Poll: ****Official Battlefield Bad Company 2 Thread*****

Which type of game play would you prefer

  • Normal Rush Mode

    Votes: 481 33.4%

  • Hardcore Rush Mode

    Votes: 222 15.4%

  • Normal Conquest

    Votes: 507 35.2%

  • Hardcore Conquest

    Votes: 229 15.9%
  • Total voters
    1,439
liamcrane said:
Just trying to join my 1st online game do i have to install punkbuster to be able to play online? i didnt install during the game setup
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You need it to play on ranked servers. Not having punkbuster active automatically sets a server to unranked which is just about useless.
 
Evilsod said:
Hehe, yeah i think i spent almost more time on this since October than i had in all the time before that. 1300 Neostead kills and 44% accuracy atm. Would be a bit higher but the game doesn't feel smooth enough sometimes and its killing my performance. I get killed because its harder to see players and i keep missing players who aren't moving ><

On a side note i wanna know how the hell Midnight manages it! I knifed him yesterday then 60 seconds later he's somehow walked around my entire team (on the hill on the last points of Isla), gone past my motion sensor and knifed me in the back without anyone seeing him!
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Yeah... After being bored of it for a few months I suddenly found it incredibly compelling :p

It's strange you're having so many issues on your PC. Do you want me to look at your config files sometime? I'm sure you've already done everything but a second set of eyes can sometimes see something you've missed.
 
Yeah fair point. I'm level 17 and i still enjoy playing the game but i only play for 1 or 2 hours a day, so its slow progress. I gave cod:black ops a go at one point but concluded its pants. :)
 
FrenchTart said:
Yeah... After being bored of it for a few months I suddenly found it incredibly compelling :p

It's strange you're having so many issues on your PC. Do you want me to look at your config files sometime? I'm sure you've already done everything but a second set of eyes can sometimes see something you've missed.
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Aye i hadn't touched it for months beforehand.

Tbh i'm not sure whether i really am having issues or whether the pc just can't handle it. Thanks for the offer but I'm considering just deleting BC2 and all files associated with it and redownloading to set everything back to defaults just incase. I highly doubt you'd see anything worth taking the time for. I'll put them up anyway.

I need to pay more attention to speedfan while i'm playing to see how my cpu is doing. Might try maxing out the graphics details to see how much of an effect it has on my fps. Changing everything from low/off and DX9 to DX10 seems to have changed my fps from around 30 to around 25 and the game does feel a bit smoother (and look less awful) but its still far from perfect.

[WindowSettings]
Width=1360
Height=768
Fullscreen=true
RefreshRate=59.887001
VSync=false
[Sound]
Quality=low
VoipEnable=false
SpeakerCount=0
[Graphics]
Effects=low
Soldiers=medium
Vehicles=medium
Overgrowth=medium
Undergrowth=medium
StaticObjects=medium
Terrain=medium
Shadows=low
Bloom=false
HSAO=false
MSAA=0
Water=low
MainQuality=custom
Texture=medium
DxVersion=10
Aniso=0
Detail=medium
RenderAheadLimit=2
Fov=65
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Evilsod said:
Aye i hadn't touched it for months beforehand.

Tbh i'm not sure whether i really am having issues or whether the pc just can't handle it. Thanks for the offer but I'm considering just deleting BC2 and all files associated with it and redownloading to set everything back to defaults just incase. I highly doubt you'd see anything worth taking the time for. I'll put them up anyway.

I need to pay more attention to speedfan while i'm playing to see how my cpu is doing. Might try maxing out the graphics details to see how much of an effect it has on my fps. Changing everything from low/off and DX9 to DX10 seems to have changed my fps from around 30 to around 25 and the game does feel a bit smoother (and look less awful) but its still far from perfect.
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Yeah. The only things I'd change in that file (though I have graphics settings on low:p) are RenderAheadLimit=0 and manually set RefreshRate=60. It's not a major deal, but something that annoys me.

Have you also done the input file/folder modifications? From memory, one of the patches reset this data so you might want to try redoing it. I've got a saved input.7z file that I use to re-import the changes when doing new installs. You're welcome to have it if you'll find it useful.

edit: I also use FOV of 75, for what it's worth.
 
BriT said:
Yeah fair point. I'm level 17 and i still enjoy playing the game but i only play for 1 or 2 hours a day, so its slow progress. I gave cod:black ops a go at one point but concluded its pants. :)
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Yeah levelling up is fine with me.

IIRC, I'm level 17, about 500 points from 18. I'm just starting to look through the guns and picking out ones where I'm close to getting the bronze/silver stars for some quick points.

Currently working on engineer to get the unlocks.
 
FrenchTart said:
Yeah. The only things I'd change in that file (though I have graphics settings on low:p) are RenderAheadLimit=0 and manually set RefreshRate=60. It's not a major deal, but something that annoys me.

Have you also done the input file/folder modifications? From memory, one of the patches reset this data so you might want to try redoing it. I've got a saved input.7z file that I use to re-import the changes when doing new installs. You're welcome to have it if you'll find it useful.

edit: I also use FOV of 75, for what it's worth.
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Yeah looking at it i just noticed the dodgy refresh rate so i'll change that too. RAL was originally at 0 but i changed it to 2 when i was trying DX10. I did also use 80 FoV but i dropped it to 65 as thats what the FoV was of the pc i've been playing on since October.

What do you mean by input file/folder mods? I do remember a while back trying that 'fix' for hit boxes that was apparently a load of rubbish so i'm not sure if that would have an effect or if its even still there.

It could just be because i've been playing the game on max settings for 3 months its just too big a change to get used to atm (on top of poor performance). I'm also playing with sensitivity, brightness and contrast to try and get it feeling right.
 
Evilsod said:
Yeah looking at it i just noticed the dodgy refresh rate so i'll change that too. RAL was originally at 0 but i changed it to 2 when i was trying DX10. I did also use 80 FoV but i dropped it to 65 as thats what the FoV was of the pc i've been playing on since October.

What do you mean by input file/folder mods? I do remember a while back trying that 'fix' for hit boxes that was apparently a load of rubbish so i'm not sure if that would have an effect or if its even still there.

It could just be because i've been playing the game on max settings for 3 months its just too big a change to get used to atm (on top of poor performance). I'm also playing with sensitivity, brightness and contrast to try and get it feeling right.
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I can imagine /re the PC change. I would feel the same I reckon.

The input file change is the one in this below post. I found it made the mouse and the game feel much less laggy. Afaik it has no effect on hit boxes/etc.

http://bashandslash.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=2367
 
FrenchTart said:
I can imagine /re the PC change. I would feel the same I reckon.

The input file change is the one in this below post. I found it made the mouse and the game feel much less laggy. Afaik it has no effect on hit boxes/etc.

http://bashandslash.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=2367
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Damn thats confusing. I might give it a go and see how it works, though i'm a little worried by the comments that it made vehicles and turrets unusable.
 
Evilsod said:
Damn thats confusing. I might give it a go and see how it works, though i'm a little worried by the comments that it made vehicles and turrets unusable.
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It's not that bad really. I found it made them more responsive.

you can always delete the input folder if you don't like the changes :)
 
creed said:
On auto, DX will be DX11 with 5850. regarding ur drop in frames the only sense to be made is that changing the renderaheadlimit from 2 to 0 is no good. btw u should be able to do 16xAF with a 5850 at 1680 res.

Maybe check it didnt change renderaheadlimit in CCC too?
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After you said this I installed ATI Tray Tool, manually set render ahead to 2 in ATT, and it's back to normal! In fact it's even better performance than it was now that I've updated my drivers.

Creed, you are a legend.

Ta very much!
 
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