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Battlefield 2 v1.03 Released
by Steve Gibson, Oct 04, 2005 9:30am PDTThe Battlefield 2 v1.03 patch has finally arrived in 170meg glory! The change list is huge and stuff but here are a few of the highlights from the thing which may catch your eye. You can click on 'more details' on the FileShack file page if you want the full list.:
- There is a new tab in the MULTIPLAYER menu that holds a list of the last 20 internet servers you have connected to, plus a list of servers you have selected as favorites. - Nickname Prefix You can add a 6-character prefix (such as a clan tag) to your account nickname which will be displayed in-game next to your nametag in the score menu, in game messages, and above your player in the game world. - Improvements to in-game HUD / Map * The names of players in your vehicle are displayed in the HUD when someone enters the vehicle or switches positions. * There is a new element in vehicle HUDs that displays the reload time for countermeasures (smoke and flares). * Flags for each team are now displayed below their ticket count on the minimap to make it easier to tell what team you are assigned to. GAMEPLAY CHANGES - Many criteria for ranks and awards have changed. If you are immediately eligible for a new promotion, unlock, badge, award, or ribbon, it will be awarded the next time you receive points on a ranked server. - Only 1 player in a vehicle will get credit for or speed up capturing a flag at a CP. The other passengers must exit the vehicle to increase the speed of capture or receive capture score. - The commander's supply drop now has an icon on the minimap and a 3D - The wrench repair rate on helicopters has been decreased. - You now receive 1 support point for destroying an enemy commander's artillery, UAV or Radar station. - If you have received a point for healing, repairing, or resupplying a teammate, you will not receive another point from them for the same action for a set period of time.
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This is a much better way to do it. They are adding officer ranks sometime soon, so everyone who worked for billions of hours will still get to be super leet.
The reason everyone is ranking up 3 times a round is because they have to catch up to the current system. The quick upranking stops as soon as you get to your proper level.
So with the addition of higher ranks and making the ranks closer together, what has really happened?
Unlocks come alot sooner. This is for the best. It would have taken anyone 2 years to get all five unlocks. This way you get them within a few months.
If you're somehow thinking "wow glad i didnt work my ass off to get sergeant now!!" well... those that did got ranked to an even more ridiculous rank, so have to worries. There were 11 ranks, and it looks like there will soon be 21.
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Pros:
1. TV Missle gunning has been refined
2. Minigun glitch minimized.
3. Turrets have been stabalized.
4. Ranking change (good for n00bs)
5. Fixed torque/physics (engines no longer chug on hills and you can 1mph kill ppl)
6. Map naming
7. Hud changes are nice.
8. Favourites = nice.
9. Gameplay balances to prevent BH whoring are good. Mashturr will return to the foot soldier once more.
Cons:
1. Wake is underwhelming, doesnt have the intensity of the 42 version
2. ***RED-TAG GLITCH*** still remains. This is the sadest con of all. I can't believe they can't get this.
3. AA Sucks. Sucks just as hard as before. Sure the missles do more damage, but you still cant shoot jack.
4. Ranking change (hardcores or non-noobs feel like they worked for nothing. People are getting 3 or 4 unlocks for 1/10th teh effort the hardcores put in. Wow elite officer ranks coming. Having a 2 or 3 unlocks over the n00bs was way better.)
5. Map naming has seemd to screw up selecting spawn points in some instances. You have to sometimes click the bottom left pixels of the white dot in order to spawn. ---> Retarded.
6. Typing in your prefix everytime is lame. Should remember.
7. Commanders no longer get TKs for artying. STUPID. In a little less than 2 hours I had witnessed over 50 comrades getting cut up by our own arty cuz the commander was fearless and could not experience any punishment. Now we have a new wave of Jihad commanders who are willing to sacrifice 80% of their resident forces at a flag in order to kill 1 or 2 enemies.
8. 2. ***RED-TAG GLITCH*** still remains. This is the sadest con of all. I can't believe they can't get this.
Overall, the patch is nice, despite their bone head moves. But it doesnt offer much and what it does improve shoulda been improved 3 months ago in a 10 meg patch as opposed to waiting around for this useless map and soundeffects. This is sad, just sad.
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This sucks especially when you are piloting a helicopter.
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1) Create a new folder on your c:\ drive called bf2_temp
2) Get the two following files:
a) http://www.myplc.com/sony/bin/i6comp.zip
b) http://blackbird.webz.cz/clever/IsXunpack.zip
3) Extract out those two packages into your bf2_temp folder
4) Download the patch and place it into your bf2_temp folder
5) open CMD
6) path to c:\bf2_temp\isxunpack
7) run isxunpack.exe bf2_patch_103.exe
8) *MOVE* the resulting folder 'Disk 1' to the i6comp folder
9) make a new folder called temp inside of the i6compfolder
10) path to the temp folder
11) run (without the apostrophes(sp)) '..\i6comp.exe e ..\disk1\data1.cab'
12) run (without the apostrophes(sp)) 'patch.exe PATCH.RTP "C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2"' (include the quotes around the BF2 folder path)
Hopefully - with luck - that should be it. Like I mentioned above - I didn't have to do this process. I'm just trying to help some of you out who have issue with HDD space.
Cheers.
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I saw the enemy team color bug again.
Also, you can no longer hold down a button and check the map or use radio commands. For example, you can't hold down the chopper accelerate button and check your map, or do a radio signal. That's horrible. Booo.
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1. AA doesn't appear to have been improved at all. I was in both AA vehicles and I didn't hit a single plane after several minutes in them. Matter of fact, I was locked on a helocopter sitting on the pad and as it was lifting off I shot at least 4 missiles at it. Every single one appeared to go throught he copter then twirl away into the distance. The copter was NOT using countermeasures as I waited till it's countermeasures were used up.
2. Wake Island map : Very weak. Looked rushed and they didn't even bother to QA it. When teh Americans capture the airfield, any attempt to blow up the arty results in TKs against you.
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Now, I can't call the scoreboard (tab) or call the spotted menu (Q) when I'm walking forward (mouse2).
Calling the scoreboard stops walking, and even if I let go of tab, the scoreboard won't go away until I also let go of mouse2. If I call spotted while walking, nothing happens.
I get a simple 'Patching Failed!', same as happened with the previous two patches.
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a flag at a CP. The other passengers must exit the vehicle to increase
the speed of capture or receive capture score.
Well THANK YOU.
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There are *so* many snipers now. hahaha.
Wake slows to a crawl quite often... I guess people getting the hang of their new toys!
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The in-game message site is BOMBED!
HTTP 403.9 - Access Forbidden: Too many users are connected
Internet Information Services
doh. be patient in trying to get promotions and what not run through the system, it would seem. Mine aren't updated.
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Found a way to get the list of servers back in the in-game browser. Click 'Join IP' and type in any old random IP addy and let it try to connet. After it fails you can update the server list again.
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I know the planes/choppers etc are dumbed down considerably to keep it all fun, but it's sure immersive to be able to look around you in a reasonable way. Why can I mouselook in a car but not in a plane?
I know you can mouselook by the way, but it freezes your controls.. so you have to feel safe to look..
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bugs?
*Have to stop now to activate the radio message screens, I used to be able to say attack here/defend here while on the move but now I gotta stop pressing keys to activate the scree....Same deal with zooming in and out of map
*Wake Island, a few of my team actually showed up red...
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On top of that, they actually made the server browser worse! The name filters don't work anymore. Try to type "Strike" in the map name field, and poof! No more servers for you, until you restart BF2.
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Helis seem more "hot" on the controls, more movable. Is it just me?
The big Assault gun is the bomb.
had it crash on me once during Karkand, it's been a long time since that has happened to me. overall I like the patch, + the promotion to Gunnery Sargeant! i needed 3 more weaps
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:/
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1. Did they fix the obnoxious red-tag glitch that happens due to teamswitching on popular servers.
2. DId they fuck around with the tv-missle in the Attack heli's? Bf2.se said it was different...well is it?
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Stinger+jets does not work as well as flak+prop planes. Especially when the stinger lock breaks when a tree branch passes between you and the target, and you just happen to be planted in a forest.
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I noticed that they didn't fix the bug where the Cobra helicopter gun would stop causing damage to targets over a period of time... or was that just me?
Either way, I'm trying this out tonight. Mmm Wake Island :D
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