Community Update - 2/22/06

Shafik · 02-23-2006, 01:34 AM

http://www.ea.com/official/battlefie...yupdate_022106

Good day soldiers, We want to let you know that we have been making great progress on patch 1.21 and are happy to share with you some of the issues that are being addressed. The patch will be tested in a limited beta starting the end of this week. We're working around the clock to minimize your wait on the release of 1.21 but at the same time want to make sure that the patch is thoroughly tested before it goes out officially.

Below is a list of the current confirmed fixes

* Crash bug when using Hummer with TOW in the Special Forces expansion pack has been fixed
* Screen capture is now working
* Performance issues with certain ATI cards has been addressed
* Server browser can now filter by map name
* Claymores - the number that can be dropped at any one time has been reduced to 2

Once again thank you for your patience and see you all on the Battlefield!

The team at DICE and EA

Thierry · 02-23-2006, 02:37 AM

Nothing about the AT missile bug, noobtubing or the P90? Sheesh!

munchkin · 02-23-2006, 02:43 AM

Wow, mad!

I'll be very angry if this patch doesn't fix the issues that stop me from connecting to any server.

**dawolf** · 02-23-2006, 03:21 AM

default FF off on mines and claymores HAS to go. oh well, who cares about other servers anyway...

fldash · 02-23-2006, 08:54 AM

Wow, EA/DiCE are clueless. Here's hoping for the best!

**P8riot** · 02-23-2006, 09:11 AM

Unofficial information from a possibly OK - source (could I be anymore vague?)

- Fixed Hummer with TOW crash on Battlefield 2: Special Forces maps (Leviathan and Night Flight)
- Fixed battle Recorder crash
- Fixed screen capture (now able to use print screen)
- Solved issues with PS1.4 on (ATi 8500)
- Reduced the number of claymroes that can be dropped to 2
- Adjusted AA Missle behaviour
- Fixed the Server Browser filter to enable search by map
- Client Server/Synch reversion (see below)
- Tank shells and grenade launchers occasionally don't get rendered when fired
- Occasional dual medic/supply packs are displayed on high latency (300 ping)
- Many weapons don't make a sound/animation when others fire them, this is a big deal as you have no way of knowing what direction you are being shot from
- Grenade launcher grenades and rocket launcher rockets now often disappear after being fired without an explosion
- Hit indictor often doesn't display for sniper rifles and some other weapons
- Packet loss/Lagg bug. 1.2 seemed to of caused lots of short moments where there is a major lag where information is not being sent properly from the player to server.
This includes sniper rifle zooming in, few moments later the person unzooms automatically due to lag because the server wasn't aware the person zoomed in, in the first place. AT Rocket firing and going through armoured vehicles then the rocket not registered as fired, because the server was never aware the person shot. This also includes a hand grenade problem, someone tries to throw but through lag it doesn't happen, the user tries again and two are thrown.
- Mystery death - you die without hearing a shot, seeing a hit indicator or reading how/whom on the console. A simple "player is no more".
- Name bug where a player's name only shows up after they have been killed
- F2000 sometimes depletes the entire clip in one shot, which if they kill an enemy you sometimes don't get the kill.
- Blackhawk flares glitch

http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=15496

xTYBALTx · 02-23-2006, 09:15 AM

That's more like it.

**WhiskeySix** · 02-23-2006, 09:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by munchkin

I'll be very angry if this patch doesn't fix the issues that stop me from connecting to any server.

oh stop you're crying... sheesh, you'd think people only play this game for multiplayer!? ever heard of 'bots'?

**Tempus** · 02-23-2006, 10:05 AM

I dunno.. That last list sounds awfully close to the buglist documented in the totalbf2 forums. Some of it is almost word for word..

**dawolf** · 02-23-2006, 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by P8riot

Unofficial information from a possibly OK - source (could I be anymore vague?)

i read that exact list in a "collection of bugs in 1.2" thread. so i would not consider this a fixlist, rather a "community collected problems" list.

Mayfield · 02-23-2006, 10:15 AM

Oh that list it nothing, check this out:

http://www.totalbf2.com/forums/showthread.php?t=57621

They compiled a list of what 1.2 created, what they said was fixed (and wasn't), and what it actually fixed. It really makes EA/DICE look like complete and utter morons.

**P8riot** · 02-23-2006, 01:44 PM

Yeah - it looks like someone mashed a buglist with the list from EA

Santa · 02-24-2006, 01:04 AM

If thats all EA is going to fix, i will explode.

Coridon · 02-24-2006, 01:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TG_Santa

If thats all EA is going to fix, i will explode.

And then I'll come hunker down on your corpse and do my best Earl Gray impersonation...

Kilrogg · 02-24-2006, 03:33 AM

"* Server browser can now filter by map name"

How about "We have hired a competent interface programmer and redone the server browser completely"

02-23-2006, 01:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
Shafik Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Israel Age: 27 Posts: 1,556	Community Update - 2/22/06 http://www.ea.com/official/battlefie...yupdate_022106 Good day soldiers, We want to let you know that we have been making great progress on patch 1.21 and are happy to share with you some of the issues that are being addressed. The patch will be tested in a limited beta starting the end of this week. We're working around the clock to minimize your wait on the release of 1.21 but at the same time want to make sure that the patch is thoroughly tested before it goes out officially. Below is a list of the current confirmed fixes * Crash bug when using Hummer with TOW in the Special Forces expansion pack has been fixed * Screen capture is now working * Performance issues with certain ATI cards has been addressed * Server browser can now filter by map name * Claymores - the number that can be dropped at any one time has been reduced to 2 Once again thank you for your patience and see you all on the Battlefield! The team at DICE and EA __________________ Last edited by Shafik; 02-23-2006 at 02:07 AM.

02-23-2006, 02:37 AM	#2 (permalink)
Thierry Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The Netherlands Age: 20 Posts: 870	Re: Community Update - 2/22/06 Nothing about the AT missile bug, noobtubing or the P90? Sheesh! __________________ BF2 Name: Thez(NL) BF2142 Names: Thierry(NL) (Sniper) Dikkiedik(NL) (Assault) Kittekat(NL) (Engineer) Dimi(NL) (Support)

02-23-2006, 02:43 AM	#3 (permalink)
munchkin Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 17 Posts: 2,271	Re: Community Update - 2/22/06 Wow, mad! I'll be very angry if this patch doesn't fix the issues that stop me from connecting to any server. __________________ [conduct][volun][drill][sg-c1][tpf-c1] \|TG-2nd\|munchkin Nec aspera terrent.

02-23-2006, 03:21 AM	#4 (permalink)
dawolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Vienna, Austria Age: 29 Posts: 850	Re: Community Update - 2/22/06 default FF off on mines and claymores HAS to go. oh well, who cares about other servers anyway... __________________ TG-E1st TacticalGamer European Division \| Team up with us today! Es war sehr schön, es hat mich sehr gefreut!

02-23-2006, 08:54 AM	#5 (permalink)
fldash Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Age: 28 Posts: 936	Re: Community Update - 2/22/06 Wow, EA/DiCE are clueless. Here's hoping for the best! __________________ It is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2:8-9/NIV

02-23-2006, 09:11 AM	#6 (permalink)
P8riot Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Bradenton, FL Age: 38 Posts: 2,689	Re: Community Update - 2/22/06 Unofficial information from a possibly OK - source (could I be anymore vague?) - Fixed Hummer with TOW crash on Battlefield 2: Special Forces maps (Leviathan and Night Flight) - Fixed battle Recorder crash - Fixed screen capture (now able to use print screen) - Solved issues with PS1.4 on (ATi 8500) - Reduced the number of claymroes that can be dropped to 2 - Adjusted AA Missle behaviour - Fixed the Server Browser filter to enable search by map - Client Server/Synch reversion (see below) - Tank shells and grenade launchers occasionally don't get rendered when fired - Occasional dual medic/supply packs are displayed on high latency (300 ping) - Many weapons don't make a sound/animation when others fire them, this is a big deal as you have no way of knowing what direction you are being shot from - Grenade launcher grenades and rocket launcher rockets now often disappear after being fired without an explosion - Hit indictor often doesn't display for sniper rifles and some other weapons - Packet loss/Lagg bug. 1.2 seemed to of caused lots of short moments where there is a major lag where information is not being sent properly from the player to server. This includes sniper rifle zooming in, few moments later the person unzooms automatically due to lag because the server wasn't aware the person zoomed in, in the first place. AT Rocket firing and going through armoured vehicles then the rocket not registered as fired, because the server was never aware the person shot. This also includes a hand grenade problem, someone tries to throw but through lag it doesn't happen, the user tries again and two are thrown. - Mystery death - you die without hearing a shot, seeing a hit indicator or reading how/whom on the console. A simple "player is no more". - Name bug where a player's name only shows up after they have been killed - F2000 sometimes depletes the entire clip in one shot, which if they kill an enemy you sometimes don't get the kill. - Blackhawk flares glitch http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=15496 __________________ Age of Conan: Tharashk (Taxiarchos), Thaumiel (alt), guild Ars Tactika - Cimmeria

02-23-2006, 09:15 AM	#7 (permalink)
xTYBALTx Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,851	Re: Community Update - 2/22/06 That's more like it. __________________ Current good song: Justice - Stress "$250,000 a year won't get me to Central Park West."

02-23-2006, 10:05 AM	#9 (permalink)
Tempus Join Date: May 2003 Location: Miami, FL Age: 38 Posts: 8,170	Re: Community Update - 2/22/06 I dunno.. That last list sounds awfully close to the buglist documented in the totalbf2 forums. Some of it is almost word for word.. __________________ Battlefield 2/2142 Game Officer Contact me with server/player/admin issues. -- Suits are what you wear when doing things you shouldn’t want to do anyway. FROM THE TACTICAL GAMER PRIMER. 3) Support game play in a near-simulation environment. Where the focus of play would not be solely on doing what it takes to win, but doing so utilizing real-world combat strategy and tactics rather than leveraging exploits provided to players by the design of the game engine.

02-23-2006, 10:15 AM	#11 (permalink)
Mayfield Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Looking down my iron sights Age: 33 Posts: 66	Re: Community Update - 2/22/06 Oh that list it nothing, check this out: http://www.totalbf2.com/forums/showthread.php?t=57621 They compiled a list of what 1.2 created, what they said was fixed (and wasn't), and what it actually fixed. It really makes EA/DICE look like complete and utter morons.

02-23-2006, 01:44 PM	#12 (permalink)
P8riot Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Bradenton, FL Age: 38 Posts: 2,689	Re: Community Update - 2/22/06 Yeah - it looks like someone mashed a buglist with the list from EA __________________ Age of Conan: Tharashk (Taxiarchos), Thaumiel (alt), guild Ars Tactika - Cimmeria

02-24-2006, 01:04 AM	#13 (permalink)
Santa Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 19 Posts: 3,355	Re: Community Update - 2/22/06 If thats all EA is going to fix, i will explode.

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