[BF] Battlefield 2 patch 1.5 coming Tuesday September 1st!

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Homey[GER]

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27.08.2009, 14:19

Battlefield 2 patch 1.5 coming Tuesday September 1st!

Finally ... 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.

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.

Server providers around the world will have access to the client file so find your closest host for best download speeds. To install Battlefield 2 Update v1.50 you must have Battlefield 2 updated to version 1.41 or Battlefield 2 Complete Collection from EA Store installed. Thank you to all of the EAUK Forums (http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/battlefield-2/) members who have given feedback and requests during the development of this update.

The full change log for Update 1.50 is as follows:

Features:

Additional support for Windows Vista
Added Highway Tampa as a required map
Added a new map called Operation Blue Pearl
Added Euro Force and Armored Fury as free to play content for all Battlefield 2 players
Added Widescreen support
Allowed BF2.exe to use more than 2Gb RAM
Added support for the Novint Falcon controller (http://www.novint.com)

Gameplay Tweaks:

Changes made to both the J10 and F35B to make them more balanced
AA targeting tweaked to make it more effective
Added checks to prevent "runway grieving"
Various changes made to prevent cheating
Tweaked the hit detection, hits will be more accurate to the model
Fixed Occasional connection drops after being on a server a couple of minutes
Prevented use of mouse wheel to provide speed boost to vehicles
Prevented use of mouse wheel to exploit parachutes
Players can now pass claymores by going prone
Update the HUD on TV Guided missiles to increase visibility on maps like Dragon Valley
Added Battlefield 2142 style prone deviation (going prone will now cause reduced accuracy for a brief period)

Bug Fixes:

Fixed the issue where picking up a players kit would cause CTD
Updated BF2OpenAL.dll from version 1.1.1.0 to version 2.1.8.1
Updated ch_gas_station collision mesh on Dragon Valley to be consistent with other gas station buildings
Fixed the issue where MEC artillery piece on Operation Clean Sweep changes to the USMC's control when they capture the Airfield flag
Updated the Challenger2 HUD to show the correct icon instead of the M1A2 HUD icon
Changed a PLA FAV to MEC FAV on Road to Jalalabad
Tweaked the artillery respawn time on Dragon Valley for to 360 seconds as other artillery uses
Included a delay after weapon switch for the Bizon (PP-19) to 0.666
Updated the F35B's lock delay to 1 second instead of 1.5 seconds to match other aircraft
Changed the Humvee camo on Taraba Quarry to be the correct design
Increased the splash damage of the UH-60 (Black Hawk) guns from 0.25 to 1.5
Updated the G36E HUD to react the same as other weapons during sprint

Dust off your BF2 discs and stay tuned for the patch release on Tuesday!

So what do you think about this news? Was it worth it waiting?

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algoman

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27.08.2009, 15:51

Patch

Nice one

Great that dice still have the time to work on BF2.
Including new maps so a don't think there be a increment patch.
Many thanks

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27.08.2009, 16:15

Great news, been a long time coming, hope its worth the wait !

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27.08.2009, 16:27

What the hell free play with AF and EF .... damn i just have buy the Complet version of BF2 and also was in chat with the helpdesk because that Complete Version is NOT working ...

And now they give it away for free !!!!

Damn there goes my money ... :hehe:

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Rayline=TWB=

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27.08.2009, 16:46

Bound to happen sooner or later....

Dancing your souls away.......

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27.08.2009, 16:56

Quoted from "InterceptorWYD"

What the hell free play with AF and EF .... damn i just have buy the Complet version of BF2 and also was in chat with the helpdesk because that Complete Version is NOT working ...

And now they give it away for free !!!!

Damn there goes my money ...

look at it this way , at least:
you wont have instalation problems
you have more people to play with
there will be way more servers who run those maps

overall you will have a much better experience even if you wasted a few extra $'s

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27.08.2009, 17:19

agree with siiix

sounds great, but will party when its on my pc and working ;-)
We been waiting quite a while now and the maps they´ve added was mandatory for the whole BF2 community, tbh.
:w00t:

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AndreasTischler

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27.08.2009, 17:20

yeah so cool

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kraicero92

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27.08.2009, 17:31

Finally they fixed bugs !
It realy drives me crazy .. :crazy:

Hope thats worth our waiting.

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27.08.2009, 17:34

Quoted from "siiix"

Quoted from "InterceptorWYD"

What the hell free play with AF and EF .... damn i just have buy the Complet version of BF2 and also was in chat with the helpdesk because that Complete Version is NOT working ...

And now they give it away for free !!!!

Damn there goes my money ...

look at it this way , at least:
you wont have instalation problems
you have more people to play with
there will be way more servers who run those maps

overall you will have a much better experience even if you wasted a few extra $'s

Too true dude.
I'm just glad they've, "Tweaked the hit detection, hits will be more accurate to the model"

no more knifing fools, hearing them get stuck by the blade, seeing the hit dust from there player.... and them not dying!!
that makes me shout at my monitor telling it to, "fux off!" and "that's pish! git tae fux!!!" :tongue2:

hopefully no more :w00t:

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27.08.2009, 18:12

Very good news, cant wait for it tbh! Been playing AiX for ages now..

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27.08.2009, 18:26

Great, about time. Hope they also fixed the VOIP for Vista users'.

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27.08.2009, 18:54

I've played thousands of hours of BF2 on line and to fix the bugs and stop the cheating is great but changing the vehicles, helicopters, AA and response times and damage level is complete disaster. The game play was a perfect balance before, so much better and so much more fun compared to Battlefield Bad Company and now the most dominant forces in the sky will be even more dominant? The jets and helicopters rule the whole game as it is, if anything they should be less powerful and have less visibility. These changes will cause all players on the ground to be destroyed even easier than before which will slowly be the end of BF2, way to go EA

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27.08.2009, 19:28

Finaly bf2 will use more than 2 gb ram :w00t:

having 6 gb and it only using 2 blows :cry:

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27.08.2009, 19:32

"These changes will cause all players on the ground to be destroyed even easier than before which will slowly be the end of BF2, way to go EA "

I agree their should have given the ground troops the upper hand too meny chopper/aircraft whores in game already spoil it for the rest.

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27.08.2009, 19:39

Quoted from "TheGreatGazzoooo"

I've played thousands of hours of BF2 on line and to fix the bugs and stop the cheating is great but changing the vehicles, helicopters, AA and response times and damage level is complete disaster. The game play was a perfect balance before, so much better and so much more fun compared to Battlefield Bad Company and now the most dominant forces in the sky will be even more dominant? The jets and helicopters rule the whole game as it is, if anything they should be less powerful and have less visibility. These changes will cause all players on the ground to be destroyed even easier than before which will slowly be the end of BF2, way to go EA

HOLY SHIT DUDE coz of u they messed it up in the first time with 1.4, :cry:

whine whine whine aircrafts are too powers "cry"cry" :cry:

. Isnt an airplane suppose to be more powerfull .. coz it "FLIES"

you should quit playing bf2 coz I saw your stats and it seems u only play ONE map. Not surprised you whine and cry all the time.

I Clap to Dice for FINALY doing something about the constant crashes . maybe they wont be as constant now. And wow Dice good job on the maps.

Ps: excuse my spelling.

And about time you made the blackhawk gunz do more damage than a pistol. :blush:

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27.08.2009, 21:52

wow 3 years to get from 1.41 to 1.5 .... and giving away the booster pack ... glad I only bought AF

Guess I need to start training, gotta get used to going off 2-3 hours of sleep a day because I spent all night playing BF2 again ............... watching J-10 vs F-35's go at it my be entertaining to watch finally.

EDIT: wow I *really* need to change my signature

(*)(*) mauirixxx - how do I play BF2 again?

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27.08.2009, 22:02

Finally!

I've been playing the 1.5 betas for sometime now. Glad to see the final release! As a ground-pounder I really hate aircraft at times, however, I'm glad to see AA get tweaked, the J-10 & F-35 balanced AND the miniguns on the Blackhawk actually worth using!

I'm sure some will whine about Blue Pearl when they are on the U.S. side, but it's really no more differcult than Clean Sweep and Jalalabad. Operate as a team and it becomes really easy. Try to lone-wolf it and get nowhere.

DICE has done a good job with 1.5!

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27.08.2009, 22:05

I'm very happy this is coming out. I've waited for it for so long. Hopefully it will renew some interest in the game for me so I can finish up and get my 3rd star.

Ill be interested to see how the TV missile view is changed. That and Wake Island balance issues. Hopefully it will make my ownage even easier.