BF2 1.3 info

[Chris]

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/3807/changelist2ds.gif

[stoke]

WOW ... this is like a whole new game :p !
Wierd .. that whole cannot spawn on squadleader thing ... i'm still trying to work out the impact...

CO-OP-MODE !!!!!!!!!!! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Ruslan74]

will TK' ing a Bot count on your TK score though?

[BambisRevenge]

well you dont need to worry coz sgs never uses bots

[Bass]

Taken from http://www.ea.com/official/battlefield/battlefield2/us/editorial.jsp?src=communityupdate_042506


Community Update - 4/25/06

Attention Soldiers!

Although the 1.3 patch is still being worked on we wanted to provide a peek at what you can expect with the coming release:

NEW FEATURES
Co-op: Co-op Mode allows you to play Single Player levels on the Internet and LAN with both AI controlled bots and human players. Several new options have been created that will allow the server creator to modify how the bots behave in game.
Air dropped vehicles: Squad members can now send a request up the chain of command for a vehicle to be dropped at their location.
BUG FIXES & GAME PLAY TWEAKS
Prevented ban list from being cleared in the event of a server crash.
Fixed issue with players not properly ranking up on servers where they continuously play.
Fixed bug where friendly vehicles show up as valid targets.
Friendly Vehicle lock: Lock-on weapons do not lock on to friendly vehicles. The box with an X through it will still appear, but a lock tone will not sound and then if fired, the missile will not track the friendly target.
Keep in mind this is only a part of what 1.3 will include. Our live team is working diligently to provide the best update possible in preparation for the release of the Armored Fury booster pack!

[N3ddy]

I get down on my bony knees and thank the BF2 gods for the bots and co-op tweaks :bow: Finally!

[Darnit696]

:rofl: Is this for real or am I going delirious.

Picture Scene 1
Setting : Sharqi - at city entrance.
USMC solider type not important.

"Squad leader incoming T90 ask the commander for an Abrahams quickly so I can take it out. "

SHWuurK Cracckle Pop "Commander this is Squadleader 1 requesting a tank drop at City Entrance, we got an incoming T90" Crackle POp
Crackle Pop " What am I? A frigging second hand tank dealer? Whine whine moan moan, I want this I want that....Uavs scans, gimme supplies, spot the enemy, drop the tank.... Hold on its on its way..." Crackle ShwuurK

zhoooooooMPFFFF

Commander X teamkills Soldier y [M1A1]
Commander X : Sorry my Bad
Commander X : Sorry!
Soldier Y punishes Commander X {Soldier Y has 1 punishes and 0 forgives}
Commander X : WTH??? You ask for the bladdy tank and then you dont look up and it lands on your head and now you punish!!!! NOOB!!!

[sss]

lol

[TG]

:rofl: Too funny

[stoke]

:)

[Darnit696]

Picture scene 2

Karkand at the square

SQL1: Commander drop a Humvee please!

Comm: Why?

SQL1: Cause I asked nicely?


Comm: No!

SQL1: Please man dammit! Theres no other vehicle here at square and I want to get to factory and I'm not running. Cmon man please.

SQL2: Commander drop a humvee please!

Comm: What?

SQL2: CAN YOU DROP A HUMVEE PLEASE?

Comm: Oh sorry I thought that was SQL1. He has been bugging me the whole damn game for transport lazy swine!
Comm: What do you want it for?

SQL2: I am at square theres nothing to ride here and I want to go to Suburb.

Comm: Is that you Soldier Y?

SQL2: Yes!

Comm: BUDDEEE! Of course hold on a mo......ok its on its way.

SQL2: Commander?

Comm: Yes?

SQL2: Are you blind? You dropped it on top of the damn building? How am I supposed to get it there?

Comm: WALK you ungrateful sod!

SQL1: Hey Commander?

Comm: What do you want?

SQL1: Why did SQL2 get the humvee drop? Huh? Huh?

Comm: Because I FELT LIKE IT. Now bugger off and leave me alone.


Soldier Y initiates a kick vote against Commander X. 2Vote(s) for kicking 8 Votes needed.

[WAJKILLER2]

LOL LOL LOL, he right, can you imagene the tank landing on a whole squad and then the enemy steals it, ha ha ha.

Carch pop: "WTF you ask for a tank and give it to the enemy" "CRack'" F-off
teamies puts commander on mute.

Commander: "YOU ARE THE WORST SQUAD IVE EVER COME ACROSS"

[Albereth]

I think dead squad leaders is a cool idea. Makes them more important alive, means taking them out will reflect in a breakdown in unit cohesion. More accuracy to real life. Also squads will have to rethink composition.

[doobiwan]

also means SL's will hang back more, because you can't rotate leader so easily

[gus]

I think I would try playing commander again just for the fun of trying to kill somebody with a vehicle drop.

[stoke]

The SL thing : So ... it'll be worth our while to let a squad pass and kill them from behind .. then again ... that's always been a good idea.
This SL thing really changes infantry strat a lot.

[Bass]

:rofl:

[Ruslan74]

funny... the vehicle drops seemed to be copied from one of the features Quake Wars had in mind... :p

[FeralBanana]

Lol @ useless... hitting the hammer on the head there (yes, I do mean with a nail... :D:p)

[Alluvium]

thats awesome looks like ti fixes all the issues i have with BF2 at the moment, if it doesnt make more bugs going to be an awesome patch :)

[FeralBanana]

Pfft :rofl:

'Awesome' and 'Patch' in the same sentance without a negative? From EA?

Geddouttahere... :p:D

[NerdBoyZa]

The only problem I have with ALL these BF2 patches, is that after the release of each new one, the system requirements seem to get exponentially greater (ok a slight exaggeration). :(

I used to be able to play BF2 on my laptop, on medium settings. I have now uninstalled BF2 on my laptop, as I tried to play a couple of times recently, and even as commander, it is just too jerky, with settings on LOW for everything.

I hope I'm still able to play after the 1.3 release on my normal PC. :grr:

[FeralBanana]

Hmm.. on second thoughts, this might actually be cool... imagine having a 64 player lan with 49 bots... lol... lotsa eeezee killz... :p

[TG]

Heh, due to my line being down, XEye and I had to resort to a co-op bf2 game of sorts. It's quite a pain, but you basically start a single player game, and then the other player connects to your IP, and voila you have co-op.

We played the bots at expert level - against jets and choppers you wipe the floor with them - but we found that infantry combat against the buggers was a bit of a challenge. We ended up having quite a good time.

[Alluvium]

Hmm.. on second thoughts, this might actually be cool... imagine having a 64 player lan with 49 bots... lol... lotsa eeezee killz... :p


with the older battle field, what i would do , is get a friend around, hook my brother up, and then set the team raTIO TO LIKE 1:10 .. then set co op, crazy bots, and then its like 3 guys plus 2-5 bots vs like 50 ...

spent maaaany hours playing vietnam like that ... great fun :p

[stoke]

@TG ... interesting ... dat means that BF is always running as a server.

[rainy]

Matter of fact, it does.

[Bass]

Yup ! it does indeed .. :)

[w1z4rd]

this is awsome! ... but like... can you imagine the strategies for vechile drops?

"yes, im on the roof of the hotel.... can you drop a tank up here"

[stoke]

Pity tanks cannot shoot down well ... or ... you could drop them upside down :p.
But this does mean that the maps can be HUUUGE ...

[BambisRevenge]

i dont think yu will be able to drop tanks probably only transport but if you could drop tanks it could be quite intresting

[BambisRevenge]

btw TG how do you connect to a ip in bf2 coz i think i will try that maybe with FERAL unless the new patch comes out before

[Bass]

Just go to multiplayer -> connect to IP .. should do it I think ...

[TG]

It will work fine if you're able to use your ONLINE accounts - but due to my line being down, we were forced to use OFFLINE accounts - no accounts server to auth against. And the problem with OFFLINE accounts is that the frikkin' CONNECT TO IP button does nothing! In that case, we had to kludge the system a bit to get it to work -- this will obviously only work in a LAN environment:

I first created a local server, XEye had his server browser open. As soon as my server loaded, it appeared in his server list.

I then killed the server, and loaded up single player. As soon as I was in the map, XEye double clicked on his browser entry, and it joined the server. Favourites doesn't work for OFFLINE accounts.

With luck, the server entry stays in the list about 3 times before it blanks out and you have to create a local server again.

There might be an easier way to do it, but this way worked.

[stoke]

Berry klever lateral frinkers of note !

[Albereth]

Pity tanks cannot shoot down well ... or ... you could drop them upside down :p.
But this does mean that the maps can be HUUUGE ...
I think that the next booster will be huge maps. Armour does like open spaces to manouvre in

[BambisRevenge]

ok cool Fankies TG ill try that

[NerdBoyZa]

BF2 has had a COOP Mod which you can D/L for a while now. Last time I tried it, it was on Version 4.

I guess they took that persons idea, and incorporated it into the std product. Something that should always of been there from the beginning as far as I'm concerned.