Section 8 Beta Patch v7264 to v7272

Section 8 Beta Patch v7264 to v7272

This will update the Section 8 Beta from v7264 to v7272 fixing many different problems. Read below in more information for specifics on what this latest patch contains.

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Section 8 - Closed Beta

Patch Notes

REVISION HISTORY: Beta v1.2 Build 7270

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SUMMARY OF CHANGES

* Fixed several situational crashes

* Fixed several major gameplay issues

* Added visual scaling to armor and shields on player’s IFFs

DETAILS OF CHANGES

Major Bugfixes:

* Vehicles will now have correct collision for projectiles and players

* “Balanced 25%” bot mode now available. This previously would result in a crash joining a server running this bot mode

* Fixed issue where missile launcher was not firing at center of reticle

Minor Bugfixes:

* It is now possible to earn repair score for repairing your own deployable

* Tank Mortar trajectorometer will no longer always display max range

* Fixed issue where sometimes Tank and Heavy Armor were more easily destroyed by AA than intended

* VIP and Commando will no longer enter vehicles, which would prevent them from completing their missions

* Lock-On will no longer cancel Hacking

Overall Balance:

* Heavy Armor will now deal increased melee damage to structures

* Bomb will only take 6 seconds to disarm once planted instead of 12

* Many badges have had their requirements lowered and XP rewards adjusted

* Gamepad will have increased sensitivity when zoomed

* Mortar damage radius has been slightly reduced to conform to VFX

* Reduced damage and refire rate for mortars on Tank and Convoy

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KNOWN ISSUES

* Weapon icons are not displayed when editing loadout

* Character model is missing in Test Settings

* Missile Launcher projectile fires from center of screen

* Servers are not displaying correct bot mode in server browser

* Player count listed at 0 on map rotation

* Feats are not unlocking in ranked play

* Search filter "Minimum Players" does not work

* Tutorial resets hints continuously

* Scoreboard ping threshold too lenient and most pings are displayed as green

* Outpost hologram not visible to friendly players

* Cannot cancel joining a server in the server browser

* Joystick causes camera to rotate constantly