Battlefield 2 1.5 FINAL patch released 1-Sep-2009

[GullyFoyle]

13-Sep-2009 Edit: Point Of Existence and Allied Intent Xtended server-only hotfixs for patch 1.5 released.
7-Sep-2009 Edit: A fix for the Alt-Tab issue from DICE!, Sandbox Mod updated for BF2 1.5.
6-Sep-2009 Edit: Forgotten Hope mod new release works with 1.5, Dcon mod appears to work with 1.5 with no changes.
5-Sep-2009 Edit: Project Reality mod patched for 1.5

1-Sep-2009 Edit: Patch is released: blogs.battlefield.ea.com The file is 1.9 GB. No, there is no smaller version if you already have the Booster packs.

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:thumbsup: If you want to continue to play mods like AIX, POE, DCon, etc., until they are updated for the new version of BF2, use the procedure below to create two installs of BF2 (version 1.41 & 1.5):

Install BF2 v1.50:

* Copy your "Battlefield 2" folder to "Battlefield 2 v1.41" at the same level
* Install the update
* This will update your version of Battlefield 2 where it was originally installed.

To go back to BF2 v1.41:

* Rename your new (1.50) install folder to something else i.e. Battlefield 2 v1.50
* Rename the copied install (v1.41) to what it originally was i.e. Battlefield 2
* Click START>RUN
* Type: regedit
* Go to (in Vista its different): HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Electronic Arts\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2
* There you will see a key called Version. It should say 1.50
* Change this to 1.40 and close regedit
* Run Battlefield 2 as normal

The patch needs to be applied over top of a complete 1.41 installation.

If you are starting from scratch, the install order is:

Install BF2
Install Special Forces (optional, if you have it)
Install patch 1.41
Install patch 1.50
Update Punkbuster

If you are having issues with your install, check for help here: 1.50 Patch Troubleshooting

* The only major issue with the patch people are reporting is that you cannot Alt-Tab out of BF2, if you have Anti-Aliasing enabled. This was identified in the beta phase. The response from Bazajaytee has been "Either don't Alt-Tab, or don't use AA".

27-Aug-2009 Edit: DICE announces that the Euro Forces and Armored Fury booster packs will indeed be included free in the 1.5 patch! http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/

As part of Update 1.50 we are glad to announce that not only is Highway Tampa now a required install included in the update but Euro Forces (Great Wall, Taraba Quarry and Operation Smoke Screen) and Armored Fury (Midnight Sun, Operation Harvest and Operation Road Rage) is now FREE for all Battlefield 2 players. Including the brand new map, Operation Blue Pearl this brings EIGHT new maps that everyone can play and will be added to ranked Battlefield 2 servers world wide. The Booster Pack content is included in the update and has made the file just over 2Gb in size.

Here is the full change log for update 1.50 (from The Battlefield Blog):

Features:

• Additional support for Windows Vista.
• Added Highway Tampa as a required map.
• Added a new map called Operation Blue Pearl.
• Added Euro Force and Armored Fury as free to play content for all Battlefield 2 players.
• Added Widescreen support
• Allowed BF2.exe to use more than 2Gb RAM
• Added support for the Novint Falcon controller.
• Removed the requirement to have your BF2 DVD in the drive to start the game.

Gameplay Tweaks:

• Changes made to both the J10 and F35B to make them more balanced.
• 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 .
• Occasional connection drops after being on a server a couple of minutes - fixed
• Prevented use of mouse wheel to provide speed boost to vehicles
• Prevented use of mouse wheel to exploit parachutes
• Players can now pass claymores by going prone
• Update the HUD on TV Guided missiles to increase visibility on maps like Dragon Valley
• Added Battlefield 2142 style prone deviation (going prone will now cause reduced accuracy for a brief period)

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed the issue where picking up a players kit would cause CTD
• Updated BF2OpenAL.dll from version 1.1.1.0 to version 2.1.8.1
• Updated ch_gas_station collision mesh on Dragon Valley to be consistent with other gas station buildings
• Fixed the issue where MEC artillery piece on Operation Clean Sweep changes to the USMC's control when they capture the Airfield flag
• Updated the Challenger2 HUD to show the correct icon instead of the M1A2 HUD icon
• Changed a PLA FAV to MEC FAV on Road to Jalalabad
• Tweaked the artillery respawn time on Dragon Valley for to 360 seconds as other artillery uses
• Included a delay after weapon switch for the Bizon (PP-19) to 0.666
• Updated the F35B's lock delay to 1 second instead of 1.5 seconds to match other aircraft
• Changed the Humvee camo on Taraba Quarry to be the correct design
• Increased the splash damage of the UH-60 (Black Hawk) guns from 0.25 to 1.5
• Updated the G36E HUD to react the same as other weapons during sprint

25-Aug-2009 Edit: More confirmation of news this week: New Baza Post Further down he confirms the "surprise" will be revealed this week too...

20-Aug-2009 Edit:
DICE has not yet announced when the patch will be available. But they have announced when they will announce when the patch will be available. Next week.
EA Forum Link

Bazajaytee wrote:
As I said in another thread yestedray, expect something to be released next week regarding a release date. This week has some key people at GamesCom that need to get back before I can release anything.

07-Aug-2009 Edit: Real Soon now... Latest Update Link

Bazajaytee wrote: Hey guys, remember me?

Just a quick update. We have what we believe is the final version of Battlefield 2 v1.50. We have a little bit of office politics to sort out regarding the update but once thats cleared up we'll be good to release it.
Unfortunately I can't tell you what the office politcis decision is about but it is worth the slight extra delay. There won't be another public Beta of this version, instead we will do a closed Beta to get a faster turn around and is basically to make sure things are still OK like the connection to servers issue.

You will need to have Battlefield 2 installed to version 1.41. We won't support installing over a previous 1.50 Beta version (it might work without issue but it might not so to be safe install over 1.41) so feel free to uninstall/delete that version.

Gordan Van *** of DICE posted in his twitter about a surprise to be included in the BF2 patch release. Many have conjectured about the them making Euro Forces and Armored Fury add-ons free. That may be related to the "office politics" mentioned above. <lot off speculation>

24-Jul-2009 Edit: Final Patch, now in 2-3 weeks Link

Waiting for the programmers to get back from vacation. I thought one would be due back at the start of this week but he wasn't. For those of you that don't know, Sweden has an odd practise of people taking vacation during the month of July for something called "Industrisemester" (not just DICE but all of Sweden). Think of everyone going on holiday at once and thats what it is

There are some things the tidy up before final like the inability to play Special Forces.
The release is more likely a matter of weeks away (2-3 weeks at a rough guess).

17-Jul-2009 Edit: Battlefield 2 v1.50 Patch Final Coming Soon! forums.electronicarts.co.uk link

I have been out of the office (although it doesnt mean I stopped working on BF2 1.50) for the last two weeks on semester. However... Emil hasn't and has been hard at work on the update after your feedback. So here is where we are at; there hasn't been any MAJOR issues in the Beta 3 that we have had reports of.

So whats changed since the Beta 3 started? The screens below will help explain.

? Black cross hair on the TV guided missiles
? Widescreen FoV on widescreen resolutions

When I get back into the office next week there will be some last minute checks (no more fixes (unless something is broken that I didnt expect) or changes) and all being well the update 1.50 will be finalised and released officially.

Thanks for your feedback during the Beta phases. Its all gone a long way to make this one of the biggest changelogs that Battlefield 2 has had since launch.

See updates on Twitter (edit: new "official" link)

If you want to provide feedback on the beta, sign up at forums.electronicarts.co.uk. There are a number of Polls about design choices. Speak now, or live with the consequences!

forums.electronicarts.co.uk

 

[zerocool84]

Ehh I'll wait until the final version of the patch is released cus we all know with BF2 that even final releases are still Beta.

 

[Barfo]

Change log?

 

[Kromis]

FINALLY!

 

[amddude]

Yay!

 

[WaitingForNehalem]

Where's the widescreen!

 

[amddude]

Supposedly widescreen support is added in the final 1.5

 

[NoWhereM]

Originally posted by: amddude
Supposedly widescreen support is added in the final 1.5

I hope so.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Cool

 

[HeXploiT]

Widescreen support and disk checker removal. WooT!

 

[Ackmed]

Ill wait for the final, but Im pretty excited.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Wondering if I should reinstall

 

[Fanatical Meat]

disk checker removal tool, does this mean we can play without the CD in?

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

So just to be clear, does this or does this not add widescreen support? Or is that something still to come in final 1.5?

 

[ViviTheMage]

I will wait for the stable version, but I am glad they are releasing it !!!

 

[KeypoX]

hell yeah... i just fired this bad boy back up a month or so ago.

the best will never die.

 

[HeXploiT]

Originally posted by: Fanatical Meat
disk checker removal tool, does this mean we can play without the CD in?

Yes.

Originally posted by: Krakn3Dfx
So just to be clear, does this or does this not add widescreen support? Or is that something still to come in final 1.5?

The options are there. Whether or not it's actually cropped I know not.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

I do remember reading about it will be in the final release (wide screen) but dice did not want to promise. With so many people going wide screen and dice releasing new battlefield games I think its a safe bet.

 

[BW86]

looks like i need to reinstall bf2

 

[conlan]

Originally posted by: Krakn3Dfx
So just to be clear, does this or does this not add widescreen support? Or is that something still to come in final 1.5?

Yes

============
Battlefield 2 Update v1.50
============
FEATURES
- Additional support for Windows Vista.
- Added Highway Tampa as a required map.
- Added a new map called Operation Blue Pearl.
- Added support for Widescreen resolutions
- Added support for the Novint Falcon controller - http://www.novint.com

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
- Increased the time to go prone after jumping from 0.3 seconds to 0.7 seconds
- Fixed G36E HUD during sprinting to match other weapons.

 

[Capt Caveman]

From a friend who played last night:

heres what I noticed and not:

-Hit reg improvement: Maybe a slight improvement? I was playing around in an almost empty server on the new map (blue pearl necklace) so the hitreg wasn't put to the test.
-G36e no longer shows the crosshairs while bunnyhopping. I never use the g36e so I didn't test it. People are crying about it so it must be a good thing.
-The delay from going prone while jumping has been increased from 0.3 seconds to 0.7 seconds. This delay only involves going prone while flying through the air, so it has no affect on my gameplay. Huge numbers of people crying about this so I know its a good thing.
-I never fly so I cannot comment on the j10 vs f35 tweak.

 

[KeypoX]

patching now thanks man. Got mine off the newsgroups at about 1.5MB/s

Gonna flow your directions just in case i have problems lol

 

[Liberator21]

I'm really glad to see this game still kicking and making improvements! I will reinstall it now..

It sucks though that it really took THIS long to get widescreen and disk check removal? Good thing the gameplay rocks hard, or this BS would never EVER fly with me.

 

[zerocool84]

I would still wait cus it's a Beta patch and I'm sure not too many servers run Beta patches.

 

[SunnyD]

Hmm... this is the only game I really was any good with a sniper rifle in.