Battlefield 2 patch 1.5 is here !!!

SeantheMan

After nearly a year of development and three public beta tests Battlefield 2 v1.50 is ready for release. The update will be released on Tuesday 1st September at 5pm UK, 6pm Europe. Stay tuned for release announcement in the near future!

As part of Update 1.50 we are glad to announce that not only is Highway Tampa now a required install included in the update but Euro Forces (Great Wall, Taraba Quarry and Operation Smoke Screen) and Armored Fury (Midnight Sun, Operation Harvest and Operation Road Rage) is now FREE for all Battlefield 2 players. Including the brand new map, Operation Blue Pearl this brings EIGHT new maps that everyone can play and will be added to ranked Battlefield 2 servers world wide. The Booster Pack content is included in the update and has made the file just over 2Gb in size.

Nice Job givin away armored fury and euro forces for FREE !! (though i already have them and have never played them :P )

cherryghost

sweeeeet

*reinstalls*

Canis Lupus

Awesome. Might reinstall so.

edit: Oh jeez... DL'ing the patches will suck tho

SeantheMan

Prob just 2 patches,,,this new one and the 1.41

SirLemonhead

The booster packs were crap but still nice of them. Tempted to reinstall the game and maybe get back into it. I wonder have the level load times improved at all..:pac:

remus808

It's not out for another 3 days..

_si_

Awesome!

Jetwhores, to your starting blocks

There's a populated server based in Dublin still running. Should go on and dish out some death from above

Kiith

Id love to reinstall, but i have no idea where my disc or cd key is

SeantheMan

Kiith wrote: »

Id love to reinstall, but i have no idea where my disc or cd key is

I've a spare CD key I can give you

I've bought the game 3 times

SeantheMan

Link here : http://www.gamershell.com/news_83176.html

The patch includes one of the biggest list of changes since Battlefield 2 launched
Electronic Arts has released a new patch for Battlefield 2, bringing this sequel game to v1.50 (thanks: John). The update offers a new map by Bjorn Sundell, Operation Blue Pearl, both Armored Fury and Euro Force booster packs for FREE and Highway Tampa becoming a requirement giving EIGHT new maps that everyone will have and be able to play on ranked servers without worry of dropping out.

marshbaboon

I'd love to fire up BF 2 again, always preferred it over BF 2142 but I lost the damn cd key so I'm stuck playing titan mode which can be a bit temperamental lag wise.

might pick up another copy some stage

SeantheMan

marshbaboon wrote: »

I'd love to fire up BF 2 again, always preferred it over BF 2142 but I lost the damn cd key so I'm stuck playing titan mode which can be a bit temperamental lag wise.

might pick up another copy some stage

Just PM'd you a spare serial that I had lyin about

marshbaboon

Just finished installing, now to install that hefty patch.

Fair play man

I'll catch you ingame for some raging with Si if you're on at somestage

EDIT: http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/15116/Battlefield+2+v1.50+Patch

Try that link for downloads, will be much faster was only getting 100-200kbps off that link (500 kbps unregistered, 750kbps registered, which is free)

Griffin87

got bf2 patched up yestaerday. its fun but frustating at the same time. i think there is still a problem with the hit dectection. the hits are just not registering.

Its nice to be playing battlefield again i have to say.

im going to check project reality next www.realitymod.com
I played this for ages a few years ago

cherryghost

im loving the new patch. I've fell in love with BF2 all over again!

There are still issues though yes. Hit detection has been improved but still a problem.
BUT... no more random disconnections or unable to connect to server crap!

Soby

reinstalled today.Messing around with Ai Bots in Singleplayer.Managed to get 200 before it started to Lag:P

pixelburp

Do people still play this? I mean are there actual statistics to show this fellow still gets played? I know the mod community's still active (I should know, being a former member of one of the bigger ones )

I never really got into it they same way I played & enjoyed battlefield 1942; the FPS shooting was a little better mind you. Fair play al the same, it's nice to see older games still getting a little love from their creators

Skittle

There are a couple of hundred BF2142 servers, there are easily over a thousand BF2 servers. This patch seems to have breathed new life into the game.

SeantheMan

Yeah , its still up and kicking.

Went onto a server to try it out last night, I've checked and my 2 main accounts are still active...with all my stats and ranks still intact after months/years of inactivity. Combined over a 1000 hours of gameplay :eek:

Soby

Shame i lost my damm cd key:mad:

cherryghost

pixelburp wrote: »

Do people still play this? I mean are there actual statistics to show this fellow still gets played? I know the mod community's still active (I should know, being a former member of one of the bigger ones )

I never really got into it they same way I played & enjoyed battlefield 1942; the FPS shooting was a little better mind you. Fair play al the same, it's nice to see older games still getting a little love from their creators

suppose this is the a decent graphic. 5th most played game on xfire, and theres been a surge since 1.5 came out

Moriarty

http://muon.irc.ie/BF2_Patch_1.50.exe if anyone wants a local fast mirror of the patch.

spooky donkey

pixelburp wrote: »

Do people still play this? I mean are there actual statistics to show this fellow still gets played?

Yes I still play it. Its been in the top 10 played games on xfire for the last 4 years. I think its number 5 atm.

LoGiE

Moriarty wrote: »

http://muon.irc.ie/BF2_Patch_1.50.exe if anyone wants a local fast mirror of the patch.

Nice!

Soby

Moriarty wrote: »

http://muon.irc.ie/BF2_Patch_1.50.exe if anyone wants a local fast mirror of the patch.

Cant get it to open

Moriarty

Problem on your end then, it's up and working fine

Spear

Dice now have a fix for the Alt-tab issues.

http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/15181/Battlefield+2+v1.50+Patch+Alt+Tab+Hotfix

SeantheMan

You'd think things would have changed.

Still near impossible to find a Karkand/Mashtuur NORMAL server...i.e. WITH vehicles.

Stupid INF Only ruined that game.

Anyways, tried some of the new maps, seem decent enough.

Still have the plane/chopper whore/tkers ...and the getting kicked for reasons beyoned my comprehension when asking for an admin.

Nietzschean

just play forgotten hope 2....bf2 mod, set in 1942...but with proper gun mechanics lots of fun

Griffin87

Thanks for recommending this. I played the game for the whole day on sunday its brillaint, well worth the download

TheHairyFairy

Gotta also recomend FH2. Its one of the best mods I've ever played, so good that it actually improves BF2 by leaps and bounds.

It captures the essence of BF1942 with an impoved engine, huge but well designed maps, and a nice level of realism. The Normandy maps are top notch. They have working flags in order to create push type game play, kit restrictions in place and the rock paper scissors game play we all love from the BF2 series is back.

Amazing that the FH guys can make a better game than EA/Dice, but they have, watch them get snatched up by a studio and FH being released as a full game imo.

If you have BF2 and hate it, reinstall it as a vessel for this great mod!

-Al-

Had to use compatibility mode to get it to run on windows 7 but besides that no problems. Which is great because 1.41 caused me nothing less hair on my head.

First time trying out the Euro Forces maps, great wall is a great sniper fest.

You'd think things would have changed.

Still near impossible to find a Karkand/Mashtuur NORMAL server...i.e. WITH vehicles.

Stupid INF Only ruined that game.

Ya personally would have liked the option to disable arty or even the commader but leave vehicles. UAV removes any tactics when your in a good squad. You can try to be as sneaky as you want but they pretty much know where you are....and then drop arty on you

Nietzschean

shouldn't need any compatibility mode on win 7 for it, i'm running it on 64bit fine w/o...

-Al-

Nietzschean wrote: »

shouldn't need any compatibility mode on win 7 for it, i'm running it on 64bit fine w/o...

im on 32bit pro, feck it though it works so im not bothered I just hate getting patches diownloaded and installed and ur gettin all ready to play then bang CTD :mad:

TheHairyFairy

Few of us TiG lads play this most nights at the moment. Normally on the TFS servers.

Ponster

-Al- wrote: »

Ya personally would have liked the option to disable arty or even the commader but leave vehicles. UAV removes any tactics when your in a good squad. You can try to be as sneaky as you want but they pretty much know where you are....and then drop arty on you

There are a couple of German servers running 24/7 Karkand inf but with a no commander rule which is enforced in the evenings when there are admins on.

sdanseo

BF2 was great all right - but Project Reality made it so much better I actually cant play the priginal game any more. www.realitymod.com, you'll never go back Free too.

-Al-

Ponster wrote: »

There are a couple of German servers running 24/7 Karkand inf but with a no commander rule which is enforced in the evenings when there are admins on.

Sweet, might have look for those in a few. Any ideas of IPs or names?

Griffin87

I have just built myself an i7 rig at the weekend.

I installed windows 7 64 and i think its a great os. The only issue i have is that i am unable to apply the BF2 patch 1.5. I have the game patched to 1.41 fine.

when i run the setup.exe the process appears in the task manager for a few seconds then disappears and nothing happens. i have tried running as admin and tried compatibilty mode with vista SP1 & SP2 same with XP. i also tried to intall the patch in safe mode.

I am trying to think of solutions cant find anything with google. i read in another tread this morning and heard that dx9 is not intalled in windows 7 and you have to do it manually, im not sure if this will fix the issue as i run other dx9 games fine and i did run dxwebsetup.

next thing to try is uninstall BF2 and try again

Ponster

I don't know what's up but I can assure you that both the patch and BF2 works fine under Win7.

SeantheMan

I had some trouble with the 1.5 patch.

Had to install 1.4 first before 1.5, then had to edit my registry as it wasnt pointing to the correct location

If you plan on keeping windows 7 for a while...maybe create a new partition with XP, and install certain games onto a shared drive with XP. Then boot up 7 and run them.

Its worth having XP aswell in case you run into any problems with any application

Shiminay

I may have to re-install this tonight too - went to Win 7 in June and never got around to it. Lol, I just re-installed Crysis last night for a bitta single player fun and now this? I see some busy PC times ahead for me

Thanks for the mirror Moriarty btw!

Spunge

every time i try to run the game it restarts my computer.

tried re-installing, different patches, to no avail.

all other games are fine.

really want to play.

bubonicus

TheHairyFairy wrote: »

Gotta also recomend FH2. Its one of the best mods I've ever played, so good that it actually improves BF2 by leaps and bounds.

It captures the essence of BF1942 with an impoved engine, huge but well designed maps, and a nice level of realism. The Normandy maps are top notch. They have working flags in order to create push type game play, kit restrictions in place and the rock paper scissors game play we all love from the BF2 series is back.

Amazing that the FH guys can make a better game than EA/Dice, but they have, watch them get snatched up by a studio and FH being released as a full game imo.

If you have BF2 and hate it, reinstall it as a vessel for this great mod!

FH2 is fantastic, I'm really enjoying it. MG42's are lethal.

Griffin87

im dieing to play FH2 again. i hope i can get this working later

mcrdotcom

I love BF2...deadly patch

the_syco

Griffin87 wrote: »

when i run the setup.exe the process appears in the task manager for a few seconds then disappears and nothing happens. i have tried running as admin and tried compatibilty mode with vista SP1 & SP2 same with XP. i also tried to intall the patch in safe mode.

Turn off UAC. I had the same problems installing any patches, until I turned off UAC.

Instructions on how to do it: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/12/30/how-to-disable-and-turn-off-uac-in-windows-7/

Once UAC is off, you'll also have less probelms with Windows 7.

TheHairyFairy

Griffin87 wrote: »

im dieing to play FH2 again. i hope i can get this working later

Theres a few of us TiG guys play FH2 most nights. Outstanding mod that really changes the BF2 game play. Its no longer run and gun, you have to really take your time and use cover etc.