Battlefield 2142 1.10 Patch Available

As promised, EA has released the 1.10 patch for their flawed FPS Battlefield 2142. While some of the more serious issues were not addressed, quite a few bug fixes and added features are included in the 33MB file.

Since the catastrophic bug and patch issues with Battlefield 2, BF2142 patches are now being handled by the developer of the game, DICE, which will be addressing all of the upcoming patches and fixes. In related news, Battlefield 2142 received our “Most Disappointed Game of 2006″ award last week. You can find the 1.10 changelog after the jump.

• Gameplay Tweaks
• Gunship Gunner Missile - The Gunship Gunner’s Anti-Vehicle missile has been adjusted to address control difficulties that were apparent in high latency situations. The damage potential of the missile remains unchanged.
• Gunship EMP effect duration - The duration of the EMP effect on Gunships has been reduced from 4 seconds to 3 seconds. Gunships at medium to high altitude can now recover from a long ranged EMP attack.
• Takao T20 and P33 Pereira Pistols - The maximum rate of fire has been increased on both the EU and PAC pistols. The pistol bullets’ damage over distance has also been tweaked to allow for a slightly larger ideal range. Players should find the handgun’s effectiveness as a close range panic weapon to be greatly improved.
• Ganz H-MG - The Ganz H-MG’s damage and deviation per round has been adjusted to balance the weapon with the base LMGs. The Ganz retains its min and max accuracy as well as its unique firing behavior making it a more attractive alternate weapon for the support kit.
• AE Defuser - The maximum range of the AE Defuser has been increased. Engineers can now defuse unattended mines and explosives from ranges up to 10m.
• Gameplay Bugfixes
• IT-33 Optical Camouflage - A bug that caused camouflaged players in medium to long range situations to be more visible than originally intended has been fixed. The IT-33 now functions as it did in the Public Beta. Thanks to former Beta Testers who helped to track down this issue.
• SD-8 Accipiter - A bug that was causing the SD-8 Accipiter drone to sometimes fail to acquire targets has been addressed. The SD-8 now reacts quickly and properly to those targets identified by your squad’s NetBat system.
• Reserved Slot Enhancement - Reserved slot servers will now allow the full number of player slots to be used by non-RS list players. When a reserved slot player joins the last player to join the server will be kicked.
• Added unlock control to unranked servers -
  • Tier-1 Unlocks: All first tier unlocks can now be made available regardless of player rank on unranked servers.
  • Tier restriction control: Admins on unranked servers may now select which unlock tiers are available for use on the server. Please note that this setting does not grant access to unlocks that a player has not earned through ranked play.
• Unranked Spectator Functionality - Added spectator player slots to unranked servers. Players may join a server as a spectator. Please note that spectator players will need to exit the server and rejoin as a player in order to join a team.
• PunkBuster - Update to most current PB client files.
• Fix for resupply exploits on unlimited ammo weapons and vehicles.
• Players may no longer move inside of the cargo bay crates on titans using the sentry drone.
• Demo packs drop through first section of the 3rd and 4th upper hallways of both titans
• Away bonus is now properly calculated with in-game promotions
• Ranks and current score should now be displayed correct.
• Duty ribbons will no longer be awarded before the needed criteria have been met
• Stats related to commander score will no longer be randomly reset to zero
• Unable to tab to password field when using a dedicated server
• Slowed down the speed that the news ticker cycles through messages
• Fixed the issue that causes the highlighted section of the server to be shortened when looking at server information
• Fixed the server browser issue that caused multiple menus to scroll at the same time.