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Sprint’s Brink Launch Party (US)
Watch the Brink game developers in their natural habitat and get the chance to meet one. While the event lasts you can get your shot to party with a Brink developer at a local GameStop by texting “Brink” and your city to 99158.
Go to http://sprint.com/brink to find out more.
In the coming update, Brink will get some balance tweaks. Some changed that needed to be done have been looked at but many competitive players are asking for more. Well, it’s a start and here’s what we’re getting.
Here comes a small semi-official update from Splash Damage that the competitive scene might want to take interest in. First off, it’s the lead game designer Neil Alphonso who speaks when replying on a thread that raised some issues with competitive play.
Neil: We’ve never said that the retail version of the game is specifically balanced for competitive play. We’re working to address the issues you’ve mentioned, and a host of others we think are entirely valid.
BRINKish.eu comment: The issues Neil talks about here are balancing issues and no first person spec view, which the original author wanted.
Neil again: It might be hard to believe given a lot of the vitriol out there, but our toughest critics are still ourselves. We didn’t work as long and as hard on Brink as we have to just let the problems lie.
On a question where the author asked what was going to be fixed the reply was rather expected but good.
Neil: Again, can’t give specifics until things are 100% tested and confirmed. Stuff is coming.
That bottom line is an oversimplification in a game this complex… an example of just one of the things that need to factor in is the difference between level/ability progress and weapon unlocks (pub) vs having everything to pick from (comp).
Not to mention how players adapt; the ways in which stats have changed without direct balancing tweaks are quite fascinating. We could release maps as ‘balanced’, and it would change three weeks later. The key is long term support and attention.
Also, word has it Splash Damage are working hard to resolve launch issues which may explain why we have yet to see any competitive specific updates or such. Hopefully there will be some in time, but for the time being we will most likely have to do with patches that stabilizes the game making it better for everyone and not just the competitive scene.
They say patience is a virtue and that saying is very true when it comes to Brink. Let’s be patient now shall we! Stuff is coming.
“Brink PC server admins! An updated dedicated server will be coming your way within the next few hours. Client update not far behind.”
Splash Damage
To show our appreciation for your support of Brink, we will be making the first DLC for Brink available for free when it is released. This DLC is planned for June and will offer additional maps and new weapons for players. We’ll continue to provide announcements about the next title update, as well as the first DLC release as that information becomes available.
Splash Damage just released a dedicated server update to PC and it’s major one that should sort out many of the issues people have been having with Brink since the release. Among other things is fov now changeable again using the command ui_fov.
Full changelog
General:
Fixed issues with custom ui_fov settings when playing as a client
Added support for 2560x1440
Slightly improved start up times
Fixed crash when clicking in blank area on Training Videos menu
Fixed memory leaks on shutdown
Fixed Be More Objective leaderboards being incorrectly named
Graphics:
Fixed “texture gridding” issues on certain graphics cards
Fixed settings being incorrectly applied on the advanced video options screen
Improved performance when using Ambient Occlusion
Fixed halos not rendering correctly
AI Bots:
Removed bot intelligence inhibitors for Freeplay games
Adjusted bot behaviour in Campaign games to make teams more evenly matched
Changed bots’ objective priorities across all game modes
Fixed issue with bot difficulty continually dropping
User Interface:
Fixed poor server browser performance for users with a large number of items in their history
Made server browser refreshes much more responsive
Changed server browser to no longer group player counts by max players
Added new pop-up text for server browser filters
Fixed not being able to sort by favourites column
Server browser now retrieves favourites correctly from Steam
Fixed arrow keys not working when exiting out of a chat submenu
Made it easier to select a default secondary weapon
Disabled chat options in solo mode
Dedicated Servers:
Can now use net_ip command to assign IPs to server instances
Dedicated server binary can now be run as a service, which won’t have a CSIDL_PERSONAL virtual folder
Feel free to join us on our brand new BRINKish servers, all updated with the patch.
Clanserver.no Objective Standard - #BRINKish / #Brink.no #1 - 88.87.36.111:27020
Clanserver.no Objective Competition - #BRINKish #Brink.no #3 - 88.87.36.111:27031
Clanserver.no Stopwatch Competition - #BRINKish #Brink.no #4 -88.87.36.111:27033
To download the patch, simply reconnect to Steam.
The first major setback has arrived for the competitive Brink PC community. While some were suddenly having issues with recoding demos in Brink (when some had been able to earlier on) Splash Damage Lead Production Tester, Stephen “Crispy” Etheridge gave them a rather abrupt answer.
Demo recording is not supported in Brink
Exactly why this is suddenly a fact there is no telling. There was a command, that’s now disabled. Why? Splash Damage should be well awere on the fact PC gamers are used to be able to record their own demos as it’s used not only to prevent people from cheating but to record fragmovies, trickmovies and what not.
Splash Damage have, just a day ago, made clear that if there’s something the public want they are willing to listen and add functions to make the game better - this should apply on the demo-function as well. It’s a must to have and hopefully this is nothing more then Splash Damage currently sorting out some issues they are having with the demo-function and something they will bring back in a short future.
* UPDATE
Gladly, Splash Damage and Brink Lead Tools Programmer Jared “jRAD” Hefty gave us a quick answer and it was just what BRINKish hoped for.
Not currently supported in Brink.
So, there it is ladies and gentlemen - it will be back!
BRINKish thanks to Campez for notifying us on this..
“If you’ve received the wrong Brink code from Direct 2 Drive, D2D is working hard to get you the correct one before we unlock on Steam”
Splash Damage
The first Brink patch for PC have been released. You download the patch when signing into your Steam client.
PC Update
On the PC side, we’re pleased to report that we’ve put together our first game update, bringing two immediate improvements to Brink:It greatly enhances the crash reports we’re getting through Steam, with more detailed information coming our way from now on. While this doesn’t sound very exciting for you as a player, it’s really useful for the Brink team as it’ll allow us to track down the underlying issues much more quickly and work on fixes for them – particularly stability issues relating to compatibility.
This update also fixes an issue where closing the game before getting to the character selection screen can corrupt your character data and make it unusable. Until the game update comes out, we strongly recommend not shutting Brink down during start-up to avoid this issue altogether.
Better yet, this update has just hit Steam and you can download it by simply signing into your Steam client.
In other PC news, we’ve also been working closely with the guys over at Bethesda Softworks to identify and solve any hardware compatibility issues that people have been reporting. For the AMD graphics card owners out there, make sure you’ve installed the latest AMD video drivers as that will solve a fair few of the visual and performance issues out there. Similarly, if you have an NVIDIA card and are experiencing issues with the game, make sure you’ve got the latest NVIDIA video drivers installed.
The next game update for the PC version is already in the works, and includes a fix for the FOV issue some of you have been reporting on the forums, among several other things. We’ll have more information to share on that soon.
They’ve also made some updates concerning the XBOX360 and PS3-versions of Brink along with information regarding the Brink statistics site that is schedule to be set up on the official site.
When Splash Damage released the Dedicated server things people eager enough to read it was also able to find out that there was a pre-setup of a competitive mode produced by Splash Damage themselves. This is actually a rather unfamiliar move made by the game developers. These days most seem to ignore the fact people will want to shut certain things off to keep the game balanced. It’s also interesting Splash Damage made a clear mark Brink should be played 5on5 (5v5) competitively.
Competition
This config is geared towards players who like to compete in tournaments and provides some settings similar to popular “Pro mode” mods in other FPS games, things such as removing rank restrictions, removing buffs and limiting team sizes. Its settings are:
- Team Damage: On
- Maximum Players: 16
- Minimum Players: 4
- Maximum Team Size: 5
- Rank Restrictions: Off
- Ready-Up Percentage: 50%
- Spectating When Incapacitated: Off
- Spectator Mode: Off
- Command Post Buffs: Off
- Fixed Map Duration: On
- Overtime: Off
- Global VOIP: On
- Team VOIP: On
- Bots: Off
- Voting: Off
Obviously some of these settings could be discussed whether they are good or not. A competition without spectators.. ain’t much worth. Hopefully that’s something Splash Damage will look into, the sooner the better. All in all, a great initiative from the developers.
Splash Damage just launched their official Tech Help- and Dedicated Server Support-forms for all three platforms.
It provides answers to questions from players regarding use and trouble-shooting of Brink and tapir care.
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