Battlefield 2 Patch 1.50 Released

The long-awaited Patch 1.50 for DICE's warfest Battlefield 2 has finally been released, available now in a hefty 1.93GB download over on FileShack for your convenience.

Chief among the additions and changes are making the Euro Force and Armored Fury add-ons free for all players, Windows Vista support, a new map, and various balance tweaks and bug fixes. Keep on reading for the full patch notes.

Features

• Additional support for Windows Vista.

• Added Highway Tampa as a required map.

• Added a new map called Operation Blue Pearl.

• Added Euro Force and Armored Fury as free to play content for all Battlefield 2 players.

• Added Widescreen support

• Allowed BF2.exe to use more than 2Gb RAM

• Added support for the Novint Falcon controller (www.novint.com).

Gameplay Tweaks

• Changes made to both the J10 and F35B to make them more balanced.

• AA targeting tweaked to make it more effective.

• Added checks to prevent "runway grieving".

• Various changes made to prevent cheating.

• Tweaked the hit detection, hits will be more accurate to the model.

• Occasional connection drops after being on a server a couple of minutes - Fixed

• Prevented use of mouse wheel to provide speed boost to vehicles

• Prevented use of mouse wheel to exploit parachutes

• Players can now pass claymores by going prone

• Update the HUD on TV Guided missiles to increase visibility on maps like Dragon Valley

• Added Battlefield 2142 style prone deviation (going prone will now cause reduced accuracy for a brief period)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the issue where picking up a players kit would cause CTD

• Updated BF2OpenAL.dll from version 1.1.1.0 to version 2.1.8.1

• Updated ch_gas_station collision mesh on Dragon Valley to be consistent with other gas station buildings

• Fixed the issue where MEC artillery piece on Operation Clean Sweep changes to the USMC's control when they capture the Airfield flag

• Updated the Challenger2 HUD to show the correct icon instead of the M1A2 HUD icon

• Changed a PLA FAV to MEC FAV on Road to Jalalabad

• Tweaked the artillery respawn time on Dragon Valley for to 360 seconds as other artillery uses

• Included a delay after weapon switch for the Bizon (PP-19) to 0.666

• Updated the F35B's lock delay to 1 second instead of 1.5 seconds to match other aircraft

• Changed the Humvee camo on Taraba Quarry to be the correct design

• Increased the splash damage of the UH-60 (Black Hawk) guns from 0.25 to 1.5

• Updated the G36E HUD to react the same as other weapons during sprint