1.4 beta tester uninstall?

[DisturbedOne97]

I reinstalled bf2 to get rit of 1.4 and install 1.3 patch but it wont let me go into ranked servers...any suggestions?

Oh and by the way 1.4 is great...

[Heavy552 AWG]

Re: 1.4 beta tester uninstall?

Rename the copy of Bf2 you made while installing the Beta back to regular BF2 and you should be fine.

[DisturbedOne97]

Re: 1.4 beta tester uninstall?

Explain morehowdo i do that and i alsoheard u can run 1.4 and reg by 2 diff files or something?

[jdrou]

Re: 1.4 beta tester uninstall?

Running both versions of BF2:
1. Install BF2 w/patch 1.3
2. Copy and rename the folder (e.g. to "BF2-1.3")
3. Create a shortcut to BF2.exe in the new folder and name it "run BF2 1.3" for example
4. Install beta patch 1.4 (to original BF2 folder)
Any time you want to run 1.3 you just use the new shortcut you created and to run 1.4 you use the standard BF2 shortcuts.

Then if you want to get rid of 1.4, just delete the folder and rename "BF2-1.3" back to the original BF2 folder name. You can do the same thing to run any number of versions (except v1.00-1.02 with any later version).

[Cigar_Man]

Re: 1.4 beta tester uninstall?

From the readme file for the beta:

Installation steps to protect your original BF2 install:
Beta Installation

Go to “C:\Program Files\EA GAMES”
Right click the “Battlefield 2” folder and choose “Copy”
Right click anywhere away from this folder and choose “Paste”
Once the copy has completed, you will have two folders named “Battlefield 2” and “Copy of Battlefield 2”
Install the patch 1.4 beta, then start the game as normal

When you wish to switch back to the release version of BF2, use the following steps:

Go to “C:\Program Files\EA GAMES”
Right click the “Battlefield 2” folder and choose “Rename”
Rename the folder to something like “Battlefield 2 Beta”
Right click the “Copy of Battlefield 2” folder
Rename the folder the “Battlefield 2”
Start the game as normal.

The shortcut will run BF2.exe from whichever folder is named “Battlefield 2” and both installations share the same registry entries.

Using the above steps will negate the need to completely uninstall and re-install whenever you wish to switch from the retail version to the beta version and vice versa.