http://www.eagames.com/official/battlefield/battlefield2/us/editorial.jsp?src=communityupdate_063005
At least they are working on a patch.
At least they are working on a patch.
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For the Battlefield Players
- Thread starter KenM
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Hatchling Dragon
First Post
First off, thanks to The lurkeR for his fast-start suggestion, I never ever can figure out how to do those things, and the last time I tried that 'remove the offending material' trick I got a no-load issue and had to re-install (Yes, I scare easily) so I haven't tried anything similar in years. Whatever happened to the good old days of putting flags in the start-up line of the desktop icon, a simple '- nosplash' or some-such. Hell, I know who made the bloody game, otherwise I probably wouldn't have bothered buying it, I don't need to be told every single time I want to fire it up.
Nobody wants to share favorite servers or on-line call-signs? I think it'd be great if I could finaly find the type of people that KenM was talking about in his 'pefect day of play' remark earlier. I rarely ever bother to join a Squad now, and I don't want to start one becuase I frankly don't want to 'waste' it without knowing what to do with title/power.
I convinced a server to let me try Commander, and when they wanted to Mutiney I gave it up (wasn't accomplishing much, even as 100% commandering). That was a mistake as the next guy was totaly incompetent and wouldn't even drop supplies after 15 requests in a row (boy can you go through C4 packs in a hurry).
I'd thought about trying out for Clans, but they seem to fall into two categories, neither of which I care for. You have the typical Elitist pr*cks, you're not worthy to even see thier text, let alone be allowed into a Squad with them (This is how I learned you can lock squads, heh), or they're so loosly run that there just isn't a point to it. I can get that sort of disorganized nonsense without the hassle of Clan obligations. If anyone is in a Clan that's interested in a fair pilot (helo, I don't do planes) that prefers support type roles (including flag defense) lemme know.
Anyone know a decent forum for BF2? I've tried Googling, but my Web Skills aren't even good enough to be called pathetic. Every one I've seen shows only the barest signs of life, and nothing I've seen on any of them has been of much use.
Nobody wants to share favorite servers or on-line call-signs? I think it'd be great if I could finaly find the type of people that KenM was talking about in his 'pefect day of play' remark earlier. I rarely ever bother to join a Squad now, and I don't want to start one becuase I frankly don't want to 'waste' it without knowing what to do with title/power.
I convinced a server to let me try Commander, and when they wanted to Mutiney I gave it up (wasn't accomplishing much, even as 100% commandering). That was a mistake as the next guy was totaly incompetent and wouldn't even drop supplies after 15 requests in a row (boy can you go through C4 packs in a hurry).
I'd thought about trying out for Clans, but they seem to fall into two categories, neither of which I care for. You have the typical Elitist pr*cks, you're not worthy to even see thier text, let alone be allowed into a Squad with them (This is how I learned you can lock squads, heh), or they're so loosly run that there just isn't a point to it. I can get that sort of disorganized nonsense without the hassle of Clan obligations. If anyone is in a Clan that's interested in a fair pilot (helo, I don't do planes) that prefers support type roles (including flag defense) lemme know.
Anyone know a decent forum for BF2? I've tried Googling, but my Web Skills aren't even good enough to be called pathetic. Every one I've seen shows only the barest signs of life, and nothing I've seen on any of them has been of much use.
Lazybones
Adventurer
Planet Battlefield is busy but full of 14 year olds (or at least it sounds like it), and the forums are molasses-slow. I've gotten some good info at the EA UK forums, which are fairly busy, but about 80% of the posts are bitching about the game.Hatchling Dragon said:
http://forum.eagames.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=6&sid=bccb353e810859311e6ab34cffaa74b6
Are the EA UK fourms better then the EA US fourms? The EA US BF2 site does not have they're fourms up yet. But the BF42 and BFV EA fourms were the worst messageboards I have seen, ever. First of all, it was not moderatied, so there was flame wars with some colorful words. Also, they were slow as heck. Sometimes a page would take 5 minutes to load, with my broadband connection. They are also a just a text fourm, not like here where people have alot of diffeernt sigs/ avatars to load.
I would think that EA, a computer software company would want to have they're very own message boards run good.
I would think that EA, a computer software company would want to have they're very own message boards run good.
Lazybones
Adventurer
The UK forums are better; I remember the EA US BF2 site and it was pretty miserable.KenM said:
Most of the time when I see someone posting there along the lines of EA u suXX0RS my sn|pr riffle SUX I kant get oneshot kilz no more I want my money$ back you sux EA!!!!1!111!, it comes out a few posts later that he's American...
The first patch is finally out. Hopefully this will fix alot of issues. I have not tryed it yet.
http://www.eagames.com/official/battlefield/battlefield2/us/downloads.jsp
http://www.eagames.com/official/battlefield/battlefield2/us/downloads.jsp
Droogie
Explorer
I tried the patch, but now I can't bind the keys the way I want them. I usually bind 'crouch' to the left shift key, but now it says I can't because there's a conflict with that key in the Helicopter controls. Funny thing is, left shift IS NOT BOUND TO ANYTHING in the copter controls. Odd.
And everytime I try to get online, it says 'CONNECTION ERROR' and kicks me out. Thats a problem I've had since the beginning, though.
Damn shame.
And everytime I try to get online, it says 'CONNECTION ERROR' and kicks me out. Thats a problem I've had since the beginning, though.
Damn shame.
Arc
First Post
It's plagued with minor problems (weird spec requirements, bad netcode, server memory leaks)... but damn, BF2 is probably the most fun I've had online in a long time. The ranking server lag got (mostly) fixed in the first few days, and now that it's working... it's awesome. Getting various badges, medals and ribbons, not to mention ranks and unlocks, is so much fun it's scary, and the "highest ranks get priority for commander" feature makes it so most commanders are competent at the minimum. It helps if you play on good servers (I prefer the CAD/8BT ranked servers, just search for CAD), but most pubs are pretty fun if you join squads and communicate with your squad (Hit L to chat with them. Too few people know this).
I've heard lots of gripes about the requirements... but they're really not that steep. Even "Low" is absolutely gorgeous, if you don't mind a few jaggies, and I can't imagine what higher resolutions look like. I'm on an Athlon XP 1500+, 512 of ram and a Radeon 9700 Pro, a system that was good but not amazing 3 years ago, and I haven't run into any stuttering or system hangs, even in the most heated of firefights, and I've got most settings up to "Medium."
As far as weapons go, the 3 round burst of the M16 is suprisingly effective. The shot grouping is much tighter than you'd think, and if you take a half second to really truly aim, you'll get many more kills than spraying away or even burst shooting with a full auto gun. Good practice for this is to switch to single shot mode with any rifle for a match or two and working on solid aiming. Once you get that down and switch back to auto or 3 round burst, you'll be amazed at how accurate you are.
I've heard lots of gripes about the requirements... but they're really not that steep. Even "Low" is absolutely gorgeous, if you don't mind a few jaggies, and I can't imagine what higher resolutions look like. I'm on an Athlon XP 1500+, 512 of ram and a Radeon 9700 Pro, a system that was good but not amazing 3 years ago, and I haven't run into any stuttering or system hangs, even in the most heated of firefights, and I've got most settings up to "Medium."
As far as weapons go, the 3 round burst of the M16 is suprisingly effective. The shot grouping is much tighter than you'd think, and if you take a half second to really truly aim, you'll get many more kills than spraying away or even burst shooting with a full auto gun. Good practice for this is to switch to single shot mode with any rifle for a match or two and working on solid aiming. Once you get that down and switch back to auto or 3 round burst, you'll be amazed at how accurate you are.
http://www.eagames.com/official/battlefield/battlefield2/us/editorial.jsp?src=communityupdate_070805
They want people to unistall the game and not install the patch. They are working on a fix.
They want people to unistall the game and not install the patch. They are working on a fix.
Lazybones
Adventurer
For chrissake... gah, EA's going to have to do something damned special to recapture my faith in them as a publisher. Free expansion pack might do it. Don't get me wrong, BF2 has great potential and I'm having fun when I can get it to work, but... damn. Not QAing a critical memory leak that affects EVERY server? Crap, all they would have had to do is run a beta server for a freaking day, and they'd have seen it.KenM said:
