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This patch for Command & Conquer 3 Kane’s Wrath fixes several desyncs and exploits, numerous bugs, and makes balance changes across all nine factions. We have also improved Automatch and added a Russian lobby. 

The patch download links are at the end of the post. *Looking for the No-CD No-DVD Fixed-EXE Fixed-Image Patches for Command & Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath 1.01? Click here.*

Desync Fixes

• Fixed a desync that occurs when a Nod ally attempts to create a Decoy army of a Mechapede.
• Fixed a desync that occurs when playing against a brutal AI with 2 players on level Unfair Advantage.
• Fixed a desync that occurs when playing with 2 players against a Brutal Black Hand AI on the map Unfair Advantage.
• Fixed a desync when 2 players use Black Hand vs GDI on the map Tournament Arena.
• Fixed a desync that occurs when engaging Firehawks with Seekers
• Fixed a desync when Venoms attack a Plasma Missile Battery that is detecting an invisible unit

Bug/Exploit Fixes

• The Message of the Day will now show up online for Kane’s Wrath.
• In-game rank/stats now show up alongside player name while in the game lobby.
• Improved Automatch performance
• Reaper 17 – You can no longer sell a stasis chamber to receive a group of Ravagers for only 600 credits.
• You can no longer use group selecting to allow a Mantis, AA-loadout Firehawk, flying Shadow Team, or Slingshot to force-fire on other ground units.
• Titans crushable level increased. Titans can no longer crush other Titans.
• Fixed the minimap while match is loading
• Can no longer build more than one VOICE of Kane
• Can no longer build multiple epic unit factories

Balance Changes

The following balance changes are intended to make resource-gathering decisions more strategic,
while also further tuning the combat forces to ensure even balance across all three factions in any combination.

General Balance Changes

• Refinery cost increased to 3000 credits, build time increased to 30 seconds, power requirement increased to 15 units
• Harvester cost increased to 2000 credits, build time increased to 20 seconds
• Tiberium Spike capture bonus decreased by 33%, income per second decreased by 60%
• Harvester health increased 25% for most factions, Steel Talon/Black Hand harvester health increased by 16%
• Build radius: most unit production structures no longer provide a build radius, all conyards have had their build radii increased by 25%
• Advanced infantry structures now provide a basic infantry unit when sold or destroyed
• Grasslands Landgrab: blue tiberium now starts at 0

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The Sims 2: Freetime Release Notes:

• Sims will now remember which side of the bed is theirs to sleep on.
• Crash will no longer occur when users attempt to load another lot while associating a neighborhood using the Advanced Neighborhood Options panel.
• “Neon Flamingo” is no longer missing from Buy Mode.
• In Audio Options, Custom Station icon no longer blocks the Stop button.
• University Service NPCs are now able to join a dance contest in a Secret Hobby lot if they are not on the job.
• Sims will no longer pop back onto the screen when Sims walk to a Secret Hobby Lot.
• “Electrono-Ticket Machine” will now correctly turn off when you move a Home lot into the Lots and Houses Bin.
• Saved lots with an in progress dance contest will now reset correctly when placed into the Lots and Houses Bin.
• Sims can now watch UFOs with the “Astrowonder Telescope”.
• Sims can no longer mark items for sale on top of the “Upright Pottery Wheel by QuicKraft”.
• Iconic Hobbyist NPCs can now be reached by telephone after meeting them.
• “Socialus Butterfly” can now be caught for the Bug Collection.
• Sims will no longer teleport when you cancel the walk home interaction in a community lot.
• Primp interaction is no longer missing from the game.
• First woohoo memory will now occur when Sims woohoo for the first time in a tent.
• The reduced bladder effect from the “ShowMeOff Rack of Glory” will now trigger correctly when Sims are in range.
• Sims reading a book from the cooking genre will now correctly gain Cuisine Enthusiasm.
• Preoccupation will now work correctly at level 10.
• Pets will no longer chew or scratch cribs if they are in use.
• Garden Club members are now treated as townies.
• “Carefree Koi Pond by Simulated Life” no longer displays an environment score.
• Teen and Child Sims will no longer receive the unachievable Bird Watch Want.
• College Grades in German, French, Polish, and Brazilian Portuguese is now displayed correctly.
• The Sims 2 FreeTime credit section has been correctly updated.
• Violin Tip Jar will no longer cause an unusable tile after being picked up.
• Child Sims will no longer pop when asked to “Clean Up” the juice tray.
• Vampire Sim can no longer receive a Want to turn Bigfoot into a Vampire.
• Using the Draft Scene interaction will no longer apply a sketch filter to in-game camera snapshots.
• Motive decay on the “H-O-R-S-E of course Basket Ball Hoop”, “The Goal of Paul”, “Teeny Tikes Activity Table”, and “One Man’s Junk Car from Mechanically Minded” objects and Go Hiking interaction has been retuned.
• “Basic Blue” and “Gripping Green” wallpapers will now appear in Build Mode.
• Sims will no longer receive a phone call for magazine subscription at level 2 Hobby Enthusiasm.
• Sims will no longer gain fishing skill points while digging for treasure.
• Sims in Custom Neighborhoods can now access secret hobby lots when sub-neighborhoods are unassociated.
• Custom Radio Stations can now be deleted correctly.
• Matchmaking Service will now function correctly when the “Dusty Old Lamp” is on the lot.
• Pregnant Sims can now browse or blog about hobbies on the computer.
• Items created from the “Upright Pottery Wheel by QuicKraft” now appreciate and depreciate correctly.
• Sims can no longer sell home lots from computers on a secret hobby lot.
• Vacation guest who is asked to Join a Sim in a tent will now properly leave the tent after an appropriate amount of time.
• Drinking “Eggplant Juice” no longer produces a false memory of maximizing a skill.
• Having a honeymoon and a wedding party with a child, toddler, or baby Sim in the family will no longer cause a second wedding party to occur.
• Servo will no longer break in vacation neighborhoods.
• Children will no longer pop when drinking Hot Chocolate.
• Female children will now be able to change into gym wear while playing with “The Goal of Paul”.
• “First Place Food Contest Ribbon” can no longer be duplicated by shift clicking.
• Watch Movie Interaction will no longer produce two of the same pie menu option.
• Option to “Offer Free Makeover to” “Zip Zap Zop! Classic Model Car” and “Falconeer Chopper” have been removed.
• FX cloud now appears correctly when destroying Sandcastles.
• “Ask to Join” interaction no longer appears on Iconic Hobbyists Sims when they route to user Sims while relaxing on a bed.
• Servo will now recharge correctly after “Tinkering” with any shower.
• Sims performing the “Join Freestyle” interaction should no longer pop.
• Text Notification no longer spam when raising Music & Dance enthusiasm by performing “Join Freestyle” interaction.
• “Hunka 711 by Hwang Motors” car design now appears correctly.
• Interaction tooltip now appears correctly when Sims use the “Teeny Tikes Activity Table”.
• NPCs will now correctly use “The GrroveLayer 90000 Professional DJ Booth by HotBeets” and “The GrroveLayer 10k Professional DJ Booth by HotBeets”.
• Memory for achieving Lifetime Want “Woohoo with 20 Different Sims” now appears correctly on the appropriate Sim.
• Romance Sims no longer lose earned platinum tombstones when moved to a community lot.
• Neat Sims will no longer be furious when told to clean up a waterballon puddle the Neat Sim created.
• Sims will no longer autonomously attempt to interact with a computer that is already in use.
• Fish, harvested fruits, and vegetables will now go to the owner’s inventory on an owned business lot.
• Foods will no longer disappear when ordering from the hotel room service.
• Graduation Party memory will now appear correctly when Sims have a graduation party.
• Sims will no longer pop while fishing.
• Medicine created from the “Simsanto Inc. Biotech Station” will now be able to cure sick Sims.
• Neat Sims will no longer have the “Lick Clean” interaction.
• “Walk to” lot interaction no longer causes Sim’s motives to change abnormally.
• “Tinker” interaction is now available on the “Garbage Ninja by Kitchensations”, “Big and Brown Dishwasher by Romantic Notions”, “You Got Feets Bathtub”, and “SuperJet Corner Shower by Sleek Sensations”.
• “Stock” and “Get Leftovers” interactions are now available on “The Coldinator by Kitchensations” and “Solid Sense Fridge by Romantic Notions”.
• “Compose Contents” is now available to “Garbage Ninja by Kitchensations”.
• “Red Brick Road Walkway”, “Neutral Sand Linoleum”, “Latipsoh Green Linoleum”, “Square Squares Stone Floor in Large Squares”, “Square Squares Stone Floor in Small Squares”, “Pristine White Marble”, “Blank Slate Flagstone Flooring”, “Sid’s Cement Flooring”, “Light Wine Stone Walkway”, “Mixed Slate Stone Flooring”, “Irregular Views Grap Stone Flooring”, and “Octogreat Teracotta Tile” floor tiles will now appear correctly in game.
• Users can now place objects in front of the “Shiny Sewn Curtains”.
• NPC Maid will now correctly route to available trash compactors.
• NPC Maid will now correctly clean the entire lot.
• Sims can now call known sales NPC they meet on a community lot.
• Sims can now serve “Smart Milk” to toddlers who are sitting in the “High Society High Chair”.
• Teens no longer have the option to “Birdwatch”.
• Servo will now exit correctly after swimming in the ocean.
• Body temperature no longer increases while Sims go jogging without Seasons installed.
• Sims will now autonomously use the “Good Times Changing Table”.
• Lot information will now correctly display after deleting a family from the Sim bin.
• Life Time Want “Reached Golden Anniversary” is now achievable.
• Sims will now correctly perform the Hula dance when asked to.

System/Config issues:

• ATI 2000 and 3000HD series graphic cards will now display correct pictures when Sims use the computer or TV.
• Updated SecuRom version to resolve an issue where some players started their game through the launcher or clicked on the game executable, but never saw the game splash screen on monitor and fixed emulation problems players were experiencing.
• Added a new command line option “–blackfont” to make in-game fonts appear in black.
• Updated game code in order for The SimsTM 2 FreeTime to be compatible with The SimsTM 2 Store Edition. For users who have The SimsTM 2 FreeTime Expansion Pack installed, this patch must be installed in order to run The SimsTM 2 Store Edition with The SimsTM 2 FreeTime Expansion Pack. This patch runs automatically if FreeTime is already on your computer and you install The SimsTM 2 Store Edition on top of it.

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Race Driver: GRID patch 1.1 was released not too long ago. Here’s the release notes of the changes of the new patch. The release notes also includes changes for PS3 and Xbox 360.

Network bug fixes

• When viewing in spectator mode – wheels should now turn correctly.
• Session searching now functions correctly when there are lots of full sessions (PC and PS3).
• Track and route options no longer change when host gets back to lobby in private/LAN.
• Race results are now correct if a host migration occurs at the end of the race.
• Other player’s progress/positions are now correctly updated when you enter the race results screen.
• Several NaN (brown screen) related fixes.
• Fixed a problem whereby it was only possible to upload one world record ghost to each track (PC and PS3)

Network - General

• Race to race lobby timer is now 15 seconds
• A timer has been added showing how long the session has been up and running is
• shown on the tickertape after joining a session.
• Changes to what is displayed in lobby when a player has kick votes.
• The player who has been voted for can see this fact and the number of votes they have received.
• Players who have voted to kick someone can see who they voted for but cannot see the number of votes.
• Players who have not voted do not see anything.
• Added ability to get the next page of sessions in private session results (PC and PS3)
• Banned sessions no longer appear in private session list.
• Reverse gear is now disabled for the first two seconds of a network race to stop players reversing off the start line.
• Added ability to change collision types in all sessions (not enabled in Demolition Derby).
• Forward Only (this is the normal behaviour for Ranked/Unranked)
• On (Collisions are always on)
• Off (Always off).
• Numerous anti griefing checks to turn off collisions when players are griefing.
• Fix for distance shown in distance online stat.
• A warning message is now shown the first time you enter system link.
• In non-drift races, the race results screen shows the fastest lap that each player achieved in that race.
• When a player retires or terminally damages in race, a message telling all players of this fact is sent to the chat system so displayed in the overlay in game.
• Cars become semi-transparent when collisions are turned off due to griefing.
• Improvements to prediction system to reduce effects of lag when players are close by
• Fix for occasional excessive smoke coming from other players in network mode
• Fix for exploit where a player could upload an incorrect lap time
• PS3 & PC – fix for a problem where private sessions would not show up in search unless you searched for public sessions first

Game - General

• Xbox 360 achievement fix.
• Several optimisations and performance improvements.
• It is now possible to look left and right while in bonnet camera.
• Fix for a hang when selecting a gear outside the gears available on the vehicle (this was possible with H-Shifter)
• Fix for cars very occasionally flying into the air when hitting kerbs.
• Fixes for custom action maps
• Track rendering optimisations.
• Brown screen problem no longer awards achievements or causes glowing white cars.
• Fix for airborne achievement – now awarded even if car flips upside down during jump
• Fixed frame rate stalls and stuttering on Xbox 360.

More release notes & download links after the jump.

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