Battlefield: Bad Company 2

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Hedon

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There still needs to be some engine optimizations in this game. C4 explosions and well explosions in general make for unsmooth gameplay at times. I am afraid that wont happen though.

Because they held it back from the retail disk, only to screw over people that already bought the game, FORCING them to spend more money to buy it. rofl.gif

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Massiveterra

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So the trailer says it's a multiplayer expansion pack but the actual footage looks like it would be from a campaign. Kind of confusing.

That trailer has no actual footage at all. It's a cgi game trailer, meant to sell the game based on cgi just like every other game trailer

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trag3dy

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I'm not saying this official because there is no official source but there are rumors of two maps being ported from BC1 and two maps from the campaign being converted to multi player. The rumor also goes on to say that they will be released before the Vietnam expansion (which according to the rumor also will be $15) in the next map pack or the one after that.

I'm not getting my hopes up but that would be awesome to have 4 totally brand new maps.

Also.. 30 kills left until I platinum my m1 garand. :woot:

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mjrmuppet

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Now I've got a system capable of running it at full tilt i finally bought a copy a couple days ago after playing it for a couple months on the xbox. Firstly, the PC version absolutely blows the xbox version away! Sniping on the xbox is a joke, far too easy, just aim round about where the target is and you're guaranteed a headshot most of the time, so extremely pleased with the PC's effort (also the graphics are amazing compared to the xbox's ;) ) But...

DEAR GOD EA/DICE PLEASE FIX THE WHITESCREEN OF DEATH :pinch:

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Now I've got a system capable of running it at full tilt i finally bought a copy a couple days ago after playing it for a couple months on the xbox. Firstly, the PC version absolutely blows the xbox version away! Sniping on the xbox is a joke, far too easy, just aim round about where the target is and you're guaranteed a headshot most of the time, so extremely pleased with the PC's effort (also the graphics are amazing compared to the xbox's ;) ) But...

DEAR GOD EA/DICE PLEASE FIX THE WHITESCREEN OF DEATH :pinch:

What are you talking about exactly, when you say "white screen of death"?

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mjrmuppet

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Yeah I've got a GTX460 and I've updated the drivers a couple of times to no avail, tried everything I've found on the forums also and still no joy. Doesn't take too long to boot the game up again though so its more of a nuisance as opposed to making it unplayable, just wish it'd get fixed as its not just me having the problem!

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Joseph B

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Hm, I've never had that problem. GTX 470 owner here.

In other news, I did it! I got platinum star for my m1 garand and SCAR! I'm not sure what I'm going to work on next, maybe the G3?

I hate the clip size of the G3 =( what other plats are you missing?

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gkl

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I'm so sad that Print Screen doesn't work with this game. According to some noobs I use "invisibility" and "headshot invincibility" hacks. :D How the hell do people come up with crap like that?!

Anyways, got the M1 and it's an excellent gun. Much better than M14 simply because of the sights. The clip is damn small though.

@Joseph B

Clip size is the least problematic thing with that gun...

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Sethos

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I haven't played for months, so after a Windows re-installed I decided to fire up the game once again and play some Squad Team Deathmatch ( Never tried it before ) on Hardcore - Really loved it! I always hated BC2 for the having to just throw yourself at objectives or at least that's what people wanted you to do else' they'd whine and moan. Not to mention, no vehicles! It was so much fun and with my 5970 upgrade ( Had 4870X2 last time I played ) the game even runs smoothly with HBAO turned on which killed my FPS the last time.

I also recorded some FRAPS footage just to test out how smooth slowmotion is, planning on maybe doing a slow-motion montage or something down the road at some point ... Now I'll just throw together what I have and see what Bitrate I need for 1080p YouTube, see how smooth it is etc.

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trag3dy

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Yeah, the few patches they did really improved game performance a decent amount to where HBAO doesn't drain your fps all that much. But even with it on I don't notice anything different in the graphics. :laugh:

I have thought about making some videos too but I'm not sure I have the patience for it. And then there is the fact that I don't think anyone would care to watch my below average game play. Let us know how it works out for you.

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Sethos

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Well, the recording of the footage only took an hour but my god, rendering it has been a royal pain in the ass :|

As stated, this is not a 'look at my skills' montage whatsoever ( because I have none :laugh: ), just all the kill footage I recorded within that hour and just whipped it together. I must say I'm amazed how smooth the game runs when recording with FRAPS, never been able to play a game smoothly when recording with FRAPS but now it works without a problem which I believe can be seen in the footage, FRAPS footage is usually some stuttering crap. So if this is watchable, quality wise I can start having FRAPS running when playing (Y)

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Sikh

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What you see there clocked in at around 55-60GB I believe in raw footage and the final file was around 350MB.

Song is from the Red Alert 3 Soundtrack, the Credits track :D

I hate you ATM. What program did you use to compress because I can't find anything good that keeps the quality or most of it.

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SimplySchizo

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I hate you ATM. What program did you use to compress because I can't find anything good that keeps the quality or most of it.

Looks like he may have used Sony Vegas by the zoom and slow technique which does great for me.

Edit: Good job on that vid btw (Y)

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Sikh

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Yeah, it's Sony Vegas 9 and I'm rendering with a customized version MainConcept AVC/AAC (.mp4) ( Just to fit specs and raise quality ) :)

I can't multi quote on mobile so thank you schiz.

And that's what I thought but i never knew for sure that vegas would be able to do it. Fail on my part. I know what I'm installing tonight!

Thanks both of you, the video I will watch tonight and comment back then

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trag3dy

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Hey anyone enjoying the new teleport hack? I sure as hell did today... On multiple servers...

I've seen lots of talk about it but I haven't experienced it yet.

Update on the teleport hack: an r22 patch is or will be going out to server providers some time today or early Monday. It was apparently a developer code that some hackers found a way to activate. Anyways, I'm glad they fixed it quickly, surprisingly.

And man am I out of it, allergy meds making me sleepy, totally quoted the wrong person. :rofl:

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