Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Maintenance

EA Games have announced there will be some maintenance on the servers which Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and the PC connect through tonight during the following hours:

• 06:00 pm AWST – 09:00 pm AWST
• 08:30 pm ACDT – 11:30 pm ACDT
• 09:00 pm AEDT – 12:00 am AEDT

EA will be looking to improve the performance of the stats system, and reduce/eliminate periods of stats outages.

Source: EA Blog

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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 patched

The full list of  changes are as follows:

• MP – New Server browser
• MP – Added 15 second spawn timer for Conquest/Rush gamemodes at the start of round to prevent high end machines getting the upper hand before other machines load in.
• MP – Crash fixes relating to ALT+TAB at different times throughout the game
• MP – Hang fix when trying to connect to a full server multiple times
• MP – Deletion of soldiers now possible through the account pages in game
• MP – Removed screen flash during loading
• MP – Added support for colour blind players
• MP – Fixed crashes relating to faulty server banners
• MP – Servers closing during connection no longer cause the client to hang
• MP – Auto team swap reflects correctly in the scoreboard
• MP – Fixed scoreboards when switching teams before spawning
• MP – Rush scoreboards fixed
• MP – Veteran ranks no longer display as “12″
• MP – Isla Innocentes MCOM building fixed where knifing the fence would destroy the building
• MP – Logout/Login button correctly reflects the player status
• MP – Added minimum number of players needed to start a round (you can play and take objectives but you will get no score until 4 or more players join the server)
• MP – Isla Inocentes welcome message on the loading screen now fits the text box area
• MP – Reduced the brightness in Russian vehicles
• MP – Medic gadgets now display correctly if the defib is not unlocked
• MP – Server filter options are remembered
• MP – Punkbuster filter now works as intended
• MP – Scroll bar no longer overlays the Join Server button in the friends list panel
• MP – CANCEL server refresh is implemented
• MP – Zooming in on a friendly using the SAIGA no longer causes the crosshair to disappear
• MP – The chat no longer displays the incorrect player name when appearing
• MP – FoV switches to the default value of 55 when entering vehicles to prevent graphical glitches caused by wider FoV settings. The custom FoV returns when exiting vehicles.
• MP – FoV no longer causes the UAV station to rotate
• MP – Fix to correctly display the unlock progression at the end of round
• MP – Chat functionality will no longer freeze after writing a partial message at the end of round
• MP – One account can no longer connect to the same server multiple times
• MP – Squad Death Match is correctly named during loading
• MP – Server browser no longer gets a bad FPS when filtering Conquest
• MP – Server info banners correctly clear between displays
• MP – Setting display settings which the system hardware can not handle no longer makes the game unusable
• MP – Correct camera collision for vehicles’ heavy machine gun
• MP – Game no longer crashes if the player sends a message in the loading screen
• MP – Trying to join a full server no longer causes the game to hang on Please Wait message
• MP – Most server filter options are remembered it doesn’t remember the setting in dropdowns
• MP – Kit/gadget loadout saved between sessions
• MP – Window on static guns is now transparent on DirectX 9 systems
• SP – Fixed crashes when patching and trying to resume a campaign (there is now a message that you need to re-play the latest mission from the beginning)
• SP – Fixed a crash after the “Upriver” mission end cinematic
• SP – Supply create at “Resupply at Flynn’s create” objective now supplies weapon ammo
• SP – Hang fix when reaching the objective “Destroy Enemy Zu23″
• SP – Fixed hang after “Storm Cockpit” objective
• SP – Changed melee attack raycast to be detailed
• SP – Game no longer crashes when transitioning between SP_03B to SP_04A when installed in Polish
• SP – Game no longer crashes when killed by the first two enemies in the trenches on SP_01 when installed in Italian
• SP – Updating to R7 will invalidate your single player save game. If you update you will need to play your last mission from the start. If you do not update you will not be able to play multiplayer.

Now get back to it!

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BC2 helping 3FL set new records

Some more interesting stats.  Inside the 3FL gaming network there are now close to 300 Bad Company 2 servers, 100 of which are official 3FL servers.

3FL servers are in spots #1, #4 and #7 as of writing, and 3 more of the top 10 servers are hosted on our network anyway.

I’ve personally taken over 200 dogtags.    5 of these were from one guy called pseudo.au .. sorry dude.

Finally there’s a great thread over in the 3FL forums called Battlefield Moments.  Jump in there and tell us about the awesome stuff you’ve done or seen in this game.

Once again – a big thank you to the Hypernians for ensuring 3FL had ranked servers up the moment the game was released, you guys rock (go buy a server).

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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 – Hypernia server deals

Minor rant aside – the full game is nigh.  We’re looking at a March 4th release date here in the AU (barring any sudden rating mishaps due to the games lack of fluffy bunnies and interpretive dance) and we’re already gearing up with Hypernia to make sure we have a whole slew of tasty Freezone servers for you to play on.

Hypernia have been working their butts off in the last week to make sure there’s plenty of capacity for you – the punter – to purchase your very own BC2 servers too.  These (like all Hypernia servers in Australia) will live inside the Freezone and be unmetered traffic for anyone on one of our partner ISPs.  Pricing on the servers has just been released, with 16 slot servers running at US$20/month and 32 slot US$30/month.  With the exchange rate at the moment you’d be stupid not to buy a server!

Now to figure out what to do for the next 2 days until it’s released.

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