Ok, just making sure.Either way, I think they finally found a good balance from what I can tell. I've only played for about an hour but I think it's great to be able to jump in any server and find people willing to cooperate with you. In the past the only time I could find people who would work as a group is if I got on there with clanmates.
6/23/2005 2:17:55 PM
The barret sniper rifle does 95 dmg per shot, compared to the USMC 45 default weapon. I just hope you can hit something with the barret at longer distances.
6/23/2005 3:14:36 PM
6/23/2005 3:56:04 PM
OK, I have to say that I love commanding when you get into a good server with squads. I commanded 4 maps last night, and we absolutely thrashed the opposing team each time with victories in excess of 100 tickets. I actually earned 93 points as commander on one map. It is an awesome thing to be able to see everything on the field, and then direct your troops where they need to go. When they, in return, also know how to report in and request support in certain situations, that's just exceptional. The communication system in this game is bar none the best I've ever seen.
6/23/2005 4:22:19 PM
I really think the commander thing is overhyped.msb: I haven't experienced the gross inconsistencies with the damage system yet. I'm usually the first to whine about those kinds of issues. It was my biggest gripe with the earlier versions of countersucks.
6/23/2005 4:46:47 PM
6/23/2005 5:57:22 PM
how do you get bots in local server mode
6/23/2005 6:28:59 PM
grandmasterif you want to play coop against bots... the host starts a singleplayer map with the bots, then everyone connects to that IPmsb: The sniper rifle in BF1942 was initially very weak as well. It was "beefed up" in later versions. Although I think that the EA guys are inherently opposed to campers
6/23/2005 6:33:10 PM
Yeah. Oddly enough, war is really a shit ton of camping.
6/23/2005 9:00:46 PM
oh sweet thanks MauganIs anyone playing right now ?somone host a server, im bored at work [Edited on June 23, 2005 at 9:35 PM. Reason : .]
6/23/2005 9:35:32 PM
different classes have different levels of armor too guys...like an assult guy has heavy armor (kevlar and plates) while a sniper has a shirt... rounds are gonna do different damage to different classes even if you hit them in the same spots...
6/23/2005 9:54:48 PM
i was playing just a bit agoi'm [2MEB]G|Forge
6/23/2005 10:05:00 PM
6/24/2005 12:48:30 AM
http://www.eagames.com/official/battlefield/battlefield2/us/editorial.jsp?src=communityupdate_062305
6/24/2005 7:23:17 PM
they desperately need to patch this game.My buddy and I with nearly identical rigs have constant drop to desktop problems while in the menu system. Once we're playing its fine, but getting there is a chore.
6/24/2005 7:40:54 PM
OK, so I'm curious about framerate chop. I didn't get a single BIT of this in the demo, but most maps will really chop right along for me for the first few minutes of play. I am not pleased about this at all, and need some suggestions as to what I can do to help remedy this. I have a sneaking suspicion that I need a faster RPM harddrive with a smaller capacity, as my HDD is the slowest link in my whole system even though I keep it immaculately optimized. I dunno if this problem is being caused by reading from the DVD, either...? Anyone else had this sort of problem?
6/24/2005 9:22:17 PM
funny, I just bought a new computer cause mine was having trouble.upgraded to p4 640 3.4, w/ a x850xt pci-e, with dual raptor's. ^ If your demo wasn't choppy, then I doubt its your HD. If its 7200rpm, it should be fine. More ram or better video, or better processor, or faster DVD. You will have to spec your system for us to be sure.[Edited on June 24, 2005 at 9:38 PM. Reason : .]
6/24/2005 9:36:10 PM
Yea, the menu interface seems slow. Slow when you click something, slow when trying to look threw the server list, and does anyone else have to wait long to load a level?
6/25/2005 12:15:03 AM
6/25/2005 2:32:22 AM
get the latest beta drivers from guru3d. they solved all my stutter problems, with the 6800gt
6/25/2005 5:10:57 AM
There are a million different choices Noen.How do I know which is best?
6/25/2005 11:37:54 AM
This is truly a strange thing. It chops quite a bit for the first maybe 2-5 minutes or so (which is a HUGE annoyance while flying), and then it's completely smooth as silk and doesn't chop again for the remainder of the whole game. It this just some kind of texture loading issue?
6/26/2005 12:47:01 AM
It's taking forever to get from Lance Corporal to Corporal. I got 2500 points and less than 25% to Corporal.
6/26/2005 2:54:06 AM
axelay:BF1942 did that with my old ti4200 except only for the first 30 seconds or so. New drivers solved the problem. Its amazing how many of the old bugs are making their way into the new game.You know what pisses me off, you HAVE to use the in game browser. There are no command-line options to join the multiplayer server, so you cant use ASE.
6/26/2005 10:10:24 AM
anyone else have lag problems on ranked servers?Seems that everyone I connect to its laggy as all herr.
6/26/2005 1:10:12 PM
Yea, they dont have enough servers, wernt expecting this many people to play I guess.
6/26/2005 1:47:21 PM
After giving it some good practice, I love the Strike Eagle. I have gotten so much better with my dive bombing! I played on a 64-person server this morning on Clean Sweep, and I wound up as top scorer with 52 points all from bomb kills.Now riddle me this, though. Is there any way to "tag" an enemy fighter so that you can follow its position on the radar? I am curious as to how some fighter pilots can stay RIGHT on your 6 no matter what you do to try to get away from them. Seriously, I tried to shake this one guy flying a MiG-29 for almost 5 minutes straight (while I was in the F-15), and I finally wound up leading both of us out of bounds just to spite him. I was doing loops, rolls, Immelmans, and a host of other crazy "chicken" stunts just to see if I could get him to crash into something, but this guy was RIGHT there no matter what I did. I wish I had a recording of it - it was insane. How drastically does throttle control affect tight turn radius? I haven't seen a whole lot of difference even when I drop to 0 and then try to bank. If anything, it kills my momentum and I sometimes start to stall. Got any good tips?
6/26/2005 4:15:54 PM
do all you guy's use a joystick when flying planes?
6/26/2005 4:20:08 PM
i learned to fly in BFV with mouse and keyboard. i got really good at it so i decided to stick with it and not bother with a joystick.
6/26/2005 4:54:14 PM
Yup, joystick for planes and helicopters.
6/26/2005 5:42:04 PM
if someone thats anything decent at flying is on your ass, then theres really no way to shake him. This is why I don't like the planes in this version. Not only did they take away the radar, but it seems to me that all the planes have the basic same profile which turns the dogfights into a huge waste of time.I honestly get bored real quick with dogfights. So much so that I've almost stopped flying the planes. This is after I played the Airforce in 21CW; so you can imagine my anger with the plane situation. The 21cw guys say that the planes are the #1 thing they are going to fix in their minimod.
6/26/2005 5:47:52 PM
Glad to read that the ranked server thing is going to get better. I got a medal today and a promotion and it didn't show up, which worried me, but it looks like a 12 hour wait for it to show up. I've been playing on mostly unranked servers though because the ranked servers are always so full.After flying a few times, I pretty much stick to infantry now. Either Spec Ops or Medic kits. Medic is great in a squad and Spec Ops is good for rambo missions.
6/26/2005 7:39:43 PM
the spec ops gun is a peashooter.After screwing around with spec ops for a long time, I decided to switch back to assault and just get resourceful when armor comes around.
6/26/2005 10:18:44 PM
Current list of "shit that NEEDS to be fixed":1) LAGGY ASS SERVERS - the netcode was supposed to be "fixed" in this version. I can't play on a server if my ping is > 50.2) FRIENDLIES WITH RED LETTERS - Sometimes, especially on the laggy or big servers, your teammates will show up with "red letters" indicating they are enemies. This is highly annoying and causes you to get booted from servers.3) SPAWN SCREEN NOT SHOWING ON INITIAL CONNECTION - sometimes it takes me like 5 minutes to actually spawn once I'm in the game. I see everything going on, and the action at the top left of the screen, but the spawn screen doesn't show up even when I'm pounding the button. I'm pretty sure it has something to do with PunkBuster's ineptitude. I'm not the only one with this problem.4) RETWEEK AIRCRAFT - the airplanes are just horrible. Any ole noob can go running around in circles all day thinking he's contributing. At least in DC, you knew that if someone didn't know what they were doing, it wouldn't take to long for them to run into a tree.5) DELAYED TAKEOFF FOR CHOPPERS - its too long. Takes like 15 seconds to get off the ground when you first get in a chopper. I've learned to yank it off the ground as much as possible.Feel free to add to my bitch-list.
6/26/2005 10:48:28 PM
um, I hate it when planes try to lick on to me when im in a helicopter and just end up running into me.Only actual problem aside from whats mentioned above is the lack of a favorite server tab. I would like to find a good server and be able to find it again later.
6/26/2005 11:25:20 PM
working on corp now, i chose the barret as my first unlock.sometimes the barret is dead on.. and sometimes i cant hit shit with it. kinda needs some tweaking.. and it needs explosive 50 cal rounds that combat engineers get to use on jeeps.oh and the SLAP round, the sabo light armor pierce ammo. a 308 round in a 50cal shell casing, need this to use on the LAVs and shit.[Edited on June 26, 2005 at 11:34 PM. Reason : x]
6/26/2005 11:34:05 PM
BEUSometimes I play jet dart when I'm all out of shit to shoot at a helo and its pounding my buddies on the ground.Of course I get the "No talent assclown" line, but then again, my guys on the ground aren't getting lit up by a helo for at least the next 30 seconds
6/26/2005 11:34:10 PM
anybody wanna coordinate a drop-in on a server and form a squad? I'm down if anyone else is
6/27/2005 12:28:58 AM
Problems I'm having:- When I load the game, it always joins the last server I was in. I always click disconnect to leave a server before I am going to quit. It adds a good minute or two to the load time.- MEC APC has a horrible gear ratio. It's constantly having to change gears when going up a hill and it takes forever. You can hear it downshift, then upshift, then downshift, over and over again. On that note, very few of the vehicles have any low-end torque and unless you are hauling ass it will take you forever to get up a hill.- Grenades: throw distance seems a little off. Also, if I left-click and hold, I shouldn't throw the grenade until I release. Every other game I've played is like this. You click to pull the pin, release to throw.I'm sure there are more. It's a great game, but the little things like these really take away from fun sometimes. I agree about the helicopters taking forever to lift off. On a competitive server that just turns you into a sitting duck. I think they may have purposefully done this though to reduce the ability for the other team to steal your choppers which was a huge problem in BFV. One team would have all the helicopters and it would ruin the game because it would be so off balance (and stealing them wasn't that hard to do).
6/27/2005 9:32:43 AM
Opstand:Are you clicking "Play BF2 Online Now!" or "Battlefield 2"?Alot of people are having problems when clicking the former. If you hate waiting for those movies, just rename the files in the /battlefield 2/mods/bf2/movies directory. You wont have to wait for that bullshit anymore.
6/27/2005 9:44:35 AM
Negative Numberic keypads don’t map right Joysticks don’t map right Have to disable a key before binding it to something else No 1280x1024 resolution SVD not as accurate or damaging as the M24, even if you don’t need to pull the bolt back every time it fires Too much armour on demo map No blood – unrealistic Exclusive GameSpot download Jump is too high Bodies don’t stay for long enough Aircraft too dismilar (therefore less good) compared to DC Sniping is too difficult Can’t peek around corners Menu lag Demo time limit Too easy to die when a vehicle moves even an inch Radeon 9200 AGP problems Air to air missies very ineffective – weak and take too long to lock on Unrealistically slow ammo loading times on tanks Invalid password issue Server browser sorting issues (by name, ping) There needs to be an option to add favourite servers Swap side teamkill bug Water looks bad close up You have to be too close to a tank to hear it Artillery TKs shouldn’t be punishable, they get ample warning Support gun too inaccurate Audigy 2 ZS stuttering sound The radial comm. Menus are nice but some miss the quick F-key taps. Map clutter – option to let players pick what is on their mini map would be nice Splash damage – tank shells and missiles do very little to none Clipping issues e.g. crawling backwards into the dumpster while prone Stinger turrets are weak and vulnerable C4 blowing up while you place it Choppers aren’t as responsive and manoeuvrable as they should be, even compared to real life e.g. Apaches No points for destroying infrastructure like artillery - Spec Forces should be rewarded for doing their job just like a medic Commander support requests should be more persistent and obvious Spawn camping is still a significant issue Should be able to toggle crouch The height of the sky and map boundary should be extended as this makes for great dogfights Infrastructure should only be repairable by engineers, not supply crates Can’t add bots online anymore – this means co-op on a small LAN is no longer possible Possible hitbox issues Armour should be weaker at the back of a tank instead of all round Squad leader spawn swapping It sometimes takes too long for a player name to light up above their head and identify them as friend or foe Sometimes the reload animation does no appear Vehicles take too much damage from just driving over a bump in the road Allow nick changes and clan tags Being able to swim forever is bad for TWL/CAL matches Alt-tabbing is unreliable and slow No CTF Tanks can’t fire anywhere near as far now
6/27/2005 11:33:44 AM
^ A lot of those are personal preferences instead of actual problems. Although this kind of pissed me off
6/27/2005 2:34:04 PM
>Numberic keypads don’t map right Mine map correctly.>Joysticks don’t map right My Logitech Extreme 3D pro maps correctly for all 12 buttons and 4 axes>Have to disable a key before binding it to something else This is annoying, but at least it tells you where the conflicting key resides, although it could be more verbose about it>No 1280x1024 resolution my x850XT PE has this resolution available, my buddy with a 6800 Ultra does not. Seems to be card specific.>SVD not as accurate or damaging as the M24, even if you don’t need to pull the bolt back every time it firesThe sniper rifles need to be tweaked, I agree.>Too much armour on demo map Personal preference, I don't agree.>No blood – unrealistic If its going to be rated M for mature, then it needs blood.>Exclusive GameSpot download Not a problem with Bittorrent these days.>Jump is too high I seem to be able to leap over a sand bag wall. Which I think spec ops and the sniper should be able to do but not any of the loaded down classes.>Bodies don’t stay for long enough I thought they stayed until the player respawns. I could be wrong. I like the ragdoll.>Aircraft too dismilar (therefore less good) compared to DC One of my biggest gripes.>Sniping is too difficult Refer to comment above>Can’t peek around corners not enough keys on the keyboard! (just kidding) I think that would be more fitting in a more simulator-like environment, but not in an arcade environment.>Menu lag !#@$(!&*#)%$(!*#&$!@$#_)!@($&!@$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111>Demo time limit Disablable - google it>Too easy to die when a vehicle moves even an inch Whats even more retarded is that you can run over yourself getting out of a vehicle.>Radeon 9200 AGP problems Time to upgrade >Air to air missies very ineffective – weak and take too long to lock on Takes 2 to down an undamaged plane. Fair enough. Although I am thoroughly at a loss as to how they can completely MISS helo's just sitting still when they are locked on. Either make them better at tracking near stationary objects or give me a better dummy trajectory to where I can fire it unlocked.>Unrealistically slow ammo loading times on tanks They are tanks. Nothing about them should be fast.>Invalid password issue Haven't experienced this one.>Server browser sorting issues (by name, ping) Never had a problem with this either.>There needs to be an option to add favourite servers Yup, and also make it compatible with other game server browsers. In a slap-in-the-face move, they made it so you cannot use command line parameters to launch the game, therefore invalidating ASE and others.>Swap side teamkill bugThere where your teammates show up in red sometimes. Thats highly irritating.>Water looks bad close up Compared to other games yes it does, however you have to realize what kind of load this game puts on GPU's and leverage that against gameplayablility. Does the water effects make that big of a deal?>You have to be too close to a tank to hear it Turn up your speakers, I can hear almost everything going on in a 32 player map. Especially when you're in a valley or building. The sound effects are really awesome.>Artillery TKs shouldn’t be punishable, they get ample warning Yup.>Support gun too inaccurate Tell me about it.>Audigy 2 ZS stuttering sound Don't have this problem. I'm using the creative drivers and not the Microsoft De-facto drivers that install with XP.>The radial comm. Menus are nice but some miss the quick F-key taps. You should have the option to use either. I hate using the F keys for changing vehicle position.>Map clutter – option to let players pick what is on their mini map would be nice I'm pretty sure there are console commands to limit what is on the minimap. I know there was in 1942.>Splash damage – tank shells and missiles do very little to none Yup, you have to be "The Lord is my Shepard" with the tank to kill infantry. Its ridiculous. Not only that but the Cobra gun and rockets have little splash damage as well.>Clipping issues e.g. crawling backwards into the dumpster while prone I can fly the helicopter into the TV tower on that one map. I end up in the stairwell when I exit the vehicle.>Stinger turrets are weak and vulnerable Have to disagree with you there. You just have to know how to use them.>C4 blowing up while you place it Or how about when you right click after placing it, it blows up.>Choppers aren’t as responsive and manoeuvrable as they should be, even compared to real life e.g. Apaches Practice some more, I thought the same when I got in them. I was just to used to the DC choppers. The game needs balance. The helos can't be some super-death-kill mega-maneuverable machine of death dealing.>No points for destroying infrastructure like artillery - Spec Forces should be rewarded for doing their job just like a medic Uhh, I was under the impression that you do.>Commander support requests should be more persistent and obvious I've got a couple of the request radio commands mapped directly to the keyboard. When I need something I just pound that button about 10 times.>Spawn camping is still a significant issue Only if your team sucks and is un-imaginative. NEVER try to battle back spawn campers. Just get around them and try to take other spawn points and divert their attention from your non-capable flag. Your team will thank you later. >Should be able to toggle crouch No thanks>The height of the sky and map boundary should be extended as this makes for great dogfights Fuck yes. I can't tell you the number of times I've died going out of bounds because of that shit.>Infrastructure should only be repairable by engineers, not supply crates Disagree. Supply crates are easy as hell to disintegrate.>Can’t add bots online anymore – this means co-op on a small LAN is no longer possible Yes you can. Have the host start single player map, then have your buddies join. I've gone and done it tons of times. In fact, I posted how to do it earlier in the thread. (Cmon Drew, I know you're in BD but I thought you guys could still read )>Possible hitbox issues I don't think so. I think all the different classes and the drastic differences in the weapon damages vs. armor values have people confused.>Armour should be weaker at the back of a tank instead of all round Probably, but then again, if its going to hurt game performance to model that, keep it the way it is.>Squad leader spawn swapping Whats wrong with it? I think its the greatest thing they did in this version. Its one of the many reasons to join a squad. When you have a good squad leader who can stay alive, the rest of the members can go off on rambo missions. Against a team thats not taking advantage of the ability, its a great asset.>It sometimes takes too long for a player name to light up above their head and identify them as friend or foe Or sometimes it identifies them incorrectly. Thats just ass.>Sometimes the reload animation does no appear or the reload icon in the case of the helos.>Vehicles take too much damage from just driving over a bump in the road Disagree. I think they take enough damage. Go drive your car over a 2-foot hump in the road at 55mph and tell me what happens >Allow nick changes and clan tags yes.>Being able to swim forever is bad for TWL/CAL matches I didn't know that, ooooh.>Alt-tabbing is unreliable and slow Not for me May be because of hyperthreading. But EA said in its readme that Alt-Tabbing was not supported, such as, "we aint responsible if alt-tab crashes your game.">No CTF I think that 95% of all online 1942 games were conquest. I don't even know why they bothered with CTF in the first place.>Tanks can’t fire anywhere near as far nowShit I can hit stuff I can't even see. How much further do you need?
6/27/2005 6:58:44 PM
^haha I was hoping that would get a rise out of you Maugan!That is actually the list EA has deemed the "Negative" parts of the first release and will be worked on in future patches to come. I just did a cut and paste.I got it on the UK support forumsKinda scarry ehh?
6/27/2005 11:37:18 PM
i unlocked the Barret. Sometimes it feels dead on, and sometimes it wont hit shit. maybe its just my skill or lack of, but it does seem pretty finicky at longer range.
6/27/2005 11:54:46 PM
Anyone know if there's anything in the code which will allow you to see a persistent latency score? I know you can do FPS, but I was wondering about latency.As for a suggestion to how to improve the jets, I definitely think they would all benefit from an airbrake. I'd also personally LOVE something like a HUD marker to indicate the direction of your locked-on target. (Think something along the lines of X-Wing Alliance.)Also, here's a screwy question. How do you radio your commander to request a supply drop or an artillery strike?
6/28/2005 1:31:53 AM
Anyone know if there is any legitimate talk about a patch in the works?
6/28/2005 2:06:09 AM
6/28/2005 9:06:24 AM
Go to http://bf2.slawed.net/ to check your stats.Mine: http://bf2.slawed.net/stats/44559609/[Edited on June 28, 2005 at 10:48 PM. Reason : .]
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