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

[Bill Brasky]

That's what I did but the noob didnt get it.

When you picked up his kit, did you check to see if he had the ammo box unlocked? It is the worst being a noob in this game because you can't help your teammates.

 

[Zargon]

If you want a sneak peek at upcoming server changes, follow this thread on FPSAdmin.com

wowza

 

[fatpat268]

Anyone getting sick of this game? I played it for a month or 2 and I just lost interest. Weird

Went back to play MW2 few days ago and brought back some memories. MW2 is certainly much more intense gaming experience (not saying BETTER) they are both totally different beasts.

Yea, same here.

I just need a break from the game. In the meantime, I've been playing Halo3 and Reach Beta, and I've been completing some SNES games that I've never beaten before.

 

[MrMatt]

I think you're a bad player... no offense.

I don't think I'd be leading games in kills repeatedly if I was.

 

[KayGee]

I don't think I'd be leading games in kills repeatedly if I was.

What's your BC2 game name?

 

[HybridSquirrel]

If you want a sneak peek at upcoming server changes, follow this thread on FPSAdmin.com

hrm, any word on the garand fix so i can get the damn bronze star? i load up on kills on that thing but have not been rewarded yet. I think I have about 150 kills with it.

 

[Ichigo]

1. How do I check the kill list? Like who killed who? Anyway to access the last whatever lines of that list?
2. Sometimes when I zoom in with a sniper it's like bloom turns on for a location where it shouldn't happen...

 

[GullyFoyle]

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Baza show!

Link: Yeah it was a fix for a single player bug where you couldn't knife an AI in a mounted gun on one of the levels.

We have reverted the fix and now you can't knife the guy in SP but knifing in multiplayer works fine again.

Link: We have fixed the regions (and game mode) in the next patch so it will remember your choice in future.

Link: We are currently working with EA legal to see if we can allow the chat filter to be disabled in general.

Link: <When is TEXT CHAT during RESPAWN going to be FIXED?> Next patch

Link: <Need more than 20 friends slots> It is customizable by us so itsn't locked at 20 friends. We might increase it's limit in the future but we have other things on at the minute.

Link: <Squad orders should work 100% of the time!!!>
We know of an issue where if you have an order/"spotted" placed when the round ends you won't be able to place an order/spot in the following round.

That is probably what you are seeing.

Link: We don't have EA Public servers running at the minute.
As you can see from the forums there is a lot of admins of servers complaining they can't fill their servers. That is because we have ~11,000 servers running at the minute. Those servers alone can hold the peak users of BFBC2 PC at once.

Link: We have a known issue which we have fixed in the next version where only the top 6 friends will let you connect on them.

 

[HybridSquirrel]

1. How do I check the kill list? Like who killed who? Anyway to access the last whatever lines of that list?
2. Sometimes when I zoom in with a sniper it's like bloom turns on for a location where it shouldn't happen...

1) you can see who you knifed. thats about it
2) this happens regardless of snipers.

 

[razor2025]

There's a really bad defib exploit. I got caught by the abuser. He can somehow defib me (who was on the other team) back alive and proceeded to shoot me as I'm getting up. Rinse and repeat. Probably point farming. DICE's work is getting sloppier and sloppier.

Also wanted to say that after the RPG/CG nerf, now the medics are back in full force. Today I had to fight off a squad of 4 medics in lighthouse. They simply camped there and revived each other. For first 2 times, I could kill 2-3 guys with my AK74 and CG blast, but it's always the last guy that can defib one guy and then 2 of those medics defib the rest of the team, all in 2 seconds (plus invulnerability) while I'm reloading. Defibilirator needs to be nerfed so that you HAVE to stay on the spot for at least 2-3 seconds while reviving your team mate.

Oh and that lighthouse? Why isn't it destructible? I know it's the lynchpin for offense and defense, but making it an impenetrable tower is really hampering the enjoyment of that section of the map. Especially for the defenders on Stage 3. Either move back the defender's spawn into the forest, to allow for some reasonable cover for counter-sniping, or make that tower destructible. Doesn't have to collapse, simply let us make holes so the snipers doesn't have uber-shield.

 

[razor2025]

I don't think I'd be leading games in kills repeatedly if I was.

BC2 has LOTS of random elements to it. Never mind the exploits or map/class imbalance. When I'm defending, the AI LOVES to spawn me next to the gunfire. Quite often, I'm spawned into middle of mortar strikes.

Even as attacker, I have to constantly watch for gunfire from back. There's always those sneaky sniper/engi that sneaks back to your old positions and shoot you from the back. You can't really counter them without wasting tons of effort.

Then there's always the idiot teammates....

 

[minmaster]

There's a really bad defib exploit. I got caught by the abuser. He can somehow defib me (who was on the other team) back alive and proceeded to shoot me as I'm getting up. Rinse and repeat. Probably point farming. DICE's work is getting sloppier and sloppier.

correct me if i'm wrong, but there is a revive invulnerability period put in exactly for situations where you might get kidnapped like that.

what's annoying is i've run into some morons who defib kill their own teammates and revive them for the whole round and they end up with the highest score at the end... something about scoring seems very unbalanced.

 

[Udgnim]

There's a really bad defib exploit. I got caught by the abuser. He can somehow defib me (who was on the other team) back alive and proceeded to shoot me as I'm getting up. Rinse and repeat. Probably point farming. DICE's work is getting sloppier and sloppier.

Also wanted to say that after the RPG/CG nerf, now the medics are back in full force. Today I had to fight off a squad of 4 medics in lighthouse. They simply camped there and revived each other. For first 2 times, I could kill 2-3 guys with my AK74 and CG blast, but it's always the last guy that can defib one guy and then 2 of those medics defib the rest of the team, all in 2 seconds (plus invulnerability) while I'm reloading. Defibilirator needs to be nerfed so that you HAVE to stay on the spot for at least 2-3 seconds while reviving your team mate.

Oh and that lighthouse? Why isn't it destructible? I know it's the lynchpin for offense and defense, but making it an impenetrable tower is really hampering the enjoyment of that section of the map. Especially for the defenders on Stage 3. Either move back the defender's spawn into the forest, to allow for some reasonable cover for counter-sniping, or make that tower destructible. Doesn't have to collapse, simply let us make holes so the snipers doesn't have uber-shield.

out of curiousity, did it happen while playing Hardcore or Normal?

 

[razor2025]

correct me if i'm wrong, but there is a revive invulnerability period put in exactly for situations where you might get kidnapped like that.

what's annoying is i've run into some morons who defib kill their own teammates and revive them for the whole round and they end up with the highest score at the end... something about scoring seems very unbalanced.

That period is pointless, when the guy's basically aiming at you 5 feet away with his medic LMG. He can even reload his gun while you're down, and then perform the exploit.

I mainly play HC mode, so I don't know if this is just as bad in regular mode. Video for it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBX2fUcAOf8

One of the commenter mentioned the same name that I was getting exploited under. I'm surprised DICE hasn't banned these idiots (pretty easy to tell via logs) or fix the damn glitch.

 

[minmaster]

its not a glitch. it's been around as long as revive has been around in BF. it's not even as bad as it is in 2142/BF2 since there's invulnerability period.

how would you like them to fix this? the are even considering removing invulnerability because of all the complaining.

btw, lighthouse with destruction 2.0 would be AWESOME lol.
imagine bringing it down and killing all the snipers in there with destruction 2.0.

 

[GullyFoyle]

twitter.com/OfficialBFBC2: "R8 Client and R12 Server is due early next week, see what you can expect here and discuss here"

The next release of the game client is currently in QA.

We will perform another synchronized client/server update. It is expected to take place early next week.

The client update will be roughly 500MB in size.

Changelog:

Server - Some potential sources for lag/rubberbanding have been eliminated
Server - The old reserved slots has been replaced by a kick-on-demand system like in BF2
Server - Log file for server admins: all remote admin interface commands/events are logged
Server - Log file for server admins: major server events + all chat messages are logged
Server - Idle kick is controllable
Server - Profanity filter can be disabled
Server - Teamkill-kick system is controllable
Server - Ticket counts and bleed rate are controllable per-level
Server - Infantry only mode available per-level
Server - Initial spawn delay and respawn delay are adjustable
Server - Server description can be up to 400 characters, and use "|" for line breaks
Server - Banlist can contain up to 10.000 entries
Server - reduced latency in packet handling

Admin Interface - fixed the player.onKill spam that occasionally happened
Admin Interface - ensured that player.onJoin events always report the player name
Admin Interface - events triggered when people spawn
Admin Interface - much more info on kills
Admin Interface - detailed stats are reported at end-of-round

Gameplay - Various minor level bugfixes
Gameplay - Helicopter handling has been tweaked
Gameplay - Weapon tweaks have been implemented based on PC public feedback
Gameplay - Fixed technical hang when a crate was armed outside of the combat area
Gameplay - "Victory is near" message was shown for the wrong team on Valpara&#237;so, this has been fixed
Gameplay - Countermeasures can be fired when driving a helicopter
Gameplay - The brightness of the pilot view in the Russian helicopter has been reduced
Gameplay - Advanced Spotting scope works better
Gameplay - Knifing people in the back works again (we backed out the change that we had done for Server R11)

Server Browser - Servers are sorted into 3 categories: Normal, Modified, Hardcore depending on their settings
Server Browser &#8211; Added support for retrieving update progress
Server Browser - Now refreshes information
Server Browser - Join queue system when attempting to join a full server
Server Browser - all settings are automatically saved between sessions
Server Browser - Pings are sent via an alternate mechanism, which should work for non-Administrator users as well

Client - Fixed DX9 issue, which likely caused graphics glitches and perhaps crashes
Client - Fixed some crashes
Client - Toggle/hold crouch is user controllable
Client - Toggle/hold zoom is user controllable
Client - Vsync bugfixed for DX10/DX11
Client - Rewritten how settings are written to disk; this should reduce/eliminate the spawn lag
Client - Fixed bug where a player could join a server before the stats has been downloaded causing faulty stats in "EOR- unlock progression"-screen
Client - New chat system allows chatting when dead (but not during end of round) and keeps a 100 lines log
Client - Improved Play Now functionality
Client - Removed K/D ratio and Skill Level filters in the leaderboards
Client - Any points you get while being dead will be added to your score
Client - Reduced negative mouse acceleration
Client - More informative disconnection/kick reasons

Manual, for server administrators: http://static.cdn.ea.com/dice/u/f/bfbc2/Static/BFBC2_PC_Server_R12_538163_Docs_ServerAdministrator.zip

Some of these are just "wow". Friggen awesome patch! I wonder what new bugs we'll get too?

 

[Jschmuck2]

Look! Promising new patch notes!

The next release of the game client is currently in QA.

We will perform another synchronized client/server update. It is expected to take place early next week.

The client update will be roughly 500MB in size.


Changelog:

Server - Some potential sources for lag/rubberbanding have been eliminated
Server - The old reserved slots has been replaced by a kick-on-demand system like in BF2
Server - Log file for server admins: all remote admin interface commands/events are logged
Server - Log file for server admins: major server events + all chat messages are logged
Server - Idle kick is controllable
Server - Profanity filter can be disabled
Server - Teamkill-kick system is controllable
Server - Ticket counts and bleed rate are controllable per-level
Server - Infantry only mode available per-level
Server - Initial spawn delay and respawn delay are adjustable
Server - Server description can be up to 400 characters, and use "|" for line breaks
Server - Banlist can contain up to 10.000 entries
Server - reduced latency in packet handling

Admin Interface - fixed the player.onKill spam that occasionally happened
Admin Interface - ensured that player.onJoin events always report the player name
Admin Interface - events triggered when people spawn
Admin Interface - much more info on kills
Admin Interface - detailed stats are reported at end-of-round

Gameplay - Various minor level bugfixes
Gameplay - Helicopter handling has been tweaked
Gameplay - Weapon tweaks have been implemented based on PC public feedback
Gameplay - Fixed technical hang when a crate was armed outside of the combat area
Gameplay - "Victory is near" message was shown for the wrong team on Valpara&#237;so, this has been fixed
Gameplay - Countermeasures can be fired when driving a helicopter
Gameplay - The brightness of the pilot view in the Russian helicopter has been reduced
Gameplay - Advanced Spotting scope works better
Gameplay - Knifing people in the back works again (we backed out the change that we had done for Server R11)

Server Browser - Servers are sorted into 3 categories: Normal, Modified, Hardcore depending on their settings
Server Browser &#8211; Added support for retrieving update progress
Server Browser - Now refreshes information
Server Browser - Join queue system when attempting to join a full server
Server Browser - all settings are automatically saved between sessions
Server Browser - Pings are sent via an alternate mechanism, which should work for non-Administrator users as well

Client - Fixed DX9 issue, which likely caused graphics glitches and perhaps crashes
Client - Fixed some crashes
Client - Toggle/hold crouch is user controllable
Client - Toggle/hold zoom is user controllable
Client - Vsync bugfixed for DX10/DX11
Client - Rewritten how settings are written to disk; this should reduce/eliminate the spawn lag
Client - Fixed bug where a player could join a server before the stats has been downloaded causing faulty stats in "EOR- unlock progression"-screen
Client - New chat system allows chatting when dead (but not during end of round) and keeps a 100 lines log
Client - Improved Play Now functionality
Client - Removed K/D ratio and Skill Level filters in the leaderboards
Client - Any points you get while being dead will be added to your score
Client - Reduced negative mouse acceleration
Client - More informative disconnection/kick reasons

http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/bc2-pc-service-update/1088496-client-r8-server-r12-qa.html

 

[GullyFoyle]

LOL, nice try JSchmuck2!
Thanks for the extra info!

 

[SunnyD]

I've noticed after taking a week or so off that I'm not competitive anymore. Not that I'm great at FPS's, but I was holding around/better than 1:1 k2d before. All of a sudden, I'm going 1:3 or worse, and getting killed by a lot more 1-shot/headshots than I was a couple weeks ago, while it's taking me a whole clip with guns like the AN-94 to take people down, at point-blank. Is there some kind of new hack going around, or do I just magically suck worse than before?

What's really pissing me off is that I'm getting killed by 1 or 2 shots from a PISTOL after unloading 20 rounds from a rifle into somebody. This is happening A LOT now.

 

[GullyFoyle]

What's really pissing me off is that I'm getting killed by 1 or 2 shots from a PISTOL after unloading 20 rounds from a rifle into somebody. This is happening A LOT now.

Take a look at the DenKirson charts for per bullet damage for the pistols. The MP-412 is 40 per bullet! The M1911 is > 33. If they are on target...it's magic!

 

[SunnyD]

Take a look at the DenKirson charts for per bullet damage for the pistols. The MP-412 is 40 per bullet! The M1911 is > 33. If they are on target...it's magic!

Still, half a clip from 6' away from an AR and they walk away from it? Really? It's not like I'm shooting at their toes or anything.

 

[HybridSquirrel]

Still, half a clip from 6' away from an AR and they walk away from it? Really? It's not like I'm shooting at their toes or anything.

imo you are probably having a suck fest....also, the an-94 is pretty shitty close range unless you bunnyhop and spam. sometimes games suck like this.

 

[Kev]

I've noticed after taking a week or so off that I'm not competitive anymore. Not that I'm great at FPS's, but I was holding around/better than 1:1 k2d before. All of a sudden, I'm going 1:3 or worse, and getting killed by a lot more 1-shot/headshots than I was a couple weeks ago, while it's taking me a whole clip with guns like the AN-94 to take people down, at point-blank. Is there some kind of new hack going around, or do I just magically suck worse than before?

What's really pissing me off is that I'm getting killed by 1 or 2 shots from a PISTOL after unloading 20 rounds from a rifle into somebody. This is happening A LOT now.

It could just be bad luck. I'll have games where I can do no wrong, everywhere I go people seem to run into my bullets. Other times, it's the complete opposite and I can't walk anywhere without getting killed.

 

[SunnyD]

imo you are probably having a suck fest....also, the an-94 is pretty shitty close range unless you bunnyhop and spam. sometimes games suck like this.

It's not just the an-94. And it's not just close range either.

 

[Bill Brasky]

Client - Toggle/hold crouch is user controllable
Client - Toggle/hold zoom is user controllable

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