[PC] Battlefield 2

Well, since I can actually play the game now, I might as well start posting here

Wow, I finally managed to get to First Sergeant. I've basically been locked out of my account since February, with 19892 points. Tonight, I got almost 200 points, so I got promoted! Now I just need to figure out what my unlocks should be...I really do like P90s...

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Freelance Wolf

I don't agree with that. Sure, Euro Force and Armoured Fury are integrated into the normal BF2 map servers, but I've rarely seen any servers that actually did so. Pretty much all the servers with EF maps are the ones which have ONLY EF maps. Judging from my experiences, I don't think it's dividing up the community.

Well, that's exactly the problem: it IS splitting up the community that way. Normally everyone would be playing the same game, the same maps, etc., so all the players are unified. If someone joins a EF-only server, then they aren't parts of the "standard" community that everyone else can join. It would be like BF2 users playing CS:S instead: it takes away people that are playing the main game (even if they're just playing new maps, those maps can't be played by normal BF2 users). So yes, it does somewhat split the player base by spreading them over several different games.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Haha, that was a fun game. KrazyTaco: "Americans NEVER win on this map". 10 minutes later we (on the US) have 230 points left and the MECs are out of spawns . Unfortunately, our boat tours didn't go so well, we kept hitting some rough turbulance. And by turbulance, I mean bullets and missiles flying at us. Actually that does make me wonder...why are there absolutely no waves in the water...

But now that you mention it, that map does kinda look like a caterpiller, or at least some type of slug.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I don't mind it when uncappable bases are attacked ONLY when all other bases have been taken over. I think if a team manages to control all the other points on the map, that it should turn the game into a direct assault against the opposing team (not to mention it would otherwise give an advantage to a side in maps where one side has an uncapable base while the other doesn't). Otherwise what would the controlling team do? Aside from that that, I don't like it when a team attacks an uncappable base when there are other targets they could go after. Although I just hate spawn camping in general, but that's the fault of the game's screwy spawning system (yet another issue that's being fixed in a sequel...).

On another note, I found this video pretty hilarious (if you're an old-school Nintendo player)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxisCxQJ7w4

This one is also kinda entertaining, although not quite as much. Hmm, maybe racing should be a game type in BF2? Heh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRSrzhiRPKA

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Ouch, sorry to hear about the harddrive. Sucks when that happens...actually, it's never happened to me really, but I've had a few close calls. Hope you kept backups of your stuff in any case...

I was speaking idiomatically.

Yeah, 2 weeks without sessions now. Seems like noone has been on at the right times, and our rescheduling to Saturday never seems to pull through, grr. Oh well, we should be back to normal soon hopefully.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Thought this should be of interest to those who still play this game:

"We have been informed that the 1.4 Patch will be released tomorrow (August 15th) around 1pm EST/6pm GMT"
http://planetbattlefield.gamespy.com/

Hopefully this is true, if so make note to download the patch later today, especially if you plan on attending the next friday gathering. It includes a new map and hopefully fixes a number of bugs that have cropped up in the game.

So sorry Freelance Wolf, looks like you'll have to install another patch so soon after reinstalling the game

FELIPE NO

Doh, looks like the patch has been DELAYED (leave it to EA to delay even patches)

Quote:

Community Update - 8/15/06

Greetings Everyone, As many of you are now aware we have made the choice to take some extra time with the 1.4 patch before release.

During our standard final processing of the 1.4 client update we came across an issue that, although it does not compromise stability, we felt needed to be addressed in order to meet our goal of improving the overall player experience with Battlefield 2.

Rats, no idea how long it will take for the patch to be out now. Hopefully whatever issue they're talking about will be quick to fix. Hopefully they'll take care of the major issues with this patch though, since the last few have added a few bugs to the game.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Cool, last thing we needed was for ANOTHER person to be out of commission. That would've been almost the entire group!

And yeah, not sure what's up with the patch. Oh well, something to look forward to at least.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Hope there is a way to pirate BF2142. I'm never planning on buying a game like that at release, but that's the best time to get into it since that's before anyone can figure out any major bugs/glitches/exploits (although the recent beta might have already nullified that). Otherwise I'll wait until I can get it for under $20 maybe, although EA games are ridiculous when it comes to price drops so that'll be like a year away when they're already coming out with BF3 or the dozenth booster pack to 2142.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Kamui

Sadly, most online FPS need more of that attitude...

One of the reasons I liked Natural Selection so much. Teamwork is mandatory in that game, you'll be quickly yelled at if you try running off on your own when you're put in a squad and told to do something.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by RacinReaver

Hey guys, question.

My roommate has a copy of Battlefield 2 he's willing to let me use the key for (since he doesn't play it anymore), but I don't have a DVD drive. Do you think the game will work for online multiplayer if I download an image, install with his key, and use a no-cd crack for it (actually, I guess I could always just play with it mounted forever, but this would be easier)?

Yes, this is possible. But you don't use a crack for it, all you need to do is install the game (through the network or whatever), and then you can install Daemon Tools and mount a "mini-image" of BF2 (it's roughly 5MB). The mini-image gets by the disc check at the start, and there's no way for them to detect whether or not you're using an actual disc or the image. I've been using it for over a year now and it's worked beautifully, I really don't want to have to swap out discs every time I play BF2.

I can't find the link to the image though, if nothing else I can put it up on sendspace for you.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

The mini-image won't cause any problems, it just contains the security information of the main disc (which isn't contained when you rip the disc). I have it mounted in Daemon Tools and I've never had any issues with it. I uploaded it to sendspace if you want it:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/u2aozu

I was speaking idiomatically.

Demo for 2142 can be had here at super-fast speeds, for those who want to try it:

http://videogames.yahoo.com/predownload?eid=486062

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Still in the process of downloading it, I'll need to let this one run overnight.

Also I should've mentioned that the demo is about 1.08 gigs, so expect it to take a while if you aren't on a super-fast connection.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by KrazyTaco

One other thing I wanted to add about BF2142, is that I don't like how they've remodeled the various classes into just three. For whatever reason, the engineer now has anti-tank rockets. Assaultmen, you know, the guys leading the charge per say, now have control of med packs. That just seems a bit contradictory, that a guy who's supposed to be on the front line fighting also happens to have the responsibility of staying back and healing. I personally feel this will cause people to lose some desire towards healing people. Honestly, whats more fun shooting people or healing someone?

I actually think I like that they restructured the classes into only 4 (not 3). They did a decent job of making it so that each class has a bit more worth and diversity: I mean anti-tank and Engineer in BF2 had similar guns (shotguns and SMGs), so now rather than having one entirely defensive and the other entirely offensive, an engineer can do either task and adapt to the situation. Also I think the equipment loadout (shame they're all locked in the demo) will more or less expand the classes to what they previously were except with more options. Like being able to have a sniper with C4 instead of satchels, etc.

It does seem a little odd that assault got medic abilities though, that seems to be something that would be more fitting for support. Then again, I can see why they did that since it does make the class more dynamic and forces you to choose whether you want to help in attacking or just heal other players (not to mention the second Medic unlock was almost the same as the US Assault gun in BF2).

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Fine by me, I'm up for either game. 2142 has a few interesting mechanics, the squad combat seems to have a bit bigger focus with the whole titan mode and such. Just wish they didn't lock out all the good team equipment in the demo.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Man, I heard about that last night...that's just crazy. People already thought $50 was a ripoff for the mod...now it's a mod with spyware/adware as well? This is almost worse than EA selling cheat codes.

Originally Posted by SCHWARZE-5

ANY possible way to modify the file to get rid of the ads? More than likely, hackers will have this "patch" within a couple of weeks. Here's hoping. =/

With any luck, the in-game ad software will use a different port than the game, in which case you can simply configure your firewall to block that port and it won't work at all.

Oh, but here's a writeup and response from the people that run the advertising software: http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/new...hp?story=11300. Here's a few more interesting parts of it, and my personal reflection:

Quote:

The time that each ad impression takes place is also recorded by IGA, alongside what type of ad content it was (billboard, megaboard, or video stream), the duration (how long was the ad seen for), the size of the ad relative to the player, and the angle of deflection (what angle the ad is viewed at).

Man, they go that in-depth in ad-viewing detection, and yet they can't make a decent single-player AI?

Quote:

Regarding today's online controversy, Townsend noted that "you are always going have that hardcore vocal minority" who don't want in-game ads. But he suggested that if those same people "knew the kind of painful transition that most publishers are going through right now", they might approve of in-game ads as an important financial support function for next-gen titles.

Yes, because we all know EA is just hurting for cash and would totally go bankrupt if they didn't start bundling adware with their $50 mods.

Quote:

Townsend explained that the company is "actually getting brands to do specific creative for games" to enable those brands to blend in better in the game.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Freelance Wolf

I'd recommend getting Armoured Fury. It's awesome and different from the other boosters/expansions, with varied level design (farmland, freeway, and oil rig) and wolves howling. Hopefully we can all play that in our sessions some time.

I'd recommend NOT giving $10 to EA for content that should've been free to begin with and instead get some of the nice free mods such as PoE2, but different strokes for different folks I guess.

How ya doing, buddy?

I'm up for pretty much anything (having SF, AF, and PoE2). It would be nice to play some expansion/booster packs (I vote for AF), but I wouldn't want to alienate anyone that doesn't have those so we'll only play that if noone that's going to join us is missing them.

Oh, and on a related note, the EF/AF booster packs are getting a retail release for $20 for the two. Next week Best Buy has it on sale for $20 with a free $10 gift card.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

well, the only other person I saw on was Starman. And...now Jinn is playing BF2, didn't even notice him get on.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Going from 1GB of RAM from 512MB is a ridiculously huge upgrade for BF2. I can't imagine playing the game with 512MB, even 1GB has stuttering here and there.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?