Patch to be released tommorrow

[CptStern]

"The official Battlefield 2 site alludes to an earlier leak that revealed that the release of the long-awaited Battlefield 2 v1.2 patch is to take place tomorrow"


new unlockable:

"TB2: How will the new unlockable sniper rifle (L96A1) differ from the other sniper rifles, considering the current rifles will have increased accuracy and damage, how will it hold up?

DICE: It follows the same rules for all other unlocks. It is not better than the other rifles, it is just different. As far as how it stacks up, it is on par with the M24."


http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/688/688327p1.html

 

[Icarusintel]

Finally

 

[AiM]

Yes! Finally I can snipe when I'm not USMC

 

[TheAmazingRando]

P90 Ownage here I come! :bounce:

 

[Evo]

Wooot woot!

Great news

 

[Unfocused]

I hope it won't require 3GB system drive space again. If so, I'll have to resize the partition :/. Anyone knows whether the process is safe?

 

[xombine]

Awesome awesome indeed!

 

[phantomdesign]

Hopefully performance will be better; I'm about ready to sell the game.

 

[JNightshade]

AWESOME.


Also, according to Rando, Armored Thunder will have American levels. This is the shit. We both agree- Times Square would make an amazing setting.

 

[Shakermaker]

All major Battlefield patches included a new map. Any word on that with this one?

 

[B_MAN]

link to all additions/improvements??

 

[satch919]

It's about friggin' time.

 

[CptStern]

All major Battlefield patches included a new map. Any word on that with this one?

here's the list of fixes from the ea site ...no mention of a map


-Helicopter now carry 8 missiles rather than 14
-TV-Guided missile now have a shorter range
-Hit points on all air vehicles has been reduced
-AA missile lock has been improved
-Support kits have had their primary weapons adjusted for accuracy
-Sniper kits have had their primary weapons adjusted for accuracy
-Anti-Tank kits have had their primary weapons adjusted for accuracy
-"Dolphin Diving" is no longer possible
-Players can no longer jump and shoot at the same time
-"Prone Spamming" is now fixed
-"Sprint exploit" is now fixed
-The Sa80 weapon has been improved
-The G3A3 weapon has been improved
-Reload while sprinting has been enabled
-Chinese and MEC APCs can now shoot through penetrable materials
-Damage decreased for the M134
-Medic defibrillator paddles have been adjusted. They now reload while not in use.
-Server search filters now work properly
-All mines (Claymore, Anti-vehicle, C4) can now be picked up by the same class that dropped it by using the “G” key.
-Mines can no longer be destroyed with other explosives
-Flash bang effect radius decreased
-Added unlocks for Sniper and AT kits
-Fixed a bug in terrain rendering with night vision, whereby terrain was still dark in dark areas.
-Fixed a bug whereby mods that are not bf2 or not xpack permutate shaders every time a level is loaded.
-Fixed a bug whereby non-xpack mods cannot use xpack shaders.
-Fixed bug in TV guided missiles of Havoc helicopter
-Bug in MP7 fire rate fixed. Ammo count increased and mag count and damage decreased
-APC Update – “Chinese and MEC APCs can now shoot through penetrable materials”. This fix was a miscommunication to the patch team. Chinese and MEC APC’s have been reverted and the LAV25 now no longer shoots through penetrable materials.
-Vehicles no longer disappear when viewed from some vehicles with a HUD (e.g. Tanks).
-Performance gain found in static mesh rendering.
-Detonation radius from grenade launcher explosions has been reduced.
-Grenade launcher projectiles now have a minimum time before arming.

 

[Kamikazie]

**** YEA! !!


caps

 

[Ren.182]

Sounds like a good update. GG DICE.

 

[Flyingdebris]

i'm going to miss shooting through walls with my apc...

but at least gameplay will be more balanced for chistsakes

 

[AiM]

Big nerf to choppers ... just when I got good with them :'(

-Performance gain found in static mesh rendering.

Hopefully it'll allow me to run "High" textures ... a bit ridiculous how that settings needs 2 Gigs of RAM :|

 

[Flyingdebris]

ah yes how could i forget, downing choppers with a single tank shell, marvelous!

 

[sinkoman]

ah yes how could i forget, downing choppers with a single tank shell, marvelous!

Hey FlyingDebris, is that quote from "Slaughterhouse 5"?

Oh my god, I love Vonnegut. Hell, I think i've read all his books....

Or all the ones a bookstore would have

 

[CyberPitz]

Great, I can't install it. I don't have enough room on my HDD..I hate partitions. With a passion.

 

[xcellerate]

Why would you put a new sniper rifle in as an unlockable if it isn't any better??

The sniper rifles suck as is, you can't hit anything more than 200 yards away...which is garbage.

 

[AiM]

Sniper's are cool man, I mean no other soldier gets to run around with shrubby attached all over

The M24 is the only worthwhile sniper, the M95 / whatever are so useless it isn't even funny. You might as well use telekinesis powers to kill them instead. The new sniper will balance it out if you're not USMC so you can actually have a chance of killing targets.

 

[Gargantou]

I don't get why you people whine about performance so much..
I have a really shitty comp, 2.5 Ghz P4, 512MB RAM, 9800Pro, but I can run it just fine with most settings on medium, a few on high(except lighting which are all turned off except dynamic shadows being turned on to low).

 

[CyberPitz]

WOOOAHHH I just got an extra 1.5 gig of free space by deleting a pagefile off my C drive since my main drive for it was my D.....\=

 

[Gunner]

Great news!

 

[Flyingdebris]

never read slaughterhouse 5, just refering to the fact that i enjoy downing choppers with my tank's main gun.

as for the sniper rifles, the point of the awp is so that the non US teams get an optional rifle that has comparable accuracy to the m24. Besides they won't suck anymore, the patch is going to increase their accuracy.

 

[Harryz]

"Sprint exploit" is now fixed

What was the exploit? I was personally looking forward to a new map.

 

[$kelet0r]

there's no new map
the gl change is interesting - was testing it in single player
there's about a 5m arm distance and if you play assault alot you will find that you will have to finish off alot of gl targets with bullets

 

[CptStern]

Hey FlyingDebris, is that quote from "Slaughterhouse 5"?

Oh my god, I love Vonnegut. Hell, I think i've read all his books....

Or all the ones a bookstore would have

hey I love vonnegut as well ..I havent read Slaughterhouse 5 yet (saw the movie) ..my fave is either Breakfast of Champions or Cat's Cradle. Welcome to the Monkey House is a good primer for those who're interested in vonnegut

 

[xombine]

This thread has been rendered useless. :O

 

[phantomdesign]

I don't get why you people whine about performance so much..
I have a really shitty comp, 2.5 Ghz P4, 512MB RAM, 9800Pro, but I can run it just fine with most settings on medium, a few on high(except lighting which are all turned off except dynamic shadows being turned on to low).

I have a better computer & it runs like shit on mine!

*Patch download 66% complete*

 

[Kamikazie]

I don't get why you people whine about performance so much..
I have a really shitty comp, 2.5 Ghz P4, 512MB RAM, 9800Pro, but I can run it just fine with most settings on medium, a few on high(except lighting which are all turned off except dynamic shadows being turned on to low).

i have worse specs, and BF2 runs beautifully :\

 

[phantomdesign]

Ok, this is totally weird. I just created a new account & it runs great! WTF? Switch to my old account & it's crappy again.

Also, it won't let me unlock the new sniper rifle - I just ranked-up (on my main profile) & it's not on the list of unlockable weapons.

 

[sinkoman]

hey I love vonnegut as well ..I havent read Slaughterhouse 5 yet (saw the movie) ..my fave is either Breakfast of Champions or Cat's Cradle. Welcome to the Monkey House is a good primer for those who're interested in vonnegut

Haha!

Monkeyhouse was my first Vonnegut book. Read it when I was maybe seven or eight.

I'd have to say my favorite is Mother Night.

God, I loved that book. The first book that actually made me damn near cry.

Sirens of Titan would have to be my second favorite. That's another one that made me almost cry.