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[DenogginizerOS]

Why do you guys need pre-load tonight? Game isn't out till Tuesday

Wait, PC has to wait for the maps? WHAT THE FUCK?!

Well, first, it takes a long time to download which I really don't want to do on Tuesday. Second, and more importantly, I want to play the game as soon as I can on Tuesday.

As for the maps on day 1, I think they mean PC gamers will get it day one as an update and will not have to worry about a code.

 

[Lkr]

No, the maps will be included in a Day 1 patch that will also have optimizations for the game.

It better be. And link to optimization patch?

 

[DodgyGeezerFella]

Looking around on forums, im seing people mention mouse lag is still present quite a bit on DX10/11 (even with HBAO and AA off)

Looks like i will be sticking to DX9 come Friday.

Edit - And literally seconds after i post crimsonheadGCN whips out that juicy nugget that gives me hope in humanity once again

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

It better be. And link to optimization patch?

It's the stuff that was added throughout the beta, but did not make it to the final version that went out to retailers: http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/...your-retail-benchmarks-here.html#post12891325

Keep in mind that many of the fixes we did for the Beta and other optimizations aren't in the retail version but the day1 patch. And as you are playing the game before release the ~day1 patch is not available yet. It is not a day -4 patch

One example of such fixes are the RenderAheadLimit setting that we added in the beta, it is not in the retail disc but will be in the first patch. This is what causes the mouse sluggishness (just as the beta)

 

[Anton Sugar]

So yeah, looks like the weapon/camo skins are the Dr. Pepper thing. Just guessing, since there are four of them.

This guy in the stream sucks and is the reason why teams lose. MCOM charge planted twenty yards in front of him and he doesn't go to defuse it.

 

[Lkr]

that patch better be available at midnight. as much as we all praise dice, they are infamous for fucking up big time with their last 2 PC releases...

 

[Net_Wrecker]

Has anyone seen the AT4 at work yet? How does it work exactly in BC2? Slight lock on without tracer dart? Would it be effective against the UAVs?

 

[Lkr]

So yeah, looks like the weapon/camo skins are the Dr. Pepper thing. Just guessing, since there are four of them.

This guy in the stream sucks and is the reason why teams lose. MCOM charge planted twenty yards in front of him and he doesn't go to defuse it.

re-link to stream please?

 

[ChuBoi]

Ok, how on earth do you manually equip the parachute (on xbox)? I've been trying to figure it out for ages :lol

 

[demolitio]

Ok, how on earth do you manually equip the parachute (on xbox)? I've been trying to figure it out for ages :lol

Hit the jump button while in the air.

 

[Lkr]

Ok, how on earth do you manually equip the parachute (on xbox)? I've been trying to figure it out for ages :lol

A

 

[Mully]

posted?

http://www.ea.com/music/battlefield-bad-company-2-official-soundtrack

Liking the main theme.

 

[Anton Sugar]

In-Game Store Video

Isla Inocentes on the stream!

Quoting Faceless for the new page, to see the in game store.

This conquest map looks awesome. DICE did such a good job with the color palette for all the maps.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

Has anyone seen the AT4 at work yet? How does it work exactly in BC2? Slight lock on without tracer dart? Would it be effective against the UAVs?

Haven't used it but seeing it in the PS3 beta it was a slow, slow rocket so probably not great for UAVs.

 

[Teknopathetic]

Laguna Alta looks like the 2nd map I've seen that has a decent layout for Conquest.

 

[Shawsie64]

Was watching Isla Inocentes on the stream yesterday, looks amazing!

 

[DodgyGeezerFella]

Question about the EA Store...

I used to use it when it first came out (things like the Battlefield Booster packs etc), and at the time im pretty sure they were advertising "Download whenever!" sorta thing, like Steam, so all was cool.

Then after awhile they said they will stop that, and you have something like 6 months to keep downloading your stuff, or pay extra and download for 2 years, so i said fuck you to the service.

Now when i look at it, theres no mention of download limits or cut off times from downloading, or any option to add on the extended download service. Have they changed again and your stuff is there to download forever now ? Whats the dealio ? Cant keep track of the damn thing :lol

 

[Anton Sugar]

I think there should be an indicator that an engineer is near you/repairing your vehicle. Either that or players should wise the fuck up--way too many panicking tanks rapidly reversing or shooting forward, leaving the would-be savior engineers exposed and the tank unrepaired. :lol

 

[zero margin]

I think there should be an indicator that an engineer is near you/repairing your vehicle. Either that or players should wise the fuck up--way too many panicking tanks rapidly reversing or shooting forward, leaving the would-be savior engineers exposed and the tank unrepaired. :lol

I gave up on trying to repair in the demo, people just didn't get it.

 

[No_Style]

Snowy Mountain is such an awesome piece.

 

[Definity]

The maps on that stream look so GOOD! Can. Not. Wait.

EDIT:

One thing, WTF is up with that horn in conquest mode? That will piss me off in about 30 seconds.

 

[TTP]

Squad Deatmatch
Two teams 4 squads each, only one vehicle per map. The first squad to reach 50 kills, wins the match.

Isn't this wrong? AFAIK, Squad Deatmatch is 4 squads against each other (each squad composed of 4 units). There are no "two teams" as each squad is a team basically (so technically is 4 teams).

The way it read in the OP sounds basically like any objective mode set up without the objectives. Which is not what Squad Deathmatch is.

 

[speculawyer]

The maps on that stream look so GOOD! Can. Not. Wait.

EDIT:

One thing, WTF is up with that horn in conquest mode? That will piss me off in about 30 seconds.

BC1 has it as well. Adds to the intensity.

 

[blanky]

The maps on that stream look so GOOD! Can. Not. Wait.

EDIT:

One thing, WTF is up with that horn in conquest mode? That will piss me off in about 30 seconds.

To make the team aware they're about to lose.

 

[Big-ass Ramp]

This games runs smooth for me. Q6600 OC'd to 2.8GHZ, 4gb DDR2 RAM, Win7 Pro x64, and a 1GB 4870 results in an avg. FPS of 50 with everything on high with 2x AA and 1x AF. The game looks(and sounds) fantastic! I'm happy The Q6600 was probably the best computer-related purchase I've ever made.

 

[Insane Metal]

Is the game already out?! I wanna play this NAO

 

[CozMick]

Liking the main theme.

I must say I'm disgusted at the new theme,

What happened to the traditional dun dun da dun dun tune?

Not happy at all

 

[GhostRidah]

This games runs smooth for me. Q6600 OC'd to 2.8GHZ, 4gb DDR2 RAM, Win7 Pro x64, and a 1GB 4870 results in an avg. FPS of 50 with everything on high with 2x AA and 1x AF. The game looks(and sounds) fantastic! I'm happy The Q6600 was probably the best computer-related purchase I've ever made.

you can up that a bit and still get 47-50 fps, I have almost the exact same specs and run it with 4x AA and 16x AF, looks great and runs great.

 

[Big-ass Ramp]

you can up that a bit and still get 47-50 fps, I have almost the exact same specs and run it with 4x AA and 16x AF, looks great and runs great.

Oh really? I'll try that. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Anton Sugar]

Isn't this wrong? AFAIK, Squad Deatmatch is 4 squads against each other (each squad composed of 4 units). There are no "two teams" as each squad is a team basically (so technically is 4 teams).

The way it read in the OP sounds basically like any objective mode set up without the objectives. Which is not what Squad Deathmatch is.

Yeah, pretty certain its 4v4v4v4.

 

[No_Style]

I must say I'm disgusted at the new theme,

What happened to the traditional dun dun da dun dun tune?

Not happy at all

A tiny bit of the traditional BF theme can be found in Snowy Mountain.

 

[Shawsie64]

Also changing the game to DX9 mode increases frames even more, my friend got an extra 20fps just from changing that alone

 

[Ysiadmihi]

The music is way too serious. BC1 had serious stuff too, but also stuff like this which totally fit the lighthearted nature of the game.

I also miss the little tune that plays when you get an award

 

[Definity]

To make the team aware they're about to lose.

Got it...guess I need to make it a point not to be on the losing team then.:lol

 

[speculawyer]

The music is way too serious. BC1 had serious stuff too, but also stuff like this which totally fit the lighthearted nature of the game.

I also miss the little tune that plays when you get an award

I absolutely hated the main music that came up in BC1 at the menu. That jazzy little tune. I had to turn it off. That's not Battlefield to me at all.

 

[No_Style]

A question concerning the localized voice option. I didn't get a chance to toggle the option, so will enabling it simply change the voices from their native languages to the American voiceovers or will it be in English with Russian accents?

 

[The Librarian]

The music is way too serious. BC1 had serious stuff too, but also stuff like this which totally fit the lighthearted nature of the game.

I also miss the little tune that plays when you get an award

Love that tune.

 

[Shawsie64]

I absolutely hated the main music that came up in BC1 at the menu. That jazzy little tune. I had to turn it off. That's not Battlefield to me at all.

Yeah I agree. I thought it felt extremely out of place even with the lightheartedness of the game.

Iv seen a few missions at a friends house who managed to get it early from EB, from the stuff I saw it looks amazing!

 

[speculawyer]

A question concerning the localized voice option. I didn't get a chance to toggle the option, so will enabling it simply change the voices from their native languages to the American voiceovers or will it be in English with Russian accents?

American

 

[Ysiadmihi]

A question concerning the localized voice option. I didn't get a chance to toggle the option, so will enabling it simply change the voices from their native languages to the American voiceovers or will it be in English with Russian accents?

I didn't try it myself but in a video I believe I heard the Russian voiceovers speaking English with a Russian accent.

Yeah I agree. I thought it felt extremely out of place even with the lightheartedness of the game.

I don't think so at all. How can that music be out of place in a game where the grenade pins have smiley faces on them :lol

 

[carbonbased]

should i consider getting this for pc over steam instead of buying a physical copy? i have some gamestop credit due to that 50% bonus offer, and i figured i might as well place my first preorder there in like a fucking decade. getting access to that exlusive mode a month early, while a totally bullshit tactic on their part, would be nice. any chance the disc won't be needed in the drive to play?

 

[Shawsie64]

I didn't try it myself but in a video I believe I heard the Russian voiceovers speaking English with a Russian accent.



I don't think so at all. How can that music be out of place in a game where the grenade pins have smiley faces on them :lol

haha yeah I guess your right, "out of place" was probably the wrong term, it just didn't click with me..

 

[Tokubetsu]

Yeah, if we don't get pre-load out of the way now, come tuesday everyone's gonna be downloading at 110kbs tops for a 7-15gig dl. Staggering it is a lot more mangeable. Unlocking files can already notoriously take a few hours thanks to stressed out servers. Having to download the game on top of that? :lol

 

[dskillzhtown]

Ha, same here, but I won't even bother. I'll just pick it up Tuesday morning.

I always think that for big releases, "No need to go down there at midnight." Then I end up going down there at 11:30 anyway.

 

[Ysiadmihi]

should i consider getting this for pc over steam instead of buying a physical copy? i have some gamestop credit due to that 50% bonus offer, and i figured i might as well place my first preorder there in like a fucking decade. getting access to that exlusive mode a month early, while a totally bullshit tactic on their part, would be nice. any chance the disc won't be needed in the drive to play?

I don't believe Squad Rush mode (or whatever it is) is locked on the PC version.

 

[DodgyGeezerFella]

should i consider getting this for pc over steam instead of buying a physical copy? i have some gamestop credit due to that 50% bonus offer, and i figured i might as well place my first preorder there in like a fucking decade. getting access to that exlusive mode a month early, while a totally bullshit tactic on their part, would be nice. any chance the disc won't be needed in the drive to play?

You can pick Either disc check, or internet activation (10 machine limit i think, can ring up if you run out) which removes disc check.

 

[The Faceless Master]

Has anyone seen the AT4 at work yet? How does it work exactly in BC2? Slight lock on without tracer dart? Would it be effective against the UAVs?

the M136 is fully wire guided, just like the stationary ground launchers, there's no lock-on at all, bu it flies and turns wherever you aim, well, within the abilities of it's turning radius anyway.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

the M136 is fully wire guided, just like the stationary ground launchers, there's no lock-on at all, bu it flies and turns wherever you aim, well, within the abilities of it's turning radius anyway.

Ahhhhh ok so it's not like the AT4 in Modern Warfare 2 then. I see.

 

[RS4-]

Fuck, do I wait "a few weeks" for this damn 4 pack at Steam or do I just wake up on Tuesday and buy it.

I wish there was a concrete date. Hell, I wish the 4 pack was announced weeks ago.

 

[Menelaus]

never done a midnight release, how early should I show up?