An update for Splinter Cell Double Agent is now available via Xbox Live. The update contains a number of fixes for lag, connection issues, and miscellaneous bugs.
Connections issues
- Fix some connection issues when the host has ended the session.
- Fix the de-connections in the lobby.
- Once the lobby reaches 5 or 6 people, random players drop.
- After kicking the 6th player from a team, the leader couldn’t invite another player.
- Fixed a case where the group leader hang in the “joining session” screen if the host quits while he is joining.
- Improvement of the server’s selection so that the server is more reactive.
- If a player leaves a session immediately when he arrives and they are some packet loss (he is in a resolving state), the resolving time out is not reset and in the next session he will kick all the players as soon as he arrives !!!!
- Only 1 disconnect function to each peer when resolving is timed out.
Lag-related issues
- In-game freezing : treat a limited number of Unreal packets per frame to avoid freezes in some specific conditions.
- Increased network thread priority over Sound thread that can reduce lag issues.
- Fix the case when a player got flashbanged while lagging as a mercenary; the player can remain permanently flashbanged until the player reboot the game.
- Fix FPS loss due to a sound problem.
Others issues
- A new GameVersion to avoid LAN matchs between master and update versions.
- The loading video was always the same, now it’s changed at random.
- Fixed a bug on the score calculation of the Maxpercent challenge.
- Challenge Best score is wrong if the player has just beaten it.
- Improved checks to avoid accessing an invalid leaderboard.
- Allows to write leaderboards of live challenges.
