Patch2 Changes

• Dedicated PC server support for PS3 clients

Various AI fixes/tweaks

• Tweaked bot taunting frequency.
• Players have priority over bots for touching flag.
• AI difficulty tweaks.
• Improved bot decision making for whether to attack node or enemy.
• Bots don't camp orb spawners as much.
• Improved AI for locking node with orb.
• Improved low skill bots use of SPMA.
• Added bot taunting animation support.
• Improved bot informational voice message frequency and message selection.
• Tweaked AI skill auto-adjust in campaign.
• Improved AI for using Flak Cannon.
• Improved AI for using Impact Hammer.
• Improved AI for using Link Gun.
• Improved AI decision making for whether target can be attacked.
• Fixed replication of bot aiming pitch.

Various exploit fixes

• Fixed core damaging exploit with shaped charge.

Several stability fixes

• Avoid NaNs in angular velocity, coming from ToAxisAndAngle.
• Fix for assert trying to replicate zero FQuat (eg. replicating physics before struct has been filled in)
• Fixed issue where hoverboard failed to be created.

Several minor gameplay improvements

• Fixed not always showing portraits for banter during campaign.
• Duel match ends if one player leaves.
• More fixes for stats reporting (suicides in some cases).
• Remove "Orbs Scored" stat from game since it wasn't used
• No quickstart if only one player in instant action match.
• Fixed cases where players weren't getting proper scoring bonuses for prime nodes.
• Fixed stats credit for translocator telefrags.
• Force respawn if no teammate bots in campaign.
• Adjusted "too close to attack" range for Manta and Viper.
• Fixed cases where SPMA could shoot through a wall it was up against.
• Increased incoming shell sound radius.
• Fixed manta crouch at full speed exploit.
• Pop vipers out of water if underwater.
• Fixed some rail turret replication issues.
• Improved rail turret controls.

Various rendering fixes

• Fixed sporadic sorting issues with instagib and shock beams, and occasionally other effects.
• Fixed flag icon scaling on minimap at different resolutions
• Fixed orb scaling in minimap at different resolutions.
• Improved gib lighting.
• Fixed clients seeing full redeemer explosion when non-guided redeemer is shot out of the air.
• Fixed cases where orb spawner didn't properly animate in network games.
• Fixed gibs not showing for clients of listen server if the gibbed player wasn't visible to the server player.
• Fixed gibs not showing for clients of low-gore listen server.
• Fixed big head mutator not popping at lower LODs.
• Fixed LOD settings for fallback character mesh.
• Improved character lighting.
• Fixed foot placement for nearby visible players getting on hoverboard.
• Fixed rocket launcher switching away on client before firing last three loaded rockets.
• Fixed weapon overlay sometimes shown with hidden hands.

Misc

• Fixed some environmental stats
• No friendly fire mutator in Duel.
• Fixed "player" non-existent bots showing up in voice command menu.
• Adjusted "last second save" message priority.
• Don't allow berserk mixed with speed freak.
• When paging up/down on a list, when it wraps around, just wrap to the first/last element of the list, not the first + a page, that makes short lists (1.5 screens high, etc) kind of messy
• code fix for red searchlight not following red marker

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