ADMINS TAKE NOTICE
The 1.6 patch radically changes the format for the maplist.con file. The 1.6 README
has all the necessary details, but note that your current maplists will not work
when you update to the 1.6 patch.
New Map - Liberation of Caen
Liberation of Caen is a new map for BF1942 owners. It includes a whole new army,
the Canadians. The army includes the Sexton SPA and the Lynx scout car, as well
as new skins, flags, voice overs, and a new Assault rifle and the Johnson M1941
LMG. The Germans in this map are also equipped with a new scout vehicle, the
Kettenkrad.
New Map - Raid on Agheila
Raid on Agheila is a new map playable for owners of the Secret Weapons of WWII
expansion pack. This exciting map adds a bevy of new vehicles, including mobile
spawn points, stationary rocket launchers, a new tank, new self-propelled artillery,
and the Flettner, an experimental helicopter.
Modifications to Existing Maps
The Russian dive bomber, Ilyushin IL-2, has replaced one of the Yak 9 fighters
in Kursk and Kharkov.
Battle of Britain can now be played using Objective Mode. Secret Weapons of
WWII expansion pack is NOT required to play Battle of Britain in this mode.
Invasion of the Philippines has been slightly revised. The Japanese Destroyer
has been rotated to face North, giving the Japanese a better chance at the start.
The out of bounds area has been pushed back, and ticket bleeds have been slightly
reduced.
Client Specific Changes/Bug Fixes
Added support for Punkbuster anti-cheat software
Visit www.evenbalance.com for more information.
In-game HUD Player and Map Voting Interface Via Scoreboard
To access the new scoreboard features either enter the spawn interface and
click the Scoreboard button, or press TAB. (NB- clicking the right mouse button
while holding down TAB will give you a cursor- clicking on the 'lock' button
will lock the scoreboard onscreen.)
Features of the new scoreboard:
Add buddies.
Vote to kick players.
Vote to kick a player on your team (only your team can vote).
Vote for maps.
All players can be seen through scrolling the score list.
Integrated vote dialog to respond to vote requests.
Added two new key bindings map to Yes and No for the vote response dialog (default:
Yes: 7 and No: 8).
Added a new key binding for quick access to the map vote dialog (default: INSERT).
Please note that if you already have these keys bound in your custom profile
you will need to assign these functions to other keys or use for them to work.
Improved Server Browser
Support for favorite servers as a separate list accessible from the filters
pane. NOTE: The favorite servers list must be refreshed manually to reflect
the latest information from these servers.
Added button to place server in favorites list.
Much better filters and updated performance.
Added new filter buttons:
Populated only.
Favorites.
Pure Servers (Content Check).
PunkBuster only
Server Information pane will now detail which mods are present in the server
rotation - Fixed the "Add server" button in the in-game server browser-
now works for servers that use the standard GameSpy BF1942 ports.
Added button which takes you to the server rental service website.
Added LEGEND button (looks like question mark). This details what the main icons
represent in the Server Browser Interface.
Other Fixes / Changes
The game.listPlayers command shows the cd key hash of the local player.
Slightly improved loading speed of maps.
Fixed sinking destroyer bug.
Changed APC exit point to minimize certain exploits.
Fixed an exploit involving damage to Aircraft Carriers.
Fixed crash bug when a dead bot was thrown through a window or door.
Dedicated Server Specific Changes / Bug Fixes
Added Support for Punkbuster Anti-Cheat Software
Visit www.evenbalance.com for more information
Win32 Dedicated Server Implemented Through Back-port of the Linux Dedicated
Server
Runs in console mode displaying a status monitor with an interactive console.
The server uses a different binary than the game (bf1942_w32ded.exe).
Status monitor changes (compared to Linux server 1.5):
Added chat feedback.
Added number of tickets and current round number.
Added game state (playing, paused, etc.).
Added Support for Mixing Mods, Maps and Game Modes in the Maplist.
(NOTE: This is only supported from the dedicated server GUI)
IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT NEW SERVER FUNCTIONALITY
Please note that all old maplists are incompatible with this new feature and
will have to be created again. Running the server with an old map list will
not work.
As a result of this the game.serverGamePlayMode command in the ServerSettings.con
file and the +game command line argument are now obsolete for dedicated servers
and should not be used.
The Maplist.con was changed to allow three arguments:
game.addLevel , e.g.
game.addLevel Gazala GPM_CQ bf1942
** NOTE : the following commands now also use this functionality:
admin.changeMap
admin.setNextLevel
Updated the DedicatedServer.exe launcher program to allow for creation of maplists
with the new functionality.
Updated Chat System
Fixed "chat lag" by streaming messages over a high-priority channel.
Added basic flood protection which prevents players from taking to much chat
bandwidth by "spamming".
Added chat text as messages to the status monitor console.
GameSpy/ASE Host Reporting Changes
Added (kills/deaths) to ASE score format.
Added roundTimeLeft to GameSpy keys.
Added reporting of cd key hashes to GameSpy keys.
Added active_mods key showing all mods in map cycle.
Added content_check key showing content checking mode.
Converted GameSpy reporting keys to lowercase and replaced spaces with underscores
to facilitate filtering in external browsers.
Upgraded XML Logging Format to 1.1
Added support for CD key hashes for players.
Fixed a few spelling errors for keys.
Fixed a bug where compressed XML logs where sometimes being corrupted.
Escapes non-printable characters as bf:nonprint tags.
Added chat text messages to the XML stream.
Updated Banning System
Bans can be set on CD key hashes as well as IP addresses.
Timeouts can be specified in these ways:
admin.banPlayerKey [timeout]
Where timeout can take one of these formats:
Omitted or 'perm' meaning that the ban is permanent
An integral number meaning the number of seconds the ban will be active (i.e.
3600 means one hour)
'round', meaning the ban is active until the next map
An integral number prepended by a colon (i.e. :1234567), meaning the epoch exporation
time of the ban (number of seconds since 1 Jan 1970). This option is most usable
by external tools.
IP address bans continue to work as earlier but include the new timeout options
as well.
Bans are stored as absolute times in banlist.con. Existing bans in banlist.con
will be interpreted as permanent bans.
Updated Content CRC Generation
Generation bat files are now created only for the mods you select. The new
bat files are named getcrc-.bat.
Updated Remote Console Output
The remote console now mirrors text written to the main console by prepending
each mirrored line by a hash character (#). This is useful to capture chat text
from external tools that periodically send commands to the remote console.
Please note that if several remote connections are made, the state of the mirroring
is cleared so that mirrored console lines can easily be lost. Thus if you plan
to use this feature in a tool, please only connect with one remote console connection
at a time to ensure that you will get the correct results.
Other Fixes/Changes
Added installation sanity checking that will tell you about common installation
errors such as missing files. The sanity checking is done automatically at startup.
Added more readable error messages for common errors such as misspelled level
names.
The game.listPlayers command lists cd key hashes of connected players when running
in internet mode.
The game.showPorts console command can be invoked to display the ports currently
used by the server.
Added overlayPath feature to support running multiple server instances from
the same installation directory. To set up an instance, please follow these
steps:
Create a new, empty directory to hold the instance, for instance C:\Server1
Copy the mods\bf1942\Settings directory from the main installation to the new
directory
Create a new, empty Logs directory in the instance directory
Start the server with the overlayPath argument in a shortcut:
bf1942_w32ded.exe +overlayPath C:\Server1
Please note that the working directory for the server must still be set to the
main installation directory.
Also please note that if your overlayPath contains spaces you will need to quote
the path in the arguments in one of these ways:
bf1942_w32ded.exe +overlayPath 'c:\path with spaces\server1' (single quotes)
bf1942_w32ded.exe +overlayPath """c:\path with spaces\server1"""
(note that these are three double quotes)
