Splash Damage

Any news on a console patch for the lag?

I hope that they make it so that the scoreboard will show our actual pings soon, I hate this green bar crap...

A new story entry has been added: [drupal=806]Brink PC Update Released[/drupal]

A new game update for the PC version of Brink is now available on Steam and we've got the changelog here for you. Thanks to the magic of Steam, you'll receive the update automatically the next time you log into your Steam client.

Nice to see you working hard on fixing everything! :) If only the SDK was announced for the near future I would be perfectly happy with BRINK ;)

I just played on the new patch and the ui_fov doesn't take into account whether or not you are using the adjusted iron sights. I have my ui_fov set to 90 but when I go to use my sites it sets my FOV to 70, essentially making the adjusted iron sights useless.

Speagles, is it only the adjsuted iron sights? Have you tried normal iron sights, cogs, red dot, etc? I also had g_fov and ui_fov backwards

Hi all, This issue has been addressed and will be with you via an update very shortly. Once you recieve the update, the cvar for changing fov is now 'ui_fov' rather than the previous 'g_fov'. On a side note, there is no aim assist on the PC version at all. :)

i ****in love you SD

Really hope my 4870 is the card which also got fixed.

Amen to that!

Is the FOV issues when using smart and sprinting fixed. This was a major issue that was said to have already been fixed and would be implemented in the second patch.

Fixed issues with custom ui_fov settings when playing as a client

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Cheers, enjoyed my first game online :) Though coop and joining your friends games is still buggy for me.

Wow, I just played campaign and the bots actually did their ****. Too bad this happened after the reviews.

when increasing fov to say 90 (which is the proper fov for 16:9 screen)

Excuse you?

While the only thing I noticed changed was the browser and filtering, since i had no real issues with anything else or at least none that I noticed, I definitely like the rapid patch to begin fixing known, and some unknown, problems. Here's to hoping the next patch will clear up an issue I keep running into which is audio fading so the only thing I'll hear is command posts humming.

Thanks for the soon patches! SD works hard on the issues and I think we will have the most of them addressed in the nearest future. Besides I have no technical problem at all... :)

Very NICE second patch, keep it up devs! :D

anyone else have a lower than normal sound volume? i have to increase my system volume like 30-40% more compared to other games. the game volume is already maxed in game settings.. not a big deal just strange. would it be possible to get a fov cvar for weapon model? when increasing fov to say 90 (which is the proper fov for 16:9 screen) the model looks kinda stretched/distorted.

Apparently the game uses vertical FoV instead of horizontal FoV (think like BC2) Use this calculator to figure out what you should use to get a proper 90 horizontal FoV.

you think you can unlock the 16 slots for servers...

I lost my save due to this update. Good to see a patch though.

Patch didn't do much in terms of performance. It's still pretty bad. I'm on 11.5a drivers with a Radeon HD 6990 4GB, 4.2ghz i7, 6gb ram.

With the recent "fix", I honestly dont see much intelligence in the enemy still, even on hard. The only real difference that i have noticed is that friendly bots are slightly more prone to do objectives if they are nearby. But this is balanced by the other thing i have noticed : both teams now tend to huddle together in giant groups. The enemy team now sits together in a giant group in front of the objective now. Managed to hit 6 with a Molotov just now. Friendly bots do something similar, sticking together in a group (yay), but only moving forward if there are no enemies around (boo). So the matches now, for me at least, consist of me trying to nade and then kill an entire team so that my team will move forward for an easy win.

There's still an issue with FoV; when using adjusted sights it zooms in like the regular iron sights do.

thanks for the update guys. But i dont think this update did much to the lag most of the ATI card users are getting. I got a 5870.. and my fps wont get past 40...... you did an awesome job on this game. i support you 100% but please fix this issue so people can actualy start enjoying this masterpiece!

Many games seem to be using vertical instead of horizontal these days, wonder why?

Because when everyone was running 4:3 it didn't make a difference Now 16:9 and 16:10 are becoming the norm so switching to vfov makes sense

hey guys, just signed up to share my experiences with the game. first my specs [LIST] [*]windows 7 sp1 [*]intel core 2 quad q9550 @ 3.1 ghz [*]sapphire ati hd5850 [*]4 gig 1066 OCZ RAM [*]xfi pci-e fatality sound card [/LIST] My performance pretty much whatever the graphics settings is not very good. usually between 25-50 tops. This is using the 11.5ar rc2 drivers you guys are recommending. I am also getting some weird flickering during the cutscenes with the background items that can be seen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=773WdbzfgEI. I am also having issues with garbled text. In terms of sound, in the cutscenes and loading screen the voices come through random channels. ALso sometimes when i join servers all i hear is the medic beep, other people's gun. random background noise or nothing at all. Also the friendly AI is dumb as... I really want to love this game, and I have put almost 20 hours into it so far but these bugs need to be addressed. I know you guys are doing your best and I wish you all the luck but how things like this pass QA is beyond me...

im also getting the same bugs. sometimes there is no sound at all in the game. after this patch that issue with the garbled text also started for me. i dont even want to talk about the fps in the game, its so horrible. just unplayable. and my pc beats the recommend requirements for this game by far. got a 5870, 4 gb ram, amd phenom x4 @2.4 ghz

Product Update - Valve General: Fixed issues with custom ui_fov settings when playing as a client Added support for 2560x1440 Slightly improved start up times Fixed crash when clicking in blank area on Training Videos menu Fixed memory leaks on shutdown Fixed Be More Objective leaderboards being incorrectly named Graphics: Fixed “texture gridding” issues on certain graphics cards Fixed settings being incorrectly applied on the advanced video options screen Improved performance when using Ambient Occlusion Fixed halos not rendering correctly AI Bots: Removed bot intelligence inhibitors for Freeplay games Adjusted bot behaviour in Campaign games to make teams more evenly matched Changed bots’ objective priorities across all game modes Fixed issue with bot difficulty continually dropping User Interface: Fixed poor server browser performance for users with a large number of items in their history Made server browser refreshes much more responsive Changed server browser to no longer group player counts by max players Added new pop-up text for server browser filters Fixed not being able to sort by favourites column Server browser now retrieves favourites correctly from Steam Fixed arrow keys not working when exiting out of a chat submenu Made it easier to select a default secondary weapon Disabled chat options in solo mode Dedicated Servers: Can now use net_ip command to assign IPs to server instances Dedicated server binary can now be run as a service, which won't have a CSIDL_PERSONAL virtual folder

Would be nice to see some of that changes for the Xbox 360 plus a fix for the game-freezes and permanent lag.

Im running 2 5870's and it runs great, but I keep having text over turrets or when Im checking guns and such just be garbled junk. I switched them out for my pair of 5770's to see if it was the cards, but I get the same thing. Is this just an issue with ATI? Game runs awesome besides that. Thank you SD for the AI changes, I ****ing love BRINK!!!