Battlefield 2 Is Out, And I Have It.

Mr_JeburtO

i know my specs are good cause i could play the demo on its highest settings with no lag.

As for drivers, i'll have a look even though i just dl'd the new catalyst drivers. And it does work in single player fine, its just in multiplayer it crashes

CommunistWithAGun

If youre getting crappy FPS turn on software sound, doubled my FPS.

TheMuffinMan

<!--QuoteBegin-Quaunaut+Jul 3 2005, 10:32 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Quaunaut @ Jul 3 2005, 10:32 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Quite frankly, if it EVER crashes to desktop for you, you either have bad drivers installed(DONT USE THE ONES THEY HAVE PACKAGED ON THE CD/DVD. EVIL.), or your PC's specs aren't up to snuff. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Quite frankly, you are speaking out of your arse. My PC specs are definitely up to standard (I can play it fine on medium/high settings on 1024res with AA on) and i have tried a massive variety of drivers. Hell, i've even switched video cards around.

Still, my BF2 occasionally crashes or freezes. The game is ridden with bugs, just like most other games at their release. A lot of them will be fixed in the next few patches, and BF2 is definitely playable in its current state, but don't think that it is perfect in any way, shape or form.

Necro

after testing using medium is better than high as there is no visible benefit and mad fps

Quaunaut

<!--QuoteBegin-TheMuffinMan+Jul 3 2005, 09:33 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TheMuffinMan @ Jul 3 2005, 09:33 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Quaunaut+Jul 3 2005, 10:32 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Quaunaut @ Jul 3 2005, 10:32 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Quite frankly, if it EVER crashes to desktop for you, you either have bad drivers installed(DONT USE THE ONES THEY HAVE PACKAGED ON THE CD/DVD. EVIL.), or your PC's specs aren't up to snuff. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Quite frankly, you are speaking out of your arse. My PC specs are definitely up to standard (I can play it fine on medium/high settings on 1024res with AA on) and i have tried a massive variety of drivers. Hell, i've even switched video cards around.

Still, my BF2 occasionally crashes or freezes. The game is ridden with bugs, just like most other games at their release. A lot of them will be fixed in the next few patches, and BF2 is definitely playable in its current state, but don't think that it is perfect in any way, shape or form. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I mean the blackscreen then crash to desktop. Not just random BAM crash.

BulletHead

I just don't like the hangs on the server location screen... IBIL

Also- how do you get points toward the next rank? Is it based on score alone?

Supernorn

I personally love the random "Crashing for no flipping reason and then the server being full" bug!

my favourite is the "Friendlies showing up as enemies" bug though.

Stewie

The only times when my game crashes is when I win as a commander

Did get Lance Corporal and my medic unlock

Brackhar

So I picked up BF2 and it's quite a lot of fun. I'm using the default config until they release the patch, so unfortunatly I'm not doing too well at the moment.

My main complaint with the game though is that there is not much communication. Have any of you found a nice server to play on? Only once have I found a server where a squad was more than just an additional spawn point.

-Brackhar

BulletHead

I love the "Voice Comms short circut when you switch squads" bug... I need to exit the game and reconnect COMPLETELY to restore my microphone functionality- it's a bug in, of all things, *GASP* the options menu. It sets and LOCKS my microphone transmit volume to 0 and the required sound level to max ... thus muting me internally <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

the_x5

Pff. That's nothing I've had it for six days already.














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Ok I got tired of waiting for somebody to go "WHAT!" so to dispell any confusion: yes I'm joking. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Supernorn

<!--QuoteBegin-Brackhar+Jul 3 2005, 11:21 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Brackhar @ Jul 3 2005, 11:21 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> My main complaint with the game though is that there is not much communication. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Get some buddies with microphones and a Teamspeak server.

#nsbf2 Gamesurge on IRC too.

edit: I also recently unlocked the G3 and I've got to say its both incredibly accurate at long distances and does a lot of damage. Sorry Quaunaut, but you're wrong man.

DiscoZombie

I can't believe I'm not even halfway to my second unlock -_-

I wonder what the fastest non-cheating way to rack up the points is... 16, 32, or 64 player game, pure kills, or capture and support, etc...

my highest scoring games tend to be when I hold onto the tank for an entire mission... the kills just roll in, and I'm good at keeping the enemy at bay so my side wins too...


anyone know how exactly commander points are scored? when I comm I can never tell where my points are coming from, and sometimes I even get gold as comm...

DragonMech

<!--QuoteBegin-DiscoZombie+Jul 3 2005, 07:20 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DiscoZombie @ Jul 3 2005, 07:20 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I can't believe I'm not even halfway to my second unlock -_-

I wonder what the fastest non-cheating way to rack up the points is... 16, 32, or 64 player game, pure kills, or capture and support, etc... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
In my experience being a medic in a tight squad is the best. Just stick together and keep your med bag/shock paddles out. ^_^

BadKarma

I got the PKM. It's a horrid monster.

DiscoZombie

<!--QuoteBegin-BadKarma+Jul 3 2005, 09:11 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BadKarma @ Jul 3 2005, 09:11 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I got the PKM. It's a horrid monster. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
in a bad way or a good way?

accuracy goes up a lot if you're prone because of the bipod...

I'm not a big fan of machineguns, personally. I only get a satisfying number of kills with them when I manage to sneak up on a whole squad or something - then they're all dead before they even know you're there...

BadKarma

In an awesome way.

DiscoZombie

nevermind then ;P

Gwahir

I've only played the demo, but I have trouble hitting single targets as the support class... even when prone.

Faskalia

I have a gold star ^^

Btw did you also notice, that the class awards have actually nothing to day with the class you are playing. I got my spec obs award for camping an enemy spawn with an apc <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Stewie

<!--QuoteBegin-Faskalia+Jul 4 2005, 08:28 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Faskalia @ Jul 4 2005, 08:28 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I have a gold star ^^

Btw did you also notice, that the class awards have actually nothing to day with the class you are playing. I got my spec obs award for camping an enemy spawn with an apc <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
True, I got my Engineer badge with Artillery kills <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Anyone got tips on Commandeering since I can't get my tardlets to get away from my artillerystrikes

Snidely

If they don't see the large symbol on the minimap, they deserve to die. As long as you don't place a strike on top of your men, don't worry about it.

DiscoZombie

just scan and/or UAVing first and only use arty in a place with red blips and no blue/green blips :> arty is actually pretty localized, so once you get the hang of it, you shouldn't get any TKs unless you have an idiot or 2 on your team deliberately run into it...

Metalcat

i just found out that the commander can do a full zoom <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

omg its looks leet

DiscoZombie

<!--QuoteBegin-Metalcat+Jul 4 2005, 09:56 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Metalcat @ Jul 4 2005, 09:56 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> i just found out that the commander can do a full zoom <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

omg its looks leet <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
yeah it makes it like comming in NS :> you can use the full zoom to spot enemies for your team without using scan/UAV, zoom in, right click on enemies, and do a 'spotted'

Stewie

I got lucky, 20 Artillery kills in 1 game and no TK's <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Except now only 6 people in a squad so there wasn't much ordering around

But I still can't get the following badges:

Basic Commanding
Basic Armor
Basic Aviator

Anyone know how to get them ?

edit: I got Basic Transport for driving around in a LAV-25 for 10 minutes, killing some people and picking 2 people up and dropping them off at another flag

TheMuffinMan

<!--QuoteBegin-Supernorn+Jul 3 2005, 07:05 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Supernorn @ Jul 3 2005, 07:05 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> edit: I also recently unlocked the G3 and I've got to say its both incredibly accurate at long distances and does a lot of damage. Sorry Quaunaut, but you're wrong man. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yes, you are really, really right.

The loss of the grenade launcher is a bit of a bummer, but the hand grenades nearly make up for it (It was never common for me to take down light vehicles with the nade launcher anyway).

The full auto is also fairly accurate, and it shreads pretty much everything in close combat thanks to its insane power. It is a great sniping weapon, and you can out-snipe snipers if you play it smart. My only gripe is the iron sight, which is impractical when aiming at far away targets.

The BF2 clan community may say that the G3 sucks, but it most certainly does not.

Scribbles

I just wish it weren't such a total b**** to actually get into a server.

Faskalia

<!--QuoteBegin-Stewie+Jul 4 2005, 05:41 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Stewie @ Jul 4 2005, 05:41 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I got lucky, 20 Artillery kills in 1 game and no TK's <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Except now only 6 people in a squad so there wasn't much ordering around

But I still can't get the following badges:

Basic Commanding
Basic Armor
Basic Aviator
Basic Transport

Anyone know how to get them ? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I got the basic armor and commanding.

Just drive around in a tank, alot and spawncamp...
For the basic commanding: I got it the second time i commanded, by using scan/uvac etc everytime they were available and by announcing every single spotted enemy to my team.

Quaunaut

<!--QuoteBegin-Faskalia+Jul 4 2005, 12:28 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Faskalia @ Jul 4 2005, 12:28 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I have a gold star ^^

Btw did you also notice, that the class awards have actually nothing to day with the class you are playing. I got my spec obs award for camping an enemy spawn with an apc <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
2 Gold stars, 4 Silver...