Maintenance - March 27

On the 27th of March 2018, starting from 8:00 CEST (26th of March, 11 PM PDT for NA), the Open Beta servers will not be available for 4 hours due to the application of Hotfix 0.24.4484

General Changes and Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused “match failed” errors and players stuck in mode queue
• Fixed an issue that caused the game to crash straight after the game launch
• Fixed an issue that caused camouflages and colors to disappear in the Garage
• Fixed an issue that caused a game freeze when switching between different windows
• Fixed the incorrect HE damage versus unmanned turrets
• The PvP AI opponents at low tiers now have names based on those from the My.com name contest
• Special Operations – “boss” (named) AI vehicle performance buffed
• Destroyed player vehicles can no longer trigger Special Operations and PvE Mission events (for example by being located in a certain area)

Caribbean Crisis Chapter 4

We rebalanced the last Caribbean Crisis chain mission to improve the experience and make it a bit easier:

• Changed the number and placing of enemy vehicles on Insane difficulty
• The repair point now also fixes broken modules (instead of just reloading ammunition)

Vehicle Changes

• Sprut-SD – the vehicle now only loses less speed when turning while going fast
• EE-18 Sucuri II – the vehicle now has the Ready Rack mechanism
• EE-18 Sucuri II – reload time between shots when the Ready Rack is spent reduced from 12s to 8.5s
• EE-18 Sucuri II – rate of fire increased from 10 to 11 rounds per minute
• EE-18 Sucuri II – shell muzzle velocity increased approximately by 40 percent
• EE-18 Sucuri II – fixed the suspension animation
• Rooikat 76 – fixed the suspension animation
• Rooikat 76 – fixed a number of visual model issues
• NM142 – the BGM-71F guided missile now ignores unmanned turret and hatch damage reduction modifiers
• ASCOD LT-105 – fixed an issue where it was impossible to deal any damage to the LPT turret

Map Changes

• Ghost Field – fixed an issue where the map was missing the fog effect
• Roughneck – fixed the missing snow storm effect on low settings

User Interface

• Fixed a bug where players could switch shell type in the Tutorial mode during the first countdown
• Fixed the missing APS sound effect
• Hidden achievements will now be displayed in player’s Dossier (Achievement section)
• Global Operation repair point icons and timers will now be displayed above vehicles
• Fixed a number of issues in the Garage vehicle filters
• Removed the “sell gun” button for the XM1A3, Object 187 and ASCOD LT-105 (LPT turret)
• Fixed an issue that could lead to the match result window displaying in the Garage incorrectly when pressing F2 (UI disabled) before a post-battle cutscene