From reading over in the BIS Beta forum looks like they are wrapping up and getting ready to release the 1.60 patch.

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=127310

I smell a DLC ?

Just saw that the latest beta will (more than likely) include some sort of FXAA support which is awesome IMO (especially for people who can't run AA). Plus the massive number of fixes, and the MP optimization sounds really promising.

...And this is just the "performance" patch; they're still talking about a 1.61 patch that will change even more with AI and content!

Hopefully Steam won't be greatly delayed in pushing out this update to Steam users of Arma 2.

A performance patch? There's hope for me yet!

er, I actually got it backwards...this is the one with mostly content improvements like better MP, better AI, editor fixes, general bug fixes, etc. There are still a few performance fixes but IIRC they were already planning on a more performance-oriented follow up patch. I got confused with the FXAA being included. It seems they're testing out the FXAA with this patch; then possibly implementing it further (i.e. UI controls) for the next one.

Either way you can check out all the changes here: http://www.arma2.com/beta-patch.php (latest betas + changelogs). Just note that not all changes are logged...problems caused from previous bug fixes are not mentioned.

Huge number of fixes and I suspect a lot more coming.

Remember Arma 3 is the same engine. So they need to really fix up Arma 2. "Test" it in the field and "deploy" it in Arma 3.

Cause would you pay for the same bugs that have been there since OFP? 3 strikes and your out.

I'm guessing Arma 3's big changes then will be in things like more detailed 3D models and better shaders and such. By increasing the shader count and complexity, FXAA becomes more important.



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