Thanks for all the email about this site. bia.gbxd was transferred to a more powerful server a few weeks ago. However, the transfer did not go as smoothly as our hosting provider said it would. For that, the site has been under going maintenance for a while. I'm sorry for the down time. It has become a monthly thing. Hopefully this will be the last time our hosting provider switches servers on us. We've still got some catching up to do, put I'll try to start posting some news.

A lot of people are anxiously awaiting a patch for BiA PC. While the release of the patch is totally up to UBI, Gearbox says the patch is ready. botman even seems to think the patch may come out on Monday (that's tomorrow).

[quote=Reichert]I know a lot of you are anxiously awaiting the next update - I'm just as anxious to get it to you, trust me. We have finished development work, and as I said, it is awaiting validation from QA. Unfortunately, all of the test plans in Europe were not finished in time, and Ubisoft does not release updates on Friday. Therefore, testing will wrap up today and tomorrow and we'll release next week. I just wanted to be up front with you all, having been very patient to this point. I hope everyone understands the importance of thorough QA testing before any public release.

If you're wondering why they would have a policy against releasing updates on Fridays, it's too ensure that if some unexpected problem arises after release that there will be adequate personnel in place to respond in a timely fashion.[/quote]

botman also described some of the updates available in the next patch:

- Added kick feature to the MP lobby, as well as in game.
- Added player quit message to multiplayer
- Added functionality to update profiles when changing localized versions
- Improved general performance and stability
- Improved Ubisoft game service performance and stability
- Updated karma physics to prevent crash with certain AMD CPUs
- Client would always see the first map played by the server as the current map (now the current map is displayed correctly to the client).
- Fixed typos in text messages displayed in multiplayer.
- Added additional information in "Submit Bug Report" feature that should help developers track down bugs.
- Fixed inconsistency with displaying ubi.com username vs. game profile name.
- Fixed an issue with game options not being saved correctly when users switch between profiles (for users with more than one game profile).
- Fixed screenshot button not working and removed most unnecessary/confusing keyboard bindings (Numpad keys causing display to rotate, for example). Screenshot is now F12. This change will ONLY take effect if you create a new profile.
- Fixed MG42 firing sound stuck in a loop when MG42 fired by AI soldiers.
- Fixed not allowing '-', '_' and '.' in ubi.com account name.
- Fixed problem with Logitech (and other) mice locking up and not allowing the player to rotate horizontally, vertically or both, after exiting from Situational Awareness view (in single and multiplayer) or Promotion (in multiplayer).

Note: A lot of the fixes in the BiA patch is because of you reporting errors and bugs to Gearbox and UBI. If you are still having problems playing this game after the 1.03 patch, make sure you let UBI and Gearbox know.