Thanks to everyone on the Battlefield forums that have taken part in Battlefield 2 Beta 1. We have taken a lot of feedback and made more fixes to come up with Beta 2. Bjorn has made modifications to Operation Blue Pearl so be sure to give your feedback on the new layouts HERE.
Since Beta 1 this is what we have changed, updated and fixed:
* Consensus to revert to 0.3 second delay between jump and prone - Fixed * Mouse wheel acceleration on jeeps and APC’s - In Test * Mouse wheel acceleration on parachutes - In Test * Falcon controller prevents joystick controls being assigned to work especially on jets and helicopters. Falcon always acts as primary controller for pitch and roll. Resets to Falcon at the start of every round. - Fixed * The jets on Highway Tampa were replaced with attack choppers in 1.50 - Fixed, Highway Tampa is now as it was in 1.41 * The graphics for Highway Tampa are the same as Mashtuur City on create a local match in the menu and load screen. - Fixed * Picking up the kit of a player who disconnected causes crashes - In Test * Audio settings do not always save after clicking APPLY - Fixed * Registry Version remains at 1.4 after Update 1.5 is installed - Fixed * BF2OpenAL.dll was version 1.1.1.0 - Fixed - Updated to version 2.1.8.1 * ch_gas_station collision mesh on Dragon Valley was inconsistent with other gas station buildings - Fixed * MEC artillery piece on Operation Clean Sweep changes to the USMC's control when they capture the Airfield flag - Fixed * Challenger2 HUD icon was incorrect showing M1A2 HUD icon instead - Fixed * Road to Jalalabad has PLA FAV spawn in place of a MEC FAV - Fixed * Dragon Valley Chinese artillery used default respawn time instead of 360 seconds as other artillery uses - Fixed * Bizon (PP-19) had no delay time after weapon switch - Fixed (this now has a delay of 0.666) * F35B had a lock delay of 1.5 compared to 1 second lock delay of other aircraft - Fixed * Incorrect camo Humvee was being spawned in Taraba Quarry - Fixed * UH-60 (Black Hawk) guns had 0.25 splash damage setting, down from 3 making it difficult to hit infantry. - Fixed (this is now set to 1.5 to improve the UH-60's usefulness while not allowing it to dominate) * It was impossible to pass a claymore unless an engineer disarmed it first. - Fixed (players can now go prone to pass the claymore) * Allow BF2.exe to use more than 2Gb RAM on machines that support it - Fixed
You can also track what we are doing directly on the Battlefield forums HERE.
Battlefield 2 v1.50 Beta 2 is available from more mirror sites and ranked server providers. Of course if you don't want to find it from your local RSP you can download it from Fileplay.net - HERE.
The beta for testing the new 1.50 update for Battlefield 2 is now available for everyone who want to help out and test the new patch. It contains a new map, Operation Blue Pearl, along with a number of security updates.
The current list of changes can be seen below. A deeper explanation on design choices made for the new map have been posted here on Battlefield.com, and screenshots can be viewed here.
Download the Beta at Fileplay.net
============ Battlefield 2 Update v1.50 ============ FEATURES - Additional support for Windows Vista. - Added Highway Tampa as a required map. - Added a new map called Operation Blue Pearl. - Added support for Widescreen resolutions - 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. Please note that the J10 is a superior dogfighter to the F35B and as such these two aircraft will never be equally matched. - 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 - Increased the time to go prone after jumping from 0.3 seconds to 0.7 seconds - Fixed G36E HUD during sprinting to match other weapons.
SPECIAL THANKS - Special thanks to Blackbird at the TV2 community www.battle.no
[Battlefield 2] Sandbox 1.0 Released
The Sir. Community has finally released Sandbox 1.0 after two years of development containing a number of open and closed beta phases. BF2: Sandbox is a mod that lets you use the BF2 engine to build structures, set up racetracks, ramps, and much much more. This is all done from an easy Command Rose interface in-game.
So if you want to mod Battlefield 2 to do things you haven’t seen in game or any mod then you can find out more about Sandbox 1.0 and download it from The Sir. Community website at http://www.SirCommunity.com
So, the beta of update 1.50 is out. The point of having a beta is of course to get feedback from all you players out there. And as the level designer of Operation Blue Pearl I of course am interested in how the map plays. I don’t know if you read my earlier statements on the map design, but one of my main concerns was (as proven now) the crucial map start. It’s really hard to do a perfectly balanced beach landing that should almost, but never be, impossible to pull off. Especially without testing it a lot – and that’s what the beta is for… I knew I would get feedback on this and the earliest reports showed that some of you felt it was too hard.
So, to get the ball rolling on this and get passed negative, non-constructive comments, from the top of my head - here are my ideas on how to resolve the issue and what I see these changes will bring to the table. Please discuss them, come up with other ideas how to make the beach landing work:
- The temple flag belongs to US at beginning (We miss out on the beach landing part of the flag)
- Remove the first control at the temple (PLA would have to constantly “refill” the front to hold it, giving the US a really good chance at landing. On the other hand, if US don’t succeed in capping the flag at the Old town square they’re going to have to restart at the home base again)
- Start the temple flag as neutral (PLA would have to race and capture it and if they manage to it’s going to be tougher for the US to push them back. In this case the US will have one “window of opportunity” on taking the flag. This could result in an interesting experience and urgency for the US to cap it on the first try. On the other hand, it they don’t succeed where at where the map is right now.)
- Add some ships in the center of the canal close enough to allow for US snipers to take out Chinese soldiers at the temple and to provide cover for the ribs and APC:s moving across. Placement should allow for US but disallow for Chinese sniping. This could be used in combination with the first three ideas.
As I’ve explained in an earlier post, the Fog-of-war is an inheritance for the game still having to support the minimum rig way back from 2005. The map, being set where it is in a city, can’t allow for a greater view distance.
Etter en god del bigwars, intenst og vellykket samarbeid oss klaner imellom, K9-devils, TeamKillerHunters og Soldiers of Resurrection besluttet å gjøre samabeidet til noe konkret.
Vi vil slå oss sammen og dyrke bigwars som hovedgeskjeft framover.
Dette bunner ut i dagens BF2 community og vi vil prøve å gå en ny vei ifh til aktivitet og satsningsområder.
I bakkant av dette vil .:KTS] være på utkikk etter det beste av de beste når det gjelder HW-kompetente folk.
Det vil si at enhver kar med bein i nesen, godt humør og eksepsjonelle egenskaper i HW vil kunne søke hos oss, mens vi i utgangspunktet er ute etter å kunne sende ekslusive invites til folk som vi vet kan håndtere HW
Vi ser på oss selv, i den posisjonen vi står i nå, relativt lukrative, både med tanke på trivsel og det å kunne levere et skikkelig klantilbud og rikelig med aktiviteter med tanke på mange og intense kamper framover.
Vil vil med dette annonsere at det forhenværende klanene som vi har tilhørt tidligere opphører og .:KTS] er det som gjelder og skal sette dagsorden framover.
Nytt forum er under oppføring og adressen er: http://kts.kicks-ass.org
Kontaktpersoner er:
Klanleder: HK79
Styre: Los|Lucifer Terjeferje Jor-el Gamefingers Ultima Anticheat.no BearH.HisOne ksunmn norslayer
I morgen kan tidenes verste virus slå til med full kraft.
Den såkalte Conficker-ormen, også kjent som Downadup, har blitt omtalt som tidenes verste virus. Det er den første høyprofilstrusselen som vi har sett på mange år, og har infisert millioner av datamaskiner verden over.
Se hvordan du fjerner det i bunn av artikkelen!
Har fått store konsekvenser Konsekvensene har så langt vært blant annet at politiets datasystemer i hele Norge lå nede i flere dager, og i Frankrike måtte de sette jagerfly på bakken grunnet spredningen.
Eksperter fra sikkerhetsselskapet Symantec forteller til Nettavisen at dette kan skje fordi forsvarsorganisasjoner er notorisk redde for å overføre filer ved hjelp av internett. Derfor blir ofte minnepinner benyttet til å flytte viktige filer til viktige datamaskiner. Problemet er bare at Conficker ikke bare sprer seg ved hjelp av internett, det infiserer også minnepinner. Når så en infisert minnepinne blir plugget i en ny datamaskin, vil denne automatisk også bli infisert.
Aggressiv liten rakker Ormen er ekstremt aggressiv, og er blant annet i stand til å sette antivirusprogrammer på datamaskinen din ut av spill, samtidig som automatiske oppdateringsfunksjoner blir deaktivert.
Så langt har derimot ikke Conficker gjort spesielt mye ut av seg. Den har spredd seg usedvanlig raskt, men har ikke gjort utpreget mye skade på datamaskinene som er infisert. Den har stort sett bare sørget for at den har kontakt med bakmennene, og fra i morgen kan det være fra én av 50.000 nye nettsteder som opprettes hver eneste dag.
Blir oppdatert Men i morgen, 1. april, vil dette endre seg. Den mest aggressive av de tre Conficker-ormene, den såkalte Conficker.C-varianten, vil i morgen få nye instruksjoner om hva den skal gjøre. Nøyaktig hva den skal gjøre, og når den skal gjøre det, aner sikkerhetsekspertene derimot ingenting om.
Det spekuleres vilt og hemningsløst om den skal utnytte aprilspøkdatoen til å gjennomføre et gigantisk angrep mot selve infrastrukturen på internett, eller at den vil sette i gang massiv informasjonsstjeling fra infiserte datamaskiner.
Det eneste man vet med sikkerhet, er at i morgen vil en av tidenes største samling med infiserte datamaskiner bli fortalt at det skal gjøre «noe».
Tror på forsinket reaksjon Sikkerhetsselskapet F-secure mener det er lite sannsynlig at vi kommer til å se de store angrepene i morgen. Årsakene er mange, men selskapet ser ut til å mene at oppdateringen ikke nødvendigvis vil lastes ned i morgen, men at ormen vil forsøke å oppdatere seg fra og med i morgen.
- Det er ingen grunn til at de ikke laste ned oppdateringen på, la oss 5. april i stedet for 1. april, skriver selskapet i sin blogg.
De understreker likevel viktigheten av å være sikker på at datamaskinen din ikke er infisert før 1. april inntreffer.
Slik fjerner du programmet For å være sikker på at din datamaskin ikke er infisert kan det være lurt å laste ned og kjøre et eget verktøy som spesifikt leter etter og fjerne denne ormen. Årsaken er selvsagt at hvis ormen først har infisert maskinen din, så kan den ha deaktivert alle sikkerhetsprogrammer du måtte ha installert.
F-Secures variant for å fjerne Conficker kan du laste ned her. McAfee har også en variant, det samme har Symantec. Last også ned denne Fix`en fra Trend Micro.
Why? Reading the feedback you guys give us in the gaming forums, it’s been clear to us that the game was lacking in a tight infantry map with the PLA army involved. So we set out to create a map with that in mind and this is the result of that. That map, which we have called Operation Blue Pearl, will appear in the upcoming Battlefield 2 Update 1.50 and Battlefield 2142 Update 1.51.
Limitations As some of you probably know, BF2 has been around for a while and many of the current players have rigs that can run the game at high settings. But to us, creating official content, we still have to keep the low specs of the game in mind designing a map.
That’s where the “fog of war” comes in. When we make maps here at DICE we are constantly using programs that check draw-calls on our maps so that, wherever you position yourself on the map, the draw-calls never exceed the maximum limit. (A draw-call is when the game engine must call a texture image into the graphic card’s memory for it to be rendered on screen. The more draw-calls the game must make, the more it impacts computer performance so limiting these is one of the cornerstones of game production.)
In order to make a tight city-feel map you need a certain object density. The only way to get that is to use fog to “cull” distant objects.
This also prohibits us from using air vehicles on this kind of map. On ground level, your view is often blocked by buildings and other objects, keeping the draw-calls in check. If you would use an air vehicle you would get a free 180’ view of the city which would make the draw-calls exceed the maximum number.
The setting Even though this new map reuse all content from the original game we’ve tried to come up with something that we hope will feel fresh for you. As already mentioned the map gives you an infantry, city setting with the PLA army, which hasn’t been present in the game before.
We’ve also dug deep in the vaults of what we’ve got here at DICE and tried to bring up some of the objects that weren’t used as frequently in the original release, spotlighting these to hopefully give you a new experience.
We here at DICE also felt that BF2 lacked a map with a beach landing scenario – like “Omaha Beach” in BF 1942. That’s why we’ve made this map into a beach landing and hopefully you guys will enjoy that experience.
Feedback from beta testing As we roll this map out in open beta we are very interested to know what you players out there think about it. Can we make changes that would make the map better and of course, find any bugs left in the map. If you’re interested in making this map a better experience for all, please give us feedback.
Going into a feedback session there are a few things that have to be kept in mind. The main thing is to understand what experience this map wants to convey – a grinding, hard push of infantry fighting through an urban setting. I.e. – that map should be fun to play as infantry. That’s its main focus. The vehicles in there should add a flavour to the map, but not ruin the infantry experience.
With that said, our main questions are:
Does the beach landing work? For the landing to work it’s absolutely crucial that the US troops don’t get owned by PLA AT:s. We know this is a risk and that’s one of the main feedback points we need to get from you guys – is the beach landing successful. Keep in mind it should be hard, but not impossible and boring.
Is it too easy to back-cap the Chinese home base? With an assault map, the experience we’re looking for is a gradual grind that slowly moves the battle to the back of the map. We’ve left a sneak hole to get past the front in case the front flag is to heavily defended, but this shouldn’t be a too easy way.
Bugs These annoyances always seem to sneak through. There will be areas where you can get stuck, get into objects and so on. Please, feedback on these too.
Mod DB has announced the winners of their 7th Annual Mod of the Year Awards with BF2 mod. After taking 2nd place in 2006 and 2007 the Project Reality team finally got the glory they deserve and took both Best Multiplayer Mod and Mod of the Year.
The mod looks to bring a more realistic combat environment to Battlefield 2 with the team overhauling the game with new visual effects, control and physics tweaks and adding new factions. Congratulations go out to the Project Reality team from DICE.
Da har vi klart å få istand et fantastiskt prestisje oppgjør mot vårt elskede Battle.no-community. 32 vs 32 på Road to Jalalabad og Operation Clean Sweep , med regler som vanlig. Vi fra K9 , TKH og SoR kan kun spille for .:KTS]
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Battle.no har utlyst kampen!
BATTLE|WAR: Det store prestisjeoppgjøret Klantrioen .:KTS] utfordrer Battle.no til dyst! By PanzeR 2009-03-12 17:30:00 (Edited: 2009-03-12 18:28:59) Battle|war# 5
Battle.no vs .:KTS> (.:KTS> = Joint forces between K9 Devils, TeamKillerHunters and Soldiers of Resurrection.)
Server: Battle|tour #1 Battlerecorder: http://demos.battle.no/battletour1 Date: 22th of March Time: 20:00 (8 PM) .:KTS> Map Road to Jalalabad Battle.no Map: Operation Clean Sweep Rounds: 4 (2 on each map) Tickets: 400 Timelimit: 20 min Commander: On Unlocks: Off Explosives: On Baserape: NO baserape
To nye «Battlefield»-spill avduket
Det nært forestående «Battlefield: Heroes» er på ingen måte det eneste gjensynet fansen får med den populære skytespillserien i år. VELKJENT: Det var her det hele startet med «Battlefield 1942». Og slik ser Wake Island ut i «Battlefield 1943». Foto: DICE/EA Battlefield : 1943 Info
Skytespilltilhengere har gledet seg lenge til gratisspillet «Battlefield: Heroes» nå. Etter å ha vært utsatt siden i fjor sommer, ser det nå ut til at spillet vil bli lansert før utgangen av mars. Men svenskene i DICE og utgiver Electronic Arts har flere nyheter på lager for «Battlefield»-fansen. I dag offentliggjorde de hele to nye spill i den populære serien. En av fjorårets storselgere, «Battlefield: Bad Company» får ikke overraskende en oppfølger i år. Ifølge en pressemelding vil spillet fokusere enda mer på bruken av diverse kjøretøy enn sist.
KALD FORTSETTELSE: Snødekte fjell er blant nyhetene i «Battlefield: Bad Company 2». Foto: DICE/EA
Kampmarkene vil denne gangen befinne seg både i snødekte fjell, tett jungel og støvforblåste småbyer, og spillet kommer til både PC, PS3 og Xbox 360.
Til sommeren vender dessuten serien tilbake til der det hele startet - andre verdenskrig. «Battlefield 1943» er derimot et relativt stort skritt bort fra det originale fokuset.
Her snakker vi om et multiplayerspill for både PC, PS3 og Xbox 360, og spillet vil kun være tilgjengelig for nedlasting på henholdsvis Playstation Store og Xbox Live Marketplace på de to sistnenvte.
Inntil 24 spillere vil kunne spille med og mot hverandre på til sammen tre forskjellige brett, Wake Island, Guadalcanal og Iwo Jima - velkjente slagmarker for «Battlefield»-spillere, alle tre.
Nyheten om to ferske «Battlefield»-spill er unektelig et smart trekk av Electronic Arts, etter gårsdagens kunngjøringer om at utgivelsen av sluggerne «The Sims 3», «Gudfaren 2» og «Dragon Age» nå er utsatt.
