BF2: This game still fun?

[WayAbvPar]

Couldn't get knife badge :( so no promotion.

Find a Pistols/Knives only server and play for a few rounds... you should be able to get all the knife kills you want.

WayAbvPar [G3] [f13] climbjtree

LOL! I saw the F13 tag and was wondering if I was hallucinating. I will add that to my name next time I play (if I remember!).

[Furiously]

Couldn't get knife badge :( so no promotion.

Nice K:D ratio there. Especially in a tank :)

[Viin]

I'll use the F13 tag from now on, so hopefully we can all hookup some night.

Has anyone played 2142? I played for about an hour - the titan conquest mode is an interesting idea, but I wasn't overly impressed with everything else.

Fear my KD:

[Zetleft]

Yeah I die alot big woop wanna fight about it.

[sinij]

What is going on? I decided to play some BF2, load it up and all my favorite servers tell me I have old version. Fine. I load 1.3 to 1.4. Tells me 'must have 1.3', fine I load full 1.4 patch, it does its thing. I load a game and servers STILL tell me I have older version. Can someone explain me WTF is going on? What is the latest version and WTF 1.4 full patch isn't doing it. Reinstall whole game? If so how can I backup my key settings?

[Miasma]

I haven't played in a long time but there was a 1.41 patch a few days ago, maybe that's the problem.  You might want to get it from fileplanet or some other site, the EA updater kind of sucks.  Apparently it's half a gig for some reason...

[Tale]

Yeah that 1.41 patch pissed me off, too. There was no pop-up box on login announcing it. So I was like you, looking at red server names with the wrong version and had to manually go looking for the patch on the web. Then I discovered there was no incremental patch, only the full 1.0 => 1.41 half-gig version.

[Sky]

No incremental? Arg.

[Viin]

Yah thats lame. Nothing told me I was out of date either - but all my Favorites were red though there were still some non-Favorites I could have played on.

Btw, if you are playing make sure you set your tag to F13 so I freakin' tell you are online! I've only ever seen WayAbvPar and no one at all recently.

[sinij]

Ok, I will bite. How do I look for other people online? I know you guys use some app for that, linky?

[Tale]

Yah thats lame. Nothing told me I was out of date either - but all my Favorites were red though there were still some non-Favorites I could have played on.

I think it's a case of assuming all their players will read what they post on their website. Someone decided to leave the in-game popup as advertising spam for BF2142, so there's no help. A percentage of people will just think "can't get the game to work" and stop playing BF2.

[Viin]

Ok, I will bite. How do I look for other people online? I know you guys use some app for that, linky?

I use this link:

http://www.game-monitor.com/search.php?search=F13&type=player&game=bf2

I bookmarked it and anytime I want to see if anyone with F13 in their name is playing I hit that page up.

[Sky]

I haven't played since I was ruthlessly destroyed when I bought special forces.

[WayAbvPar]

536 mb patch with no gameplay changes at all. WTF?

I am not sure if it was the patch or not, but my performance took a dip after installing it. I probably fucked up my video settings (GOD FORBID THE FUCKING GAME REMEMBER THEM THROUGH THE PATCH) or something.

I have been playing a lot of  lately, but I am itching to snipe some folks soon.

[Sky]

EA sucks and whatnot. Not remembering settings is retarded.

[Viin]

Must be some new DRM system.

[squirrel]

I've been playing this recently primarily due to a mod called "Project Reality" (sorry no link, am on my Treo). Basically this mod tries to remove any 'gamey' FPS mechanics and make a more simulation type experience. They've added a tonne of equipment and different nationality's (eg. British units). Of course due to the EA BF2 ranking fiasco you don't get rank for mod games but I couldn't care less about that anyway.

[geldonyetich]

I've noticed an issue in both BF2 and in the BF2142 beta where I'm playing on a server just fine, then it loads the next map and all of a sudden I'm ejected to the server selection screen with a, "This server does not allow you to play with a modified client" message.  My client isn't modified at all, it's a fresh install all patched up and everything - it was enough to play the game on the same server in the last round.  If I had to guess, I'd say that Punkbuster is figuring I've got something installed that's altering the game, but I'd consider installing a cheating program some kind of unholy sacrilege so that's not it.

[WayAbvPar]

Anyone having frame rate issues after the latest patch? I have monkeyed with my video settings, but I still get major choppiness/slowdown whenever I turn more than 60 degrees in a hurry. It is bad enough that I have temporarily shelved BF2 in favor of some stuff that still runs...