Battlefield 2 1.5 FINAL patch released 1-Sep-2009

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GullyFoyle

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Originally posted by: zerocool84
Originally posted by: GullyFoyle
Originally posted by: zerocool84
I was wondering if anyone wants to be a nice guy if they could help me get the basic knife badge? It's the only one I've never gotten and have never been able to go up in rank cus I don't have it. I'd be glad to help anyone else here with what they need as well.

Find a server with "Time Server" in it's title and then go in and see how many people you can stab before you get kicked!

It would be awesome if you could get it that way, they freakin deserve it!

HA lol thanks for the tip. I don't care if I get kicked I have needed that badge for like 3 years and have never been able to get it. I stopped playing BF2 for like 2 years cus I got frustrated that I could never get it.

I tried it but they kick you the minute you leave HQ. Oh well. It'll be like the white whale that I never got.

They are not all the same. I went in to a =WeeD= server (there were a bunch of them) just now, went to the enemy uncap, knifed two guys and left. There was a two star general, and several Colonels camping there. Pfft...
 

GullyFoyle

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Originally posted by: Boobs McGee
What is the time server refer to? People just hanging out?

Sort of.

When you go to the server, all the people are just sitting there. Some in tanks, some in choppers (on the ground). They are like zombies. It actually is creepy, because you never know if they are watching you or not...

Say you wanted the Distinguished Service Award Medal. You need 100h of command time, but you suck as a commander. Go to this server, elect yourself commander, then go take a nap.

It's annoying when you don't notice "TIME" in the server title. The only server last week playing the Operation Smoke Screen map from the Euro Forces booster pack turned out to be a Time server.
 

esse

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Jun 27, 2004
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Originally posted by: elbobbo
Originally posted by: Markbnj
My impressions so far...

W00t! Faster authentication!
W00t! New maps!
W00t! Widescreen!!
W00t! No CD!!

Pretty much adds up to w00t!



Worded Exactly how I'd put it :)

Finally No CD.

Seriously, you guys didn't hear of daemon-tools and mini images?

I don't think I ever touched the game disc again after the first month -- just too much a hassle.
 

Chaotic42

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Jun 15, 2001
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Wow.

Um, I'm not a fan. Your walking gets screwed up when you're injured, the prone accuracy debuf is horrible, the game feels sluggish, and it doesn't work well with my Setpoint software.

 

Markbnj

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Originally posted by: esse
Originally posted by: elbobbo
Originally posted by: Markbnj
My impressions so far...

W00t! Faster authentication!
W00t! New maps!
W00t! Widescreen!!
W00t! No CD!!

Pretty much adds up to w00t!



Worded Exactly how I'd put it :)

Finally No CD.

Seriously, you guys didn't hear of daemon-tools and mini images?

I don't think I ever touched the game disc again after the first month -- just too much a hassle.

Have heard of. Never messed with.

 

KeypoX

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sweet man thanks for the update, downloading now via pirate bay lol
 

zerocool84

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Nov 11, 2004
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It seems like AA has gotten worse. It seems to not work that far at all. Everything has to be fairly close now for AA to lock on which sucks.
 

solofly

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May 25, 2003
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I'm reinstalling the game after six months of not looking at it. If I had to pick one game after 28 years of playing PC games, this would be it...
 

Tequila

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Oct 24, 1999
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Love this patch. If the 2gb download only had the no CD fix I still would love it :)

Btw, not sure if anyone else had this problem but my first download that I tried to install never worked. The disk drive would crazy for a minute then die, no dialog appeared. Tried it a few more times and same problem. So I downloaded from another site and the file was the exact same size as the first but this one installed no problem.

Anyway, love it so far.
 

solofly

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May 25, 2003
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Yep, the only new thing for me is the Operation Blue Pearl map since I purchased everything else long time ago...
 

RallyMaster

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Operation Blue Pearl is a really nice urban combat map. I honestly would say it's my new favorite map. It's such a huge change from my last favorite, which was Wake Island.
 

Chaotic42

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Does anyone here have a Logitech mouse with the buttons on the side? Do they work in BF2 1.5 for you?
 

tokie

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^I use an MX518. The buttons used to work fine but when SetPoint came out they were a bit funky. They seem to work now though with the latest version of it, you just have to check the right options for keeping settings in games etc
 

jjzelinski

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Aug 23, 2004
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My in game mouse cursor is inverted lol This is especially funny because I usually invert my mouse look but this is the first time that's it's inverted both.
 

RallyMaster

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On my MX518 and G5, I set my side buttons to be page up and page down so I can say "Affirmative" or "Negative" in game. I probably should set one of them to be reload but I'm too lazy to do it.
 

Markbnj

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Originally posted by: RallyMaster
Operation Blue Pearl is a really nice urban combat map. I honestly would say it's my new favorite map. It's such a huge change from my last favorite, which was Wake Island.

It's a fun map, but it's like Wake in that if you have a slightly poorer team on the American side, or they just have bad luck, they never get ashore. Which is realistic, I guess, but boring :).
 

suklee

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Originally posted by: GullyFoyle
Install BF2
Install Special Forces (optional, if you have it)
Install patch 1.41
Install patch 1.50
Update Punkbuster

I've reinstalled this game due to the 1.50 patch.. how do I update PB? I downloaded pbsetup and it seems to have updated whatever it needed to with BF2/PB.

Any ideas why I'm getting an error message about Punkbuster, as soon as I join a server? Something about PnkBstrA.exe ?
 

suklee

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Originally posted by: Dkcode
You guys should try Forgotten Hope 2.2. Well worth a download.

I'm pretty sure I've played FH on BF1942 so I'll check this out. Thanks for the reminder.
 

GullyFoyle

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Originally posted by: Kai920
Originally posted by: GullyFoyle
Install BF2
Install Special Forces (optional, if you have it)
Install patch 1.41
Install patch 1.50
Update Punkbuster

I've reinstalled this game due to the 1.50 patch.. how do I update PB? I downloaded pbsetup and it seems to have updated whatever it needed to with BF2/PB.

Any ideas why I'm getting an error message about Punkbuster, as soon as I join a server? Something about PnkBstrA.exe ?

What version of Windows are you running? I'm guessing Vista or Win 7.
What exact error message are you getting?
 

KayGee

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Originally posted by: Kai920
Originally posted by: GullyFoyle
Install BF2
Install Special Forces (optional, if you have it)
Install patch 1.41
Install patch 1.50
Update Punkbuster

I've reinstalled this game due to the 1.50 patch.. how do I update PB? I downloaded pbsetup and it seems to have updated whatever it needed to with BF2/PB.

Any ideas why I'm getting an error message about Punkbuster, as soon as I join a server? Something about PnkBstrA.exe ?

I'm running Windows 7 64-bit and have gotten BF2 to work without any problems. Check this link for the steps that you need to follow to update PB :

http://www.pcreview.co.uk/foru...p=12919099&postcount=7
 

Univac

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Does anybody know of an easy way to fix transparent ground textures??:D
Got them after I updated to 1.5.
Odd thing is it doesn't seem to affect the AIX 2.0 mod. the textures are fine there.

Everything else seems to work fine.

I have deleted the cache and reinstalled the patch to no effect.

<EDIT> in case anyone else has the issue. it is related to Anti-aliasing.
Not really sure what fixed it, however I think it was- tuning it off in the game-restarting the game and turning it on-restarting the game and then setting it to 8x.

 

WaitingForNehalem

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Originally posted by: Kai920
Originally posted by: GullyFoyle
Install BF2
Install Special Forces (optional, if you have it)
Install patch 1.41
Install patch 1.50
Update Punkbuster

I've reinstalled this game due to the 1.50 patch.. how do I update PB? I downloaded pbsetup and it seems to have updated whatever it needed to with BF2/PB.

Any ideas why I'm getting an error message about Punkbuster, as soon as I join a server? Something about PnkBstrA.exe ?

Are you running it as administrator?