official Battlefield: Bad Company 2

[w33zy]

^ i never get any viruses cause i know how to use the internet. if you know what your downloading then nothing can happen really.

i use a router but i dont know if it has an firewall but why you ask? cause i`ve been playing since the beginning and never got any problems.

[gkl]

^Maybe you need some ports forwarded?

[WastedJoker]

Hmm.

Had a strange experience earlier. Was playing cat and mouse with a guy around a building..my screen went black whenever my sights landed on him...totally bizarre

[trag3dy]

I don't know what's changed today since yesterday but I can't find any servers now. I don't see 500 posts on the UK forums saying anything is wrong either so I guess it's something on my end.

[rajputwarrior]

the 10.4 drivers completely fix the ati loading issues with 5xxx cards :)

[ObiWanToby]

the 10.4 drivers completely fix the ati loading issues with 5xxx cards :)

Yes, but beware the 10.4 final drivers do not fix it for anything below a 5xxx series card. One must use the 10.4a drivers still.

[trag3dy]

I guess it's my turn to have issues with the game now. :no:

First, yesterday I can't see any servers. Even though nothing as far as I'm aware has changed on my router or computer since I played the day before. Then I decided since it's messed up, I'll try to uninstall it so I can change my authentication method. But nope, the game won't let me uninstall it. I get an error:

The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing the package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2329

I've done searches for that error message but none of the information I find is helpful. So whatever, I now have to repair my install, because the uninstall process gets about half way before I get the error. After the repair install the game won't update to the latest patch. I run the updater (as admin) and nothing, the game does launch. But that doesn't matter because you need the latest patch to see any servers.

I'm thinking about just deleting the game folder and deleting anything in the registry to see if that will work.I never had any issues with the game when everyone else was. :pinch:

[w33zy]

I guess it's my turn to have issues with the game now. :no:

First, yesterday I can't see any servers. Even though nothing as far as I'm aware has changed on my router or computer since I played the day before. Then I decided since it's messed up, I'll try to uninstall it so I can change my authentication method. But nope, the game won't let me uninstall it. I get an error:

I've done searches for that error message but none of the information I find is helpful. So whatever, I now have to repair my install, because the uninstall process gets about half way before I get the error. After the repair install the game won't update to the latest patch. I run the updater (as admin) and nothing, the game does launch. But that doesn't matter because you need the latest patch to see any servers.

I'm thinking about just deleting the game folder and deleting anything in the registry to see if that will work.I never had any issues with the game when everyone else was. :pinch:

hade the same problems as you 2 days ago!. i deleted the game and installed again trough steam and worked fine after a new install!.

hope it works for you.

edit : sorry didnt saw you hade problem with un-installing it. well goodluck :p !

[trag3dy]

Yeah, I honestly haven't changed anything that should affect it. I installed my new video card. That's all. It shouldn't have any affect on my internet connection. And in fact didn't because after I installed it I was able to see servers in the server browser just fine.

Oh well, maybe whatever changed will magically fix itself later.

[(Spork)]

what the deal with the single player campaign ... i put 3 or 4 roungs in these guys and they still keep coming ( 2 head shots ) ..... also why do they not DIE when i shoot them thou the wall :p am i playing to much like COD2MW ?

game rocks i like the controls better than MW for sure

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

Yeah w33zy, I had the same exact issue a few pages back, if I saw this sooner would have told you a reinstall is the way to go. Glad you got it sorted out.

Now for you trag3dy, really not sure. I think the game just gets corrupt with any little change to the system. Which is unfortunate. Remember the only thing I had done when I had my issues is install new graphic card drivers. That is it. Not sure if the two were connected, but they seemed to be, so I think the game just somehow gets corrupt with any little change, which if this is the case, they really need to fix it ASAP.

[Hedon]

The only thing I wish we had different in regards to controls was the ability to go prone.

[rajputwarrior]

The only thing I wish we had different in regards to controls was the ability to go prone.

prone would be nice, but the sniping would be so much worse so i am glad it's not there

[Sethos]

Yeah, prone would be nice but there's so many aspects in this game that speaks against having the ability to prone; would just ruin the game completely.

[Singh400]

The only thing I wish we had different in regards to controls was the ability to go prone.

prone would be nice, but the sniping would be so much worse so i am glad it's not there

Yeah, prone would be nice but there's so many aspects in this game that speaks against having the ability to prone; would just ruin the game completely.

No, no, no. Just NO.

Prone encourages camper sniper noobs. I don't care if you think you are a pro, you have absoultely no reason AT ALL. To stay in one place, for the entire map, in prone. Getting 1 kill. Useless. Removing prone was the best thing ever done.

If I had my way I would disable crouch on snipers too. I don't mind the fact that I get killed by a sniper, because **** happens. What I hate is when you you have two squads worth of "t0tally aw3s0m3 sn1pers" and yet when you arm, they can't hit the broadside of a barn, or even have the ****ing foresight to atleast drop a mortar.

Frankly, I am going to well ****ing ****ed if I play another FPS after this (hello Brink) and you can prone. I will ****ing **** a brick.

[Sethos]

Singh400, did you even read what you quoted or did you just see the word "prone" and go mental?

[rajputwarrior]

Singh400, did you even read what you quoted or did you just see the word "prone" and go mental?

people get scared of the anti christ (or in this case the word prone...)

[Hedon]

Odd....cuz snipers go prone in real life. I still want it.

[trag3dy]

Yeah w33zy, I had the same exact issue a few pages back, if I saw this sooner would have told you a reinstall is the way to go. Glad you got it sorted out.

Now for you trag3dy, really not sure. I think the game just gets corrupt with any little change to the system. Which is unfortunate. Remember the only thing I had done when I had my issues is install new graphic card drivers. That is it. Not sure if the two were connected, but they seemed to be, so I think the game just somehow gets corrupt with any little change, which if this is the case, they really need to fix it ASAP.

Well I was required to upgrade my graphics card drivers with my new video card. But the thing is, I was able to play just fine after I installed the card/drivers. It was an entire day later that I stopped seeing any servers.

Either way, I changed nothing that should have affected my game like this. So yeah, DICE still needs to get their **** together. And now they're encouraging us to pre order MoH, enticing us with early unlocks in that game. :huh:

And one more thing I don't get. Why can't they make it so if you don't have the dvd in it authenticates online. Instead of having it be one or the other? It doesn't make sense.. you'd think that would be possible.

[deletedxyz]

"Acceleration" is spelled wrong in vehicle settings. XD

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

Odd....cuz snipers go prone in real life. I still want it.

Well in all fairness if you were in a building and a tank took out the side of the building you were standing next to you would not just be able to walk into a corner and let your health heal for a bit. Same thing if a tank shell exploded 10 feet from you. Never-mind the fact I doubt just walking up to a dude who just got shot and is on the ground with a defibrillator would make them just spring back to their feet.

My point being is Battlefield has never as a series been associated with the word realism ever since I have played it, and that is since the beginning. Sure, there have been Mods created that made it realistic, project Reality for BF2 immediately comes to mind, but the base default game, realism is thrown out the window. That is why it is personally my favorite MP game ever. It may have a basis in reality, but the game-play itself without a doubt has an arcadey side to it, and that is what makes it so enjoyable IMO.

I just think DICE sticks to the prone decision based on just what I said above. They want the game to be more fun than anything else. Giving snipers the option of prone on these sized maps, and even more now than ever thanks to the engine and destructibility creating more points of cover, would just make them a huge pain in the ass to take out.

[Hedon]

Well in all fairness if you were in a building and a tank took out the side of the building you were standing next to you would not just be able to walk into a corner and let your health heal for a bit. Same thing if a tank shell exploded 10 feet from you. Never-mind the fact I doubt just walking up to a dude who just got shot and is on the ground with a defibrillator would make them just spring back to their feet.

My point being is Battlefield has never as a series been associated with the word realism ever since I have played it, and that is since the beginning. Sure, there have been Mods created that made it realistic, project Reality for BF2 immediately comes to mind, but the base default game, realism is thrown out the window. That is why it is personally my favorite MP game ever. It may have a basis in reality, but the game-play itself without a doubt has an arcadey side to it, and that is what makes it so enjoyable IMO.

I just think DICE sticks to the prone decision based on just what I said above. They want the game to be more fun than anything else. Giving snipers the option of prone on these sized maps, and even more now than ever thanks to the engine and destructibility creating more points of cover, would just make them a huge pain in the ass to take out.

It's my understanding that they were looking for more and more realism. The weapons, including their sound, their kick, their graphics, and even reproducing the bullet drop over long distances.

But here nor there, I would have found prone (a common stance in shooters) to be a welcome option. Not that I don't see some good reasons to NOT have it, but I have reasons that I do want it.

[Sethos]

Brian, there's no realism about it whatsoever - The bullet drop ranges aren't even accurate by any standard, the recoil on each weapon is completely out of whack and the sounds aren't very close to the real-life

counter-part either. Yes, it's a minuscule step towards what some people would call realism but it's still an arcade game to the bone. Want realism, play a military simulator and you get your heats content of authentic

military action.

And I still agree, prone has no place in this game - Would mess it up completely and snipers would be the de facto 'tard class, would completely rule the game.

[Hedon]

Hey now, I never said those were accurate. I was merely regurgitating what DICE had said prior to release of the game. :)

[trag3dy]

Yeah, if it were going for realism you couldn't shoot the m95 standing up (with any amount of accuracy anyways) and you wouldn't be able to fire the carl gustav without a second person to help. And medics wouldn't be running around with m60's. :wacko:

Anyways... fixed my problem. God damn server browser had some how got an X on ranked server filter. What a stupid system they have in place. It's so confusing. All that trouble for 1 little X. :blush: