The AT Battlefield Bad Company 2 F.A.Q.

[bob4432]

1680x1050 should be no problem for you as that is what i play w/ just a e2160 @ 3GHz and a 4850 (cpu is maxed, gpu is ~50&#37 w/ med settings, but dx9 though

 

[GullyFoyle]

This looks like a nifty tool for independently tuning the control sensitivity of things in BFBC2.

 

[Demo24]

This looks like a nifty tool for independently tuning the control sensitivity of things in BFBC2.

I use this and it seems to work fine. Only issue I have now is that since I've increased these settings it's made the uav difficult to use. I need to tweak some settings to try and get it to calm down some.

 

[Bill Brasky]

Does anyone with a 5xxx or 6xxx series graphics card have MLAA working with Bad Company? Does it look better?

 

[Zargon]

havent updated to 11.1a on the current rig

no games on the new one yet but tossed 11.1a + cap on it yesterday

gotta remember how to move and reinit steam so I dont have to redl games now

 

[Bill Brasky]

havent updated to 11.1a on the current rig

no games on the new one yet but tossed 11.1a + cap on it yesterday

gotta remember how to move and reinit steam so I dont have to redl games now

Didja figure it out?

 

[Zargon]

stuck at work so I havnet been able to try/do much

 

[slayer202]

I just started playing this. Very fun

 

[Demo24]

havent updated to 11.1a on the current rig

no games on the new one yet but tossed 11.1a + cap on it yesterday

gotta remember how to move and reinit steam so I dont have to redl games now

here: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7418-YUBN-8129

 

[Zargon]

thanks dude!

 

[slayer202]

I'm finally starting to get the hang of things. It took me a real long time to rank up the first couple times, but after I learned how to play medic it's picked up. Why is it so much fun tossing medkits and reviving dead teammates? I'm having fun with the game. It isn't perfect, but so much better than call of duty(though it's very different, and cod does have some appeal)

 

[Nizbot]

I'm finally starting to get the hang of things. It took me a real long time to rank up the first couple times, but after I learned how to play medic it's picked up. Why is it so much fun tossing medkits and reviving dead teammates? I'm having fun with the game. It isn't perfect, but so much better than call of duty(though it's very different, and cod does have some appeal)

Glad you're getting into and enjoying it. It's an extremely fun fps. Especially once you unlock everything. The first 10-15 ranks are definitely challenging as you're usually dealing with players with much more experience and know these maps fluently. Medic is a great class to begin with as you maximize your points for each round. I find the medic and engi classes to be the most fun and rewarding. Nothing like getting that double kill 5 minutes after dropping a mine field for a lucky tank to find.

 

[Maximilian]

How do AT mines work?

Do they stay after i die?

Do they stay after i die and switch classes?

Is there any way to tell a friendly mine without stepping or driving over it first?

 

[Termie]

How do AT mines work?

Do they stay after i die?

yes

Do they stay after i die and switch classes?

yes

Is there any way to tell a friendly mine without stepping or driving over it first?

Good question! I don't think so, but I'd love to be able to tell. You can always shoot them, and if it says "watch out, enemy mines," you know you're doing your team a favor. Otherwise, you're undoing the work of your teammates and should probably not shoot anymore!

By the way, you can only have five mines on the ground at once (getting ammo resupply and laying more will remove others). Also, I believe there's some kind of time limit on how long they stay on screen.

Edit - bunnyfubbles has more detailed info.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

How do AT mines work?

they're more like anti-vehicle minds period than anti-tank, I've died plenty of times driving a boat over an AT mine that was thrown into a river, and just the other day I died in a chopper after hovering too low over water where there was a hidden AT mine

infantry won't set them off by stepping on them, however an explosive like a grenade or direct gun fire can set them off and they will kill any infantry within a decent sized blast radius

basically they're more like vehicle proximity mines, get close enough to an AT mine in any vehicle and they will blow

they will destroy any vehicle and anyone inside instantly with just one except for a fully healthy tank, which is why you might often see mines placed in pairs.

Do they stay after i die?

yes, you can place up to 6 mines and they will all stay where you put them until they are blown up or you replace them with newly laid mines (ie the 7th and 8th mines you throw down will respectively replace the 1st and 2nd mines you placed)

Do they stay after i die and switch classes?

Yes. An old tactic of mine is to go engineer with extra explosive and explosive damage perk, throw down the tank mines and then either suicide or go suicidal and switch to a different loadout or class all together.

Is there any way to tell a friendly mine without stepping or driving over it first?

Try spamming your spot key (default 'Q'), if you hear something along the lines of "Enemy tank mines" you'll have your answer.

Otherwise I try not to risk it.

 

[jlee]

This looks like a nifty tool for independently tuning the control sensitivity of things in BFBC2.

Oh nice...that should help a lot - my mouse runs out of mousepad every time I try driving a tank..

 

[GullyFoyle]

New BFBC2 Server released:

R30 is now ready for admins to install via the control panel. This also brings a new option to turn off the Queue system for full servers, it also disables VIP reserved slots BUT this helps with the random crashing issue a lot of you have had.

Dice will not be implementing a further fix as they have found the reserved slots and queue system to be the fault so the easy fix is to disable it.

It is on by default but you will see the new option in the config editor for serveroptions.ini and can set the value to 0 from there, a restart will be needed for it to kick in.

Next week we expect to force the patch on the request of Dice but you can install it early.

changelog:

· Some vehicles on Operation Hastings, Panama Canal CQ, White Pass CQ and Laguna Presa CQ did not get destroyed when left unattended. This has been corrected.
· Servers send player stats to the master servers less often (this reduces load slightly on the stats database)
· Fixed a major memory leak
· More protection against bogus data being sent from game clients

 

[Zargon]

fancy.

nice to see they are starting to stop fixing things in BC2

but we all knew it was a stop gap for BF3 so I am not surprised.

 

[Capt Caveman]

New BFBC2 Server released:

Good and bad news. They know why servers randomly crash but we find the Queue and VIP slots to be very useful. Hate to disable either.

 

[Zargon]

I use the queue when trying to join friends on full servers

 

[Castiel]

Is there an Official Anandtech Server?

 

[Termie]

Is there an Official Anandtech Server?

There were two unoffical Anandtech servers, but both have since been taken down, due to the cost of running them and low player counts, I believe.

 

[Zargon]

Is there an Official Anandtech Server?

I believe one of the members admins a set called free beer and hotwings thats out near the east coast.

There were two unoffical Anandtech servers, but both have since been taken down, due to the cost of running them and low player counts, I believe.

yup. RIP the tugboat hut!

I will have some pictures for you by this weekend btw buddy

 

[Termie]

I will have some pictures for you by this weekend btw buddy

Of the new gaming rig? 130w idle, huh? I'd think you could get that down to 110w even with the dual 5870s. What is it? The high-speed fans? The fancy lights? The jet engine???

 

[JTsyo]

When the AT mines go off, they set off the ones near them too. I once shot a mine only to die as it set of a chain of mines that ended near where I was.