diff --git a/src/combat.cpp b/src/combat.cpp
index 7e39530..3c4beb7 100644
--- a/src/combat.cpp
+++ b/src/combat.cpp
@@ -1606,6 +1606,7 @@ void Bot::attackMovement () {
       }
 
       if (m_difficulty >= Difficulty::Normal
+         && distanceSq < cr::sqrf (kSprayDistance)
          && (m_jumpTime + 5.0f < game.time ()
             && isOnFloor ()
             && rg (0, 1000) < (m_isReloading ? 8 : 2)
diff --git a/src/engine.cpp b/src/engine.cpp
index f3283e9..520179a 100644
--- a/src/engine.cpp
+++ b/src/engine.cpp
@@ -1216,7 +1216,16 @@ void Game::printBotVersion () const {
 }
 
 void Game::ensureHealthyGameEnvironment () {
-   if (!isDedicated () || is (GameFlags::Legacy | GameFlags::Xash3D)) {
+   const bool dedicated = isDedicated ();
+
+   if (!dedicated || is (GameFlags::Legacy | GameFlags::Xash3D)) {
+      if (!dedicated) {
+
+         // force enable pings on listen servers if disabled at all
+         if (is (GameFlags::Modern) && cv_show_latency.as <int> () == 0) {
+            cv_show_latency.set (2);
+         }
+      }
       return; // listen servers doesn't care about it at all
    }
 
diff --git a/src/linkage.cpp b/src/linkage.cpp
index 6bed47c..227ca83 100644
--- a/src/linkage.cpp
+++ b/src/linkage.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ CR_EXPORT int GetEntityAPI (gamefuncs_t *table, int interfaceVersion) {
 
    plat.bzero (table, sizeof (gamefuncs_t));
 
-   if (!(game.is (GameFlags::Metamod))) {
+   if (!game.is (GameFlags::Metamod)) {
       auto api_GetEntityAPI = game.lib ().resolve <decltype (&GetEntityAPI)> (__func__);
 
       // pass other DLLs engine callbacks to function table...
@@ -436,6 +436,23 @@ CR_EXPORT int GetEntityAPI (gamefuncs_t *table, int interfaceVersion) {
       };
    }
 
+   // add some bullet spread on games, where w're runnung without metamod
+   if (!game.is (GameFlags::Metamod) && !game.is (GameFlags::Legacy)) {
+      table->pfnCmdStart = [] (const edict_t *player, usercmd_t *cmd, unsigned int random_seed) CR_FORCE_STACK_ALIGN {
+         // some MODs don't feel like doing like everybody else. It's the case in DMC, where players
+         // don't select their weapons using a simple client command, but have to use an horrible
+         // datagram like this. CmdStart() marks the start of a network packet clients send to the
+         // server that holds a limited set of requests (see the usercmd_t structure for details).
+         // It has been adapted for usage to HLTV spectators, who don't send ClientCommands, but send
+         // all their update information to the server using usercmd's instead, it seems.
+
+         if (bots[const_cast <edict_t *> (player)]) {
+            random_seed = rg (0, 0x7fffffff);
+         }
+         dllapi.pfnCmdStart (player, cmd, random_seed);
+      };
+   }
+
    table->pfnPM_Move = [] (playermove_t *pm, int server) CR_FORCE_STACK_ALIGN {
       // this is the player movement code clients run to predict things when the server can't update
       // them often enough (or doesn't want to). The server runs exactly the same function for