BF2 Demo

[Acanthus]

With the small size of the demo im sure this doesnt meet the max graphics quality of the actual game, itd make the demo too large to include the textures.

From what im hearing, dont expect 4xAA 16xAF in the retail release.

 

[Todd33]

Originally posted by: Ackmed
Ill share how to get it very fast, I wont be greedy.

Go here, http://sourceforge.net/project/showfile...22&package_id=141780&release_id=306907 Download and install that, takes about 30 seconds.

Then paste this link into it; http://www.gamespot.com/cgi/chkpt.php?s...battlefield2/Battlefield_2_Demo_GC.zip

It should then max out your download speeds. I got it in about 16 mins.

5.6's are working without coruption for me. So is AA. I wish they would get off their butts and have a real WS res.

edit, AA does work for me. I had it forced thru control panel, and forgot I did. I changed it to app preference, and selected it in the game, and it worked fine.

Didn't work, they must have changed the path, do you have another link? In general what is that true DLer used for?

 

[Ackmed]

I dont know, saw it on another forum.

Fileplanet is supposed to have it at 1pm today. While it will probably have a large wait if you're not a member.

 

[imported_Noob]

Originally posted by: Acanthus
From what im hearing, dont expect 4xAA 16xAF in the retail release.

:Q Why no AA and AF in the retail release?

 

[Ackmed]

He means it will take more of a performance hit, with the retail version. Meaning you wont be running it.

I dont believe in that, but whatever.

 

[imported_Noob]

Originally posted by: Ackmed
He means it will take more of a performance hit, with the retail version. Meaning you wont be running it.

I dont believe in that, but whatever.

Lets hope the retail runs better then the demo.

 

[whoster69]

I've got a 9700 Pro with the 5.6 drivers (not their new buggy interface, the old one) and it works fine for the most part. I do have issues with it getting chunky after playing awhile but that could be caused by several things on my end. I also have a problem with it minimizing, but I think this is part of my IE "experience" -a problem I've been having for a long time that I can't track down. I doubt it's driver related. It happened in BF1942 as well.

 

[Todd33]

I\m a mmember of fileplanent, I can wait. Not like I have time to play ti anyhow.

 

[imported_Noob]

Originally posted by: whoster69
(not their new buggy interface, the old one)

LOL speaking of the new interface, doesn't the music sound like a porn theme or is that just me?

 

[The Sly Syl]

I have an Nvidia card, and I get massive graphical glitches, the game keeps yelling at me to "update to newest drivesr" (71.8 omething) when i'm using the not-yet-released 76.45 drivers from www.guru3d.com already.

I'm not instlaliner worse drivers for a single demo to be played. But the graphical errors are almost too much to play the game with.

 

[CheesePoofs]

This is the type of corruption I get a few times a game.

It lasts about 15 seconds, then the screen goes black, then i can play again.

 

[xtknight]

Originally posted by: CheesePoofs
I've got the shadows issues. They are terribly boxy on the outside. And now that I think of it, I remember the artilery gun looking really weird, quite possibly because of texture corruption. Haven't used an MG yet though.

That's addressed with the included 77.30 beta ForceWare drivers. Install them from the Battlefield start menu entry.

 

[xtknight]

direct link to paste into truedownloader (working for me): http://dw.com.com/redir?pid=10404526&me...3d3%26pid%3d10404526%26psid%3d10404527

 

[Todd33]

Got it, works fine, just no AA. Seems like a great game so far.

 

[lein]

no probs on my x800 pro pcie (cat 5.6)

 

[The Sly Syl]

here we go
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/BF2-2.jpg
thats the annoying stuff I see, constantly, any idea's?

 

[xtknight]

This game crashed on my PC once last night, but when it works it's quite a fun game. IIRC, it was a DirectX assert function, something like that. Alt-tab also killed the game for me. Basically my first time playing any Battlefield, so it took me a while to figure out how to actually enter the game.

Originally posted by: The Sly Syl
here we go
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/Sylaran/Game%20Screens/BF2-2.jpg
thats the annoying stuff I see, constantly, any idea's?

That's the shadow problem, which is addressed with the included 77.30 beta ForceWare drivers. Install them from the Battlefield start menu entry.

 

[CheesePoofs]

Originally posted by: xtknight

Originally posted by: CheesePoofs
I've got the shadows issues. They are terribly boxy on the outside. And now that I think of it, I remember the artilery gun looking really weird, quite possibly because of texture corruption. Haven't used an MG yet though.

That's addressed with the included 77.30 beta ForceWare drivers. Install them from the Battlefield start menu entry.

I have an X800XL. I looked into the shadow thing a bit more, and I don't have the same as what most people seem to have. My shadows just look horrible. :|

 

[xtknight]

Sorry...sorta wrong forum/window but it's relevant anyway.

Leadtek Geforce 6800NU, stock 325/600
Clocks: 400/750 MHz (effective)
I could have benchmarked it higher, but seeing as BF2 is intense, I didn't want to rape my card more than need be.

ForceWare settings:

AA: App controlled
AF: App controlled
Image settings: Quality

BF2 settings:

Everything high, viewing distance 100%. 1152x864 4xAA. For some reason it wouldn't let me choose 1280x1024. I don't know what AF it was set to. There's no option for that and it was set at app-controlled in the ForceWare control panel.

My Fraps log (10 minutes of gameplay, rough at the beginning which is why I have zero).

2005-06-12 01:05:21 - BF2
Frames: 30602 - Time: 600000ms - Avg: 51.003 - Min: 0 - Max: 100

But looking at my detailed FPS log, I can say it was about 40-62 FPS for me, discarding the outliers.

 

[CheesePoofs]

Originally posted by: xtknight
Leadtek Geforce 6800NU, stock 325/600
Clocks: 400/750 MHz (effective)
I could have benchmarked it higher, but seeing as BF2 is intense, I didn't want to rape my card more than need be.

ForceWare settings:

AA: App controlled
AF: App controlled
Image settings: Quality

My Fraps log (10 minutes of gameplay, rough at the beginning which is why I have zero).

2005-06-12 01:05:21 - BF2
Frames: 30602 - Time: 600000ms - Avg: 51.003 - Min: 0 - Max: 100

But looking at my detailed FPS log, I can say it was about 40-62 FPS for me, discarding the outliers.

What are the graphics settings for that?

 

[xtknight]

Originally posted by: CheesePoofs

Originally posted by: xtknight
Leadtek Geforce 6800NU, stock 325/600
Clocks: 400/750 MHz (effective)
I could have benchmarked it higher, but seeing as BF2 is intense, I didn't want to rape my card more than need be.

ForceWare settings:

AA: App controlled
AF: App controlled
Image settings: Quality

My Fraps log (10 minutes of gameplay, rough at the beginning which is why I have zero).

2005-06-12 01:05:21 - BF2
Frames: 30602 - Time: 600000ms - Avg: 51.003 - Min: 0 - Max: 100

But looking at my detailed FPS log, I can say it was about 40-62 FPS for me, discarding the outliers.

What are the graphics settings for that?

BF2 settings:

Everything high, viewing distance 100%. 1152x864 4xAA. For some reason it wouldn't let me choose 1280x1024. I don't know what AF it was set to. There's no option for that and it was set at app-controlled in the ForceWare control panel.

 

[imported_Noob]

In order to have AA running you must set your video driver AA to Application Preference.

 

[viramor]

The BF2 demo temporarily freezes on me from time to time for about 5 secs.

anyone else encounter this?

Ive got a BFG 6800 gt

 

[PuppettMaster001]

X800XL with Cat 5.6s here and no problems @ 1024 with AA or textures, looks purdy.

 

[MikeMAN]

no issues for me, older 9700 pro and CCC 5.5's...

mike