Bad Company 2: Explosions, Hyperbole, and Hyperbolic Explosions

That_Guy · April 2010

I finaly got the GOL and am really liking it. I was in some pretty intense sniper battles tonight and usually managed to come out on top. Good times.

Pancake · April 2010

That_Guy wrote: »

I finaly got the GOL and am really liking it. I was in some pretty intense sniper battles tonight and usually managed to come out on top. Good times.

Good job using Easy Mode: Sniper Rifle Edition.

That_Guy · April 2010

Pancake wrote: »

That_Guy wrote: »

I finaly got the GOL and am really liking it. I was in some pretty intense sniper battles tonight and usually managed to come out on top. Good times.

Good job using Easy Mode: Sniper Rifle Edition.

But I was spotting a whole lot and brought down some good mortar strikes. I really tried to be helpful.

Pancake · April 2010

You guys are pretty bad.

I was 3/0 when I quit and my ping kept jumping up to 999 and was usually around 720.

Edit: Hooah.

Raoulduke20 · April 2010

Goomba wrote: »

-Loki- wrote: »

Would have been better to just let speculation run rampant. You'd be like Speirs in Band of Brothers!

I actually did kick Sladvan and tyrannus, though.

Sometimes Goomba will kick me then steam message me asking me to come back, just so he can ban me again. His rule is totalitarian.

CarbonFire · April 2010

Goomba wrote: »

-Loki- wrote: »

Would have been better to just let speculation run rampant. You'd be like Speirs in Band of Brothers!

I actually did kick Sladvan and tyrannus, though.

I'm surprised they didn't kick you back.

Me? I'd just round-ban you :P

Goomba · April 2010

Yes well that's because you're humorless.

Raoulduke20 wrote: »

Goomba wrote: »

-Loki- wrote: »

Would have been better to just let speculation run rampant. You'd be like Speirs in Band of Brothers!

I actually did kick Sladvan and tyrannus, though.

Sometimes Goomba will kick me then steam message me asking me to come back, just so he can ban me again. His rule is totalitarian.

The best thing to do is realize that you're already kicked.

Sladvan · April 2010

CarbonFire wrote: »

Goomba wrote: »

-Loki- wrote: »

Would have been better to just let speculation run rampant. You'd be like Speirs in Band of Brothers!

I actually did kick Sladvan and tyrannus, though.

I'm surprised they didn't kick you back.

Me? I'd just round-ban you :P

And then lie about it.

CarbonFire · April 2010

Only to you Sladvan.

Gashik · April 2010

I'm pissed. I won't be able to get my BC2 fix for over a week due to a work trip. Damn you, job.

Masume · April 2010

Bookmark!

...wow, it was so late angry dome was empty last night, so I hit a few pubs...ugh, talk about a reason to complain.

Croak · April 2010

Can somebody explain this guy to me?

The rest of the people at the top of the leaderboard make some sort of sense (cheats and/or a lot of playtime)...but this guy? Where's his score coming from? There's a few more like him out there too.

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Fats · April 2010

Croak wrote: »

Can somebody explain this guy to me?

The rest of the people at the top of the leaderboard make some sort of sense (cheats and/or a lot of playtime)...but this guy? Where's his score coming from? There's a few more like him out there too.

471 hours of playtime in a little over a month, holy hell.

Croak · April 2010

But look at his gadget stats...113 heals, 5 revives. His award and bonus/squad/team scores are also shite.

Compare that to my rather lackluster medic score of 66k, which took 446 kills, 952 heals, and 104 revives.

Sladvan · April 2010

Croak wrote: »

But look at his gadget stats...113 heals, 5 revives. His award and bonus/squad/team scores are also shite.

Compare that to my rather lackluster medic score of 66k, which took 446 kills, 952 heals, and 104 revives.

Maybe he's some sort of conquest-bot, just runnin' 'round cappin' points.

Croak · April 2010

That may be it, and the name is a clue too...112king, 99kings>godlike 99kingz>emperor, all with absurd scores and thin stats.

Fats · April 2010

The first guy has 471 hours played but only 119 rounds completed, the two 99Kings guys have ~250 hours played but only 10 and 11 rounds completed respectively. Definitely something weird going on.

Sladvan · April 2010

Do not mine points. That is all.

Paladin · April 2010

KABOOM

fsmith1 · April 2010

Well well well, if it isn't a new thread.

I'm going to hop onto the Dome in a few moments, I hope The Cock is there again.

Robman · April 2010

So are there some config files or something that need editing for good network performance in this game? Because I can grind my points to good weapons with bullshit explosive spam aka tactical weapon usage, but the awful lag is just making the whole thing anti-fun

Like seriously, bad packet loss on every server I play on, and this is unique to BCBF2

Sladvan · April 2010

Sol Invictus was just the victim of a random test that proved successful. Thank you for your participation Sol. You are a hero.

Warcry · April 2010

Fats wrote: »

Croak wrote: »

Can somebody explain this guy to me?

The rest of the people at the top of the leaderboard make some sort of sense (cheats and/or a lot of playtime)...but this guy? Where's his score coming from? There's a few more like him out there too.

471 hours of playtime in a little over a month, holy hell.

http://bfbcs.com/stats_pc/%3EWarcry%3C

I'm getting there. Keep in mind I mainly play on the Dome with this account.

Pancake · April 2010

You people play way too much.

Movitz · April 2010

Seeing how the VSS have no crosshair reminded me of the good ol' days of Doom when we used to put pieces of scotch tape on the middle of our screens. I wonder....

Sonork · April 2010

Everytime I think about playing bfbc2 I then immedtiately think of joining the AD. Then remember everything I read in this thread(past threads). Then go play on random pubs. Also lazy about changing my clan tag. Anyways this is thread is always entertaining to say the least.

Goomba · April 2010

Sonork wrote: »

Everytime I think about playing bfbc2 I then immedtiately think of joining the AD. Then remember everything I read in this thread(past threads). Then go play on random pubs. Also lazy about changing my clan tag. Anyways this is thread is always entertaining to say the least.

I dunno people have a good time there but thanks for your meaningless post

L|ama · April 2010

Movitz wrote: »

Seeing how the VSS have no crosshair reminded me of the good ol' days of Doom when we used to put pieces of scotch tape on the middle of our screens. I wonder....

whiteboard marker dogg

Movitz · April 2010

L|ama wrote: »

Movitz wrote: »

Seeing how the VSS have no crosshair reminded me of the good ol' days of Doom when we used to put pieces of scotch tape on the middle of our screens. I wonder....

whiteboard marker dogg

D00d!!! That's like, smart. Don't know how compatible it would be with a non-glossy LCD screen though.

trevellian · April 2010

Right, I defy anyone to have developed crappier stats than me whilst levelling up.

http://bfbcs.com/stats_pc/mcgough

Don't know anyone else that plays (EU zone) so I am just bouncing from pub to pub in random groups with no real communication with the rest of the squad/team beyond simple spotting.

I am generally running as a recon at the moment to complete the unlocks, but switch to other kits on some maps depending on what we need at the time.

Lind · April 2010

My graphics card died last weekend and I'm still waiting on my replacement so I can get back to getting AT-Mine kills. How does autobalance work now in R9. If I'm with a friend in a squad do we risk getting thrown into different teams?

Knorre · April 2010

Autobalance is pretty much broken... I was in a match yesterday where it was 8v8, but the autobalancer kept saying [25/3] EVEN UP THE TEAMS... That message spammed until it reached [40/3] and died.

Goomba · April 2010

Knorre wrote: »

Autobalance is pretty much broken... I was in a match yesterday where it was 8v8, but the autobalancer kept saying [25/3] EVEN UP THE TEAMS... That message spammed until it reached [40/3] and died.

But it just came out today.

tofu · April 2010

Autobalancer hmm?

MegaMek · April 2010

Knorre wrote: »

Autobalance is pretty much broken... I was in a match yesterday where it was 8v8, but the autobalancer kept saying [25/3] EVEN UP THE TEAMS... That message spammed until it reached [40/3] and died.

That's a server admin tool. As far as I know, it works just as well as the in-game autobalance. Which is to say, not at all.

Unless there was a patch I missed somewhere.

CarbonFire · April 2010

Mouse Smoothing Fix updated for reference. In much better news, I've been talking to someone who is making a tool to automate this whole unsightly mess - so once that is done I'll go ahead and post it here :^:

CarbonFire's Turret Mouse Fix

CARBONFIRE'S Mouse Smoothing and Turret Speed Fix for BFBC2

This fix will change the way your mouse works in-game for both your regular infantry view and when using stationary / vehicle turrets or Choppers.

Currently Battlefield Bad Company 2 has mouse smoothing on by default, with no way of turning the feature off in the game's settings. Mouse Smoothing normalizes your mouse's input, "smoothing out" very fast or very slow movements. The result of this smoothing is often aiming that feels floaty or laggy, which is obviously not desirable in an FPS!

Also BFBC2 turrets tend to turn at a much slower rate compared to normal infantry mouse aiming. This fix will solve that problem and opens the potential for turrets to reach their maximum turning speed without affecting infantry movement. This will also make vehicle turrets turn faster, but they have a hard-coded maximum turning speed, so don't expect to pull a quick 180 with a tank turret anytime soon.

DISCLAIMER: This fix involves changing values within key game files that are relied upon to properly run BFBC2. It is advised that you back up these files prior to editing, and that you don't go changing any values outside the ones shown below. Use this fix at your own risk, you assume all responsibility if you mess up your game.

Ok, with that out of the way, here are the steps to killing mouse smoothing and fixing those slow turrets:

Go to your My Documents > BFBC2 folder. We will be making changes to the Gamesettings.ini file, as well as the files within the <input> folder, so go ahead and make back-up copies of those first.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN <INPUT> FOLDER, IT IS BECAUSE YOU ARE USING THE DEFAULT KEYBINDINGS.
You must go to your settings in-game and bind at least one custom control (doesn't matter which) before the game makes this folder with the proper files inside.

THE FIX

Make sure BFBC2 is closed
Open GameSettings.ini and make the following changes:

Sensitivity0=0.000000
Sensitivity1=0.000000
Sensitivity2=0.000000
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Scheme0Sensitivity=2.50000 <--- This value will be your normal in-game mouse sensitivity, it seems to have no effect on turrets or vehicles. Feel free to experiment with this value and change as necessary. I found 2.5 to be a good compromise between fast turning speed and precision with a 1000DPI mouse, but YMMV. Values from 0.001 to 100+ are valid.
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InputAcceleration=0
Save and close GameSettings.ini
Navigate to the <input> folder, open infantry.dbx using notepad
Search for the following line:
<field name="ConceptIdentifier">ConceptPitch</field>
Below this line you'll see several similar-looking blocks of data. Make the following changes:

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Just Below this section you'll find a similar section with the following header:
<field name="ConceptIdentifier">ConceptYaw</field>

Again, find the appropriate block of data and make the following changes:

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Save and close infantry.dbx

Mouse Smoothing should be effectively disabled at this point. However this change will render turrets and vehicles nearly impossible to use, so make sure you follow the remaining steps...
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In the <input> folder, open land.dbx using notepad
Search for the following line:
<field name="ConceptIdentifier">ConceptPitch</field>
Again, you'll see several similar-looking blocks of data below this section. Make the following changes:

Note: 10 here is a suggestion, again feel free to experiment. Values below 5 seemed too sluggish for my taste, while values far greater than 20 did not seem to make turrets any faster at turning, just more "squirrely" (changing directions more quickly, making it harder to stay on target).
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Just Below this section you'll find a similar section with the following header:
<field name="ConceptIdentifier">ConceptRoll</field>

Again, find the appropriate block of data and make the following changes:

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Added 4/9/10

Addendum wrote:

- Search for the following line:
<field name="ConceptIdentifier">ConceptCameraPitch</field>
As with the previous mouse settings, Change both <field name="ScaleValue">0.0099999998</field> to 2.5

- Search for the following line:
<field name="ConceptIdentifier">ConceptCameraYaw</field>
As with the previous mouse settings, Change both <field name="ScaleValue">0.0099999998</field> to 2.5

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Save and close land.dbx

Note: The next section applies only to piloting Helicopters (not including the UAV). Gunner seats and the UAV seem to follow the "land" control guidelines for turning speed. Also this fix was only tested for mouse flight. If you fly with a joystick or keyboard-only controls, you'll probably have to play with these settings a bit more to get them to work with your setup. Good Luck!
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In the <input> folder, open air.dbx using notepad
Same as before, search for the following line:
<field name="ConceptIdentifier">ConceptPitch</field>

Below this line you'll see several similar-looking blocks of data. Make the following changes:

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Search for the following line:
<field name="ConceptIdentifier">ConceptRoll</field>

Again, find the appropriate block of data and make the following changes:

Choppers seem to need much higher values to compensate for setting the "main" mouse sensitivity to zero in step 2. Much lower than 100 and the chopper is hard to move. I tried up to 300, and while it worked, it wasn't a significant change. Again, experiment and find a value that suits you. Like turrets, there is a hard-coded maximum turning speed that the game allows, so don't expect this to transform your chopper into a super stunt machine.
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Added 4/9/10

Addendum wrote:

- Search for the following line:
<field name="ConceptIdentifier">ConceptCameraPitch</field>
As with the previous mouse settings, Change both <field name="ScaleValue">0.0099999998</field> to 2.5

- Search for the following line:
<field name="ConceptIdentifier">ConceptCameraYaw</field>
As with the previous mouse settings, Change both <field name="ScaleValue">0.0099999998</field> to 2.5

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Save and close air.dbx
Start up BFBC2
ENJOY!
(optional)Curse EA as the servers go down again and go play single-player instead ;-)

4/9/10: Updated to fix free-look while using first-person view in vehicles

One final note: Vehicles / Turrets will always be affected by some smoothing, as there is no Scheme#Sensitivity or other setting I was able to find in GameSettings.ini that changed vehicle/turret behavior.

Hope this tutorial makes your BC2 experience just a little more awesome.

See you on the Battlefield soldier 8-)

Knorre · April 2010

MegaMek wrote: »

Knorre wrote: »

Autobalance is pretty much broken... I was in a match yesterday where it was 8v8, but the autobalancer kept saying [25/3] EVEN UP THE TEAMS... That message spammed until it reached [40/3] and died.

That's a server admin tool. As far as I know, it works just as well as the in-game autobalance. Which is to say, not at all.

Unless there was a patch I missed somewhere.

Mkay so it wasn't DICE's balancer, but it still sucked ass.

Goomba · April 2010

DICE's is basically "HEY BALANCE THE TEAMS OR I, THE SERVER, WILL" and then I dunno.

I guess it does?

Knorre · April 2010

"WILL DROP A NUKE ON THE WINNING TEAM'S BASE"?

Penny Arcade

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