Bohemia Interactive has just updated Arma Reforger for Steam and Xbox versions. Patch 0.9.8.64 introduces new features, tweaks, and bug fixes to improve your gaming experience.

The latest update has targeted and rectified a plethora of in-game issues. From teamkill bans to fixing mine placement on characters (kinematic bodies) to other numerous fixes related to weapon handling, player presence in turrets, vehicle behavior, and material errors.

A critical fix targets the annoying settings freeze issue, ensuring a smoother user interface experience. Campaign-related bugs like incorrect AI spawns according to building faction allegiance and pre-spawned vehicle maintenance service supply consumption have also been fixed.

Arma Reforger 0.9.8.64 May 18 Patch Notes

Attention soldiers,

we updated the Steam and Xbox versions of the game. Look below for the changelog.

0.9.8.64 Changelog

Game

Added: InventoryItemComponent::PlaceOnGround method to be able to place on-ground items from a script
Added: New spawner logic to non-slot vehicle depots in Conflict
Added: EntitySlotInfo::GetSourceName Script API
Added: SlotManagerComponent::GetSlotByName Script API
Added: CharacterIdentityComponent::SetIdentity is now multiplayer-compatible and can be used to change head and body models during gameplay
Added: TurretComponent::GetOwner script API
Added: AimingComponent::GetInitAiming script API
Added: OnAttachedEntity/OnDetachedEntity events on EntitySlotInfo
Changed: General art vegetation, clutter, and surfaces cleanup and polishing
Tweaked: MPD of WoodenFence_02
Tweaked: MPD of BridgeRailingConcrete_01 prefabs
Fixed: Teamkill bans
Fixed: Mine can be placed on characters (kinematic bodies)
Fixed: Data errors in Brick Gate 01
Fixed: Settings freeze fix
Fixed: Small refactor of item changing replication should fix situations where mine arming animations wouldn’t start or interrupt correctly
Fixed: It was possible to equip a mine with a gadget if the mine was equipped from the ground
Fixed: The player would exit the vehicle through the roof at low server FPS
Fixed: 2D sights adjustment didn’t match PIP properly
Fixed: Bug with forbidden gadget equipping if a weapon isn’t unequipped
Fixed: Updating playerInfo first, and only then registering player, used to cause missing playerInfo on client
Fixed: Trying to pull out a gadget while hiding a gadget after pressing F to get in a turret/vehicle causes the character to hold the new gadget even if it’s not allowed, possibly allowing them to walk around and then teleport to the turret
Fixed: dying with scoped binos doesn’t clear the ADS state
Fixed: missing file after reverting
Fixed: remove weapon deployment from key-binding menu
Fixed: Clearing under barrel grenade launchers via BaseMuzzleComponent::ClearChamber wasn’t working
Fixed: Player presence isn’t registered when switching seats in the turret
Fixed: Infinite loop during deleting of EntitySlotInfo
Fixed: Weapon script invokers not being called when a character enters a ladder or vehicle or starts swimming
Fixed: MPD of WoodenFence_02
Fixed: MPD of BenchStreet_01
Fixed: wrong GUIDs in destruction prefabs
Fixed: Material errors of WoodenFence_02
Fixed: MPD issues of SurveyMarker_E_01
Fixed: MPD of some prefabsSurveyMarker_E_01
Fixed: colliders layer preset
Fixed: Campaign – Pre-built living quarters will spawn AIs according to faction allegiance of the building
Fixed: Prebuild services not having set correct faction in Conflict
Fixed: Fix for the character getting desynced on teleporting out of a flipped vehicle.
Fixed: Character doesn’t reequip the weapon after bandaging (whether completed or interrupted or performed on other humans)
Fixed: Campaign/Freebuilding – Vehicle deployment preview can get stuck if the vehicle depot is deleted when the preview is on the player’s screen
Fixed: Campaign: Vehicle previews don’t show properly
Fixed: ScenarioFramework – Tutorial world improperly inherited navmesh
Fixed: Pre-spawned vehicle maintenance services not consuming supplies
Removed: ReconnectComponent turned off again. It’s still unfinished and may cause several issues
Removed: PlayerMailboxComponent from PlayerAIAgent, which is part of AICommanding

Stability

Fixed: GPU crash in clutter instance processing
Fixed: Linux DS crash on bleeding particle FX
Fixed: Crash with infinite OnUnused on entity
Fixed: Crash when closing the game and an AI was using a ladder with a hatch on top
Fixed: Crash due to recursive call of Flush requests in cases of connection loss during a shutdown sequence