Chivalry 2 Hotfix 2.8.2

Good morrow once more, knights! As of this morning at 11:30am ET, we have released a minor hotfix (2.8.2) that delivers some general fixes, stability improvements and improvements to some maps including the recent Bridgetown map from the 2.8 Raiding Party Update.

Below is a list of fixes includes in this hotfix.

General

• Fixed an issue where pressing the VOIP key would cause a stutter
• Fixed an issue where timeout from a server was not being applied after a successful votekick
• Fixed an issue where Out of Combat zones would shrink dramatically in LTS
• Fixed an issue where the Heavy Cavalry Sword alt overhead hitbox would be offset in first person mode
• Added the Crescent Bat Labrys war axe as a top voted community weapon skin request (by poll)
• Further optimizations made for character textures
• Further crash fixes
• Further security improvements

Crossparties

• Fixed an issue with party leaders incorrectly seeing party members as active after a party member fails to join a match

Maps

Bridgetown

• Stage 1
• Increased base time from 5 to 5.5 minutes
• Stage 2
• Increase time added for substage completion from 60 to 90 seconds
• Stage 4
• Increased base time from 4 to 5 minutes
• Addressed an exploit where players could use the ballista to fire at the town gate

General

• Removed peasant sickles
• Optimized textures

Darkforest

• Fixed an issue where the convoy carts would bounce due to missing road paths

Galencourt

• Fixed an issue where Mason would be able to blow up the inner city gates before the ending of Stage 2

Still Looking Into

• An issue where players are kicked out of Matchmaking due to “Invalid Join Data”
• Ongoing hitches in relation to online services
• Forming a party through native invites can break matchmaking queue buttons
• And more!

Note: on first publication of these patchnotes we included "Fixed an issue where players would be kicked out of Matchmaking due to “Invalid Join Data”" - however, we have since heard further reports of this issue and have therefore moved this under the "Still Looking Into" list.