Hotfix USA.1.7

Fixed ESC in the spawn menu opening the pause menu instead of closing and reopening the spawn menu.

ESC no longer confirms spawning; use the Spawn button or spawn menu key instead.

Fixed the loading screen showing a blank image when leaving a server.

Fixed the spectator camera jerking or flipping when stopping following a player, including when watching planes at steep angles.

Fixed destroyed windows and wall sections disappearing for players who joined a match late after a nearby building collapsed.

Bots now notice enemies within 8 meters even outside their field of view.

Fixed bots sometimes failing to switch to a clearly visible backup target after their current target died.

Fixed muffled or "underwater" sounding audio when using Windows Spatial Sound.

Added a Speaker Output setting with Auto, Stereo, 5.1 and 7.1 options.

Spawning on an empty armored car or other vehicle now puts you in the driver seat.

Fixed spawn point icons on the map sometimes not responding to clicks when squad leader or officer markers were nearby.

Fixed bots piling up and getting stuck on tables and sandbags at captured spawns.

Stuck bots now free themselves within seconds or respawn instead of remaining frozen.

In singleplayer, bots now spread across more spawn points instead of almost all following the player spawn.

Fixed certain Bluetooth and virtual surround setups causing repeated audio restarts, missing sounds and brief freezes.

Changing the Speaker Output setting now applies immediately.

Fixed the mouse cursor getting stuck on screen during matches after map votes, round changes or alt tabbing.

Fixed vehicles parked on top of guns or other vehicles becoming permanently stuck.

Fixed tank guns drifting or continuing to turn after you stopped aiming.

Fixed tank crews getting stuck in seats with a frozen camera and being unable to exit or switch seats.

Seats no longer stay locked after the mechanic who reserved them leaves the server.

Fixed broken seat entry leaving players stuck, players now recover to their feet.

Fixed bots respawning on objectives their team had already lost (most visible on linear maps like Argonne Heights). Defenders now fall back to their next held position; they still reinforce a point while it's being contested.

Improved bot pathing around doorways and tight corners, bots no longer get nudged off valid paths near walls.

Hardcore mode now allows you to plant sapper props in 3rd person.