April 5th Beta Update

[[TW]StragoMagus]

General

• Added the ability to select a weapon upgrade in the class selection menu rather than always spawning with the highest unlocked version. This change only applies to servers running normal, realism, or custom with bClassicWeaponLoadout=FALSE.
• Satchels are now easier to throw into small spaces
• Squad leaders now have their choice of sidearm in RO Classic
• Fixed cover having priority over mountable machine guns when using the 'Interaction' key
• Fixed a bug where Machine Gunners had a stuck camera when deployed in some areas. This was most prominent in Mamayev.
• Fixed weapons firing blanks after taking over a bot in Countdown
• Enemy spotted can no longer be used to spot enemies through walls
• Setting DepthOfField=False in the INI doesn't turn off other post process effects
• Slight improvements to collision while prone (mostly in or near trenches)
• Significant performance improvements for client and server

UI

• (Work in Progress) Server browser changes
  • Fixed a problem causing some servers (random each refresh) to be missing from the list.
  • Fixed the blank map name column
• Modified the settings menu to display the proper aspect ratio adjusted values for the FOV setting. Before the menu only listed the FOV values for 4:3 aspect ratio. This incorrectly led poeple to believe that the FOV was lower than it actually was in game. For example, if the FOV value in the menu was set to 70 (using the 4:3 FOV values), at a standard widescreen aspect ration of 16:9 the players in game FOV was beind adjusted to 86 degrees.
• A few items on the HUD have been shifted to reduce overlapping (spawn queue, squad list)
• Double-clicking a class name will now quick select it with the default loadout
• When holding a voice chat key the HUD now shows what channel you are speaking in

[tixhal]

very nice! this is one of the best changelogs so far, i can't wait till my crappy dsl delivers this beauty to my hdd!

[Zetsumei]

"Setting DepthOfField=False in the INI doesn't turn off other post process effects"

Holy mother of god yai

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Btw if menu items are getting added or edited,

Will we see the ability to turn off mouse acceleration in the menu?
in roinput.ini

[ROGame.ROConsolePlayerInput]
bViewAccelerationEnabled=True/False

And will depth of field become a menu option ^^?

[Nikita]

Progress marches on!

[slavek]

Best change log I have seen yet. Can't wait to try these changes out.

[Zetsumei]

Are the TWB servers updated yet, I seem to crash trying to connect to a server. Hmm the classic one worked.

[Floyd]

Try the US server. I just read where someone else was having the same trouble.

[mokov]

4GB for this changes? I was dreaming with new tanks.

[BL4Z3>FAS>]

This is looking good ,..One other thing this might be a dumb question , but is there a way to make the team chat font bigger on the screen & possibly even reposition it?

[Zetsumei]

Originally Posted by BL4Z3>FAS>

This is looking good ,..One other thing this might be a dumb question , but is there a way to make the team chat font bigger on the screen & possibly even reposition it?

look around in the user ini there should be a size setting in there somewhere.

[Xeno1]

Massive performance decrease for me with this beta.

Xeno

[Zetsumei]

Originally Posted by Xeno1

Massive performance decrease for me with this beta.

Xeno

I noticed a performance drop as well while I did reset my config files. But since its a 4gb download it could be that its scattered all over my harddisc.

Although if you had depthoffield off then that could have easily gained you 20fps in the past due to all post processing being disabled.

Will do a defrag of regular files and metadata tomorrow. On another note my mouse felt a lot more sluggish in general than the previous one where I didn't notice anything special.

[ihatemayo]

another gigantic update with no content to justify it, FFS TWI get your **** together

[SQBsam]

Originally Posted by ihatemayo

another gigantic update with no content to justify it, FFS TWI get your **** together

You don't seem to understand how this works. This is a beta, in order to make sure that no problems arise from the normal updating method the entire game is being redownloaded. If you don't like it, wait for the game to be patched.

[Baboosi]

Originally Posted by SQBsam

You don't seem to understand how this works. This is a beta, in order to make sure that no problems arise from the normal updating method the entire game is being redownloaded. If you don't like it, wait for the game to be patched.

Indeed.
Also,

"Added the ability to select a weapon upgrade in the class selection menu rather than always spawning with the highest unlocked version."

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[The Beast (nl)]

I will try it today, thanks TWI !!

[roeland666]

mamayev is loooking goood

[LeopoldStotch]

Originally Posted by [tw]stragomagus

general

• added the ability to select a weapon upgrade in the class selection menu rather than always spawning with the highest unlocked version. This change only applies to servers running normal, realism, or custom with bclassicweaponloadout=false.

yes! Yeeesss!!!!

[Eisprinzessin]

Originally Posted by LeopoldStotch

yes! Yeeesss!!!!

Hm, i can not select anything.

2 more Questions:

1) My fps is much lower than before the patch. Anyone else has this, too?

2) Why are all my game settings gone, after the patch. Its the second time now. Have to reconfigure my keybounds new.

[MarioBava]

Originally Posted by Eisprinzessin

Hm, i can not select anything.

2 more Questions:

1) My fps is much lower than before the patch. Anyone else has this, too?

2) Why are all my game settings gone, after the patch. Its the second time now. Have to reconfigure my keybounds new.

You are probably playing in Classic mode. Note how Classic mode disables upgrades.