Entwickler EA DICE hat gestern das umfangreiche November-Update für Battlefield 1 veröffentlicht. Größte damit eingeführte Neuerung ist der Operation-Campaigns-Modus, welcher einige Operationen zu einer Kampagne zusammenfasst. Die erste dieser Kampagnen heißt “Eastern Storm” und erscheint im Monatsverlauf.

Die gesamten englischen Patchnotes des November-Updates für Battlefield 1 lesen sich so:

Rent-a-Server program

• RSP administrators can now restart the current running level on their server, which will fully reload the level and reset destruction.
• RSP administrators can now select another level to load when choosing to restart the match.
• RSP administrators can now add up to 32 maps in a rotation.

Player progression

• Players are now able to track all five active Medals at the same time.
• New weapon skins coming to a Battlepacks

UI and HUD

• Fixed an issue that caused in-game player icons to become transparent.
• Fixed an issue where some players found themselves stuck on the globe screen.
• Possible fix for an issue where players occasionally experienced a red tint when taking damage, regardless of health status.
• Removed the HUD of a multiplayer feature, Specializations, from appearing in single player and hardcore experiences.
• Fixed an issue where the supply drop icon would render multiple times on the Table Top view, in Spectator mode.
• Improved the Gamepad Control Schemes options screen, to display when there are more than two actions mapped to a single button.
• Fixed an issue where weapons and gadgets would sometimes show older icons when button mappings/key bindings were changed.
• Fixed key binding issue when using the 305/52 O Coastal Gun.
• Removed duplicate AT Grenade icon from Elite Class Weapons & Gadgets.
• Addressed an issue with a missing ammo counter while on a horse.
• Fixed an alignment issue in the netgraph UI.

Weapons, vehicles and gadgets

• If resupplied, the Scout class now has the ability to place a second tripwire of each type (i.e. gas, incendiary, bomb HE), without cancelling the first.
• Fixed an issue where throwing certain gadgets onto vehicles could result in uncharacteristically large impact sounds.
• Added the Mosin Nagant M91 as the standard issue rifle for the Russian and Bolshevik factions in custom games.
• Fixed an issue where auto-reload would sometimes add an extra bullet in the chamber on some weapons.
• Adjusted the brightness of smoke and muzzle flashes on semi-auto rifles.
• Fixed an issue that was prohibiting grenades from being replenished with an ammo pouch/crate.
• Fixed an issue where some players could activate the speed boost in air planes without unlocking the ability first.

Maps and modes

• Fixed issue with supply drops landing on Galicia bridge negatively affecting players.
• Adjusted the Red Tide Operation layout in Volga River, providing more options of approach for attackers.
• Improved Conquest layout, spawns, and capture zones on Brusilov Keep for better balance.
• Removed Elite pickups from Team Deathmatch in Argonne Forest.
• Fixed an issue where players experienced the inability to unmount the FK.96 Field Gun in Argonne Forest.
• Fixed an issue that caused Mother’s voice to cutoff while transitioning to 2nd map in the Red Tide Operation.
• Improved an issue where the globe would sometimes display when transitioning between maps in an Operation.

General

• When deploying on a squadmate and the squadmate dies while the camera is transitioning, the deploy will now be cancelled and player will return to deploy screen.
• When deploying directly into gas the gasmask will now automatically activate.
• When deploying directly into the air the parachute will now automatically activate.
• Fixed an intermittent issue where players could become invisible.
• Reduced the camera shake when taking damage.
• Addressed an issue that caused servers to reset when playing Operations, resulting in players returning to the frontend with a “Server is under maintenance” message.
• Fixed an issue that prohibited players from spawning with various weapons and vehicles in pre-round.
• Fixed an issue where a Squad Leader promotion count down occurred during the end of round screens.
• Fixed an issue that reset Vsync refresh rates to the desktop refresh rate.