Does anyone know how the booster packs will work?

[Hoppum]

Will the booster packs work like mods just like special forces? Where we'll have to launch them on their own just to play 3 maps?

Or will they work as patchs where we just install them and they become part of vanilla. And if you don't have them you'll be kicked from servers when it gets to those maps and you won't be able to join those games in the server list.

[JonnyMacFred102]

Re: Does anyone know how the booster packs will work?

I think it's the latter. I sure hope they learned from the SF mistake.

[JohnnyBigGuns]

Re: Does anyone know how the booster packs will work?

Yeah seriously, they still ought to fix it so a server can switch between vanilla and SF

[parish]

Re: Does anyone know how the booster packs will work?

I hope they implement them into the game and you can just launch them from inside vanilla bf2 by selecting a server playing that map.

[Drevor]

Re: Does anyone know how the booster packs will work?

10 bucks on the mod method

[Odedge]

Re: Does anyone know how the booster packs will work?

They would have to go with the "mod" method. But it would only make sense to allow the booster maps and vanilla maps to be played together. There will be a blue "2" icon in the server browser. They should have allowed this to be done with SF (play SF and VBF 2) maps on the same server. But what do I know, I only play the games.

[Lawless-ia-]

Re: Does anyone know how the booster packs will work?

Yeah seriously, they still ought to fix it so a server can switch between vanilla and SF

I AGREE 100% and am kinda pizz'ed they didnt do it this way. Thats why I'm waiting before I buy these booster packs

[Sir. bzb]

Re: Does anyone know how the booster packs will work?

It would be 'mod' style.... for three maps. The other way would require each server to have the extra maps which half the people playing wouldnt have, thus making it pointless.
That is why i dont play SF, why switch programs to play the same game on a different few maps?
Deffinately ill thought through, given the limited number of maps each addon is aimed at a small section of the community and thats not the way to grow a community. BF2 should be attracting new people, not capitalising on its existing community via bizare addons that surely shouldnt arrive for at least a year..... or are to few people plaing bf2 already?

[JonnyMacFred102]

Re: Does anyone know how the booster packs will work?

It would be nice if you just install the booster, it adds weapons and just integrates new maps into the current BF2 map folders. Then it would just blend in with vanilla and it would be easy to play. Like the wake island patch...

[Twisted-]

Re: Does anyone know how the booster packs will work?

Even though i'm going to buy both of them and all future ones more than likely, it would **** me off beyond belief if for some reason i didn't want to/couldn't buy the boosters and i kept getting kicked from servers when a boosters map loaded up.

[modifierLE]

Re: Does anyone know how the booster packs will work?

I bought SF 2 months ago, and i have only played it twice. Mainly cause i need to finish building my new computer, but also its a hassle to go from BF2 to SF.

[SupaFly_]

Re: Does anyone know how the booster packs will work?

seriously, i cant believe ppl are whining about switching games... if you rename the movies folder it really doesnt take that long, and if youve ever played a mod on bf1942, its the same way

you can do it from ingame, it works just like a mod, mainly because it is a mod... its really the only way they could do it

[Revoluti0n]

Re: Does anyone know how the booster packs will work?

Yeah seriously, they still ought to fix it so a server can switch between vanilla and SF

Are you refering to the BF2CC? If so you can switch from one to the other, it's quite easy. The client side is the problem.
People are very unclear when it comes to that. It doesn't kick you out of the game, it merely ends one game and immediately goes into another game. I don't know that it could be any smoother. IMO, Dice should have made SF into a patch and integrated it into regular BF2 instead of creating it as an expansion.

[« R²» HKS]

Re: Does anyone know how the booster packs will work?

Its not how they will work it's if they will work I want to know.

At this stage for us these booster packs will be a headache. We already switch our server between vanilla and SF on a daily or so basis. Add the other 2 booster packs and that requires more switching to play them.

That reminds me its about time we switched back to SF.

Whether you have the movies installed or not, if you switch mods in-game it by passes the movies anyway.

[imported_Spuddy]

Re: Does anyone know how the booster packs will work?

Neither works well. If you have seperate servers for just 3 maps (which you'll require two, one for booster pack #1 and another for booster pack #2) then they're going to be pretty quiet, unless they very good maps (such as Karkand, or Ghost Town).

And if you merge them with vanilla BF2 (which really is what a booster pack does) you're going to end up loosing lots of people when the maps change to a booster pack map only.

Booster packs = bad idea, causing yet more problems. They sohuld either give them away for free or wait and produce a full expansion pack instead.