official Battlefield: Bad Company 2

[LingeringSoul]

Whats up with that screen shot? You're playing in 3d mode or something?

I think that screenshot was taken at the exact instant that the player was revived. If I recall correctly, they do a weird little blurry effect when you're revived.

Sucks to hear that the server browser is still giving some people problems. For me, it's been smooth sailing every time I used it. Filters work great (for the most part), and it refreshes in less than ten seconds now (unlike the old browser, which took over two minutes). I still don't have any pings, and I still get the "server is full" message even when it's at 27/32, but overall it's a giant leap forward.

Is it just me, or is the knife random as hell now? I was playing on Atacama yesterday, and a guy survived two of my knife attacks (to the back, no less), turned around, and killed me with one knife attack to the front. Yet in another instance I killed a guy with one knife attack (to his side as he ran past me) without any problems. Maybe I'm just losing my mind, or maybe I just suck, but that seemed too weird to me.

[WastedJoker]

Knifing is completely bjorked for me.

I knifed some guy in the back 6 or 7 times and nothing happened. Saw blood, heard the sound effect...nada.

He turned around and shot me in the face.

[bolerodan]

Knifing is completely bjorked for me.

I knifed some guy in the back 6 or 7 times and nothing happened. Saw blood, heard the sound effect...nada.

He turned around and shot me in the face.

Woooww im so happy im not the only one. This happens to me all the time now. BUT THE BLOOD, I SAW THE BLOOD, heh....

[Sethos]

It's like developers try to ruin their games on purpose these days :blink:

[WastedJoker]

It's like developers try to ruin their games on purpose these days :blink:

I'm pleased with their changes except for the medics being overly strong and the knifing. I think they're just gone a few notches too far with the knife hit detection sensitivity.

[bolerodan]

I'm pleased with their changes except for the medics being overly strong and the knifing. I think they're just gone a few notches too far with the knife hit detection sensitivity.

I havnt played it extensively but Medics are STILL overly strong? *sigh*

[WastedJoker]

I havnt played it extensively but Medics are STILL overly strong? *sigh*

LMG's have been given an accuracy buff...makes LMG's perfectly capable of sniping with more firepower than a recon. If not quite as long a distance though.

[rajputwarrior]

It's like developers try to ruin their games on purpose these days :blink:

yeah, but the m16 being crappier is just motivating me to get even better at it. so as soon as they fix it i'll be owning even more with it :devil: But hardcore games are even harder now so i kinda like that...

but that medic guns gotta change, they are just cheap now...

[trag3dy]

I havnt played it extensively but Medics are STILL overly strong? *sigh*

Yeah, they are, sadly. I was using an AUG against a medic last night. I had the drop on them. I *hit* them 3-4 times before the medic turned around and dropped me in 2 shots from an m60 at about 100 yards.

As I've said before I really don't get a lot of their balance decisions. I appreciate the buffs to several of the assault rifles, but now pretty all of the LMG's are better at any range. It makes absolutely no sense. Medic is supposed to be a support class..assault is supposed to be the assault class. Not the other way around.

[rajputwarrior]

Yeah, they are, sadly. I was using an AUG against a medic last night. I had the drop on them. I *hit* them 3-4 times before the medic turned around and dropped in 2 shots from an m60 at about 100 yards.

realism right?? :angry:

[gkl]

@WastedJoker & bolerodan

It's a known bug that knifing the back doesn't work; fixing something in SP caused this. Should be fixed in the next patch.

[trag3dy]

realism right?? :angry:

Yeah, no kidding.

@WastedJoker & bolerodan

It's a known bug that knifing the back doesn't work; fixing something in SP caused this. Should be fixed in the next patch.

Sadly when's the next patch gonna be? 1 month? 2? I don't know how they can let such obviously broken stuff stay in the game for so long. They need to be patching weekly and not monthly. I don't like the idea of giant mmo style patches.

[rajputwarrior]

Yeah, no kidding.

Sadly when's the next patch gonna be? 1 month? 2? I don't know how they can let such obviously broken stuff stay in the game for so long. They need to be patching weekly and not monthly. I don't like the idea of giant mmo style patches.

it's crap like that that is going to drive me away from this game... but i need a pc shooter :( back to call of duty 4?

[gkl]

@+trag3dy

True, I really hope it will be sooner than later. Luckily for me I got platinum star for the knife just before the patch. :D

[trag3dy]

Reading this thread here: http://forums.electr...e-findings.html

They are aware of the knife problem and trying to fix it, but that still doesn't give us a time frame on the next patch.

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

Does anyone know if there is a known issue with the latest WHQL Nvidia drivers? The 197.45 drivers?

Okay, I literally have not played the game in like 10-14 days (pretty much since the updated maps came out), but I wanted to check out the patch changes before I went out to dinner with my wife so decided I would hop on for a bit and play while she was getting ready.

First thing is right after I log in, the resolution resets itself to 1024 x 768, but what is weird is it definitely was not 1024 x 768, it was really stretched out widescreen with huge bars on the top and bottom. So not a huge issue, I just reset it back to 1980, but still, annoying.

But the second issue is the big problem. I could not find ANY servers at all with the so called "new and improved" server browser (which BTW I am not liking it at all right now, besides the obvious reason I could not find any servers, the whole having to tick things off with a checkmark or X is just so counter intuitive). The one and only time it did find any servers, there were 15 servers, and they were all full. That was the only time it actually found anything. I tried for at least 20 minutes. Even quit the game and steam completely, and nothing. Just found nothing. I left it completely unchecked, still found nothing. Left it untouched, still nothing. I tried the just Join Now or Play Now or whatever it is called, which I never do, and it kept saying it could not find any games.

My punkbuster is up to date according to the stand alone punk buster updater, so just wondering WTF is up if anyone knows??

Also just to make sure, I launched Left 4 Dead 2, and I was able to join a game immediately no issues at all, so it really is just BFBC2.

Oh well, leaving for dinner now, but it would be nice if someone perhaps knows what is up so when I get home tonight I can maybe check it out or tomorrow or whatever. Truly annoying, as I was one of the only people that never really had any issues at all with the last version.

[trag3dy]

I've heard of peoples graphics being reset after the patch and not seeing any servers in the browser. Sadly I don't know of any fixes for the problem. The best I can say is to fiddle with your router settings even though you shouldn't have to.

Oh yeah, and add the BFBC2 folder in My Documents to the exclusion list of your antivirus. There was problems with the game trying to access the settings files and antivirus programs interfering with that which causes lag. Worth a shot at least. That's the best I can do for now.

There is also this thread on the official forums: Not Seeing any servers

It was created just after the maps came out which you say is around the last time you played so you might find some answers in there.

If all else fails we can try giving you some servers to add to the settings files so they'll be in your favorites list and maybe that will work.

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

I've heard of peoples graphics being reset after the patch and not seeing any servers in the browser. Sadly I don't know of any fixes for the problem. The best I can say is to fiddle with your router settings even though you shouldn't have to.

Oh yeah, and add the BFBC2 folder in My Documents to the exclusion list of your antivirus. There was problems with the game trying to access the settings files and antivirus programs interfering with that which causes lag. Worth a shot at least. That's the best I can do for now.

There is also this thread on the official forums: Not Seeing any servers

It was created just after the maps came out which you say is around the last time you played so you might find some answers in there.

If all else fails we can try giving you some servers to add to the settings files so they'll be in your favorites list and maybe that will work.

Thanks for the detail response.

You know the whole AV idea may not be all that off base. I had to reinstall Kaspersky yesterday as the databases got corrupt, and although it seemed like it retained some of the older settings I had set up prior, I am almost positive that I never had that folder in exclusions to begin with, and it very well may have reset everything to default, so I will also make sure Steam etc. is part of the trusted apps.

Also I wanted to reply to you right away, but I am going to go read that thread you linked to and see what people have to say in it.

What else, I may go back to my old drivers and see if the whole resetting resolution thing does not happen, as that is just a little annoyance for sure.

Finally, I will no doubt post back, probably tomorrow as we got home way later from dinner than I thought we would, so more than likely gonna play with all of this tomorrow, but I will definitely post back and if nothing works I am definitely down to try adding the servers to my favorites just to see if that works.

Thanks again for the help and reply. Much appreciated. (Y)

[Tech Star]

I have not played since Sunday and I installed the new update and BAH! The knife is ****ing me off, they can kill me with it, but I can't? Also, does anyone notice jumping is a bit laggy? Like when I jump it lags a bit. :/

[watchthisspace]

I have not played since Sunday and I installed the new update and BAH! The knife is ****ing me off, they can kill me with it, but I can't? Also, does anyone notice jumping is a bit laggy? Like when I jump it lags a bit. :/

I know what you mean! It's so gay!

[Argi]

The knife rego is terrible from the start. :pinch:

[SMELTN]

Yeah game is definitely going downhill now. It sucks too, had such huge potential to last a year or more...

So when is BF3 suppose to come out? What other good shooters do we have coming out soon? :p

[Argi]

Yeah game is definitely going downhill now.

Why do you say that?

[Manson_AAN]

I played it for a good 3 hours yesterday on hardcore.

I felt it was pretty good. Except the knifing. Interestingly, there was no heavy bias on Medics, most of the classes were fairly balanced [maybe because it was hardcore]

However, I felt that hit rego might be a bit off and the slight lag before spawn to be getting extremely annoying

[Singh400]

I played it for a good 3 hours yesterday on hardcore.

I felt it was pretty good. Except the knifing. Interestingly, there was no heavy bias on Medics, most of the classes were fairly balanced [maybe because it was hardcore]

However, I felt that hit rego might be a bit off and the slight lag before spawn to be getting extremely annoying

You need to add the following locations to you excluded folders in your AV suite...

C:\Users\**YOUR**USERNAME**\Documents\BFBC2

C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\Battlefield Bad Company 2

That will stop the spawn lag, 100% guranteed ;)