BF2 Post 1.3 Update

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Nothing surprising but I thought I'd keep the [H] BF2 boys updated. Straight from EA:

Greetings,

We recognise that this has been a very trying time for everyone who enjoys Battlefield 2 and are putting forth every effort to improve upon the issues that are causing some players frustration. The DICE team has been reviewing player feedback gathered from forums, email, and the ranker server providers in an effort to provide the best possible step forward from 1.3. While this work has been highly focused on bug fixing the team has also managed to put some work towards new content.

Some groups have noticed the testing of a new map “Road to Jalalabad” being run on our test servers. This map will be included in our next patch release and is not part of a new booster pack. Some of the items on the change list for this next step are:

- Reversion: Allowing unlocks on unranked servers

- Fix/Reversion: We fixed the issue preventing mod teams from running multiple game modes in one map list.

- Tuning: We have lowered the number of players needed to start a ranked game.

- Tuning: We have made some modifications to the vehicle drop feature introduced in 1.3. These changes should reduce the overall impact of 'cartillery' on game play.

- Crash Fix: We have located and fixed a crash connected to 1.3.

These are only a small portion of the fixes being worked on for our next step. We would also like to announce that we will be holding an Open Beta in early July for this next patch. We will have public servers hosted, Beta files available on mirror sites, and specific threads for feedback during this Beta period hosted on the EA forums.

As always keep your eyes on this space for all the latest Battlefield News.

-The DICE Battlefield Team

Linky: http://forum.eagames.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=25153
 
I wish they would release the crash fix sooner - like a 1.31 or something. I'm happy that they're releasing more free content! Since Wake 2007 and the 2 "free" unlocks (if you also had SF) we haven't seen any. Looks like at least another month for the next patch... *sigh*
 
Some of those things should have been with the game since day one, hopefully we will not get more bugs with this new patch.


We have a patch to fix a patch to fix a patch :rolleyes:
 
So we get a new map "Road to Jalalabad” wonder what that will be like...do they have any screenshots yet?
 
Read my lips DICE, W-I-D-E-S-C-R-E-E-N !!!!!! :mad:

Don't give me that "unfair" advantage BS. Why did you inlclude 5.1 surround? What about the people with faster computers that don't dip in framerate in large firefights?
 
Bop said:
Read my lips DICE, W-I-D-E-S-C-R-E-E-N !!!!!! :mad:

Don't give me that "unfair" advantage BS. Why did you inlclude 5.1 surround? What about the people with faster computers that don't dip in framerate in large firefights?
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I'm content with forcing Widescreen via editing the .exe.

It may not be perfect widescreen (the top and bottom are cut off a bit), but it does the job just fine for me.
 
Bop said:
Read my lips DICE, W-I-D-E-S-C-R-E-E-N !!!!!! :mad:

Don't give me that "unfair" advantage BS. Why did you inlclude 5.1 surround? What about the people with faster computers that don't dip in framerate in large firefights?
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dude it has widescreen. just use that shortcut
 
Bop said:
Read my lips DICE, W-I-D-E-S-C-R-E-E-N !!!!!! :mad:

Don't give me that "unfair" advantage BS. Why did you inlclude 5.1 surround? What about the people with faster computers that don't dip in framerate in large firefights?
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Yea I wish more games would support widescreen out of the box, but dude... you can force BF2 to run widescreen. Your GUI will get stretched out, but your viewport will be widescreen. Check out http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/

I was surpised to see my framerate jump up after this previous patch. Thats all I wanted, im happy now.
 
Bop said:
Read my lips DICE, W-I-D-E-S-C-R-E-E-N !!!!!! :mad:
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For the nineteenth time they are NOT going to implement it so stop whining about it. Play the game or don't. Widescreen will be implemented when more and more people buy widescreens. It's just the way of things.
 
When I first read "Jalalabad" I thought this was a joke post. I guess it isn't :p.
 
deathBOB said:
When I first read "Jalalabad" I thought this was a joke post. I guess it isn't :p.
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lol - I thought the same thing. It's just a funny word to say over and over and over... So put it in BF2! hehe
 
I like the idea of Lowering the amount of people to get a ranked game going....

also...allowing unlocks on Unranked once again..and wont have to worry bout the server being blacklisted...nice.

Cartillery..heh...
 
Kevlarman said:
"Cartillery"

Hahahaha classic! :D
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qft I love dropping vehicles on enemy snipers, commanders, helis, any enemy that's sitting for too long, or just about anything except its intended purpose :D
 
I'm sorry to be "that guy" but rather than adding new content, I think they should be fixing the existing content. Since 1.3 I have had more CTD's than I am willing to count. Before 1.3 everything was right with the world.
 
Brucelee said:
dude it has widescreen. just use that shortcut
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No it doesn't, it is just hacked widescreen. It cuts off the top and bottom of the image instead of adding to the sides. I prefer playing in 4:3 because of that, it actually gives you a disadvantage.

WhyYouLoveMe said:
For the nineteenth time they are NOT going to implement it so stop whining about it. Play the game or don't. Widescreen will be implemented when more and more people buy widescreens. It's just the way of things.
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Yeah but it's still just plain stupid to ignore the widescreen market, it is the future and sales of them are really starting to increase. Why not just implement it now (which I'm sure would be friggin easy.) and please all the people who currently have widescreens. I mean come on, its already been a friggin year. They have no excuse.
 
I agree.

I love my widescreen and the widescreen hack is playable but they really have no reason to not build support into the game options.

I'm going to be sick if BF2142 does not support widescreen out of the box..... :(
 
They have said a number of times its a limit of the engine, so ws support for BF2 is a definate nogo. 2142, however, is a different story.
 
Bop said:
No it doesn't, it is just hacked widescreen. It cuts off the top and bottom of the image instead of adding to the sides. I prefer playing in 4:3 because of that, it actually gives you a disadvantage.



Yeah but it's still just plain stupid to ignore the widescreen market, it is the future and sales of them are really starting to increase. Why not just implement it now (which I'm sure would be friggin easy.) and please all the people who currently have widescreens. I mean come on, its already been a friggin year. They have no excuse.
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Dude it's Fine. Actually In my opinon it's better then full as you see more side to side even though you see less from top to bottom which is very minor . If it gaves you that much of a disadvantage chances are your not good at the game LOL . Your just complaning, just to complain and thier are bigger issues that are wrong with the game ;)
 
NOOO!!

DON'T TAKE AWAY CARTILLERY!!

It's the only reason I play the damn game :(

It's the funnest to drop it on choppers that are capping flags...oh man, :D
 
Brucelee said:
dude someone dropped it on my head when i was sniping!
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Haha, that's classic as well.

I don't stop there, I drop cars on FRIENDLY snipers too :D
 
m3ta1head said:
NOOO!!

DON'T TAKE AWAY CARTILLERY!!

It's the only reason I play the damn game :(

It's the funnest to drop it on choppers that are capping flags...oh man, :D
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dude someone dropped it on my head when i was sniping!
 
m3ta1head said:
Haha, that's classic as well.

I don't stop there, I drop cars on FRIENDLY snipers too :D
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Yea it was MY teams Commander!! I hunted and killed him for that shit.I had the perfect sniping spot too! that bastard!!! :p
 
BronxBartoni said:
They have said a number of times its a limit of the engine, so ws support for BF2 is a definate nogo. 2142, however, is a different story.
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No, it's not a different story. The 2142 engine IS the BF2 engine.
 
Brucelee said:
Dude it's Fine. Actually In my opinon it's better then full as you see more side to side even though you see less from top to bottom which is very minor . If it gaves you that much of a disadvantage chances are your not good at the game LOL . Your just complaning, just to complain and thier are bigger issues that are wrong with the game ;)
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Actually you don't see more to the sides, just look at a comparison. Its a flat out disadvantage no matter how you look at it, they are just chopping off the top and bottom of the screen. Here is a comparison: http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1030
 
BronxBartoni said:
They have said a number of times its a limit of the engine, so ws support for BF2 is a definate nogo. 2142, however, is a different story.
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Nope, same engine. Since 2142 is basically a glorified mod, expect it to have some of the same issues.
 
MatDef said:
Nope, same engine. Since 2142 is basically a glorified mod, expect it to have some of the same issues.
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Look up 2 posts. It helps to read entire threads before posting in them. ;)
 
Brucelee said:
I already seen that and not really lol. You should try it out.
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Actually Bop is right, it's cut off. You should try your own comparison and post the results, or just stop posting entirely.

EA needs to implement proper widescreen on their titles. If they do, I *might* think about buying yet another BF franchise title.
 
IcedEmotion said:
Actually Bop is right, it's cut off. You should try your own comparison and post the results, or just stop posting entirely.

EA needs to implement proper widescreen on their titles. If they do, I *might* think about buying yet another BF franchise title.
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I did my own comparison and it's only cut of a little bit and it makes no difference because it's not like your viewing the sky or top that much, your focused on whats in front and on each side. Hell it runs and loooks better then full. You got nicer wider side to side views.You should try it too. Looks awesome.I don't think we need widescreen support as this is good enought.

So im at a disadavantage... LOL to that? I don't think so. it's actually funny he stated that.
 
Brucelee said:
I did my own comparison and it's only cut of a little bit and it makes no difference because it's not like your viewing the sky or top that much, your focused on whats in front and on each side. Hell it runs and loooks better then full. You got nicer wider side to side views.You should try it too. Looks awesome.I don't think we need widescreen support as this is good enought.

So im at a disadavantage... LOL to that? I don't think so. it's actually funny he stated that.
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Your orginal argument was that it gave you more from side to side, which is untrue. You change your stance from 'it's fine and gives you more side to side' to 'oh it only cuts off a little bit, don't worry'.

The fact is we shouldn't have to cut off a portion of the screen to get widescreen as many other companies give true widescreen with no hacks involved. Whether you feel that's a disadvantage or not is personal, but there's the odd chance the a guy on a hill or a helicopter may be in the cutoff view so it could put you at a disadvantage.

Finally stop saying it's wider side to side views, because IT'S THE SAME EXACT WIDTH AS FULLSCREEN. It's just zoomed in a bit with the top chopped off. No extra information is shown in widescreen that wouldn't be there in fullscreen.
 
no it not the same exact width as fullscreen.- LOL to that alone.... Anyone who played it would know so abvously you never did So Good luck with fullscreen. better go read it over about what i said buddy before saying I changed my opinion which has been the same.
 
It is nice to see they are working to fix things, even if they broke them. It makes me feel like Im getting my moneys worth. As for the cartillery, they should have made it a drop request only, to stop commanders from dropping it as they will. I myself like to drop it on the enemy commander. :D
 
MatDef said:
Nope, same engine. Since 2142 is basically a glorified mod, expect it to have some of the same issues.
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Expect it to have ALL of the same issues, because they still haven't fixed issues with the game from the initial release. Red name bug anyone?
 
Brucelee said:
no it is not :/ lol
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OK so your claim is that enableing widescreen using the aformentioned method provides a wider viewing are than the standard 4:3 ratio. Is this correct? Please provide proof.
 
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