BF2 Patch 1.5 beta is knocking at the door...

[ReaperMAC]

why do you care??

Cause I like to see those types of BF2 players cry.

[SocketMan]

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Originally Posted by Bazajaytee
OK first I wasnt paid to say this by Novint or anything but I do like their environmental feedback. When grenades go off you know where in relation to you it landed so the idea is to run the other way as quick as possible.

It gets a bit uncomfortable with the default grip and doesnt feel designed for FPS games but the pistol grip is pretty comfy.

Also regarding the settings, both Novint and ourselves are looking into a fix for it in time for the next Beta phase.
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[Vege]

The vBF2 kits are kinda more lethal, as the better deviation recovery, etc means you can actually hit what your crosshairs are locked on without having to stand around waiting for your target to turn around and get a lucky shot on you;

Weapons are more accurate but make far less damage per bullet thus to me they seem to be less leathal.
When you spray someone to to the chest from 1M with an smg and they don't drop, it's just silly.

Which I think comes down to your last point. Older players = slower players, so behind all the "oh, it's more TACTICAL and REALISTIC that something you've got zeroed in your sights gets missed unless you stand still for ages!" posturing, it's basically "we don't like getting owned by people with skills while we're busy trying to play chess."

True but my point was little different overall. Skill is arguable thing. I like games where how you position wins over how you aim in a degree. I like to shoot enemys in the back but in some games that just don't give you a guaranteed kill. At the ages of 18 the brain is still evolving even thou reflects work

"Asset whoring" - I get into choppers / planes pretty much whenever I feel like in in vBF2. I have never managed to get into one in PR because someone's already locked it up in a squad with his clanmate, etc.

I ment asset whoring more about the fact that in most of the popular maps the bases are capturable (in any order) and they spawn more tanks/planes for you and even less for the enemy. So usully it comes down to rape.
Named squads are imho stupid and should not prevent you from using an asset if you do it correctly.

Community - join / make a vBF2 clan. Can use VOIP / Mumble to your hearts content, only have adults in it and kick kiddies from the server; check out the vBF2 gameplanet forums and see where the regs play, bound to run into several of them most nights. Make a squad with VOIP in the title and boot people who don't follow you. When I went back to vBF2 after playing PR, that's what I did, and I found tons of people flocked to a squad marked "Eng VOIP".

True

[SocketMan]

BF2 assault mod has better accuracy then any other BF2/mod/expansion - including vBF2 imo.
The lethality is at the same high level: with 2 bullets to the body, or 1 to the head needed to take out the target.
The guns use tracer rounds - maybe that's why accuracy is very high?.
There was a discussion whether or not pr should use tracer or the regular rounds.

[cyberzomby]

That is the reason. In one topic where one guy was trying to implement realistic bullet drop it was either: tracers or realistic bullet drop. Because the tracers were unaffected.

[Mora]

I think they should unlock the "Ultra High" settings again. I don't really see a point in locking it in the first place but yeah...

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The BF2 Beta 2 is now out :

EA - ::Battlefield Franchise::

Since Beta 1 this is what has been 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

If you want to install it, and continue to play PR, then make sure you read this thread :

https://www.realitymod.com/forum/f10-pr-general-discussion/57765-battlefield-2-1-5-patch-pr-v0-85-read-me.html

[Rhino]

Allow BF2.exe to use more than 2Gb RAM on machines that support it - Fixed

YAY!

[Nitneuc]

The mouse wheel acceleration feature seems pretty cool for the APCs. It will make the gunner job easier aswell as the possibility to advance at the same speed as the infantry.

[Rhino]

The mouse wheel acceleration feature seems pretty cool for the APCs. It will make the gunner job easier aswell as the possibility to advance at the same speed as the infantry.

ye, will need to see what exactly it is, sounds very interesting indeed.

[CyrusPI]

The mouse wheel acceleration feature seems pretty cool for the APCs. It will make the gunner job easier aswell as the possibility to advance at the same speed as the infantry.

I think what they're talking about is a glitch with the mouse wheel that allows an APC/car/tank to accelerate to faster than allowed speeds. That's why parachute mouse wheel acceleration is also under investigation.

People could make their movements in the parachute doubly fast and soar to anywhere. Granted, you stick out like a sore thumb and are easily killed in a parachute most times.

However, an APC full of a squad could speed from flag to flag at an astronomical rate, and that could be troublesome. Glad they're looking into it. Btw, it's a bug they're working on, not exactly a new feature for vehicles.

Allowing more than 2gb of RAM is sweet. I wonder if it's related to that memory fix Travis posted in the Tech section.

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Allowing more than 2gb of RAM is sweet. I wonder if it's related to that memory fix Travis posted in the Tech section.

It does the same thing as Travis's fix.

Any possibilities for new ear candy? Or are we using some newer system already...

I doubt it will add more features, but it might fix some sound bugs, especially with vista.

[Rudd]

The mouse wheel acceleration feature seems pretty cool for the APCs. It will make the gunner job easier aswell as the possibility to advance at the same speed as the infantry.

I suggested this for PR ages ago

Thank god I can stop using my joystick...(it worked, but I couldn't look around while moving.)

[cyberzomby]

It does the same thing as Travis's fix.



I doubt it will add more features, but it might fix some sound bugs, especially with vista.

Nice one! So with the update we dont need to fumble with travis's fix anymore?

Acceleration by scroll-wheel hmm? Sounds good for patrolling in urban settings! Looks like DICE IS listening to the players! Especially with the 2 gigs and up restriction!

[$kelet0r]

Wait. They are after changing a load of things in Beta2 that were effectively started by polls in their official forum (2gb memory, accelerating, the jump-prone delay). This could be the only chance to get some of the important things that affect PR unlocked/un-hardcoded - more than 64 players, more than 6 players per squad, weapon sway...

[space]

Wait. They are after changing a load of things in Beta2 that were effectively started by polls in their official forum (2gb memory, accelerating, the jump-prone delay). This could be the only chance to get some of the important things that affect PR unlocked/un-hardcoded - more than 64 players, more than 6 players per squad, weapon sway...

Its been tried - the producer still gives the same answers :/
He has also just confirmed that Widescreen support will be in the final version - I doubt they'll risk adding that without beta testing, so I think there will be a beta3 before final release. ( apparently they're aiming for a final relase around the end of May )