Nightfire Patch v5.5
From NFBSP
Players are highly recommended to download this patch. Major bug fixes include improvements to the netcode to reduce lag, completely removes Outgoing Message Overflow errors, better player hitbox prediction and registration, increase performance and max FPS, reduce crashes, enable console and many many more.
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Nightfire Patch 5.5 Client/5.04 Server Changelog
-Added in-game map download support -Added check for updates when launching the game -Added the ability to aim down the sight of your weapon in a separate add-on -Added the ability to run more than one instance of the game at once -Added r_fieldofview command to enable the ability to change the FOV client-side rather than server-side -Added sv_explosives command to disable/enable explosive weapons and skull -Added sv_pjump command to enable/disable the ability to pjump -Added a limit to how many bondmines can be in the world at one time to prevent crashes -Greatly improved collision detection and clipping on very shallow water for multiplayer games -Set the console to be enabled by default -Removed maximum frame rate limit -Removed flashbat and train user messages -Changed many 'fatal' errors to warnings so the game does not close due to them -Blocked give and goto cheats when sv_cheats is not set to 1 -Unblocked various commands for multiplayer -Rewrote timer functions and how the game handles time for up to 10x smoother gameplay -Increased default bandwidth rates for much smoother gameplay -Increased maximum hunk and heap memory allocation by default -Increased several various memory limits -Increased maximum amount of ips allowed in ban list -Increased maximum entities (edicts) to fix crash on very large maps -Increased max length for player name and server name on in-game menus -Increased maximum CL_Rate -Increased maximum length of script files (including config.cfg) -Improved the menu load speed when pressing escape while in a server -Improved player hitboxes for better hit registration -Improved map load speeds -Improved in game server browser -Made in-game console scroll down like Half-Life 1 -Auto ban and listip now writes sv_addip instead of addip -Drop command no longer crashes servers (depending on settings) and instead drops a weaponbag -Void no longer shows an endless repeat of the same object (Z buffer is cleared each frame) -Fixed many prediction errors due to bad timing -Fixed pen/hat draw animation in-game -Fixed all known server attack crash exploits -Fixed crash when sending/receiving an invalid or corrupt user message -Fixed crash when too many events or temporary entities were being activated at one time -Fixed crash when using cheats to spawn objects that had not been precached at map load -Fixed crash when using 3rd person entities/triggers in multiplayer games -Fixed crash when loading very large maps -Fixed crash when two players block a door from closing/opening -Fixed crash when too many user messages were sent at once -Fixed fake player exploit -Fixed model command crash exploit -Fixed unreliable latency calculation -Fixed kick from server when players run a modified BSP that differs from the server -Fixed kick from server when players run a modified client.dll that differs from the server -Fixed server lag with very full text buffer -Fixed rcon say from displaying server name -Fixed Outgoing message overflow -Fixed bad command character in client command -Fixed time out while the game is minimized -Fixed high cpu usage on servers and improved sleep between frames on clients -Fixed weapon switch delay and lag -Fixed frame rate decay after long periods of uptime -Fixed cl_retry and connect commands from ignoring port numbers when not using quotes -Fixed slow automatic weapon fire sounds in multiplayer (when you hear others shoot) -Fixed rate command -Fixed scoreboard from not working unless a player had run a DM/CTF map before joining a mission server -Fixed cl_rate from reporting incorrectly to server -Fixed cam_tofirstperson command -Fixed many string errors on dedicated servers -Fixed chat and team chat from removing the word say in messages -Fixed query flooding -Fixed frame rate cap on connect screen -Fixed servers from kicking players for overflowing the reliable channel -Fixed train in m8_missile02 from timing out all clients for multiplayer games -Fixed footstep sounds when walking on wood surfaces
NOTE: There are probably 50 or more changes that are not yet listed here.
