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Bad Company 2, better than those other sequel games
Sladvan
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We Have TOO FUCKING MANY Servers
>> GET ON VENT! Do you want a spot on a server? ASK SOMEONE IN VENT. <<
Seriously, do it. Its possible to crash a server by spamming join and giving it too many requests to handle.
Ventrillo:
server: V53.DARKSTARLLC.COM
port: 11065
pass (if necessary): wang
Servers!
Sladvan's & Tyrannus' (this is the best server)(Donate):
Dracil's: (Admin'd by Hacksaw and Warcry, what else needs saying)
Our long national nightmare is over.
Keen and Graev's Server (Donations to keenandgraev@gmail.com via PayPal): These guys are in New Zealand or something?
Server eaten by the Dope Fish.
Beri's AUSTRALIAN Server: Oh no, that's this one.
Mr. Defecation's EUROPEAN Server: This is the New Zealand one.
MagicPrime's Marietta LAN Ranked Conquest
Rage's Seattle Server. Home of the dulcet tones of one of the greatest PA BF'ers in history.
Fragglerock's HC server located somewhere
Our long national nightmare is over.
Keen and Graev's Server (Donations to keenandgraev@gmail.com via PayPal): These guys are in New Zealand or something?
Server eaten by the Dope Fish.
Beri's AUSTRALIAN Server: Oh no, that's this one.
Mr. Defecation's EUROPEAN Server: This is the New Zealand one.
Mr. Defecation wrote:Can you add in the op next to my server info looking for any admin volunteers
MagicPrime's Marietta LAN Ranked Conquest
Rage's Seattle Server. Home of the dulcet tones of one of the greatest PA BF'ers in history.
Fragglerock's HC server located somewhere
PC Steam Group
If you are on on PC, this is the place to be: Penny Arcade: Bad Company 2
PC EA Account Things
These people use OP weapons and then whine about dying to them.
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Xbox 360
Inferior controls, superior chopper survivability due to gimpiness.
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PS3 Stuff
It's riiiiiiiidge racer. That's a PS3 joke still, right?
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And maybe you! I might have added you to the wrong list already, just let me know if this is the case.
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And maybe you! I might have added you to the wrong list already, just let me know if this is the case.
PC System Requirements!
[B]Minimum Frostbite PC Specs[/B]
* Processor: Core 2 Duo @ 2.0GHz
* Main memory: 2GB
* Graphics card: GeForce 7800 GT / ATI X1900
* Graphics memory: 256MB
* OS: Windows XP
* Free HDD space:
o 15GB for Digital Version, 10GB for Disc Version (BFBC2)
o 10GB for Digital Version, 4GB for Disc Version (BF1943)
[B]Recommended Frostbite PC Specs[/B]
* Processor: Quadcore
* Main memory: 2GB
* Graphics card: GeForce GTX 260
* Graphics memory: 512MB
* OS: Windows Vista or Windows 7
* Free HDD space:
o 15GB for Digital Version, 10GB for Disc Version (BFBC2)
o 10GB for Digital Version, 4GB for Disc Version (BF1943)
Game Modes
Single-player
There is single player! In a battlefield game! Weird, I know!
Squad Rush: 4v4
Each team has an M-COMM station. Kind of like CTF but the flags don't move.
Squad Death-Match: 4v4v4v4
Played on a smaller map, this is just a straight up team-dm with a single vehicle dropped in the centre to fight over. Get your mates, grab your guns and start shooting.
Conquest: 16v16 PC, 12v12 PS3/360
A Battlefield mainstay, this mode makes its return here. No major changes announced, and there've been hints at classic maps making reappearances as DLC.
Rush: 16v16 PC, 12v12 PS3/360
Players choose to join either the Attacking team or the Defending team, and spawn in their respective bases. Attackers try to set up demolition charges on a set of 2 M-COMM crates in the Defending team's base. For each Attacker killed, the team loses one life, or "ticket." If the Attacking team's tickets run out, game over. If they manage to detonate the M-COMM's, a new Defending team base opens up, and the process repeats itself until three bases have been destroyed and the Attackers win.
There is single player! In a battlefield game! Weird, I know!
Squad Rush: 4v4
Each team has an M-COMM station. Kind of like CTF but the flags don't move.
Squad Death-Match: 4v4v4v4
Played on a smaller map, this is just a straight up team-dm with a single vehicle dropped in the centre to fight over. Get your mates, grab your guns and start shooting.
Conquest: 16v16 PC, 12v12 PS3/360
A Battlefield mainstay, this mode makes its return here. No major changes announced, and there've been hints at classic maps making reappearances as DLC.
Rush: 16v16 PC, 12v12 PS3/360
Players choose to join either the Attacking team or the Defending team, and spawn in their respective bases. Attackers try to set up demolition charges on a set of 2 M-COMM crates in the Defending team's base. For each Attacker killed, the team loses one life, or "ticket." If the Attacking team's tickets run out, game over. If they manage to detonate the M-COMM's, a new Defending team base opens up, and the process repeats itself until three bases have been destroyed and the Attackers win.
Kits (Loadouts)
Assault
The basic offensive loadout. Main features are an ammo box that replenishes ammo when dropped, and a 40mm launcher that can be used for grenades, smoke grenades, or a slow-reloading shotgun attachment. Assault Rifles are the Assault's main primary weapon. Against vehicles, the Assault will generally not fare so well.
Medic
Similar to the Assault's ammo box, the medic gets a first aid kit. Once dropped, it will replenish health to everyone within a fairly tight radius. The medic also gets defib paddles, which can resurrect recently deceased teammates. These teammates, still caught in the limbo of the spawn timer, will be marked on your minimap (and on screen if HUD is enabled) by a little green or blue heart-rate monitor symbol. The medic's primary is the Light Machine Gun, making him great for infantry support. Against vehicles, though, he is worse off than the Assault.
Engineer
The engineer's specials are a welding tool that repairs friendly vehicles (and deals damage to enemies!), and the choice between RPG's or anti-tank mines. RPG's have the added benefit of being able to lock onto anything that has already been marked by the cross-kit unlock tracer dart pistol, while anti-tank mines will not harm friendly vehicles and stay deployed even after you die or switch kits. Engineer's primaries are Sub Machine Guns, generally pretty weak but also silenced and fairly accurate.
Recon
The recon's specials are a choice between remote-detonated C4 and the ability to call down a mortar strike on a target with which you have line-of-sight. They also gets the incredibly useful motion sensor thing, which spots all enemies within a decent radius for a limited time. The recon's primaries are sniper rifles. Also it can't be overstated how much proper hiding will help you in this: people will walk within 2 feet of you if you're in the right bush, the ghillie suit is your friend.
The basic offensive loadout. Main features are an ammo box that replenishes ammo when dropped, and a 40mm launcher that can be used for grenades, smoke grenades, or a slow-reloading shotgun attachment. Assault Rifles are the Assault's main primary weapon. Against vehicles, the Assault will generally not fare so well.
Medic
Similar to the Assault's ammo box, the medic gets a first aid kit. Once dropped, it will replenish health to everyone within a fairly tight radius. The medic also gets defib paddles, which can resurrect recently deceased teammates. These teammates, still caught in the limbo of the spawn timer, will be marked on your minimap (and on screen if HUD is enabled) by a little green or blue heart-rate monitor symbol. The medic's primary is the Light Machine Gun, making him great for infantry support. Against vehicles, though, he is worse off than the Assault.
Engineer
The engineer's specials are a welding tool that repairs friendly vehicles (and deals damage to enemies!), and the choice between RPG's or anti-tank mines. RPG's have the added benefit of being able to lock onto anything that has already been marked by the cross-kit unlock tracer dart pistol, while anti-tank mines will not harm friendly vehicles and stay deployed even after you die or switch kits. Engineer's primaries are Sub Machine Guns, generally pretty weak but also silenced and fairly accurate.
Recon
The recon's specials are a choice between remote-detonated C4 and the ability to call down a mortar strike on a target with which you have line-of-sight. They also gets the incredibly useful motion sensor thing, which spots all enemies within a decent radius for a limited time. The recon's primaries are sniper rifles. Also it can't be overstated how much proper hiding will help you in this: people will walk within 2 feet of you if you're in the right bush, the ghillie suit is your friend.
CarbonSmug'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.
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
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-)
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.
Ok, with that out of the way, here are the steps to killing mouse smoothing and fixing those slow turrets: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.
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:
. - 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:
. - 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...
. - 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).
. - 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:
. - 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!
. - 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:
. - 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.
. - Save and close air.dbx
- Start up BFBC2
- ENJOY!
- (optional)Curse EA as the servers go down again and go play single-player instead ;-)
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-)
UAV Controls Un-Invert
If you swap [the red underlined] value the UAV and the helicopters will be the same inversion. To find these values, please refer to CarbonFire's turret fix.
Signatures
http://bfbc2.elxx.net/sigg-o-matic.php
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That's right. Fucking hate Sladvan's platinum star on his grenade launcher? kick! Desrever's teamswitching pissing you the hell off? a boot to the head! Kimchi? You see where I'm going with this.
Or do you? IT CAN BE ANYONE! FOR ANY REASON!
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Weapon Stats
http://battlefieldbadass.com/equipment/
More indepth information
http://denkirson.xanga.com/722757523/bad-company-2/
http://rigel.mirror.waffleimages.com/files/90/90f94d16f127c0b75021ad27ceeeadf89dbdafb9.png
http://bfbc2info.blogspot.com/
Changing FOV
FOV (Field of View) determines how much of your surrounding area you can see without turning.
http://rjdown.co.uk/projects/bfbc2/fovcalculator.php
Flying a Helicopter
Adding servers without using the horrible browser
I think this bears repeating:
To easily add some PA servers (Angry Dome in particular) to your Favorites tab, edit GameSettings.ini (Found in MyDocs/BFBC2) and add:75443431,958a33dd-6071-4f61-bb1e-bfe803481ae5,The Angry Dome;3789002014,22595a7b-ccf6-404f-97ea-b854175e34d4,Penny Arcade West Coast Server;2408473747,c8876d1f-8914-4edd-a77e-b63930390661,Black House Combat [Seattle];
That'll add The Angry Dome, PA West Coast, and Black House Combat. I couldn't find any mention of the other PA servers while digging around for these. This should go in the OP. Also, add Zetty to the PC-EA Account Thing.
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So I hear there's a new map, called Puerto Mazatlán.
Oh you make me fall in love with you, all over again.
I'd just steal it at that point.
also, my steam id is tehkensai and my 360 gamertag is tehkensai-I play on both, although more recently on the 360 since my internet connection can only seem to handle one at a time.
yesssssssssssssss I don't even play on this server or know any of these dudes really but omggggg
Awesome, awesome. Hi5. Now do me!
"I don't even bother to use my brain any more! There's nothing left in it"
There are plenty of more obvious references.
You must first complain about everything and have an accent that can be reproduced in a hilarious fashion.
He should wake up already and get to it.
It's how Australians pronounce periods.
klyka is the best person ever
also repostin' for great justice
Brilliantly done, mate. :winky:
If anyone ever posts a BC2 frag video, the only acceptable soundtrack is AC/DC's Back in Black
and only if you try to recreate the opening scene of Iron Man in the intro
Road between first and second set of MCOMs is practically made for it.
lmao
I haven't settled into any one class yet. I go through phases.
For a while I was Medic, and that was fun and all but I then moved onto Engineer. I was a little underwhelmed at first, as I couldn't really figure out how to take down tanks efficiently or use the SMG's the proper way (close quarters, try to get the jump on them). And then I discovered AT mines. Which are friggen awesome in every way.
On the first set of m-coms as defenders on Port Valdez, put some on the ridge that goes down into the forest on the side of A, some right in the middle road, and finally on the road by the water. It's a massacre. I love it when I look outside the front of our base and see 3-4 utterly destroyed vehicles that I got 8-10 kills in total off of.
I play alot of Shotgun Wookie too, which is the Recon with a Shotgun. I hear that C4 is a great tool, but I haven't gotten the hang of using it offensively yet. Mortar strikes, however, are pretty nifty.
I've ignored Assault because the seem like a pretty boring class to me, but I've been trying to play them a little more often. I've unlocked the F2000 and the Red dot so it helps a little, but I find myself using the XM8 or the AEK more often. I actually see alot of high level players using the AEK, but perhaps it's just because they got to their rank in the first place by being little silly goose snipers. Maybe once I unlock the Akaban or whatever it's called I'll use it more.
I've recently unlocked the Magnum ammo and Shotgun slug upgrades.. and I find myself trying to find a balance with them. I prefer using the Saiga with extended magazines, but I don't know if that's the most efficient combo for what I want to do.
So, what set-up do you use for your Shotgun Wookie? And how do you use C4 offensively (other than jihid jeeps)?
Not 5 minutes later, 2 PAers come barreling down in a Humvee, but stop and avoid the "common" spot, by taking a detour right onto my mines.
I laughed out loud on Vent because I was amazed that I thought it out and it worked. I think it was SoaL? Can't remember who they were.
still on the fence about buying it
mostly sold though
I routinely boot it up and hop into a game for a brief 5 minutes of murder before leaving for work.
More satisfying that masturbating before work!
I find that to happen mostly on Conquest maps. Rush games seem much more even most of the time, but there's always Squad Deathmatch which is only about shooting mans, no objectives there.
Also, you can still get the game for $30 off the EA store (sadly, you just missed out on being able to get it for $20 through the EA Store). Of course, it's also available many other places for $50.