If anyone cares, the 1.5 patch is finally at large and will be available very soon (Tuesday 1st September at 5pm UK). On top of that, there is quite a bonus with this one

 

 

Battlefield 2 Update v1.50 is almost here

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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. Stay tuned for release announcement in the near future!

 

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.

 

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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:

 

<table width="98%" border="1"><tbody><tr><th>Features</th> <th>Gameplay Tweaks</th> <th>Bug Fixes</th> </tr> <tr> <td>- Additional support for Windows Vista.</td> <td>- Changes made to both the J10 and F35B to make them more balanced.</td> <td>- Fixed the issue where picking up a players kit would cause CTD</td> </tr> <tr> <td>- Added Highway Tampa as a required map.</td> <td>- AA targeting tweaked to make it more effective.</td> <td>- Updated BF2OpenAL.dll from version 1.1.1.0 to version 2.1.8.1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>- Added a new map called Operation Blue Pearl.</td> <td>- Added checks to prevent "runway grieving".</td> <td>- Updated ch_gas_station collision mesh on Dragon Valley to be consistent with other gas station buildings</td> </tr> <tr> <td>- Added Euro Force and Armored Fury as free to play content for all Battlefield 2 players.</td> <td>- Various changes made to prevent cheating.</td> <td>- Fixed the issue where MEC artillery piece on Operation Clean Sweep changes to the USMC's control when they capture the Airfield flag </td> </tr> <tr> <td>- Added Widescreen support</td> <td>- Tweaked the hit detection, hits will be more accurate to the model.</td> <td>- Updated the Challenger2 HUD to show the correct icon instead of the M1A2 HUD icon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>- Allowed BF2.exe to use more than 2Gb RAM</td> <td>- Occasional connection drops after being on a server a couple of minutes - Fixed</td> <td>- Changed a PLA FAV to MEC FAV on Road to Jalalabad</td> </tr> <tr> <td>- Added support for the Novint Falcon controller (http://www.novint.com).</td> <td>- Prevented use of mouse wheel to provide speed boost to vehicles</td> <td>- Tweaked the artillery respawn time on Dragon Valley for to 360 seconds as other artillery uses </td> </tr> <tr> <td>

</td> <td>- Prevented use of mouse wheel to exploit parachutes</td> <td>- Included a delay after weapon switch for the Bizon (PP-19) to 0.666</td> </tr> <tr> <td>

</td> <td>- Players can now pass claymores by going prone</td> <td>- Updated the F35B's lock delay to 1 second instead of 1.5 seconds to match other aircraft</td> </tr> <tr> <td>

</td> <td>- Update the HUD on TV Guided missiles to increase visibility on maps like Dragon Valley</td> <td>- Changed the Humvee camo on Taraba Quarry to be the correct design</td> </tr> <tr> <td>

</td> <td>- Added Battlefield 2142 style prone deviation (going prone will now cause reduced accuracy for a brief period)</td> <td>- Increased the splash damage of the UH-60 (Black Hawk) guns from 0.25 to 1.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>

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</td> <td>- Updated the G36E HUD to react the same as other weapons during sprint</td></tr></tbody></table>

 

 

 

 

- Barrie "Bazajaytee" Tingle

 

 

Edited August 27, 200915 yr by YAK

April Fools !

 

im not dreaming :O

about bloody time to....

Yay! Better hit detection and finally a prone modifier that the devs can play with. Now my cheap prone spamming hoe style will be dead and gone, and I couldn't be happier

Yeah they are the only two ones I care about, but the new stuff means that a bigger playerbase being injected back into Battlefield and PR (which isn't that bad, PR would be dead without new players).

Interesting.. looking forward to retooling PR's 237 weapon arsenel =_=

What do you mean? Is nothing compatible with the new Vanilla patch?

I hope they also have got a version of the patch without the Euro Forces and Armored Fury packs. as i, like others have them already and it would be pointless for us to download 2gigs of what we have already, and what about the people who don't want them.... o well, that's EA for you...

What do you mean? Is nothing compatible with the new Vanilla patch?

 

Haha no I meant since they've implemented the stance change deviation 'feature', it means we have a few new cvars to fiddle with (and that means adding them to all PR small arms).

As little as I care about Vanilla though, another 8 maps is pretty epic

And those AF and EF maps are pretty damn cool, just nobody plays them.

I hope they also have got a version of the patch without the Euro Forces and Armored Fury packs. as i, like others have them already and it would be pointless for us to download 2gigs of what we have already, and what about the people who don't want them.... o well, that's EA for you...

 

There's a freezone for almost everyone these days I doubt there'll be a separate one, because you'd need to have a whole bunch of variants [well 4] (what if they only have EF, or only AF, or both)

There's a freezone for almost everyone these days I doubt there'll be a separate one, because you'd need to have a whole bunch of variants [well 4] (what if they only have EF, or only AF, or both)

 

lol, very true. o well i guess it is only 2gigs after all...

any news on a go-ahead from the PR team? I never play bf2 anymore so I aint downloading squat till I know its A-ok

As little as I care about Vanilla though, another 8 maps is pretty epic

And those AF and EF maps are pretty damn cool, just nobody plays them.

 

I would have liked them to include SF as well. Needs more people playing it too

 

Going to flog the hell out of my download limit that month with this and 0.9

Oh 0.9 is way off, 0.87 is the PR patch and should only be about 20mb to make it compatible with the new 1.5 patch.

Oh 0.9 is way off, 0.87 is the PR patch and should only be about 20mb to make it compatible with the new 1.5 patch.

 

I love it when you answer a question I was about to ask Chief!

READ THIS!!!

 

http://www.realitymod.com/forum/f380-project-reality-news/66206-project-reality-v0-86-bf2-v1-5-patch.html

READ THIS!!!

 

 

 

http://www.realitymod.com/forum/f380-project-reality-news/66206-project-reality-v0-86-bf2-v1-5-patch.html

 

Isnt that basically what the chief said Ancient?

 

"The Project Reality team is hard at work on the finishing touches to our compatibility patch, PR v0.87. This will include full support for BF2 v1.5 as well as some other minor bug fixes and tweaks. The PR Team is dedicating all efforts at this moment to release v0.87 as bug free as possible and as soon as we can. When PR v0.87 is officially released, you can then install the BF2 v1.5 patch. Further instructions on how to correctly install the new patch will be available when we release PR v0.87." PR Forums...

Anyone pessimistic about the 1st...

I don't know about everyone else, but I'm installing beef for some *decent* matches.

Bet all those people who paid for AF and EF are going to want their cash back now.

Mate, I would rather have paid in full for a game that would later become free and as a result people will play it! I don't see why people would get angry at buying a 4 year old game, with booster packs that nobody plays at all. At least now they will be populated.

hmm cool, i'm interested in checking out those booster packs..

 

Hopefully bigpond will host the files so i can get it metered!

Seems EA have finally stopped sniffing the napalm and realised that the booster packs SHOULD BE FREE!, only took them 4 years .

 

Shame they didn't include Special Forces too.

Well EF/AF are certainly well under PR quality, nonetheless still a large content boost for a game that has been at a standstill for years.

 

Are people actually that stingy that they are angry about them giving away the Boosters for free?

Edited August 27, 200915 yr by YAK