R19 Server Update

R18 came out yesterday and caused issues, R19 is out and has been applied to our server.

Changelog
Fixed the most common server crash. The story behind this one is fairly convoluted:

When a player begins the process of joining a server, the server will begin buffering some kinds of information in anticipation of the player completing the loading & joining phase. However, players sometimes get stuck in the loading screen. This makes the server buffer more and more info for that player. A side effect of this is a temporary resource leak in the game server. The leak is immediately restored if the server changes map, or the player completes loading, or the player shuts down the game client. However if a player manages to remain stuck for 30+ minutes in loading on a server with lots of activity and the server doesn’t end the round, then the server could run out of the particular resource – it would then crash.

Long banlists will not crash the server.

The banlist supports up to 10.000 entries now.
The banList.list command has been modified to return at most 100 entries at a time (similar to how BC2 PC’s banList.list command works).
Any administrative tools will need to be updated to be able to see more than the first 100 entries.

Corrections to the banlist documentation.

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BF3 Maintenance

Battlefield 3 online will be unavailable for all platforms Friday from 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM GMT. This will fix certain server stability issues.

Battlelog will be available during this time.

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[PTG]Theo993 100k+ viewed Video. Uber skillz man.

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Tomorrow at 09:00 GMT we will be deploying a new update on Battlelog.
Downtime is estimated at 15 minutes. During this time, Battlelog will be unavailable for all players.

Fixes include:
• Add PWP license by default to all BF3 PC users
• Fixed description on Service Stars
• Fixed missing vehicle unlocks on stats pages
• Fixed minor caching issue regarding B2K-entitlement
• B2K icon now better aligned in forum/server browser comments

Possible 1.3 patch fixes

DICE’s lead gameplay designer Alan Kertz posted on Battlelog where he revealed a list of possible future changes to Battlefield 3. The items listed aren’t 100% certain to make it to a future patch — DICE is simply looking for player feedback on the list, which you can find below:
• Slightly increased the AEK971 recoil.
• Slightly increased the ASVAL recoil.
• Added Extended Mags to the ASVAL.
• Slightly increased the recoil on the M249.
• Reduced the recoil of the SKS rifle.
• Fixed aimed firing max accuracy on the Pecheneg to be consistent with other LMGs.
• Slightly reduced the recoil of the F2000 and restored it to the previous base accuracy.
• Semiautomatic and automatic shotguns firing FRAG rounds now do slightly less splash damage.
• Increased the damage of the G3, M60, and M240 at close range.
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A little stunt in the F35 in Battlefield 3

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KingGiac flying upside down under the bridge in Wake.

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