Big Patch v1068

Main Addition

- Enabled joining online Arena matches in progress

No more waiting for the matches to end, you can join-in right away now.

Please report any issues with the feature, I'll make sure to work on fast hotfixes in order to keep it stable and good.

Multiplayer & Co-op

• Improved connection stability, joining matches in progress, and reconnecting.

• Fixed several issues with players leaving, being kicked, or changing hosts.

• Improved synchronization of player positions, weapons, respawns, teams, and character sizes.

• Fixed allies taking damage multiple times from a single attack in co-op.

• Improved online hit detection and fixed several damage inconsistencies.

• Fixed mines and gadgets sometimes appearing or behaving incorrectly online.

• Improved enemy movement and scripted sequences in co-op.

• Fixed incorrect lobby messages, ping readings, and match-ending screens.

Gameplay & Controls

• Fixed several interactions between Paradox modifiers, including Vampirism, Player Speed, Player Size, and damage-over-time effects.

• Made Slippery Floors movement more consistent across different frame rates.

• Fixed bots failing to switch weapons correctly after being disarmed.

• Fixed random weapon changes ignoring Melee Only.

• Improved NPC pathfinding and made escorts and civilians easier to push out of the way.

• Improved controller compatibility and fixed individual invert-look settings in split-screen.

• Fixed weapon sway jumps on computer stutters.

Visuals & Mission Endings

• Fixed weapons occasionally becoming invisible after switching weapons or respawning.

• Fixed weapons and characters appearing when they should be hidden during cutscenes.

• Fixed several animation and muzzle-flash issues.

• Soother helicopter movement.

• Improved transition stability between gameplay, mission endings, credits, and results screens.

• Fixed lingering death effects, mistimed music, and missing mission-completion audio.

• Fixed mission-time tracking and objective messages disappearing too early.

• Fixed cutscene skipping affecting later missions in Online Coop.

Audio & Stability

• Improved voice-chat stability and performance.

• Fixed microphone testing interfering with voice chat or transmitting leftover test audio.

• Improved save reliability to better protect existing saves when saving fails.

• Fixed deleted profiles leaving behind custom campaign progress.

• Fixed several potential multiplayer crashes and freezes.

• Reduced unnecessary processing in audio, cutscenes, and lobby menus.

Arena Progression

• Added unlock progression when you complete regular multiplayer Arena matches.

• Added clearer locked-content entries in Arena menus.