1.4.2 Patch Notes 10/16/2012

Classes and Combat

Bounty Hunter
Mercenary
• Sweeping Blasters now correctly causes the player to face the ability’s target.

Smuggler

Gunslinger
• Sweeping Gunfire now correctly causes the player to face the ability’s target.

Companion Characters

General
• Some companion abilities now show more descriptive failure error messages.

Flashpoints and Operations

General
• The UI for lockout tabs (for groups and lockout timers) now displays correctly.

Operations

Explosive Conflict
• Some terrain has been adjusted to prevent players from skipping some encounters in this Operation.
• The Defected Imperial Commander no longer occasionally becomes untargetable.

Items

• Consumables that have an activation time are no longer consumed on a subsequent activation even when that activation is canceled.

Missions and NPCs

Class Missions
Sith Warrior
• General Faraire: This mission no longer fails to update upon entering its phase.
Trooper
• The Ambush: Corrected an issue that could prevent players from completing this mission.

PvP

Warzones
• Implemented changes to correct issues that prevented Warzones from backfilling when a pre-made group member let the Warzone invitation time out.

UI

General
• The map and other UI elements no longer occasionally flicker on machines with SLi or Crossfire setups.

Maps

• SLi performance is no longer degraded when opening the Galaxy Map.
• GTN kiosks now on player ships are now properly represented on the map.

Miscellaneous Bug Fixes

• Players who log out on another player’s ship without ever having boarded their own are now correctly evicted to the docking bay.
• Vehicles can once again be used in the Black Sun, Old Galactic Market, The Works, and the Jedi Temple districts on Coruscant.
• Resolved an issue that caused the game client to sometimes treat mouse clicks outside of the window as valid clicks when using virtual on-screen keyboards.
• Performance is no longer degraded in the Walker interior on Ord Mantell when moving the camera around the character.
• Certain visual effects no longer disappear as they pass over particular types of geometry.
• Some misplaced art assets, seams or holes in the terrain, and locations where players could become stuck have been corrected.