Far Cry 2 Patch 1.01

Ubisoft released the first patch for Far Cry 2, bringing their first-person shooter sequel to version 1.01. The game will update itself automatically upon launch.

Multiplayer

• Server’s IP address now displays in lobby, beside the match’s name (for direct IP join to work)
• Dedicated Server can now be launched in command line.
• Improved match start conditions. Ranked games can now also start if the player max is attained and everybody but the host is ready.
• Fixed a bug causing random crashes when joining a game.
• Ranked matches in progress will no longer display in the match list.
• Fixed players with same name by using identifiers instead of names.
• Fixed crash when creating a LAN game without a network cable.
• The diamond pool is now always validated after class upgrades, reset or rank up to avoid getting more diamonds than you are supposed to for your rank.
• When creating a dedicated server with PunkBuster enabled, then close it to create another but this time with PunkBuster disabled, PunkBuster will still be considered ON, on this new server.
• Fixed a problem where a player could get stuck (and couldn’t get killed) after pressing the interaction key while wounded and getting rescued by a teammate at the same time.
• Fixed players getting disconnected if they have too many user maps and try to enter the map rotation menu in a Player or Ranked match.
• Vehicles will now always respawn even if they are never used.
• Fixed users not being able to see a match if the host switched match mode after a rank.
• Fixed a glitch that could make a player invisible to another.
• Fixed incorrect check for negative values when adjusting diamond count.
• Fixed a problem where a player would render through objects if healing a wounded playing while being wounded at the same time.
• Fixed reload not being interrupted on the host when a client picks a weapon while reloading.
• Fixed Field Manuals not unlocking after game mode change.

Singleplayer

• Fixed health not changing with the difficulty level.
• Keyboard controls remapping in single mode now carry into multiplayer mode.
• A buddy will no longer get stuck when healing him while player is receiving damage.
• Stats of favourite weapon are now properly reset between loaded save games.
• The mortar will no longer move the player through wall.
• Mission objectives markers are now show properly after loading a save game.

General

• Fixed glider key remapping.
• Game will now minimize in order to show the website when clicking on ubi.com.
• Dolby 5.1 is now supported for most sound cards.
• Fixed a random crash that could happen when pressing ESC to cancel a Benchmark run.
• Added CPU Intensive benchmark test run.
• Fixed Jackal Tapes and Partner Tapes pages.

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