DICE released a small hotfix to fix a crashing issue when users would Alt + Tab out Battlefield 2. A large number of players who have installed 1.50 have been unable to use ALT+TAB without the game crashing out to Windows desktop. As such and with thanks to nea_alecu doing some investigations, our programmers have come up with a fix. * Download the attached file * Extract it into your Battlefield 2 install directory (you must have v1.50 installed already) * When prompted accept that you want to over write the existing file * In My Documents go to Battlefield 2\mods\bf2 and delete the cache directory * Run BF2 as normal Dice is also working on a full installer which will be the 2Gb file for those who are new to Battlefield 2 v1.50. This will replace existing files once ready.

Battlefield 2 Patch v1.5

* Made some more tweaks to J10 handling to even its balance against other jets. - Fixed * Hit detection is better but only for those on low pings - We have seen some improvement from the closed beta results but let us know what you think. * Sand bags have ”glass” effect in Operation Blue Pearl - In Test * Operation Blue Pearl is missing UAV ability - Fixed * Clicking on JOIN or double clicking a server occasionally resets the game back to server browser - Fixed * Occasional connection drops after being on a server a couple of minutes - Fixed * Consensus to reduce grenades per kit - Will not be changed * Consensus to revert to 0.3 second delay between jump and prone - Fixed * Crashes when changing Falcon settings sometimes. - Fixed * YASU causes conflict with BF2.exe preventing the game from running - In Test * Commander assets do not always fire/work - Fixed * Mouse wheel acceleration on jeeps and APC’s - In Test * Mouse wheel acceleration on parachutes - In Test * Widescreen, FOV doesn’t change - Not changed at this time * Unable to exit static anti tank in OBP - Fixed * Falcon controller prevents joystick controls being assigned to work especially on jets and helicopters. Falcon always acts as primary controller for pitch and roll. Resets to Falcon at the start of every round. - Fixed * The jets on Highway Tampa were replaced with attack choppers in 1.50 - Fixed, Highway Tampa is now as it was in 1.41 * The graphics for Highway Tampa are the same as Mashtuur City on create a local match in the menu and load screen. - Fixed * Spotting as Commander doesn’t always work, closing Commander screen and re-opening solves this - Investigating * Picking up the kit of a player who disconnected causes crashes - Fixed * Audio settings do not always save after clicking APPLY - Fixed * Registry Version remains at 1.4 after Update 1.5 is installed - Fixed * Community/Custom games shows BF2 and Special Forces as version 1.4 instead of 1.5 - Fixed but didnt make it to Beta 3 * BF2OpenAL.dll was version 1.1.1.0 - Fixed - Updated to version 2.1.8.1 * ch_gas_station collision mesh on Dragon Valley was inconsistent with other gas station buildings - Fixed * MEC artillery piece on Operation Clean Sweep changes to the USMC's control when they capture the Airfield flag - Fixed * Challenger2 HUD icon was incorrect showing M1A2 HUD icon instead - Fixed * Road to Jalalabad has PLA FAV spawn in place of a MEC FAV - Fixed * Dragon Valley Chinese artillery used default respawn time instead of 360 seconds as other artillery uses - Fixed * Bizon (PP-19) had no delay time after weapon switch - Fixed (this now has a delay of 0.666) * F35B had a lock delay of 1.5 compared to 1 second lock delay of other aircraft - Fixed * Incorrect camo Humvee was being spawned in Taraba Quarry - Fixed * UH-60 (Black Hawk) guns had 0.25 splash damage setting, down from 3 making it difficult to hit infantry. - Fixed (this is now set to 1.5 to improve the UH-60's usefulness while not allowing it to dominate) * It was impossible to pass a claymore unless an engineer disarmed it first. - Fixed (players can now go prone to pass the claymore) * Allow BF2.exe to use more than 2Gb RAM on machines that support it - Fixed * Modify HUD in TV guided missile view that makes viewing difficult on maps like Dragon Valley - Fixed * Army hardware takes too long to spawn on Wake Island - Investigating * Mouse control didn't work in Special Forces - Fixed * Falcon controls overwrote on every map load in Special Forces - Fixed * Highway Tampa crashes at 14% - Fixed * Added Battlefield 2142 style prone deviation - Fixed (going prone will now cause reduced accuracy for a brief period the same system BF2142 uses) Red items mean its new changes in Beta 3 Bazajaytee - Associate Producer

You can download this beta patch for Battlefield 2 and test it on selected beta servers only. The patch adds Vista support, removes CD check, adds Widescreen resolutions, and launches Operation Blue Pearl.

Features: Additional support for Windows Vista. Added Highway Tampa as a required map. Added a new map called Operation Blue Pearl. Gameplay Tweaks Changes made to both the J10 and F35B to make them more balanced. Please note that the J10 is a superior dogfighter to the F35B and as such these two aircraft will never be equally matched. AA targeting tweaked to make it more effective. Added checks to prevent "runway grieving". Various changes made to prevent cheating. Tweaked the hit detection, hits will be more accurate to the model.

Firstly, sorry I have been away for so long, its been a busy time. So here as per request in a number of threads here is an update to where we are with 1.50. * Yes its still coming * We have been working on a few things to do with DRM as old versions of Battlefield 2 use an old version of SafeDisc * We have had a number of last minute hacks appear which we have made fixes for to help stabilise the servers. * We have a minor issue to solve with the Chinese version of the game. While I can't give an exact date, we are aiming to release our first Beta towards the end of April '09 as long as everything else goes well. What we are looking at doing for Battlefield is removing the requirement for the DVD to be in the drive during boot up. Whether we can get this going is what we are checking. It won't limit your installs on other machines or limit how many times you can install though. ================== Changelog Update v1.50 ================== FEATURES - Additional support for Windows Vista. - Added Highway Tampa as a required map. - Added a new map called Operation Blue Pearl. GAMEPLAY TWEAKS - Changes made to both the J10 and F35B to make them more balanced. Please note that the J10 is a superior dogfighter to the F35B and as such these two aircraft will never be equally matched. - AA targeting tweaked to make it more effective. - Added checks to prevent "runway grieving". - Various changes made to prevent cheating. - Tweaked the hit detection, hits will be more accurate to the model. There is no information on which hacks we have dealt with or how but there are quite a few. There is also another item missing from the list for legal reasons and will be a case of knowing it when the update comes out for Beta

- 2 Unlocks added to all 14 armies! - All shotguns tweeked AI fixed! - Spec ops version of Steyr AUG - Flash bang fixed for AI - Claymore made more sensitive and kill/hit radius increased - Ammo crate life increased added back repair health and ammo increased - Artillery tweeked for more rounds per min - Defib recharge time decreased - Ammo packs available increased in Support kit - Mines available increased in Engineer, Sniper, and Anti-Tank - Health packs in world increased

Adds a whole host of changes, tweaks, and fixes to the great Battlefield 2 Mod: Project Reality.

This will patch your old PoE Mod to v2.1.

You need this patch to keep playing, so download away. This will patch Special Forces too.

Retail v1.41 full patch