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A new patch for Unreal Tournament 2004 is currently undergoing beta-testing. Set at version 3353, the latest patch includes a number of changes that affect various aspects, such as bugs, networking fixes, engine enchancements, and menus.

The current list of changes is as follows:

General Gameplay:

- Fixed stuttering/snagging/sinking into static meshes in some places on clients in net games
- Improved getting out of water
- Fixed FaceClassic teleporter exploit
- The Cicada hud indicators should now show up in all game modes.
- Fixed SPMA causing damage at world origin.

Networking:
- Server performance improvements
- Cheating detection improvements, with shorter time for master server band detection
- Integration of UTAN bans with UT2004 master server. Admins can opt out by adding bIgnoreUTANBans=true to [IpDrv.MasterServerUplink]
- Fixed potential garbage collection crash when changing levels during network games
- Improved caching of server data for when you can't connect to the master server.
- UTV updated (netspeed fix).
- Better Client->Server->MS Error Messages

Engine:
- Improved level loading speed, especially on network clients
- Fixed calling SetBase(NULL) on all attached actors when an actor is destroyed

Editor:
- Fix for importing static meshes

Menus:
- Model select page now properly selects the current char when you open it.
- Updated Korean localization

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