ARMA REFORGER : New Updates for Steam and Xbox #6

We’re going to update the Steam and Xbox versions of the game.

The Steam version will be updated on Wednesday, 29th of June. There will be server downtime between 12:00 – 15:00 CEST.

The Xbox version will be updated on Thursday, 30th of June. Some of the official Xbox servers will be unavailable between 12:00 – 15:00 CEST.

Arma Reforger 0.9.5.90 changelog:

Multiplayer

• Fixed: Network replication of vehicles during movement, causing vehicle to jump forward/back, broken dust and exhaust effects
• Fixed: Removal of an entity from replication did not properly remove all of its associated bump tasks
• Fixed: Issue with moving dead bodies corrupting the replication spatial map
• Changed: DoorComponent streaming data optimization
• Changed: Slightly optimized streaming of big amounts of network data when moving quickly through the world
• Changed: Improved logging of replication issues

Game

• Fixed: AI failing to open doors when too close
• Fixed: AI was able to see through smoke on Dedicated Servers
• Fixed: Placing a waypoint or faction objective in the sky is no longer possible
• Fixed: Hiding the interface in Armavision hid also player overlays, f.e. player tags or blurred faces
• Fixed: Weapon item previews were cropped in the inventory when dragging
• Fixed: Server list scrolling and displaying of proper data
• Fixed: Mods should be now downloaded for hovered-over servers; this should prevent crashes from missing mods when joining
• Fixed: Equipping sounds not playing
• Fixed: Right feet had a misconfigured health hitzone damage multiplier
• Fixed: Changing weapons and stance at the same time could get characters stuck without a weapon
• Fixed: Workshop did not show that a mod update was available until the user opened mod details page of that mod
• Fixed: Aiming ADS sensitivity multiplier set in the gameplay settings will not affect freelook anymore
• Fixed: Bases randomization in Tutorial is now fixed, and there were minor changes / tweaks to controls
• Fixed: Adding bleeding from the Game Master context menu sometimes did not add bleeding for no apparent reason
• Fixed: Weapon inspection can no longer occur in vehicle compartments
• Fixed: Xbox web browser opening
• Fixed: InventoryItemComponent would trigger some events even while its entity was being deleted (fixes a crash involving flashlights on deleted characters)
• Fixed: Possible crash in CanSwapItemStorages
• Fixed: Occasional crash in the server browser after updating the list
• Tweaked: Fragmentation damage increased
• Tweaked: Pop-up notification layout: size, color, transparency, frequency
• Tweaked: Moved a Conflict spawnpoint in Quarry; AI no longer spawn inside walls
• Changed: Curves for flashlight visibility during daylight, as well as performance tweaks
• Changed: Strapped flashlights now provide a more consistent angle of illumination when holding weapons
• Changed: Enforced interrupted weapon switching while jumping
• Changed: Creating a group of soldiers directly inside a vehicle is no longer possible
• Added: Servers loading indication in the server browser
• Added: ‘Clear Destroyed Entities’ – a toolbar action in Game Master that deletes all dead soldiers and destroyed vehicles with one click
• Added: Spacing between waypoints placed by a Game Master for multiple AI groups at the same time
• Removed: More redundant task notifications

Workbench

• Fixed: Procedural Animation Editor – Using a smoother node does not interrupt preview anymore, preview values on signal nodes are saved
• Tweaked: Allowing to use sRGB color format for mouse cursors
• Tweaked: Terrain satellite mask is now used for simulating road roughness
• Added: Road dielectric reflectance to satmaps
• Added: Prepared a texture compression configuration for UI textures without compression

API changes (for modders)

• Fixed: BackendAPI.IsActive() and IsRunning() results were incorrect
• Added: BackendAPI.GetCommTestStatus()
• Added: GarbageManager::Flush script API
• Changed: JsonApi improved logging