Patch 3 Changelog

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Added in-game drop-in ability
Added the “Find Xmas present” achievement
Heavily improved fighting and acting by team AI and enemies including the following features/fixes:
New events and enemy tactics on all levels
Team and enemies now pick better cover and firing positions, and use more intelligent firing lanes for suppression and sniping
Enemies now master additional acrobatic moves (such as dashes and slides) and they can fire at you while doing them!
More cover moves for team AI and enemies
Enemy AI move in tighter formations and coordinate better
Team AI now keeps up with human players much better
Smoother turn and aim on team AI, and reduced animation glitches on movements
Better looking weapon recoils on team and enemies
AI teammates now pick weapons that better suit the current combat situation
AI tweaked to make combat more mid-ranged and not run-in gun battles
Team AI no longer has “ants in the pants” (they don’t move around so much) when there are no enemies around
Added advanced GFX settings menu, containing the following options:
Texture resolution setting (“very low” to “high”)
Texture filtering “off” and up to x16
V-synch on/off
AA on/off
Light streaks on/off
Animation level-of-detail setting for better performance
More suitable default resolutions to fit laptops etc.
AlienwareFX on/off (for Alienware computers)
Added eight color grade filters (inspired by a range of heist and action movies)
Added four new masks
Improved network code

Slaughterhouse and Diamond Heist are now available in the Normal difficulty setting
Single Player has improved scenario and difficulty balancing
Added more money bundles to First World Bank
The legendary über killer sniper removed from Heat Street
Teammate “mugshot” icons (lower left corner of the screen) now flash to indicate who is talking over VOIP
You can now see the cash value of the “near completion challenges” in the TAB menu
Fix to better hear team AI voices
Fixes for random crashes
Fixed the drill that kept resetting to full time for some people
Fixes for fake lobby appearing
Changed [Enter] to $Continue; to fix binding of enter to block the final stats screen.
More camera impacts on explosions
All weapons now have alert ranges, unique for each weapon
Chains is no longer replaced by Wolf on rare trade occasions
Bain will now correctly call the equipment “saws” (not “drills”) in Panic Room
Some sounds (e.g. SWAT rappel sounds) no longer get stuck in a loop
All sounds are now connected to the sound sliders in the audio options menu
Added huge tooth brush to Panic Room

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