BF2 1.03 patch is out

[ballmode]

I'm downloading off the EA website, taking FOREVER! BF2 1.03

I'm a medic, and it really just takes away all the inconviences of the games and adds some server help. A new map is available from BF1942, WAKE ISLAND.


The medics known for the stat pad, are unable to get points off a certain player for an amount of time. So I guess it's one heal and walk away.

They add comparing of stats and have changed the awards and numbers to attain levels! If you have already gotten them, get 1 point in a server and you will get all of them.
They also added some favorites on the server and compare stats to other players.

 

[Snakexor]

thats huge

 

[Preti9cboi]

what's it fix?

 

[Powermoloch]

holy sh!t

 

[ballmode]

I quit my download from EA and getting faster DL speeds at Gamspots "DLX"

 

[Preti9cboi]

blah. They still needa fix the cursors. People always jump around and shot. It's gay watching someone jump and shot.

 

[michal1980]

finaly stopped playing cause of some of the bugs.
changes:

also wake from 1942 is added as a map, nice freebie
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GAMEPLAY CHANGES

- Many criteria for ranks and awards have changed. If you are immediately
eligible for a new promotion, unlock, badge, award, or ribbon, it will
be awarded the next time you receive points on a ranked server.
- Only 1 player in a vehicle will get credit for or speed up capturing
a flag at a CP. The other passengers must exit the vehicle to increase
the speed of capture or receive capture score.
- Commanders no longer accrue a TK when artillery hits
teammates.
- The commander's supply drop now has an icon on the minimap and a 3D-
map icon in the world.
- Auto team balance no longer moves players to the other team if they
are a team commander or a squad leader.
- The wrench repair rate on helicopters has been decreased.
- You now receive 1 support point for destroying an enemy commander's
artillery, UAV or Radar station.
- If you have received a point for healing, repairing, or resupplying
a teammate, you will not receive another point from them for the same
action for a set period of time.
- Singleplayer enemies use the knife more effectively.
- New engine sounds for the T98 tank.
- New engine sounds for the China/MEC light jeep.
- New cannon sounds on APCs.


BUG FIXES

- Fixed physics of vehicles against soldiers so that soldiers are not
killed so easily by moving vehicles.
- Fixed a physics issue that can cause you to be stuck when falling into
shallow water
- Fixed an issue with soldier armor when spawning on a squad leader in a
vehicle
- Fixed some objects that caused vehicles to take massive collision damage
- Fixed erroneous message stating that you punished a TK when auto-
punish is OFF on the server.
- When a vehicle explodes due to external forces, the driver is no longer
mis-credited for the kills.
- Added turret movement sounds to several vehicles.
- Fixed an issue that caused crosshairs to stay on the screen when
switching camera views.
- Fixed an issue that caused the time limit status of the server not to be
sent to clients when it is changed by the server.
- Fixed server setting sv.allowExternalViews. Setting this to 0 will
disallow external views.
- Added setting for interfaceIP to the server launcher
- Changed automatic TK banning to ban by cd-key instead of IP address
- Improved the stability of secondary position turrets to reduce jerkiness
during movement.
- Fixed spawning on squad leaders to prevent players from spawning where
they should not.
- Fixed issue with auto team balance not sending new players to the team
with less players.
- Set T90 top hatch armor to "Front Armor".
- Set some wheels on jets and helpcopters to stronger armor to prevent
them from being destroyed instantly by AT missiles.
- Adjusted wheeled vehicle engines on hills to improve climbing.
- Changed the Commo-rose behavior so that player does not leave crouch
when using it.
- Passwords entered to join password protected servers are now cleared
after use.
- Improved PLAY NOW functionality.
- Fixed some memory usage issues in the front end.
- Fixed an issue allowing color changes in player name text.
- When you click on a server in the server browser, the information
from that server is updated to be more accurate.
- Fixed a crash in the Ranked Linux server when communication with stats
back-end ceased.
- Improved the behavior of AA missiles when locked on an enemy.
- Fixed an issue where parachuting soldiers could not be healed.
- Added the server port to the SERVER INFO tab.
- Removed the SERVER INFO tab when playing singleplayer
- Fixed an issue causing some soldier & vehicle control keys to be used
for in-game menus.
- Added new soldier artwork in BFHQ
- Added name of video director to credit

 

[5150Joker]

Got it this morning, here's my summary on it:

-You can now see who's in your vehicle by pressing one of the keys to change seats (brings up a little prompt)
-Stat padding is meaningless because ranks are gained so quickly. I went from Corporal to Gunnery Sergeant in minutes.
-Friendly's STILL get TK'ed if your vehicle blows up near them.
-While not as bad as before, being bumped by a vehicle still kills you.
-Collision has some weird bugs with it now. Today earlier on Wake, a J-10 hit a tree head on and rather than exploding, it bounced off it and the pilot temporarily lost control (the plane was spinning all over the place) which looked very odd and amusing.
-Sounds for the MEC Jeeps sucks really bad now.
-Game seems laggier than the 1.02 patch and I'm running a 7800 GTX @ 490/1300.
-Wake Island is NOT as good as the original version. Most of the buildings in this version are not accessible like they were in BF1942. Why they've done this is beyond me, maybe they think it reduces lag or something. Either way don't bet on this map being as fun or robust like the Wake Island you remember.
-Favorites in the browser is bugged. If you refresh your favorites about 5-6 times they eventually disappear and you have to restart the game to get them back.
-Browser is still bugged. If you switch your filter settings and hit refresh a few times, it goes blank and the only way to remedy it is through restarting the game.

Overall a BIG THUMBS DOWN from me. DICE in my mind is becoming a bigger joke as each day passes, we waited months for this trash?

 

[imported_Rampage]

For me, the game is smoother now than ever.

I am on a 6600GT 1680x1050 and whatever the default settings are.
I dont get too into tweaking games out, besides turn on HDR if a game supports it.

I do agree though, overall this long awaited patch could have done more.
Makes me want to trash this game for Quake Wars as each day passes.

Heres to Quake 4 and Quake Wars! :beer:

I prefer id and unreal powered games by FAR to any of these joke engines like FEAR or whatever next two trick hooker engine someone comes up with.

Give me games based on solid, tested, reliable and already GREAT engines.
Thats my 2 sense.

 

[gac009]

^2 sense?

I think that the FEAR, Cry and Sourse engine all look amazing, but thats just my two cents.

 

[5150Joker]

Originally posted by: southpawuni
For me, the game is smoother now than ever.

I am on a 6600GT 1680x1050 and whatever the default settings are.
I dont get too into tweaking games out, besides turn on HDR if a game supports it.

I do agree though, overall this long awaited patch could have done more.
Makes me want to trash this game for Quake Wars as each day passes.

Heres to Quake 4 and Quake Wars! :beer:

I prefer id and unreal powered games by FAR to any of these joke engines like FEAR or whatever next two trick hooker engine someone comes up with.

Give me games based on solid, tested, reliable and already GREAT engines.
Thats my 2 sense.

Yeah I'm eagerly awaiting Quake Wars to be released - if it's even half as good as it's hyped up to be then I'm going to ditch BF2 and DICE for good hopefully. I'm just sick of DICE's shoddy programming, they always fix one thing and break 5 other things. I'm not impressed by FEAR at all so I don't get why everyone is hyping it up so much.

 

[M0RPH]

Originally posted by: 5150Joker

Overall a BIG THUMBS DOWN from me. DICE in my mind is becoming a bigger joke as each day passes, we waited months for this trash?

Regardless of how good or bad this patch is, this game is still by far the best of its kind out there. Don't you think you're being a little harsh by trashing DICE like that?

 

[BroadbandGamer]

Did anyone notice they got rid of the high res maps (the ones you seel to your right while the game is loading and the one you bring up in game)? The maps look like blurry crap now! They couldn't give us the decals AND the high res maps?

 

[ramuman]

PLEASE tell me they added widescreen support. I couldn't do 16:10 even with the shortcut hack on my LCD - had to use an old 17" CRT

EDIT: Looks like they didn't - god when will an EA game support widescreen? It's not like only Carmack and Newell games support it...sheesh!

 

[Polish3d]

I swear the graphics look more cartoonish... so do several others on the totalbf2 forums

 

[BrokenArrow]

Originally posted by: ballmode
The medics known for the stat pad, are unable to get points off a certain player for an amount of time. So I guess it's one heal and walk away.

Spoken like a true ex-stat padder. No concern for the team. If he isn't getting point from healing, he's not healing. Way to go bud!

 

[CraigRT]

Anyone who wants to download this I suggest you use bit torrent... the download took me 5 minutes.

 

[Polish3d]

Who else thinks the graphics quality was lowered?

 

[imported_Rampage]

Originally posted by: 5150Joker
Yeah I'm eagerly awaiting Quake Wars to be released - if it's even half as good as it's hyped up to be then I'm going to ditch BF2 and DICE for good hopefully. I'm just sick of DICE's shoddy programming, they always fix one thing and break 5 other things. I'm not impressed by FEAR at all so I don't get why everyone is hyping it up so much.

Agreed in full.

 

[Polish3d]

Yup... I dont get the FEAR hype either. I am looking forward to Q4