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News Thursday 9 April

Battlefield 2 v1.50 patch status

Originally announced by DICE in June 2008 for a Christmas 2008 release, the long-overdue patch had a status update yesterday:

Firstly, sorry I have been away for so long, its been a busy time. So here as per request in a number of threads here is an update to where we are with 1.50.

Yes its still coming
We have been working on a few things to do with DRM as old versions of Battlefield 2 use an old version of SafeDisc
We have had a number of last minute hacks appear which we have made fixes for to help stabalise the servers.
We have a minor issue to solve with the Chinese version of the game.

While I can't give an exact date, we are aiming to release our first Beta towards the end of April '09 as long as everything else goes well.

In relation to the DRM, Tingle added that they are exploring the possibility of removing the requirement for the DVD to be in the drive during boot up.

Widescreen support and disabling mouse acceleration may also be added to the final release of the patch, but won't feature in the beta. For those who missed the original changelog:

Features

	Additional support for Windows Vista.
	Added Highway Tampa as a required map.
	Added a new map called Operation Blue Pearl.

Gameplay tweaks

	Changes made to both the J10 and F35B to make them more balanced. Please note that the J10 is a superior dogfighter to the F35B and as such these two aircraft will never be equally matched.
	AA targeting tweaked to make it more effective.
	Added checks to prevent "runway grieving".
	Various changes made to prevent cheating.
	Tweaked the hit detection, hits will be more accurate to the model.

We look forward to seeing what else the patch brings, hopefully at the end of this month.

Source:	EA Community Forums
Related:	DICE reveals Battlefield 2 v1.50 patch

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Comments:(14)

aG.City (aG.) 12 Apr 16:13
i really can't wait for some real hitreg, nolonger having to spray his ghost. this also means i will be able to start my pr0mod
HakLaw (YoYoTech ) 11 Apr 13:15
withour mouse accel and proper hitreg, the game will get new life. You mark my words.
Biert (\|H&R\|) 10 Apr 10:10
Netram. wrote: Widescreen support and disabling mouse acceleration may also be added to the final release of the patch, but won't feature in the beta. THIS. Is why EA suck, I bet we don't see it in the final release at all. And it's not like it's hard to implement either. Check res, change FOV, change aspect ratio. whoa! was that hard? no Also, who the fuck plays with maccell? If you're really think it's simple, I hope you apply for a job at EA so we can play good games in the future.
'Sake (Ish ) 9 Apr 17:02
Fixed reg? For sure. Propably changed usersettings
BoeToBoe (durex.) 9 Apr 14:41
f35b = raping shit on wake island
Cobra (Seven) 9 Apr 13:42
Vorte wrote: WOW, but two years too late.... Yeah...
Vorte (Vorte) 9 Apr 12:10
WOW, but two years too late....
NyteMyre (CB MoH) 9 Apr 12:07
Nothing in this patch is of PR quality. Who needs vanillaBF2 when you got Project Reality All we need is 128 player support
Jamesey (YoYoTech ) 9 Apr 11:06
Netram. wrote: Widescreen support and disabling mouse acceleration may also be added to the final release of the patch, but won't feature in the beta. THIS. Is why EA suck, I bet we don't see it in the final release at all. And it's not like it's hard to implement either. Check res, change FOV, change aspect ratio. whoa! was that hard? no Also, who the fuck plays with maccell? Mouse acceleration is built into the game, hardware settings can't undo it and at the moment it can't be disabled or turned off So I guess it would be at least a little bit hard to implement.
~de.rz!~ (~de.~ ) 9 Apr 10:19
Netram. wrote: Also, who the fuck plays with maccell? i do ;p can't play without it.
Netram. (Netram.) 9 Apr 09:36
Widescreen support and disabling mouse acceleration may also be added to the final release of the patch, but won't feature in the beta. THIS. Is why EA suck, I bet we don't see it in the final release at all. And it's not like it's hard to implement either. Check res, change FOV, change aspect ratio. whoa! was that hard? no Also, who the fuck plays with maccell?
Christoph (.) 9 Apr 09:15
awesome!
Skarcry (ToXiC\|-) 9 Apr 08:33
Let's hope it's worth the wait. Hitbox fixes will be good anyway.
~de.rz!~ (~de.~ ) 9 Apr 06:52
great to see some progress regarding the v1.5 patch. however, the patch they'll release in april is still a beta patch. it will still take a few more montsh until we see the final v1.5 patch, which is kinda disappointing...

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