The long awaited Day of Defeat v1.2 is finally ready for release in the next few days. Here are most of the changes that we can look forward to: Day of Defeat players and servers alike should be experiencing a dramatic increased performance, thanks to optimized code. The frame rate of Day of Defeat 1.2 is said to be the highest ever since beta 3.1.

As most have already heard, the Bazooka is no longer a weapon that may be picked up on the floor, and is instead a selectable class. The planned Mortar Class is not (yet) included.

The Clipping of all the problematic maps has been fixed, meaning we will no longer feel frustrated by the invisible edges of the tanks and lampposts of dod_chemille and dod_donner. FPS issues have also been eliminated.

Although the Kar98 has been left alone in this update, both the Garand and the Kar43 have been tinkered with. The Garand now has a level of accuracy just below that of the Kar98, while the Kar43 has the ever-important Butt smack secondary attack. The BAR has been given more recoil (although not as much as rumored to), while the STG has been made more powerful. The Bren has had its recoil reduced to the level of the new BAR. All of the guns are reported to work much better thanks to optimized coding.

One of the even more dramatic changes that will be put into effect is the readjustment of the viewpoint. Although not as low as it was back in the beta stages, it is definitely lower than the 1.X levels. The viewpoint is around the level that the gun models are held at by the player models. The downside of this change of viewpoint is that all maps have had to be adjusted to suit it, and custom maps will need to be redone AFTER the release for them to play as they did back in 1.1.

2 of the 3 new maps being included in Day of Defeat v1.2 will be very familiar to CAL players - dod_northbound and dod_saints. dod_falaise, another popular custom map, has also been included. On the other hand, dod_merderet got a giant update and is now known as dod_sturm, although sources say that it does not play anything like dod_merderet and is perhaps too large for 6on6 play. In addition to these large changes, dod_glider and dod_caen have had mostly aesthetic changes made to them.

This new version of Day of Defeat will most probably be the best version of Day of Defeat since the decline of b3.1, with plenty of bug fixes and some great additions too.

A more comprehensive (and illustrated) Review of Day of Defeat v1.2 can be found here, written by DarkPenfold of the DoDNetwork who was given the opportunity to test the version himself.
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