Battlefield 2142 1.01 Patch Released

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  Wait this bug is still around? They never fixed this in BF2? : timaste
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    They said they *think* they got it.... : Madwacker
    • I saw it pretty often in the 2142 beta and once in the demo. Although its worth mentioning that now th... : Beady
• Had it happen yesterday. I'm MEC, the guy I see is labeled red, talking American, MEC uniform. So I light... : bigdaddyone
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  They were never able to consistently reproduce it in BF2, so I'd be surprised if it's 100% fixed now. ... : riptyde
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    Yeah this issue boggles my mind too. It would be a huge problem if the model and the nametag were wrong,... : pigvomit
    • whoa there. I played for over 250 hours I can't even tell what is the uniform of any of the armies. I mea... : Bingo
  • In the heat of the action, it's VERY hard to discern who's who in BF2142. The uniforms are so similar. Qu... : mystifier
• supposedly will be fixed in 1.4? : Liquid
• Probably when the server sends a command to the client to create an instance of a player object, the defa... : Barbarian

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• WHAT THE FUCK??? : matthaeus
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  well, I don´t know you guys, but thats what I call a Fact....mehhh : Lobito
  • doesn't look like any fact that we don't already know. the question everyone is asking is whether it trac... : Korban
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  So if I want to play the game i bought (BF2142) I would automatically have to accept to install additiona... : Lukiopimp
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    ads = more money... the warez argument is, buy the game if you want multiplayer. now that companies wil... : zagzig32
    • BF2142 Players = AOL and Gator Users ? :-D : Lukiopimp
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  i don't think that anybody was ever debating weither it was there or not, but how malicious it was. : grifter
  • I know...I only love the way that Lamenting put the evidence beyond of any discussion, no rummors from th... : Lobito
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  lol, it says right there on the sheet that the software collects in-game data. I fail to see how that is... : riptyde
  • re-read my post guys.. i said it has adware.. and that's a fact. they are going to serve you ads in-game... : lamenting
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    Wrong. It says it collects information while you are connected to the internet, which is then used enable : Colonel Angus
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      Wrong. it says it measures IN GAME advertisements and other IN GAME objects. this, in no way, means it wi... : Korban
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        actually no, it doesn't say the "advertising data" that it "collects" is from within the game. if that is... : Mansmells
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          are you being serious? you're really not understanding this? : Korban
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            I'm understanding what room that wording leaves for them just fine. Perhaps you don't have much experienc... : Mansmells
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              plenty of experience with contracts through my freelance years, so definitely not. i understood this ... : Korban
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                if you don't see what room that disclaimer allows for them in terms of how and what data they collect the... : Mansmells
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                  don't need luck, i've got brains. enough to tell me that there's only so far you can stretch a statement ... : Korban
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                    "the advertising technology may record your IP address *{and other anonymous information}" Don't worry... : Tyrant_nz
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                      what part of "in-game" don't you understand? : Korban
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                        Accept defeat already. They are clearly stating they can monitor whatever they want, and use that anonymo... : Senor PoopyPants
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                          no, they're clearly NOT stating that. you guys are seriously a lost cause. you're going to believe what y... : Korban
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                            I wanted to defend your position here (if only because everyone seems against you...:P). But. It st : revolver6
                            • Very good post. Please do not forget that this is the part that EA tells us about. There may even be more... : mystifier
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                              Exactly. What use would in-game data be? "Oh, he mentioned pizza yesterday in teamspeak, send him pizza h... : nudel
                              • Ah, having read http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13061532 maybe it isn't as bad. If they're just recordi... : nudel
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  and of course, you only read this when the box is opened.... IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, DO NO : mystifier
  • If EA does the same with C&C3 I will not buy it. : matthaeus
• I automatically lose respect for anyone that buys this game. : Pneum0
• They will find your Lord of the Rings erotic fan fiction!!!! : Vangoghs Ear

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• Well that's semi-good news I guess. Still think you should go for broke and insert your whole head ins... : vacous
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  everyone lie about your age and pick 80 years old that will fuck hem up lol : alsey7
  • hahahaha! :-) : Korban
• what a fucking load of shit, they could have easily put an option in the game for your physical locality.... : CoRDS

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• Hmm That may explain why I was having trouble playing BF2. I ended up uninstalling the 2142 demo, deletin... : Lightzout
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  So how did you get it? EA dowloader says tomorrow, and it only shipped to stores today.. review copy? : festivalman
  • EB Games Pre-order : evilwhitey
• Oh God. I know what you're going through. A tip: They can dissociate a product and merge if needed. Just ... : mystifier

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• i hear you =) : electric_wizard
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  I'm wonder how long the BF vs. ET threads will go on until people finally hump their loads out and catch ... : Vangoghs Ear
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    i just like killing people and breaking shit. im not intrested in being apart of a first person strategy... : ilem0n
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      Hm. This has nothing at all to do with what we're talking about. Could I direct you to the Max Payne seri... : Vangoghs Ear
      • ive played max payne. what is GTA? : ilem0n

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  Thanks for that insightful and insulting assessment. : pigvomit
  • you bought it, didn't you... : Korban
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  I didn't even notice the ads and completely forgot they were there. : Derringer
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    are they destructable? :-) : BulletPro
    • that would rock - I can totally see squads with the specific goal to simply destroy all the ads (because ... : mystifier
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      I'm pretty sure, 135 or so years in the future, advertisers will find some way to prevent their ads from ... : Orange Pylon
      • N F S ' D : BulletPro
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        So why not make the tanks and mechs out of the same material you make billboards with? : Schnapple
        • oooh.... smart man : Bingo
  • Did you notice it tracking your web usage? : batkiwi
• i preordered it before i knew there was Adaware. I also dont even like the game, since i uninstalled the ... : Kn4w
• Great...thanks for not playing! Maybe this is the last whine/troll we'll hear from you... : Vangoghs Ear

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  EA Presents: Bonzi Buddy : Wolfanoz
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    haha I laughed : timaste
    • haha, i did too :-) : Korban
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  A patch this early is usually bad news. The fact that they didn't catch the bug before shipping indicate... : deathofrats
  • they fixed it, it's done and over with. again, be happy they patched it as opposed to waiting 4 months to... : Korban
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    I'm not buying the game -- I've got other things to keep me busy. But Relic patched Company of Heroes sho... : Sturm08
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      but Relic's patches were performance issues right? Not CTD, game-killing issues. : odin318
      • No idea. My friends have played the hell out of the demo with no bug complaints. For some reason DICE can... : Sturm08
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  Uh, how about if they fixed the bug(s) before they shipped the game? WHAT A NOVEL IDEA THAT WOULD BE : rudds
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    Easier said than done. : Cygnus X-1
    • even after people mass-tested teh beta? : odin318
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      No, it's really not. It's fucking easy to do it. Their testing departments, playtests, and even the pro... : Ecks
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        just like they knew what was causing the red name tag bug, right? not all bugs are that easy to fix. : Korban
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          If you have a whole team looking at a bug even for a single day, you should be able to figure it out. If : Ecks
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            aparently it is. again... red name tag bug. their solutions were purely speculation. they were guessing w... : Korban
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              Dude, I'm in games development. I've written them from scratch and can tell you that while finding certa... : Ecks
              • This man knows what he is talking about ^ : italiano3d
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                what games have you developed on this scale? : Korban
                • that sounds very dickish, i'm sorry. didn't mean for it to sound so rude. : Korban
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                  I've done games that take a year long and are developed by four people. I've done this two times now and... : Ecks
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                    When you say "bug-free" you undercut your argument though. No big commercial PC game (or other large com... : Johnny Law
                    • By bug-free, I meant exactly what you thought; virtually bug free. I'm not naive enough to think it's po... : Ecks
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                    i don't think any game of this scale has ever been released bug-free. and i don't think any ever will. th... : Korban
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                      My games were far from bug free. I had a deadline and we just didn't have time to fix all of the bugs. ... : Ecks
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                        so wait... then you're just as bad as DICE? what's the arguement, then? : Korban
                        • No, you see, Dice/EA is a neverending fountain of money, and they have no need for such things as deadlin... : Orange Pylon
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                          All I was saying is I understand the position, but I very much disagree with it. My games had bugs becau... : Ecks
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                            you understand? you didn't seem to say that at all. we were talking about fixing bugs before shipping. yo... : Korban
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                              Yes, but at what point do bugs become acceptable? is it ok for software to crash 50% of the time? 20%? 10... : Modulus
                              • that was very well put and i congratulate you on being one of the few EA haters that can actually reason ... : Korban
  • Yeah, novel 5 years ago. Using demos as massive beta-tests is standard nowadays. : riptyde
  • Hahahahaha. Yeah, that's TOTALLY possible. Let's at least hope they didn't ship with any showstoppers lik... : Orange Pylon
• guysssssss, EA doesn't deserve your complaints! It's not like they do this all the time! : jamesray
• I agree. I'm still buying this game, I've never had a problem with any Battlefield game, ever. Not 1 disc... : silentw

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  I'm as critical of DICE as, mostly, anyone else, but I can't find the logic in criticizing them for relea : buroja
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    How about criticizing them for requiring the patch in the first place. Especially when it pertains to a ... : hosty1e
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      I hate the mentality of "ship first, patch later," but this is EA/DICE we're talking about, so we might j... : buroja
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        That's a circular argument. Sure it's EA/DICE. Does that make it acceptable? Change about something peopl... : carnivore
        • Don't get me wrong. In principle, I completely agree. It's ridiculous that they didn't integrate this f... : buroja
• No. Now that a first patch is out, wait for the one that fixes the newly introduced bugs see the light in... : Bingo

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• meh. This is nothing new at all and definately NOT restricted to EA titles. : vacous
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  How many showstopper bugs did this game ship with? Any? None of you should be bitching until you actua... : Orange Pylon
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    It apparently ships with the showstopper bug that is the hideously unoptimized engine. That was reall... : jet-poop
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      BF2142 levels load about 3x as fast for me as BF2 levels did, and this is on the exact same PC. : riptyde
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        same, demo levels load in 40 seconds. Verifing client data takes forever in BF2 for me. : pigvomit
        • I've never paid attention to the BF2142 demo's load times, but if it really does load faster, WHEN THE FU... : Orange Pylon
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        umm.. of course it loads fast on the demo. there's only 1 map in the demo and it's loading the same map e... : lamenting
        • I'm not talking about reloading the same map, I'm talking about the first initial map load after you run ... : pigvomit
    • I really don't see how BF1942 is like 4 years old and they HAVEN'T started from scratch yet, they keep o... : abrasion

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  Really, it isn't. A lot of the backlash comes from the "why didn't they fix this stuff BEFORE it was rele... : Orange Pylon
  • Isn't uncommon, I mean. : Orange Pylon

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• I can live with that. I'm concerned if it will chew up the limited bandwidth I have. I don't know........... : bigdaddyone
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  I want to know if said ads are part of the destroyable landscape... Dodge? BLAM : BulletPro
  • Hehe I tried. 5 AT missiles later and it wasn't even scratched. : riptyde
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  Yup, I can confirm this is the case. : aavenr
  • you guys really need to get the word out then. Is EA going to issue a PR? : pigvomit

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• EA downloader but you will have to run the app to play it. : Lightzout

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• woot out today. i'm going! : vado

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• well of course the reaction is based on their past history. It's just that we all saw it coming and it ac... : Bingo

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  Company of Heroes is still pretty fucked up and needs a major patch : virtualsinner
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    That's an EA game? Fuck, and it sounded so good. : Ecks
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      No Company of heroes is Relic : edge198
      • Oh, thank god, he scared me. : Ecks
• but .. its so addictive :< : mystifier

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  What news are you looking for? : Schnapple
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    The news about the game installing spyware/adware. : vacous
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      More specifically, a clarification on EXACTLY what it does. : ahk-med
      • Ditto. I am NOT installing this until I know exactly wtf it is... : mystifier