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Rein Confirms Gears Patch Details News
Jon Wilcox
08/01/2007
In a post on the 'Gears of War' forums, Epic VP Mark Rein unveils the list of fixes coming tomorrow.
Earlier today, Epic Games confirmed the impending release of two new maps for 'Gears of War' on Wednesday (January 10th), along with an update that would patch a number of fixes identified in the game to date.
Epic Games Vice President Mark Rein has now released a list of the fixes coming in the patch, which will be released via Xbox Live from tomorrow:
They include:
- Fixed aspect ratio distortion when using VGA cable with 4:3 displays at resolutions higher than 640x480
- Fixed voice issue with new players joining Player Match games in progress
- Players can now get the Achievement for "Dish Best Served Cold" when using Troika turret to kill RAAM
- Fixed rare situation where host could loop countdown and never start match
- Fixed rare situation where players could get stuck after chainsawing in multiplayer
- Reduced Grenade Tag melee distance
- Enabled "Strict" NAT check on host to prevent possible connection issues
- Optimized server browser queries to return results more quickly and prevent scroll bars from hiding quality of service icons
- Reduced number of possible revives in Execution to match Warzone
- Removed host name from Ranked match server browser
- Disabled security cameras in Ranked matches
- Ranked matches now require balanced teams (3v3 or 4v4)
- Increased penalty for quitting a Ranked match to -50 points
- Added additional cheat detection code
- Additional housekeeping updates
- Fixed voice issue with new players joining Player Match games in progress
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FARLEY
Date Added:Fri 16th Nov 2007 12:08
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Bungie have got it made, Halo fans will lap up anything they throw to em.
Anonymous
Date Added:Thu 14th Jun 2007 02:48
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