Battlefield 2142 1.20 Patch out

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List of fixes:
  • Fixed Pod Control Exploit - Players may no longer exploit the assault pods to 'surf' around the maps.
  • Removed the stats category for the PK-74 AR-Rocket: All kills with this weapon are calculated into the statistics for the main assault kit weapon
  • Fixed co-op server crash: Servers will no longer crash when attempting to rotate to co-op mode with players joined into squads
  • Added correct flag for Czech Republic.
  • Fixed PDS-1 sonar system interference with UAV. Soldiers are now shown correctly on UAV when PDS-1 is activated.
  • Change to Heal and Repair Point Awarding: Heal and repair points awarded after a 50% heal / repair instead of 100% heal / repair.
  • Fixed tracking of hours with the medic hub in BFHQ: Medic hub hours shown in BFHQ has been corrected.
  • Fixed Squad leader drone exploit. Removed the possibility to use drones as a stairway to heaven.
  • Fixed the Rorsch crosshair misalignment: The crosshair should now be correctly centered while not zoomed.
  • Change to Out of Bounds Damage: We have changed the out of bounds damage system to immediately kill players after being out of bounds for 15 seconds. Please note that the total time a player can be out of bounds has not changed. This fix will help prevent stat padding exploits.
  • Ranked Server APM setting hard coded: Anti-personelle mines are now always set to "Friendly fire off" on ranked servers. Increases consistency and prevents misunderstanding.
  • Fixed an exploit using the reactor core door: Soldiers can no longer conceal themselves by moving back against the reactor core door.
  • The correct message is now shown when trying to join a full server.
  • Fixed crash when placing Squad Leader Spawn Beacon
  • Added server side option to prevent Titan Movement
  • Added optimization to Titan mode to reduce lag
 
The installation is about the only improvement i have noticed so far in the patch. But its good to see that we are still getting supprot.
 
Am I crazy, or was I playing with some Northern Strike unlocks last night...What's the deal with that?
 
The Northern Strike upgrades should be available through Field Upgrades. I don't find too many of them all that useful, except for the Squad Leader one and the Clark RDX (which isn't all that great, but it's something for the Clark).

The thing that I really do like about the patch is the heal points thing. Getting Medic Gold has been obscenely hard, even when you devote yourself just to healing for a whole round.
 
I think a patch that big (274 MB) better have a new damned map in it, to justify that file size. But, alas, no. Content is too much to ask for.
 
Installed it, no problems so far. I hope the Northern Strike booster will be available from a conventional store. I really don't want to have an EA downloader on my system. Either that or let Steam sell it :D
 
SleetAndHaze said:
The Northern Strike upgrades should be available through Field Upgrades. I don't find too many of them all that useful, except for the Squad Leader one and the Clark RDX (which isn't all that great, but it's something for the Clark).

The thing that I really do like about the patch is the heal points thing. Getting Medic Gold has been obscenely hard, even when you devote yourself just to healing for a whole round.
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I could try the clark RDX if I use my only unlock point...Since you've used it - what does it do, can you be specific?
 
To be fair, the Clark RDX isn't all that good. It basically is a modified Clark for Support that has a clip of four explosive rounds. They fire at a pretty heavy arc (you have to aim pretty high to hit people at moderate distances), they also kind of spread a bit. After they hit something, they stick to it for around two seconds, then explode. The explosion isn't all that powerful, maybe around half the damage or a rifle rocket round.

I personally like them, just because I play as Support with the Clark shotgun. I love the weapon, and on the right maps, you can come out on top, as well as have a few Close Combat pins to show for it. The trouble with the weapon is that over maybe 10 in game meters, you're as helpless as a baby. So I like that the Clark RDX gives me something, it hasn't gotten me many kills, but it has spooked aggressive enemies.

It's not a bad weapon, but since the Beta it just hasn't be all that effective either. I was hoping they would tweak it a bit to make it more useful with the final, but I'm alright with it now, if only for a back up weapon
 
just give me a fully auto shotty with a 100 round clip and I'll show you a maniac w/ a burnt trigger finger lol.
 
I have to say the thing I appreciate the most is the Titan mode performance improvement. Noticable straight away. Much needed.
 
Give the motion mine bait a whirl. The clark RDX, from what I remember, is an utter joke.
 
SleetAndHaze said:
To be fair, the Clark RDX isn't all that good. It basically is a modified Clark for Support that has a clip of four explosive rounds. They fire at a pretty heavy arc (you have to aim pretty high to hit people at moderate distances), they also kind of spread a bit. After they hit something, they stick to it for around two seconds, then explode. The explosion isn't all that powerful, maybe around half the damage or a rifle rocket round.

I personally like them, just because I play as Support with the Clark shotgun. I love the weapon, and on the right maps, you can come out on top, as well as have a few Close Combat pins to show for it. The trouble with the weapon is that over maybe 10 in game meters, you're as helpless as a baby. So I like that the Clark RDX gives me something, it hasn't gotten me many kills, but it has spooked aggressive enemies.

It's not a bad weapon, but since the Beta it just hasn't be all that effective either. I was hoping they would tweak it a bit to make it more useful with the final, but I'm alright with it now, if only for a back up weapon
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Thanks for the response. The idea sounded interesting, kind of like a mortar. You'd think it would be useful, especially on maps with choke points. The fact that it does half the damage of the rifle rocket round sounds terrible. I think I'll be avoiding it.

I made the mistake of unlocking the Ganz also, thinking that they had an entirely new game to correct the mistake made on the PKM in BF2. Just as before, the stock machine gun is much better. Burned again!
 
Mark_Warner said:
I think a patch that big (274 MB) better have a new damned map in it, to justify that file size. But, alas, no. Content is too much to ask for.
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spaceman said:
"you must PAY for that map SUCKA!!" EA CEO
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Yeah...seriously. I'm not about to pay $20 for a couple new maps yet...maybe I'll pick it up when I can find it for $7.

On the patch, the only things I noticed were the healing points (yay!) and some Titan improved lagginess, but it's still kinda laggy for me, especially when there's 25 people on the Titan
 
$20? Lol, the Northern Strike booster pack was $10. Dirt cheap if you ask me. I know not everyone has money.
 
That sucks that the RDX shotty isn't useful. I was actually looking forward to trying that one.

I only played after the patch for an hour the other night (been playing SupCom) but I managed to get my medic gold badge finally :D That improvement was much overdue.
 
Mr. Stryker said:
$20? Lol, the Northern Strike booster pack was $10. Dirt cheap if you ask me. I know not everyone has money.
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/is somewhat pleasantly surprised. I might pick it up then, if only for the maps. Don't really care about the unlocks as they look to be pretty crappy, mostly.

BTW on my rig (in sig) I've had exactly 2 total crashes with 2142, one was unexplained and the other was when the power in my house cut off...so...

But I don't like the menu's general feel, it feels slow to me, but maybe the games that I normally play (Source games) are just faster.
 
I don't know why but this makes me sad that people like 2142...i play BF2 and i will never pay/play 2142


as i said i don't know why...maybe because i am little bit of jealous that you guys are getting patches but i have to still shoot AT rockets through moving cars and deal with random crashes to the desktop :(
 
GJohn said:
I don't know why but this makes me sad that people like 2142...i play BF2 and i will never pay/play 2142


as i said i don't know why...maybe because i am little bit of jealous that you guys are getting patches but i have to still shoot AT rockets through moving cars and deal with random crashes to the desktop :(
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Not sure exactly how many people play the game, but when I check my stats in-game on weapons that I've never killed with before, it places me in the 400,000s in rank. So sorry to tell you, but there are plenty people that like this game. It's worth a try!

I played BF2 for 200 hours and have about 160 on 2142 with around 50k on both. It's not as good a game as BF2, but it is still fun. Plus it's got novelty on its side.
 
BF2 never crashes for me. Then again, every hardware (PCs) have different luck, depending on how you set up your software, stuff like that.

GJohn, why does it make you sad that people like 2142? It's a lot of fun, so is BF2, but if you want something else different, you play something else.

I know it's an EA/Dice game, although I do not let the big "EA" get in my head and stop me, because I don't give a crap about it anymore, I enjoy the game, that's all that matters. That's just me though.

Tzzird said:
Not sure exactly how many people play the game, but when I check my stats in-game on weapons that I've never killed with before, it places me in the 400,000s in rank. So sorry to tell you, but there are plenty people that like this game. It's worth a try!

I played BF2 for 200 hours and have about 160 on 2142 with around 50k on both. It's not as good a game as BF2, but it is still fun. Plus it's got novelty on its side.
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I played 277 hours of BF2. When I bought BF2142, I put 60 straight hours on it in the first month, it's how addicted I was. =P
 
PistolPete said:
I made the mistake of unlocking the Ganz also, thinking that they had an entirely new game to correct the mistake made on the PKM in BF2. Just as before, the stock machine gun is much better. Burned again!
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If you haven't used the Ganz in a while (since the 1.10 patch came out), then you might want to try it out again, as it has been improved alot upon and is much more accurate and effective then before.

GJohn said:
I don't know why but this makes me sad that people like 2142...i play BF2 and i will never pay/play 2142

as i said i don't know why...maybe because i am little bit of jealous that you guys are getting patches but i have to still shoot AT rockets through moving cars and deal with random crashes to the desktop :(
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Unfortunately, BF2142 still crashes to my desktop all the time, but maybe its just me :\.
 
just give me a fully auto shotty with a 100 round clip and I'll show you a maniac w/ a burnt trigger finger lol.
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ot but marthon had the greatest shotgun with a small tweak in anvil. er maybe a big tweak.
 
alt.pured said:
If you haven't used the Ganz in a while (since the 1.10 patch came out), then you might want to try it out again, as it has been improved alot upon and is much more accurate and effective then before.



Unfortunately, BF2142 still crashes to my desktop all the time, but maybe its just me :\.
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I must've crashed to desktop over 30 times in BF2. I can count the number of times I've done that in 2142 on one hand.
 
alt.pured said:
Unfortunately, BF2142 still crashes to my desktop all the time, but maybe its just me :\.
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'Same thing happens to me, although i'm guessing it's because my GPU gets too hot, since often when it crashes to desktop it's only displayed in about 16 colours, i think.

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In relation to the new patch, i haven't noticed anything different apart from the nwe field upgrades- titan mode is still as laggy as ever.
 
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