Battlefield 2 - Historical Patch Timeline

[kilroy0097]

Posting this so we don't forget how many patches there were to fix things in BF2 and to not be totally discouraged with the bugs in BF3 because it's not like DICE isn't well known for bugs and introducing new bugs while fixing old ones.

Battlefield 2 PC - Historical Patch Timeline.

Initial released on June 21, 2005

Patches:

Patch v1.01 on release week. Server Stability Patch I believe.

Patch v1.02 ( 07-15-2005) - Battlefield 2 v1.02 is a HOTFIX that repairs the memory leak found in v1.01. (This patch replaces all previous updates)

Patch v1.03 (10-04-2005) - NEW FEATURES - Wake Island Map Included a remade version of this BF1942 map. This update brings a variety of fixes and changes to BF2

Patch v1.12 (11-22-2005) - This patch for Battlefield 2 updates the game to v1.12. Improves compatibility between the original game and the Special Forces add-on.

Patch v1.2 (02-14-2006) - This update brings your retail game to v1.2 and addresses various exploits, bug fixes and mainly weapons/vehicle tweaks for better balancing. This was the Dolphin Diving, Prone Spamming fix.

Patch v1.21 (03-09-2006) - This update fixes issues with heat seeking missiles, claymores, the Battle Recorder, the screen capture, multiplayer and more.

Patch v1.22 (03-28-2006) - This update fixes various bugs. Improved Server Stability and Tweaked vehicles and Weapon Aim.

Patch v1.3 (05-23-2006) - Air dropped vehicles: Squad members can now send a request up the chain of command for a vehicle to be dropped at their location. - Co-op: Co-op Mode allows you to play Single Player levels on the Internet and LAN.

Patch v1.4 (09-05-2006) - This patch includes gameplay tweaks and bug fixes.

Patch v1.41 (11-15-2006) - The last patch most remember. Game and Gun tweaks. Added Infantry Only.

Patch v1.5 (09-01-2009) - This is the long-awaited version 1.50 patch for Battlefield 2. In addition to making all content from both expansions free-to-play, it includes a number of bug fixes and gameplay tweaks. Additional support for Windows Vista. - Added Highway Tampa as a required map. - Added a new map called Operation Blue Pearl. - Added Euro Force and Armored Fury as free to play content for all Battlefield 2 players.

The last version is v1.50, released on September 1, 2009 It was 1.9GB in size.

4 years and 3 months separate the initial release from the final patch.

[Tykwer]

Just last night I finally looked at the changelogs for 1.5. I forget why, but I ended up finding out that the 1.5 patch made it so you can prone crawl past claymores. I started playing again a month or two ago playing nearly every night and claymores are very annoying because they're a near 100% kill (I survived once because I was partially behind a hill's ridge) that you can set and forget that stays beyond your death. All this time I never knew there was any way to avoid them.

I like how there were some new maps included for free in the patches. I bought special forces, but by the time armored fury and euro forces came along I was playing mods and didn't start playing VBF2 again until they gave those booster packs for free so I lucked out on those.

[nany3315]

Patch v1.4 (09-05-2006) - This patch includes gameplay tweaks and bug fixes.

[Tykwer]

That is the weirdest bot ever. Using a post about BF2 to tag used cars in Baltimore.

As far as the claymore tweak, it's nice that you can prone past them, but if you revive someone, you both die.

[atomicbob]

Installed BF2 on laptop...wont run on window 7. Now Installin 1.41 then 1.5. Maybe that will fix it. Only one day left in this wifi data cycle and had some 3 gb left, so wtf. Cant hurt to try.

[atomicbob]

I hate vista. Update says it cant find bf2 install folder.

I cant either.

The "game" is in my Game folder.

[Tykwer]

Are you running win 7 or vista? Anyways, you had the installation order correct: BF2, 1.41, 1.5.

Maybe this is what you're looking for?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47YZIvrw2hg


I FOUND THE FIX

Can't find install folder for Battlefield 2 (Credits: Leki)
This is caused by a problem with a registry entry, which contains the location of your Battlefield 2 installation.

1. Go to Start>Run and type in "regedit" (without the quotes).
2. Go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Electronic Arts\EA Games\Battlefield 2
3. Right click on the right hand window and go to New>String Value
4. Type in 'InstallDir' (without quotes) for the string name.
5. Double click it. For the 'Value data', enter wherever you installed Battlefield 2 (eg. D:\GAMES\Battlefield 2). Note, DON'T put a backslash (\) at the end.

and it worked for me, this was taken from
http://www.electronicarts.com.au/community...d2/thread/8176/

[atomicbob]

Vista with a 7 upgrade...?? I don't know how to tell. Again, I can't seem to "explore" my files like the good old days.

I'll try this fix!

[atomicbob]

Like OMG! it's loadin the patches!

You're the man!

And i am suddenly a hero to myself for actually understanding the instructions. *woot*

[atomicbob]

Game still won't start

[Tykwer]

What's it doing now?

[atomicbob]

It brought game start menu for a few seconds and the went to desktop. Seems like a common problem according to some forums.

I'm dl nvidia drivers but not sure that's the problem

[atomicbob]

Windows 7 home premium, btw

[atomicbob]

Nope. BF2 splash screen for a second, then black screen, then desktop.

[atomicbob]

If the patches said they were installing, i had to have pointed the correctly per the above. Right?

When i check bf2 properties, it says version 1.0.0.0

[sir_digalot]

make sure you have updated Directx drivers, it may need the older 9 runtime, i did for a new game i just got off steam, took me about 2 hours and alot of beer to figure out why i was being so dumb (i say dumb because i work in IT and totally ignored the basics, like a hunter forgetting to pack ammo i guess)

if you have a CD with bf2 then there maybe a folder on it to update direxctx

[Tykwer]

I know it's been a month but I just upgraded to windows 7 ultimate 64bit from windows xp pro 32bit today and when I installed battlefield 2 and tried to play, it would load up and then crash to desktop with no error message after about 5 mins of playing. Unfortunately I did not try to load it back up when it happened so I don't know if what I did next actually did anything. The reason is because after doing what I did, I loaded it up and played and it crashed after a little bit, but I just loaded it back up and was able to then play for hours straight. It does have a few quirks, but it did play fine.


Anyways, what I did was the following:


Part 1 - Removing bad installation of BF2. If you have not yet installed BF2 please move onto part 2.

To delete the save files:

1. Click the Start button on the Windows Taskbar.
2. Select My Documents.
3. Right-click the Battlefield 2 folder and select Delete.

To delete the game files (in the default location):

1. Click the Start button on the Windows Taskbar.
2. Select My Computer.
3. Double-click the C: drive.
4. Double-click the Program Files folder. If you are using 64bit it's "Program Files (x86)".
5. Double-click the EA GAMES folder.
6. Right-click the Battlefield 2 folder and choose Delete.
7. Close all open windows.
8. Right-click the Recycle Bin and choose Empty Recycle Bin.

To edit the registry and remove Battlefield 2:

1. Click the Start button on the Windows Taskbar.
2. Select Run.
3. Type regedit in the text field and click OK.
4. Click File and select Export.
5. Name the file "Backup" (without the quotation marks) and make sure the Export Range is set to All.
6. Click Save. (You will now be returned to the Registry Editor window.)
7. Click the plus (+) sign next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
8. Click the plus (+) sign next to Software. 64Bit versions of Windows only - Click the plus (+) sign next to Wow6432Node.
9. Click the plus (+) sign next to DICE.
10. Right-click the Battlefield 2 folder and select Delete.
11. Right-click the Battlefield 2: Armored Fury folder (if applicable) and select Delete.
12. Click the plus (+) sign next to Electronic Arts.
13. Right-click any Battlefield 2 folders and select Delete. On my Windows 7 Pro 64bit installation I have "Battlefield 2 Patch", "\EA CORE\INSTALLED GAMES\EAGAMES\BF2-2006\ONLINE_CONTENT\BF2-EP1", "\EA Games\Battlefield 2" and finally "\EA Games\Battlefield 2 Special Forces".
14. Click the plus (+) sign next to Microsoft.
15. Click the plus (+) sign next to Windows.
16. Click the plus (+) sign next to CurrentVersion.
17. Click the plus (+) sign next to Uninstall.
18. Right-click the key named {04858915-9F49-4B2A-AED4-DC49A7DE6A7B} and select Delete. This is for Battlefield 2.
19. A Confirm Key Delete window will appear; select Yes.
20. Right-click the key named {50D4CB89-AF34-4978-96DC-C3034062E901} and select Delete. This is for Battlefield 2: Special Forces.
21. A Confirm Key Delete window will appear; select Yes.
22. Close the Windows Registry Editor.

To delete the InstallShield Installation Information files:
1. Go to the following folder: C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information. For 64bit go to "C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information".
* If you cannot find this folder you may have to go to Tools > Folder Settings and click the setting to "SHOW hidden folders."
2. Find the folders with the exact same values as the registry keys above and delete them. These should be {04858915-9F49-4B2A-AED4-DC49A7DE6A7B} and {50D4CB89-AF34-4978-96DC-C3034062E901}.
3. Right-click the Recycle Bin and select Empty Recycle Bin.

To delete temporary user files (Windows XP)
1. Go to the "C:\Documents & Settings\Username\Local Settings\Temp\" folder.
* If you cannot find this folder you may have to go to Tools > Folder Settings and click the setting to "SHOW hidden folders."
2. Select all the files (Press CTRL+A), right click and select delete. Some files may be in use by antivirus/security software so these will not allow you to delete them. If this happens select as many files as you can and delete those.

To delete temporary user files (Windows Vista/7)
1. Go to the "C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Temp" folder.
* If you cannot find this folder you may have to go to Tools > Folder Settings and click the setting to "SHOW hidden folders."
2. Select all the files (Press CTRL+A), right click and select delete. Some files may be in use by antivirus/security software so these will not allow you to delete them. If this happens press skip to carry on deleting the other files.


Battlefield 2 should now be completely removed from your system.

Restart your computer after removing BF2!!!



Part 2 - Installing BF2

1. Disable UAC if on Vista/7 and reboot your PC.
2. Insert BF2 DVD, close anything that auto runs and then view contents of DVD, right click Setup.exe and select Run as Admin. Notice you do not get prompted to confirm Admin Rights as UAC is turned off.
3. Follow installation instructions to install BF2, if our installation appears to hang after setting up the VoIP settings and before the installation of Gamespy, open the task manager->processes, find BF2VoiceSetup.exe, right click and select end process - NOT END PROCESS TREE!
4. Reboot to finish installation of BF2.
5. Once restarted patch to version 1.41 by right clicking the patch and select run as admin. Do not restart after patching.
6. Insert BF2 - Special Forces DVD, close anything that auto runs, view DVD contents, right click setup.exe and select run as admin.
7. Once Special Forces is installed re-run patch 1.41 by right clicking it and selecting Run as Admin.
8. Once BF2 and Special Forces are patched to 1.41 then patch to 1.5 by right clicking patch 1.5 and select run as admin.
9. Once you have finished patching to 1.5 then right click the shortcut within the start menu for BF2 and select run as admin.
10. Download PBSetup.exe from punkbuster to manually update BF2.
11. Once everything is installed and patched and Punkbuster is also updated right click on the BF2 shortcut and select properties. Open compatibility tab and then select run as admin. Click Ok.
12. Hopefully if you have followed these instructions you can now play BF2 with Special Forces patched to version 1.5 and it

[Tykwer]

Now my game will crash after 5-10 mins of playing and then I seem to be able to reload and play for as long as I want.

Also, some forum admin should move all of the posts from bob's first comment to this one to a topic called "installing battlefield 2 on windows 7" or something.