Bf2 Patch 1.50 Out Today + {Free Booster Packs}

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After nearly a year of development and three public beta tests Battlefield 2 v1.50 is ready for release. The update will be released on Tuesday 1st September at 5pm UK, 6pm Europe. Stay tuned for release announcement in the near future!

As part of Update 1.50 we are glad to announce that not only is Highway Tampa now a required install included in the update but Euro Forces (Great Wall, Taraba Quarry and Operation Smoke Screen) and Armored Fury (Midnight Sun, Operation Harvest and Operation Road Rage) is now FREE for all Battlefield 2 players. Including the brand new map, Operation Blue Pearl this brings EIGHT new maps that everyone can play and will be added to ranked Battlefield 2 servers world wide. The Booster Pack content is included in the update and has made the file just over 2Gb in size.

Server providers around the world will have access to the client file so find your closest host for best download speeds. To install Battlefield 2 Update v1.50 you must have Battlefield 2 updated to version 1.41 or Battlefield 2 Complete Collection from EA Store installed. Thank you to all of the EAUK Forums (Battlefield 2 - Electronic Arts UK Community) members who have given feedback and requests during the development of this update. The full change log for Update 1.50 is as follows

Features
Additional support for Windows Vista
Added Highway Tampa as a required map.
Added a new map called Operation Blue Pearl.
Added Euro Force and Armored Fury as free to play content for all Battlefield 2 players.
Added Widescreen support
Allowed BF2.exe to use more than 2Gb RAM
Added support for the Novint Falcon controller

Gameplay Tweaks
Changes made to both the J10 and F35B to make them more balanced.
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.
Occasional connection drops after being on a server a couple of minutes - Fixed
Prevented use of mouse wheel to provide speed boost to vehicles
Prevented use of mouse wheel to exploit parachutes
Players can now pass claymores by going prone
Update the HUD on TV Guided missiles to increase visibility on maps like Dragon Valley
Added Battlefield 2142 style prone deviation (going prone will now cause reduced accuracy for a brief period)

Bug Fixes
Fixed the issue where picking up a players kit would cause CTD
Updated BF2OpenAL.dll from version 1.1.1.0 to version 2.1.8.1
Updated ch_gas_station collision mesh on Dragon Valley to be consistent with other gas station buildings
Fixed the issue where MEC artillery piece on Operation Clean Sweep changes to the USMC's control when they capture the Airfield flag
Updated the Challenger2 HUD to show the correct icon instead of the M1A2 HUD icon
Changed a PLA FAV to MEC FAV on Road to Jalalabad
Tweaked the artillery respawn time on Dragon Valley for to 360 seconds as other artillery uses
Included a delay after weapon switch for the Bizon (PP-19) to 0.666
Updated the F35B's lock delay to 1 second instead of 1.5 seconds to match other aircraft
Changed the Humvee camo on Taraba Quarry to be the correct design
Increased the splash damage of the UH-60 (Black Hawk) guns from 0.25 to 1.5
Updated the G36E HUD to react the same as other weapons during sprint

:)
time to start playing again :Clap:
 
Any one seen this... lol

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7OXcKFsKGo&fmt=22]YouTube - Battlefield 2 Patch History Movie 2009[/ame]

This is going to happen where something goes wrong for some people, so here are some trouble shooting tips.

I am unable to install Battlefield 2 Update 1.50, what is wrong?
You must have Battlefield 2 version 1.41 already installed.
You can do this by installing any of the Battlefield games and running the 1.41 installer - http://largedownloads.ea.com/pub/pat...Patch_1.41.exe
(If you have Battlefield 2 Complete Collection from EA Download Manager then you can install 1.50 over that without running the 1.41 installer)

The installer says it can not find the install directory, what do I do?
Click START, type regedit
Go to Battlefield 2 entry (on Vista it is at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Electronic Arts\EA Games\Battlefield 2 )
There you should have 5 keys (Default), Distribution, InstallDir, Language, Locale, MemberName, Registered, Version
The one you need most is InstallDir
If you have that already then make sure that it is set to the BF2 install location (Default for Vista is C:\Program Files(x86)\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2)
If you don't have it, Right Click and Add new String Value
Name it InstallDir
Double click that entry and a box will appear. In Value Data box add the location of your install without the trailing \
Close regedit

Run the installer again


I have installed Update 1.50 but the game crashes when loading single player, multiplayer or Local games, what is wrong?
Nothing is wrong, go to My Documents\Battlefield 2\mods\bf2
Delete the folder: cache

Also make sure your graphics card, sound card, motherboard and any other drivers are up to date


Where do I get the Booster Packs from?
If you have downloaded and installed Update 1.50 then thats it, you have them and can play them on any ranked server.

None of this worked for me what do I do?
If in doubt, REINSTALL
When you uninstall make sure the Battlefield 2 install directory does not exist and also delete the Battlefield 2 directory from My Documents (including profiles)
Also delete Battlefield 2 references from your registry


Note: When working with regedit make sure you are comfortable with using the tool.
EA/DICE is not responsible for anything that may go wrong with your machine by manually editing registry entries.
 
Yeah i tried fileplay jack and i was 453 in the queue lol im guner wait till its died down abit :proud:
 
will what did you guys think..?

I played the new map, On a 64player server It was madness. and greatwall was sniper city.still and bag of faults, The hit box is better imo, Stil will not make the cod4 fans happy tho.
 
Just getting it now off newsgroups :) 25 mins and its finished :Clap:
 
Just getting it now off newsgroups :) 25 mins and its finished :Clap:

lol I have just reinstalled this and am loving it, I tried it when it first came out but obviously didn't give it a fair chance.

Found this webby for anyone using a No-CD patch (obviously to save damage to their original disk!)......

http://www.epcgaming.com/epcgaming_v2/servers2.php?gameid=9

I had a stroke of luck when I came to login/register and I thought I would see it I registered 'Messa' years ago when I first tried BF2 and yes I had and I was able to login with my usual pass !

So hopefully see you on the servers !

:Kickassro
 
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