Battlefield 2 Chat Thread

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• I wonder if you turn EAX off and DirectX sound acceleration down 1 notch if it fixes it? : shacktool
• Found the following info on EA's support site: Why do you crash when making a selection from the main : doublebummer

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• im getting that too now.. : jono181
• And another blue screen. : c0bra
• server crashed too. : pyide
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  Think we all crashed when server ate it. : Lunatic Angelic
  • No, this was single player. : c0bra
• yep, someone set the server up the bomb : Nighthavvk
• me too CRASJHH : g.lee
• Demo would crash randomly for me if I had EAX enabled : shacktool
• And another blue screen. : c0bra
• And a kick to desktop : c0bra
• one for me too : NeoMoose
• I got it! I disabled EAX and have to start a different 3D before I start BF2, but it works! (sort of). : c0bra
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  I FINALLY got onto AShkies and i crashed to desktop :( : mankeroo
  • same. what gives? : Sgt_Boomstick
• same : rosewood
• Same thing here. Everytime I bring up the "Enemy Spotted" menu it crashes to the desktop. EAX has been... : doublebummer

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  Is that a new bug? I have a 6800GT and it was fine in the demo... Are you using pre-demo drivers, the ... : Downforce
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    Thanks for the reply. I'm using ForceWare 71.89, which is the latest nVidia has on their site. The bug ... : falkan
    • Those are NOT the latest on the site, 77.72's are: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_77.72.html ... : TheNarcis
    • Nevermind, looks like 77.72 was released today. Gonna give them a try. : falkan
• The game is very wonky with different graphics settings that is for sure. I am using an x800xt and at 160... : Milleh
• Dice. What perfect name for this company. Just random shit happening all the time. : doublebummer

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• Yeah man, good game. I had a blast with you guys. : Begawkiness
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  Me too. And OMG, my buddy Adam posted. : Yanks
  • Haha strange isn't it? :P : Begawkiness
• Yea it was a good time :D : Razor Back

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  so.. instead of a waiting a few extra minutes for it to install the cd version, you're going to wait a fe... : aelius
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    Yes, not that that has anything to do with it. It's inconvenient to have a multiple disc version when a s... : spl
    • how does that have nothing to do with it? longer install time is the only difference. i agree, if the dvd... : aelius
• Best Buy is so fired. Fry's had a ton on DVD, but I realize not everybody is fortunate enough to have t... : redwood

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  neg. your cards killin ya. :( : rnpvenom
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    OH MAN! That is soooooo lame of EA/Nvidia....well, as i am sure it has been said a million times befor... : paligap
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      A Radeon 9800 costs as much as the game itself now. With the rig you have, you're punishing yourself by n... : BlackCat9
      • I totally agree - You have a really nice system, but a really crappy vidcard. You will benefit for ALL yo... : mystifier
    • MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS. Get over it dude. New games mean new hardware is needed once in awhile. That card i... : derelict515
• With that machine why are you still running a slow graphics card. Upgrade man, 6600GT's are like $150-200... : tsteltz
• one word '6600GT' : TheArtMan
• I read somewhere that there is a hack to enable geforce 4 cards, and it actually runs pretty decently on ... : lonza

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  ASE has always been slow IMO. Takes them around a week or more after most games are released. : tree8
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    They used to update immediately. But then it got bought by Yahoo... : cucumber1972
    • ASE also used to have terrific forums where fans would put out filters of their own that'd support newer ... : Enkidu
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  I heard BF2 doesn't allow outside server programs to launch it. Even if/when ASE updates, you still won't... : silent prophet
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    on the ASE forums, they have a thread that has the link to a thread on the ea forums that talks about the... : etancross
    • Its not an ASE problem. Its the typical "Lets only use the Crappy Gamespy"developer attitude. Thank GOD a... : omontero

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  Dont tell me I bought the DVD version and it wont work in my CD/RW drive......... : Concrete
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    I was going to ask that. BTW, you can get a DVD burner for less than the price of the damn game. Ti... : Thresher
    • Im old school, they sell normal CD format right? : Concrete
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    you seriously dont even have a DVD-rom in your system? make sure your vid card will play it too while... : epit
    • This argument is silly, some people still upgrade their machines manually without buying new ones - if th... : abrasion
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      everything else is fine thanks, never really needed DVD for any reason. 6800gt 256 will handle this I su... : Concrete
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        after I exchange this mofo-ing game tommorow....:( : Concrete
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          got a hacked xbox? Put the cd in and take a iso of it, use it with daemon tools. : Neech
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            what are the chances that I have a hacked xbox lying around. : Concrete
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              none now that we know you bought the dvd version........ : scottk52
              • LOL thats great : etancross

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• indeed...i bought mine offa eastore also....still havent gotten the email confirming shipment. : wilsnipeforfood
• I just got notice today from EA games that my pre-order will arrive today. Why EA couldn't send our pre-o... : beastgreeley
• Never preorder for EA if you want the game the DAY it's out! Learned that last time with BFV. Always pr... : Surfincb

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  yeah it takes longer than the map does to load. probably because it has more game files to verify. : pyide
  • Anyone know how to make the mouselook on the planes have the same invert setting as the plane itself? I ... : Barbarian
• ya same here.... wtf : judoka2
• same here, it's a joke. : tcxsnoop
• I love how you also have to click another button after it's all said and done, jeezus, just START THE DAM... : u sir name
• Ok same thing here, more ram makes it go faster. with 2Gb is takes 2 seconds. : luke1111
• Same here : j33uk

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  What dose he have the ticket ratio set at? Mine is set for 450 each. http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?i... : themelon
  • 250 if i remember right. : Umbr
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    ticket ratio set to 100% = 200 tickets on the demo servers, both of you had it at 150% which funny eno... : ^-SeaWolf-^
    • On retail 64 person servers 100% is 300. : themelon
• blame me! i asked him to lower the tickets because maps were ending with each team having 200-300 tickets... : pyide
• I agree, was about to post something similar to this. I was playing on a server that started at like 800... : atom519

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• The headset came with the special edition of UT2004 only. It's a Logitech headset, the same one that you ... : BlackCat9

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• happened to me twice last night and once in the demo. really sucks. but it's fine again as soon as i d... : pyide

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  Save me two copies!! : BlackCat9
  • You failed me, man. You failed me. : BlackCat9
• San Marcos Fry's 37.99 as well. Tons of copies as of 8:45 : smackpiece
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  were there a ton of em? I wont be able to get there till 11 or so : epit
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    answer this man, I wont be there till 6pm! : sixfoot6
    • Sunnyvale Fry's didnt have it at 8am and I cant go back till I get off work at 5. Damn you Fry's! : AltZero
  • There were quit a few when I got there (more than a dozen), but I was there before 9am. Didn't even notic... : afty04
• Awesome, this is where I pre-ordered it. : playerhater
• How can they sell it at that price. I have a Fry's about 40 minutes away. Their site says $49.99 How d... : richcz3
• Hit the one in Fullerton. They have at least 100 copies @ 37.99 : sixfoot6
• Just picked up 3 copies @ $37.99 from Fry's Huntington Beach location. Already installing........ : richcz3

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  And yeah, I realize it's really long. It's also probably what a lot of you have read before, but I think ... : mittense
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    I agree with all of this - but GAMING WEBSITES and magazines need to report this, not users >:( - ea / di... : abrasion
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      Yeah, the sad thing is that I forgot to add a couple paragraphs on the issue that most infuriated me into... : mittense
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        WHAT THE FUCK? they charge money for the ranked / stats server? Good fucking lord EA are the worst com... : abrasion
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          YEAH FIGHT THE POWER. : acheron
          • GRAB YER SHOTGUNS BOYS : cucumber1972

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• I have this. And no idea how to fix it either. : -efx-

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  Is it doing that on all servers? The reason I ask is that I was getting a lot of that on Ashkie's, but... : Thresher
  • I looked in Usersettings.con under mods/settings and there's a NetGraph turn on capability. Just set it ... : Vic Viper
• same here. it can get _very_ bad sometimes (1 frame every 2 seconds) : johngloid
• Exact same system as mine. No stuttering. : afty04
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  Defragment your HD, this makes a huge difference. : Athlon7
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    haha thats what the IT dept tells me at work BS! : g.lee
    • Actually it can : ( When the demo came out I was @ like 70% fragmented, ran/loaded like ass, but post def... : Athlon7
• You did remember to set textures to medium right? : Priest77
• YOU DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH RAM!!! BUY MORE OR LOWER SETTINGS! geez, don't people know what hd swapping is? : luke1111

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  You can bind this in your key settings. Check under air, default is right CTRL. : Athlon7
  • !!!!! Awesome, thanks for the info. : Dslyecxi
• How do you make it have the same invert settings as regular flying? : Barbarian
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  That doesn't work though because BF2 recognizes every position on the POV switch (hat switch whatever) as... : Priest77
  • Oops, meant for #691. : Priest77

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• Yes, it seems to be taking a bit tonight. It'll come through eventually though. : Priest77

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  I've got a Logitech Wingman Extreme 3d and it doesn't work for shit in BF2 (didn't in the demo either). ... : MR 9000
  • ive got the extreme 3d pro and it works like a charm.. : supaslasha
  • I just bought the Extreme 3D for BF2 and I couldn't get the stick to work until I installed the Wingman s... : Priest77
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  Can you believe in the instructions they mention there are only two ways to fly, mouse or keyboard. Are t... : u sir name
  • Joysticks work with the game. : crunkfunk
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  you did setup the control axis's under the flight and helicopter tabs right? : supaslasha
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    I didn't, but I can get the buttons to work either. (I can't bind them) : unlurker
    • Did you install the software that came with the stick? : Priest77

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  They can't seem to release a game without bugs : j33uk
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    Bugs are always going to exist, but really easily noticed and fixed cosmetic things like the team color e : orgcaptainnemo
    • it's definitely symptomatic of EA games... i also have FIFA 2k5, an EA game... it looooves to call ... : ^-SeaWolf-^
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  This game is a lot better out of the box than BF1942 was, as well as most PC games in general. The major... : Krypt_
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    I'd call getting dumped to desktop at the end of every map a pretty serious hampering of gameplay. It's h... : NoodlesNogan
    • Yeah, 30 minutes in and I crash to desktop on a map load. WTF? : Ratsofatsorat
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    Sorry, but it's not better than most PC games, almost all pc games I've played haven't been as crippled b... : j33uk
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      Maybe I'm just lucky then, because I'm not getting any of these technical issues people are complaining a... : Krypt_
      • Agreed. The browser would be 10x better if you filter out servers with a ping greater than a certain val... : Priest77
• the demo has less bugs. It just took me 25 minutes to EXIT the fucking game. That is unacceptable. Th... : losder5000

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• Add the fact that a lot of the time they don't save your stats. : tree8

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  Wait wait wait, you can look around independent of where your nose is pointing? No shit? How? If so, I... : Dslyecxi
  • It's "mouselook" or something like that or "external view" in the setup for each plane and vehicle. Howe... : Barbarian

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• http://www.fileshack.com/file.x?fid=7219 : themelon

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  In the bf2 folder in my documents : themelon
  • Yeah, I just discovered that. : el_bandito

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  Click the "Ranked" filter. Play on any of those, they're not just EA servers. : acheron
  • Well, they almost are. You have to pay EA almost $200 per month (!!!!) to run a ranked server. Amazing. : bigimp
• The new shack server is unlocked... http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10288383 : themelon

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  The maps so far have been much more complex then the demo map. Much more. The mapmakers really took adv... : trove
  • Holy freaking hell some of the 64 player maps are massive. I haven't gotten to actually play them in a r... : Krypt_
• The maps are nice man. Very diverse, and as someone said in another thread- dense. You can practically ... : kainen1
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  The greatest thing is they finally got the shadow problem licked. The contrast between teh shadows and l... : trove
  • I noticed this in the demo.. love the way the lighting works. Shadows are.. no shit.. shadows! Wow! Conce... : Dslyecxi
  • Yeah, but anyone with their graphics turned down can see you easily. : Pneum0

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• Turn off hardware sound acceleration. EAX can be on or off. : Priest77

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• Fry's has it for $39.95 : MR 9000

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• Yea was a little odd how big that case was. : deeveee

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• It's not out yet, but they say its "coming soon": http://www.eagames.com/official/battlefield/battlefield... : ResidualEffect
• http://tinyurl.com/a5fca : cranman

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• Nuke me...figured it out.. : phune