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hostyle
09-30-2005, 10:18 AM
http://forum.eagames.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=6673

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Attached are 2 images of the new Wake Island map included in this patch.

Battlefield 2 1.03 Update Enters Final QA Pass

That's right, troops. Barring any last minute issues, the 1.03 Update is only a few days from release now. We thought this occasion warranted a post covering the major features and fixes coming in 1.03, so settle back and enjoy.

Wake Island 2007

That's right, the 1.03 update bundles the first Official map release from EA and DICE. In this case the map is a modern-era update of one of the most popular maps from Battlefield 1942 -- Wake Island. The People's Liberation Army has invaded Wake to threaten American supply lines. In response the US Marine Corps has been dispatched to reclaim the island.

The new Wake Island map comes to you free of charge thanks to Fileplanet’s new Battlefield 2 Channel. Visit it at http://www.fileplanet.com/battlefield2.shtml.

New Features

Stats compare - view the extended stats details for any other player in your BFHQ simply by double-clicking on their name on the leader board or using the new search feature
Server Favorites and History - find your favorite servers that much easier. No more searching for them through the main server list
Nickname Prefix - Add and change your clan tag to your account name at will. No more creating alternate account names to cover the changes in your competitive lifestyle
Supply Drop Icons - Supply drops now appear on the main map and within the 3D Map. Find that elusive supply drop much, much quicker
Points for Destroying Command Objects - players now receive points for destroying the commander's toys. Special Forces players rejoice
Server Reserved Slots - Server Operators can now set aside slots for their admins to join a full server at any time
Vehicle Passengers - the names of players in a vehicle with you are now displayed when you enter or change seats
Countermeasures - a reload bar has been added for vehicle countermeasures. You'll always know now when you can set off that next flare

Tweaks

Point Farming changes - DICE has implemented functionality that makes it significantly harder to point farm on Ranked Servers
Mod Support - Mods now work properly with the Dedicated Server! Additionally, the game will automatically switch mods when joining a server that is running a mod you have installed but do not have activated
Map tweaks - Spawn menu map and Commander maps now scale based on the size of the level being played (16, 32 or 64 players). Mini-map also scales automatically based on the vehicle type you are using (manual changes to zoom levels are remembered as well)
Commander scoring - No more TKs from Artillery
Vehicle tweaks - No more accidental kills from bumping a friend with your tank (try to avoid hitting him at speed though) and no more struggling uphill in an APC. Also no more improper TK allocation from vehicle explosions
Auto Team Balance tweaks - Commanders and Squad Leaders now immune to team switch
Anti-Air Missiles - These are now much more effective against fast-movers

…and, of course, more. Look for the patch soon.


Screenshots of Wake Island here:

http://www.totalbf2.com/images.php?img=news/images/Wake1.jpg
http://www.totalbf2.com/images.php?img=news/images/Wake2.jpg
Magnum50
09-30-2005, 10:25 AM
And there was much rejoycing......
GorroXXII
09-30-2005, 10:27 AM
A new map, and it is Wake Island, there is a GOD!!!
:angel2: :beer:

Edit: I like how they add, and it is free, that makes me laugh hard for some reason.
hostyle
09-30-2005, 10:28 AM
Yet still no mention of the Red tag bug or the CTD's and connection problems. It's starting to remind me of the text lag bug from 1942...
Rajun Cajun
09-30-2005, 10:28 AM
And there was much rejoycing......

Beer, wine and food for all...
{EA}TOP AGENT
09-30-2005, 10:31 AM
Hmmm....point farming significantly harder to do? I was really hoping for it was now next to impossible to do. Oh well lets see how that goes but glad the patch is coming out. I never really played Wake Island so I was to see how that one looks. Hope they come up with another city map though since those are my favorite.
WhiskeyBarbas
09-30-2005, 10:41 AM
Lots of goodies in this one.

Perhaps the best change for admins is that if you can't tk your teammates at low speed, then this should eliminate the ability of jerks who stand in front of vehicles deliberately.
hostyle
09-30-2005, 10:44 AM
Commander scoring - No more TKs from Artillery

Not to sure how I feel about this one. Granted it is a pain to have your score nerfed by idiots who don't pay attnetion to the minimap. However, now it will be hard NOT to have one of the top scores on the server if you know what your doing.

I may have to command a bit more now. :flipoff:
{EA}TOP AGENT
09-30-2005, 10:48 AM
Commander scoring - No more TKs from Artillery

Not to sure how I feel about this one. Granted it is a pain to have your score nerfed by idiots who don't pay attnetion to the minimap. However, now it will be hard NOT to have one of the top scores on the server if you know what your doing.

I may have to command a bit more now. :flipoff:

I enjoy the no more teamkills from the artillery. I remember once in Strike of Karkand I had 40 kills 0 deaths with art but had a -32 on teamwork from all the tks I got when people didn't look a radar. I'll admit I did tk 3 people by accident when i accidently hit the art on there location instead of UAV lol.
hostyle
09-30-2005, 10:50 AM
Yes but now if some smacktard happens to take commander mode over and start intentionally tking his own team. We will be unable to do a damn thing about it.

If ever their was a reason for Mutiny vote being turned back on. This may be it.
GorroXXII
09-30-2005, 10:51 AM
Yes but now if some smacktard happens to take commander mode over and start intentionally tking his own team. We will be unable to do a damn thing about it.

If ever their was a reason for Mutiny vote being turned back on. This may be it.

you can't but the admins can :thumbsup: and will take care of it.
{EA}TOP AGENT
09-30-2005, 10:52 AM
Yes but now if some smacktard happens to take commander mode over and start intentionally tking his own team. We will be unable to do a damn thing about it.

If ever their was a reason for Mutiny vote being turned back on. This may be it.

Speaking of mutiny since you know about the patch somewhat anything on fixing how many votes it takes to kick or mutiny a person. I swear I remember before I joined this community it was impossible to kick or mutiny since it requried over 40 votes make it near impossible. Really hope they fix that since you did bring up a good point.
wihadmin
09-30-2005, 11:05 AM
Commander scoring - No more TKs from Artillery

Here comes the tards who'll be dropping arties on their own troops for fun.
monos
09-30-2005, 11:08 AM
i can find nothing on the official EA site concerning the release of this being soon, but i guess it will only say something new when it is available?
wihadmin
09-30-2005, 11:15 AM
Voting doesn't work bc not enough people vote. And if we lower the % of people needed for a successful vote, then there'll be votes against players who are good in jets, vote against the admins, vote against the guy who's in a tank and someone else wants it, and the list goes on. We really don't see the benefit of the voting system unless they allow us the ability to restrict voting to just Mutiny votes by squad leaders only.
wildwhippy
09-30-2005, 12:05 PM
FINALLY, engineers get LOVE! :hump:
Grim_Scythe
09-30-2005, 12:19 PM
I kind of wonder if you can point farm with the other commanders pieces.
I.E. he repairs them with supply crate you just sit there and keep blowing it up.
DinkyPoopStick
09-30-2005, 12:46 PM
I kind of wonder if you can point farm with the other commanders pieces.
I.E. he repairs them with supply crate you just sit there and keep blowing it up.
That would require the entire other team not to care that you are blowing up thier eqiupment.
So on WiH that would be 33 (32 from thier team + you) to get points...
If you could get 32 other people to want to help you farm points, it would be fast for all 32 of them to spawn and stand on a piece of your C4 over and over again.
TrinitronX
09-30-2005, 04:28 PM
I kind of wonder if you can point farm with the other commanders pieces.
I.E. he repairs them with supply crate you just sit there and keep blowing it up.

Heh.... I've been doing this just for fun. I really pissed off the other team's commander... he even sent in an arty strike just for me... but then I blew up his arty before too many shots got off... then I dodged the 2 that made it out.. and showed my superiority by shooting the sky.. cause I knew he was watching me XD.

Getting points for this now will be awesome! The commander will have to be really stupid to keep giving you supply crates though XD
Multiplex
09-30-2005, 07:47 PM
I hate to say it but...

Now that they've added name prefixes (clan tags)... are the people that have accounts that have a prefix going to be allowed to change their names to remove the prefix they already added to their username...

I'm hoping so... but the realist in me wants to smack EA/DICE again.
hostyle
10-01-2005, 02:48 PM
Some info from those lucky enough to have beta'd the comming patch:

http://www.bf2.se/page.php?id=288
frogbait
10-01-2005, 06:01 PM
Yes but now if some smacktard happens to take commander mode over and start intentionally tking his own team. We will be unable to do a damn thing about it.

If ever their was a reason for Mutiny vote being turned back on. This may be it.

I agree we may need to turn a army against our commander if he is acting like a $#@!. The problem with Mutiny is, we might not get anyone to stay in, because people are always voting them out. We all know how much of a pain that is to keep answering a vote. :wallbash:
LawyerNinja
10-01-2005, 11:48 PM
yes it is pain......like when that stupid gray text is blocking something or just getting annoying ........just hit the page up button and its gone
TrinitronX
10-02-2005, 05:42 AM
OMG! The TV missiles will be better! Reading that could have rox0rzed my sox0rz.. had I been wearing them :D
Ah... this may just make up for the vehicle gimping they're doing.
Multiplex
10-02-2005, 05:49 AM
And exactly why did TV missiles need to be improved? A skilled copilot can destroy any vehicle/person in the game. They are the highest single point damage in the game besides artillery, they are guided by mouse clicks, and have a super long range.

I've even shot down jets in flight with them... I guess they are to make it suicidal to get into a vehicle on any map which has an attack chopper on it.

wtf...
hostyle
10-03-2005, 08:18 AM
Looks like it might even come today Oct. 3rd after all: http://www.bfnation.net/
wihadmin
10-03-2005, 09:38 AM
If and when the patch comes out, it will take a few days for it to be installed onto our server by our provider. If you would like to play on WiH, please do not apply the patch until we post to do so.