tracked longer before spotting.
–    Fixed so the player can properly spot from the UAV.
–    Added an overheat to spotting to prevent spot and order spamming.
–    Spotting now requires the player be aiming significantly closer to the target.<\/p>\n

Maps changes <\/strong><\/p>\n

–    Added Destruction 2.0 to the Guard Towers around the first Defender Base on Arica Harbor (and all other maps).
–    Fixed buildings collapsing without any warning sound or effects.
–    Moved M-COM station A into a Garage at the second Defender Base on Arica Harbor.
–    Fixed collision issues on the Patio in the upper level of the Town.
–    Fixed sometimes spawning underneath the Patio in the Town.
–    Fixed the collision problems with the Train Car containing M-COM stations on Africa Harbor’s 3rd and 4th base.
–    Train Cars now have more specific destruction zones to encourage mouse hole tactics.
–    The Attacker’s first base is now a protected spawn zone that defenders cannot enter.
–    Added additional alternate spawn points to all bases for both Attackers and Defenders to counter spawn camping.
–    Added a system that disables individual spawn points if enemies are within 20m.
–    Does not apply to Squad Spawn.
–    Players can still spawn at a base if all spawns points at that base are blocked.
–    Spawn protection will be disabled if the player aims or fires during the short timer.
–    Wrecked civilian cars now have secondary explosions when hit with explosive weapons.
<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bugs<\/strong><\/p>\n

–    Improved soldier collision vs objects, especially for crouching under obstacles.
–    Fixed issues with certain objects popping into view as the player approached.
–    Reduced the amount of screen blur when in ultralow health.
–    Increased the visual and audio feedback for low health, healing, and returning to full health.
–    Out of Combat healing now starts sooner but takes longer to fully heal.
–    Slightly increased the healing power of medkits to increase their usefulness.<\/p>\n

Controls<\/strong><\/p>\n

–    Improved the sensitivity of soldier controls. Adjusting sensitivity should have a much greater effect now.
–    Sensitivity when aimed is now consistent across all weapons.
–    Turning while sprinting is now more responsive.
–    Reduced forward input needed to sprint to 50% from 90% to smooth the transition to sprint.
–    Tweaked aiming and turning curves to be more responsive from the hip and more precise when aiming.
–    Fixed several issues with switching weapons and being unable to shoot or aim.
–    Fixed the player’s control setup reverting to default when entering and exiting vehicles.
–    Fixed bugs when going to swim while sprinting.
–    Sped up the deploy and undeploy animations for the parachute.
–    Improved the precision for switching weapons on the Dpad.<\/p>\n

The PC beta will kick off on January 28adn run until February 25 shortly before the game is released on March 5. A local multiplayer beta server is expected from iGame yet remains unconfirmed at this stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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