Arma Reforger Experimental Update Includes Fresh Tweaks and Fixes

Arma Reforger got a huge experimental update on Steam and Xbox Experimental platforms. The developers have rolled out a new patch, 1.0.0.42, bringing various changes, enhancements, and fixes. Below you can find the patch notes.

Arma Reforger 1.0.0.42 Changelog

Game

• Changed: Rotors now take CollisionDamage at lower speeds
• Tweaked: Deployable radio exclusion zone for enemy bases; also enabled query for all bases, not just HQs
• Fixed: Character’s locomotion animation speed hasn’t respected movement change caused by collisions
• Fixed: Teleportation of character during paused simulation
• Fixed: Character’s stance wouldn’t reliably change when the character was colliding
• Fixed: Possible to toggle the flashlight while unconscious
• Fixed: Inventory is not closed when a character is deleted
• Fixed: Invisible supplies have collisions with projectiles and grenades
• Fixed: Empty groups on Game Master are no longer visible

AI

• Changed: Renamed AILimit methods so they make more sense
• Fixed: AI was not using their rifles against helicopters

Playable Content

• Fixed: ScenarioFramework – Intel item gets deleted by GarbageManager if it is not picked up soon after spawning

Multiplayer

• Fixed: Vehicle lights would immediately go out again when switched on by a client
• Fixed: Switching vehicle lights on the client would not always update emissive surfaces
• Fixed: Game server properties were not kept after server reload

Controls

• Changed: Jump out actions – 2x instead of Hold, to better prevent accidental ejections
• Changed: Gamepad control scheme for the character has been adjusted based on community feedback and current possibilities
• Changed: Gamepad – Freelook – RB Hold instead of RS Click toggle
• Changed: Gamepad – Temporary sprint by holding LS allowed again
• Changed: Gamepad – Adjust lean to RS Hold + LS Move Horizontal, reset by sprint
• Changed: Gamepad – Adjust stance to RS Hold + LS Move Vertical
• Changed: Gamepad – Helicopter autohover input filter to LS Click
• Changed: Gamepad – Helicopter engine to LS + X (was View + X)
• Changed: Gamepad – Helicopter brakes to LS + B (was View + B)
• Reverted: Gamepad – Weapon selection and quick slots – Reverted to View + Right Stick or XYAB
• Reverted: Gamepad – Drop current item – Reverted to View + DPad Left
• Reverted: Gamepad – Unequip current item – Reverted to View + DPad Right
• Reverted: Gamepad – Lower weapon – Reverted to RB + B Click
• Reverted: Gamepad – Weapon safety – Back to RB + B Hold
• Reverted: Gamepad – Toggle bipod – Back to RB + Hold A
• Reverted: Gamepad – Switch optics – Back to RB + Y Click
• Reverted: Gamepad – Toggle illumination – Back to RB + Y Hold
• Reverted: Gamepad – Finger pointing – Back to RB + DPad Right
• Removed: Gamepad – Focus removed from RS Hold – duplicated with LT
• Removed: Gamepad – Toggle freelook removed from RS Click – now freelook is on RB Hold
• Fixed: Gamepad – Left Trigger adjustable focus delay was interrupted upon key frames, resulting in erratic focusing when toggling ADS (#T176262)

Known Issues

Game:

• Supply amount on bases is 0 after loading session save
• Players are unable to change stance after getting dragged from the vehicles when they are unconscious
• Getting into an unconscious state while leaving the vehicle can lead to player desync
• Players sometimes cannot join already existing groups on the server after they connect
• Persistent Sprint and Aiming Down Sights controls do not register properly when using a controller
• Characters in the turrets sometimes start drifting away creating a surrealistic portrait of a man with really long arms holding a turret
• The base will sometimes show the supply count in a decimal number
• Some items in the inventory can look blurry and have with low poly texture
• UI in the vehicle or the turret can be hard to see
• Composition holograms completely blind players when they are building structures with a shovel
• FidelityFX Super Resolution reset after changing the Quality preset
• Moving items in the inventory while using Arsenal will consume these items
• Players that die with the shovel equipped will see the composition holograms even without it
• The supply amount in build mode does not update correctly
• AIs will continue firing in the same direction from turrets if they fall unconscious
• AIs from the Living Quarters gather together when defending the base
• Players are sometimes not able to repair some zones on vehicles
• M998 is getting caught on small curbs and other small objects
• Some fortifications are getting deleted on the server after placement
• Building previews are rarely visible for players without shovel-equipped
• Players sometimes see only the disassemble action on recently placed composition
• The backpack is not visible in inventory after being equipped
• Missing clutter on Radeon cards post 23.9.1 driver
• Taking a medical box after dragging and dropping it into the sub-inventory breaks UI
• AI aims slowly with turrets
• Exiting Flipped vehicles can place character under the ground
• The camera in the vehicle can shake violently when traveling
  • The player needs to exit and re-enter the vehicle for the issue to stop happening

Controls:

• Gamepad – Select grenade launcher conflicting with Select weapon slot 3 on View + A – Workaround is to reselect current weapon (View + X, View + Y) – Fixed in 1.0.0.44
• Gamepad – Some View combos can only be activated shortly until the quick slots radial menu is displayed – pressing B will close the radial menu and restore access to these combos
• Some control hints are not being displayed while the quick slots radial menu is opened

Game Master:

• Players getting killed by GM are punished for suicide
• Deleting all dead bodies and destroyed vehicles with the GM can lead to the kick of all GMs from the server
  • Workaround: Delete entities in smaller batches
• Players leaving GM on a populated server have a higher chance of being kicked from the server

Warnings: 

• Progress is not indicated when processing downloaded data.
• Server performance can be greatly reduced when replicating a high number of characters (players + AIs), and this issue becomes more prominent with increased limits, making it difficult to handle 128 players and 200+ AIs.
  • Playing Everon Conflict with 128 players is not recommended, while Arland might be more feasible due to its smaller size and fewer AI spawns. Pure PvP without AIs could be a potential alternative for larger player counts.