New BF:BC2 Patch incomming!!!

[Vertago]

http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/bc2-pc-patch-feedback/1419876-client-r11-beta-patch-795745-a.html

What's this?

DICE has produced a candidate for the next game client update for BFBC2 PC. If this is deemed good enough, it will become the official patch, and will be pushed out to everyone. For now though, the patch is still in Beta.

House rules:
You install and run the patch at your own risk.
The Beta client can only play against a couple of special Beta game servers.
You are expected to report problems and overall impressions in this forum (BC2 PC Patch Feedback - Electronic Arts UK Community).


Should I install the Beta Patch?

If you are technically minded and you want to try it out, feel free to do so.
If you just want to play the game, wait until the full release takes place.


How do I install the Beta Patch?

First off, this will only work with the non-Steam version. The updater will refuse to update over the Steam version.

• Ensure that you have at least 12GB free disk space.
• Download the offline-updater archive here (http://static.cdn.ea.com/dice/u/f/bf...tch_795745.exe) - total size 2,616,282,167 bytes
• Locate the directory where you have installed BFBC2 -- usually it is "Crogram Files (x86)Electronic ArtsBattlefield Bad Company 2".
• Make a copy of that directory. Name that copy "BFBC2 - R10". This is your backup, in case you want to play the non-Beta version of BFBC2; if so, launch BFBC2Game.exe inside of that directory.
• Lauch the offline-updater. It should decompress some files to a temp directory; locate your BFBC2 installation directory; ask if you want to update to version 795745; then spend ~15 minutes applying the update.

How do I run the Beta Patch?

Launch "BFBC2Game.exe" in your "Battlefield Bad Company 2" directory.

THere are about 10 test servers up - some in Amsterdam, some over on the US East coast.


What are the changes?

• Removed some memory leaks
• Fixed crashes when the game attempted to render lots of content (high detail, high FOV or multiple-monitor modes)
• Chat window no longer causes lag spikes
• Chat window reworked opacity & visibility-time is controllable through settings in settings.ini
• Clantag is remembered when using auto-login
• Banner URLs can be up to 252 characters in length
• SecuROM wrapper removed from non-Steam version
• Minor performance improvements
• Reduced rubberbanding on >24player servers

What should I look out for?

Any problems that you didn't use to have with the old version, but has with the new version.
Especially the process of installing the patch seems to be fragile. Describe your experience.


Ok, then what?

DICE will monitor this forum. Depending on the response we either pulalalala out to everyone or continue working on it.


Some thanks

Thanks to those players who have helped us by running special debug builds on their own machines over the past year. Also cheers to the folks in noobgroup for doing the first round of validation of this latest patch.

 

[InkSix]

Wow really? I thought they had completely moved on from BC2 already. Certainly seemed that way.

 

[Krod Mandoon]

lol i cant believe they waited this log to fix the chat log lag spike bug, and @inksix BF3 and BC2 have 2 different teams working on them

 

[KuNai]

If this patch fixes the chat log lag and crashing, then I may play BC2 more often.

 

[Kerak]

Hmm I wonder if I should or not?

I mean I don't really see the lag spikes b/c I don't get them anymore.

 

[Sn1PeR]

Yes! If this really fixes the constant CTD's in BC2 vanilla I'm all over it. Note that even though this isn't compatible with the Steam version, you can download the game through Origin and install it that way (in order to have both versions). BC2 Vietnam has been working in eyefinity/surround, but this is supposed to fix the vanilla multiplayer ctd problems.

 

[PBJ]

Looks nice. I'll be upset if they don't roll out the update over Steam if/when its official, though.

 

[Sexy Smexy]

lol i cant believe they waited this log to fix the chat log lag spike bug, and @inksix BF3 and BC2 have 2 different teams working on them

They did say that all the BC2 staff would stop working on BC2 content and join the BF3 group. This was like 6 months ago.

 

[maD]

They did say that all the BC2 staff would stop working on BC2 content and join the BF3 group. This was like 6 months ago.

Maybe one the devs woke up one day and realized how broken the game was.

 

[v1ruz]

SecuROM wrapper removed from non-Steam version

Godbless!

 

[h987654321]

Hmmm.... There are still other problems with the game, but it is great to hear that they are coming out with a new patch.

 

[Sn1PeR]

Working great on this end. I haven't crashed yet in eyefinity! About freaking time.