Bad Company 2 R7 Client and R10 Server Info

DICE posted an extensive changelog for the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 PC patch, which is now planned for Wednesday morning European time.

Our current plan is to do final tests on the update and servers tonight and all being well we will look to release R7 client and R10 servers on Wednesday morning European time. While you wait for the release here are the details of the changelists for both the new client and server versions. In the mean time here is the R7 client changelist.

- MP – New Server browser
- MP – Added 15 second spawn timer for Conquest/Rush gamemodes at the start of round to prevent high end machines getting the upper hand before other machines load in.
- MP – Crash fixes relating to ALT+TAB at different times throughout the game
- MP – Hang fix when trying to connect to a full server multiple times
- MP – Deletion of soldiers now possible through the account pages in game
- MP – Removed screen flash during loading
- MP – Added support for colour blind players
- MP – Fixed crashes relating to faulty server banners
- MP – Servers closing during connection no longer cause the client to hang
- MP – Auto team swap reflects correctly in the scoreboard
- MP – Fixed scoreboards when switching teams before spawning
- MP – Rush scoreboards fixed
- MP – Veteran ranks no longer display as “12”
- MP – Isla Innocentes MCOM building fixed where knifing the fence would destroy the building
- MP – Logout/Login button correctly reflects the player status
- MP – Added minimum number of players needed to start a round (you can play and take objectives but you will get no score until 4 or more players join the server)
- MP – Isla Inocentes welcome message on the loading screen now fits the text box area
- MP – Reduced the brightness in Russian vehicles
- MP – Medic gadgets now display correctly if the defib is not unlocked
- MP – Server filter options are remembered
- MP – Punkbuster filter now works as intended
- MP – Scroll bar no longer overlays the Join Server button in the friends list panel
- MP – CANCEL server refresh is implemented
- MP – Zooming in on a friendly using the SAIGA no longer causes the crosshair to disappear
- MP – The chat no longer displays the incorrect player name when appearing
- MP – FoV switches to the default value of 55 when entering vehicles to prevent graphical glitches caused by wider FoV settings. The custom FoV returns when exiting vehicles.
- MP – FoV no longer causes the UAV station to rotate
- MP – Fix to correctly display the unlock progression at the end of round
- MP – Chat functionality will no longer freeze after writing a partial message at the end of round
- MP – One account can no longer connect to the same server multiple times
- MP – Squad Death Match is correctly named during loading
- MP – Server browser no longer gets a bad FPS when filtering Conquest
- MP – Server info banners correctly clear between displays
- MP – Setting display settings which the system hardware can not handle no longer makes the game unusable
- MP – Correct camera collision for vehicles' heavy machine gun
- MP – Game no longer crashes if the player sends a message in the loading screen
- MP – Trying to join a full server no longer causes the game to hang on Please Wait message