Welcome to the “Crysis Monthly Update #7", the monthly report for our world-wide community. This time we've got all the summarized information on all of this months patches and fixes for Crysis Wars, and where to get a hold of them, information about this months competitions, Inside Crytek, the brand new article series that gives you information right from inside the studio and info on whats coming up to celebrate the Christmas period here in the Crysis Community!
Content: Crysis Monthly Update – November 2008
Patches, Patches, Patches!
Hidden Present Bonanza!
Inside Crytek
Community Screenshot Contest
Spooky Scenery Competition Over!
Community Update Corner
Tis the Season!
Patches, Patches, Patches!
Ok, maybe only 2 but so far this month you’ve seen plenty of tweaks, changes and fixes when it comes to Crysis Wars, and everyone has seemed really happy with the changes that we’ve made.
Fixed: Stand/Prone firing exploit by exaggerating spread of all weapons when transitioning
from standing position to prone position
Fixed: Inconsistency between the HUD score and the score shown in the scoreboard
Fixed: Disconnection caused by cheat protection for levels saved by the map downloader
Fixed: Several client and server crashes
Fixed: Several memory leaks
Fixed: "\" in level names in levelrotation.xml will now work
Fixed: Incorrect weapon recoil after zooming
Fixed: Claymore mines sometimes did not detect enemy players
Fixed: Potential exploits using client cvars
Fixed: Players not able to skip intro movies
Fixed: Reloading and shooting with the AY-69 will not cause a second reload animation anymore
Fixed: Saving of Favourite Servers and Last Played Server list
Improvements:
Improved: Player icon, cross hair and round start messages visibility against bright backgrounds
Balance: Reduced prices of AY and SMG
Balance: Increased price of Shotgun
Balance: Reduced price of the PS-Radar Kit
Balance: Adjusted weapon recoil by any SMG and Assault Rifle type weapons.
Balance: Reduced Kill radius of any Explosive Weapons
Balance: Adjusted splash radius of any Explosive Weapons
Balance: Reduced rate of fire of the Grenade Launcher
Balance: Adjusted C4 vehicle damage
Balance: Increased LAW rocket Speed
Balance: Increased AAA Rocket speed
Balance: Increased AAA Rocket turn speed
Balance: Adjusted AAA Gun damage
Balance: Reduced splash damage of VTOL rockets against infantry
Balance: Increased damage of Helicopter rockets
Balance: Increased SOCOM damage
Balance: Increased AY69 damage
Balance: Adjusted Stand to Prone modifier for weapons
Balance: Adjusted Stand to crouch modifier for weapons
Updates:
Removal of online activation (ReleaseControl)
Support of Linux server
64bit version
Vista Parental Control file
Added shortcut keys for Nanosuit modes
Auto Patcher – Server Side Hotfix
We've also implemented a full fix for the Auto Patcher system, which originally meant that some people were not playing on the same versions of the games which was obviously causing the community to not be able to find games all the time, but now that is fixed!
quote: To solve an issue we have been having with the community splitting between several different patches we've added a prompt when someone tries to join an internet game it will ask you to update to the latest version of the game if you are not already running it. This will minimize the game window and open up MyCrysis.com where you can download the patch from or 5 other game mirrors.
The Patch
Each time a new patch comes out from now on people will be prompted to download it via this display.
Server Favorites Fixed!
This month the Crysis Wars dev team also fixed the issue with the Server Favorites not being saved properly, which meant every time that you restarted your client it would wipe the list clean. Now they save, and you can keep going back to that favorite server of yours time and time again without having to worry about it. quote:Introduction
We have just implemented a fix for the Server Favourites issue in which people were not able to successfully save their favourites. The original issue was everytime you logged out of Crynet, or closed the game the list of favourite servers would not be saved and as such, you would have to find the servers over and over again each time you played. This is now not the case, and it now works as intended.
How to Favourite a Server
To add a server to favourites, simply highlight it in the master server list and then select the "Add Server to Favorites" button on the right hand side. This will then save that specific server to your favourites list which can be found on the tab at the top titles "Favorites"
Once the server has been added, it will appear in the "Favorites" list. This can be selected using the button at the top along the menu bar. This favourites list will be stored from this point forward, which means now that you can close the program and restart your machine without any fears of not being able to see your favourites at a later time.
Conclusion
More updates on future fixes and patches will be coming to you very soon. Thanks once again for your continued support. We will give you more updates as soon as we can.
- MyCrysis Team.
Hidden Present Bonanza!
That’s right, to celebrate the season to be jolly, we’re giving you the chance to win plenty of special Christmas present! This little game can be entered by any member of MyCrysis.com, and all they need to do is find some of the presents we’ve hidden on the MyCrysis website. They could be on any page, and it’s up to you to find them. Be sure to check MyCrysis over the next few days as all of the information about this giveaway will be announced, and we'll give you a sneak peak at some of the great prizes we've got waiting for you!
Inside Crytek
This month saw the start of our ‘Inside Crytek’ web article series. This is a series of Q&A's with different members of the Crytek team, where they answer questions on all sorts of topics. These are not just ordinary interviews though. Once their intro has been posted you get the opportunity to ask them your questions! There will be plenty more of these coming up in the future, so keep an eye out and make sure to ask your questions to the Crytek Staff!
Crysis Monthly Update #7 - November 2008
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