Battlefield 2 v1.50 Beta Released
Posted: 22 Apr 2009, 09:57
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The beta for testing the new 1.50 update for Battlefield 2 is now available for everyone who want to help out and test the new patch. It contains a new map, Operation Blue Pearl, along with a number of security updates.
The beta will be running for at least a couple of weeks, to give the developers enough time to gather feedback from the beta testers (and hopefully make changes if that’s needed). Feedback is welcome on the EA forums .
The current list of changes can be seen below. A deeper explanation on design choices made for the new map have been posted here on Battlefield.com, and screenshots can be viewed here.
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Battlefield 2 Update v1.50
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FEATURES
- Additional support for Windows Vista.
- Added Highway Tampa as a required map.
- Added a new map called Operation Blue Pearl.
- Added support for Widescreen resolutions
- Added support for the Novint Falcon controller - http://www.novint.com
GAMEPLAY TWEAKS
- Changes made to both the J10 and F35B to make them more balanced. Please note that the J10 is a superior dogfighter to the F35B and as such these two aircraft will never be equally matched.
- AA targeting tweaked to make it more effective.
- Added checks to prevent "runway grieving".
- Various changes made to prevent cheating.
- Tweaked the hit detection, hits will be more accurate to the model
- Increased the time to go prone after jumping from 0.3 seconds to 0.7 seconds
- Fixed G36E HUD during sprinting to match other weapons.
This news is from yesterday already (wink Hacke) but I am currently downloading the full patch to the local download database here. So whoever is interested can use the local DL area for a fast access. As it seem most of the current available download places are overloaded and you need to queue a long time to get a slow dl rate.
I got lucky with a public dl link not famous to everyone and I am downloading already at a decent speed.
DICE reported last night to release the Linux based server patch files as well during today. In case that would happen, I will alter our BF2 conquest unranked server to run the 1.5 beta patch. Those which are interested in testing the new bf2.
Hunter
The beta for testing the new 1.50 update for Battlefield 2 is now available for everyone who want to help out and test the new patch. It contains a new map, Operation Blue Pearl, along with a number of security updates.
The beta will be running for at least a couple of weeks, to give the developers enough time to gather feedback from the beta testers (and hopefully make changes if that’s needed). Feedback is welcome on the EA forums .
The current list of changes can be seen below. A deeper explanation on design choices made for the new map have been posted here on Battlefield.com, and screenshots can be viewed here.
============
Battlefield 2 Update v1.50
============
FEATURES
- Additional support for Windows Vista.
- Added Highway Tampa as a required map.
- Added a new map called Operation Blue Pearl.
- Added support for Widescreen resolutions
- Added support for the Novint Falcon controller - http://www.novint.com
GAMEPLAY TWEAKS
- Changes made to both the J10 and F35B to make them more balanced. Please note that the J10 is a superior dogfighter to the F35B and as such these two aircraft will never be equally matched.
- AA targeting tweaked to make it more effective.
- Added checks to prevent "runway grieving".
- Various changes made to prevent cheating.
- Tweaked the hit detection, hits will be more accurate to the model
- Increased the time to go prone after jumping from 0.3 seconds to 0.7 seconds
- Fixed G36E HUD during sprinting to match other weapons.
This news is from yesterday already (wink Hacke) but I am currently downloading the full patch to the local download database here. So whoever is interested can use the local DL area for a fast access. As it seem most of the current available download places are overloaded and you need to queue a long time to get a slow dl rate.
I got lucky with a public dl link not famous to everyone and I am downloading already at a decent speed.
DICE reported last night to release the Linux based server patch files as well during today. In case that would happen, I will alter our BF2 conquest unranked server to run the 1.5 beta patch. Those which are interested in testing the new bf2.
Hunter