Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Q&A

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  • [MyIS]Tim
    Member
    • Jul 2008
    • 507

    #1

    Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Q&A

    This just in from the BF Blog:

    We have had a lot of questions about Battlefield: Bad Company 2 on all platforms about the issues some have had. Here we will answer some of the more common questions, some will help you get in game, others will give an insight to what we are working on.

    This Q&A isn't a definitive list by any means and we are aware of and are working on more than these issues:



    Connection issues to EA servers

    EA Online has been adding more capacity to handle the high number of player connections to EA servers. This is an ongoing process but we currently have enough capacity to handle all BFBC2 connections.



    Manually install PunkBuster on PC

    If you are getting an error that Punkbuster hasn't installed correctly for reasons such as Windows admin permissions not allowing Punkbuster to be installed, then go to www.evenbalance.com and download PBSetup.exe. When prompted, point PBSetup at your BFBC2 install directory and then check for updates. A PC restart maybe needed once this is done for Windows to pick up Punkbusters location.



    PunkBuster kicks with the following error message : « punkbuster kicked player 'PLAYER NAME' (for 0 minutes) ... RESTRICTION: Service Communication. »

    This is a Windows Vista/Windows 7 permissions issue that affects all Punkbuster games. To solve this issue download and run PBSVC from http://www.evenbalance.com/downloads/pbsvc/pbsvc.exe



    When clicking on a server to join, nothing happens.

    This is fixed in a patch going out on PC today.
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    Server Browser bugged: All the following browser issues are things the team is currently working on improving.



    Too slow This is caused by the current browser system. - A new system is being developed by the BFBC2 PC team to improve the server browser

    Displaying inaccurate number of players connected on game servers - This is caused by the difference in server status between when the refresh was initiated and when the results display.

    No ping displayed - This is caused by Windows admin privileges. To view ping in the server browser run BFBC2.exe with administrator privileges.



    High pings even on local game servers. We're actually showing game latency instead of ping.

    This is basically how far behind the client is compared to the server. We try to keep the server a small portion in front of the clients so they in most cases can use replicated data until they get the next ghost update from the server. If they get a lag spike they will start predicting the state when they run out of information, however, the basic idea is to smooth out the experience compared to everything having to be corrected when the predictions are slightly off.



    After being disconnected, some people got their stats temporary reset.

    The team is investigating this issue, we have no solution at this point. Please report any stat loss here: http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/b...ing-stats.html



    When people try to reconnect to their profile, the game asks for the serial number again

    This has been fixed on the entitlement side hence no patch is needed. A really small number of people got affected by this.



    360 accounts will be &ldquo;reset&rdquo; this weekend?

    This is a rumour



    Some players have had trouble redeeming their VIP codes

    This should have cleared up now, the in game store on PS3 for Europe and Asia is coming soon.



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  • Tampa
    Member
    • Feb 2010
    • 504

    #2
    Re: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Q&amp;A

    Nice . New server browser in the works!

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    • Mavrik347
      Member
      • Oct 2006
      • 1383

      #3
      Re: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Q&amp;A

      They are bringing out a patch today? With only 1 fix? lol is that all they've done? 1 fix?

      Edit:

      FYI
      Originally posted by Bazajaytee
      Changelog for 522174

      Quote:
      Single Player -
      Fixed: Graphical issues on some systems on SP_03 (at start and when displaying background mountains at “Up river”)
      Fixed: Character voice issue during cut scenes in SP_03b (only affected Spanish)
      Fixed: Hang when killed using TOW Launchers in SP_05
      Fixed: Graphical issue on some systems on SP_05 (displaying background mountains)
      Fixed: Voice volume in cut scenes on SP_06
      Fixed: Unexpected dialog at start of SP_08 (only affected Italian)
      Fixed: Random crash in SP_09 cut scenes

      Multi Player -
      Fixed: Server Browser - Joining a password protected server results in a connection timeout
      Fixed: Server Browser auto updating server list when reopened causing a timeout issue
      Fixed: Server Browser showing “all servers” when re-entering browser on the History or Favorites tab.
      Fixed: Password issue during Friend invites
      Fixed: Password text field issue on joining a password protected server
      Fixed: “Flickering” ship on Arica Harbor
      Fixed: Clan tags that use numbers in them displaying a “0” on the Select Spawn Point screen
      Fixed: Display issue on long server names
      Fixed: Mortar Strike icon not updating (Beta issue)
      Fixed: No “Exit Game” menu option appearing at the end of some rounds.
      Fixed: Flickering user rank icon (appeared as an animated gif) when user reaches rank 10.
      Fixed: Flickering trees and “Red Box” on Laguna Presa
      Fixed: User is logged out when failing to create a new soldier
      Fixed: Zeus stationary weapon not appearing in stats
      Fixed: Zu23 not appearing in stats
      Fixed: BMD3 AA not appearing in stats
      Fixed: Friend request displaying incorrect Veteran stats
      Fixed: End of Round screen displayed incorrect “UAV_Station” – now displays correct localized text.
      Fixed: K/D ratio displays in the Front End
      Fixed: K/D ratio displays correctly when “comparing”
      Change: Server browser now defaults to list via Ping first
      Change: News Ticker font support for Spanish, Polish, Russian and Japanese
      Change: New message for server full (reported as “I get no message when I try and join a server, it does nothing”)
      Change: New message displayed for attempting to join a password protected server without providing a password (reported as “I get no message when I try and join a server, it does nothing”)
      Change: Displays version number on Front End Legal Screen
      Change: Display of weapon icon during loading screen
      Source

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      • GeneralPatton
        Member
        • May 2005
        • 942

        #4
        Re: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Q&amp;A

        Seems like a pretty solid changelog. Mainly "irritating" stuff.

        Looking forward to DICE's better server browser. The current one basically is just full of fail ... History doesn't work, Favorites doesn't work and server refresh time is ridiculous.

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        • Dangerdog
          Member
          • Oct 2007
          • 1011

          #5
          Re: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Q&amp;A

          They couldn't fix the stationary turrets for dx9, the visor is black and you can't see out of it?

          It worked just fine in the beta.

          I think a lot of the devs took a vacation at release, some also went to GDC last week.

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          • Minmaster
            I DON'T PLAY CS!
            • Nov 2006
            • 4112

            #6
            Re: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Q&amp;A

            Originally posted by Dangerdog
            They couldn't fix the stationary turrets for dx9, the visor is black and you can't see out of it?

            It worked just fine in the beta.

            I think a lot of the devs took a vacation at release, some also went to GDC last week.
            i hope it's fixed even though it's not in the change log.

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            • Dangerdog
              Member
              • Oct 2007
              • 1011

              #7
              Re: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Q&amp;A

              This post sort of gets to me.

              Originally posted by JoeGrant
              - well I am the QA Manager. Does that make me like the wicked witch from the Wizard of Oz?

              Note: This is the 2nd patch. You had one at launch. There have also been lots of server updates. We are working on it, we just thought we would keep you updated on what is happening.

              We have an extended fix list but didnt want to keep people waiting, especially with the server browser work that is ongoing.

              Comments of "this game is full of bugs" don't really help. Remember, I can see the server connections and the number of people playing so statements about it being full of bugs are not getting me anywhere.

              This patch is to address areas of functionality where users have encountered issues. It is not a server side fix nor is it to change game design.
              So, because he sees people playing the game like crazy he isn't aware of any major bugs?



              #SIGH#

              edit: he clarified, of course saying things off handed like "the game is full of bugs" isn't helpful but they should at least compile a list of things they are looking into and post it.

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              • Unclean009
                Member
                • Oct 2007
                • 164

                #8
                Re: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Q&amp;A

                All I want is a mouse invert fix for chopper vs UAV

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                • mixon
                  Member
                  • Jan 2007
                  • 32

                  #9
                  Re: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Q&amp;A

                  Originally posted by Dangerdog
                  They couldn't fix the stationary turrets for dx9, the visor is black and you can't see out of it?
                  Originally posted by Unclean009
                  All I want is a mouse invert fix for chopper vs UAV
                  The above, less CTD and working auto balance would make me very happy

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