New Battlefield 2 patch out

By Ellie Gibson Published 15 February, 2006

Say hello to version 1.2.

EA has released a new patch for tip top PC shooter Battlefield 2 - and it's now available for download via Eurofiles.

The patch features all manner of bug fixes and gameplay tweaks - you can no longer dolphin dive or jump and shoot at the same time, for example, and hit points on all air vehicles have been reduced.

Helicopters carry eight missiles instead of 14, TV-guided missiles have a shorter range, and you can no longer destroy mines with other explosives. There have been adjustments to all sniper rifles and loads of other weapons, including the Sa80, G3A3 and M134. You can now reload while sprinting, and medics will be pleased to hear that their defibrillator paddles will reload while not in use.

Other new features include a ranks expansion which means you can now rank up to General. Plus, UAVs will now be visible within the detection radius, and you'll be able to shoot them down and put an end to their antics.

Battlefield 2 is out now.

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Comments (28) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • Hunam85 #1 6 years ago

    And from what i can tell, no more diving :( (jump+prone)

  • alithebull #2 6 years ago

    woo hoo!
    no more ridiculous helicopter dominance/death from above

  • d0bbo #3 6 years ago

    342mb!

  • Dynamize #4 6 years ago

    Or 80mb as an incremental patch on top of 1.12 or whatever the last one was.

  • Feet #5 6 years ago

    *makes mental note to play BF2 again*

  • PearOfAnguish #6 6 years ago

    Machine gun accuracy improved? Yes please.

    Direct download here: http://largedownloads.ea.com/pub/patches/
    Edited by PearOfAnguish at 15/02/06 @ 15:27

  • smoison #7 6 years ago

    So the game is now ALMOST finished....

  • Hunam85 #8 6 years ago

    Id actully say its a step back, playing on foot now with no diving or jumping and shooting feels alot more formularic and solid rather than fulid and exciting :(

    And lowering the hp of aircraft is insane, im not a pilot (assult or tank) but i find this move maddening!

  • DDevil #9 6 years ago

    In that case you're definitely in the minority. Dolphin diving was for those who don't have skill to play properly and lowering the HP of 'copters is a Godsend.

  • Pike #10 6 years ago

    Hunman85, why don't play Quake then? It should suit your tastes more.

  • PearOfAnguish #11 6 years ago

    I know what you mean Human. I miss the experimental feel and general silliness of BF1942 and DC. No more CTF, wing-walking...hell, even the hackers provided a lot of entertainment at times. BF2 is great, but it doesn't keep me playing for days at a time without sleep like 1942 did.

  • TurdBreaker #12 6 years ago

    @Hunam85

    LOL! CS player!

    Bf2 is meant to have SOME sense of realism. Granted it's fairly far from it in many aspects, but they have tried to fix some of the very *unrealistic* combat issues - namely nerdo's like you bunny hopping while carrying a large, heavy machine gun with a ruck sack of ammo!

    Personally I'm liking the patch - balances up a few things.. Nice

  • El_MUERkO #13 6 years ago

    what about installing with special forces?

  • PearOfAnguish #14 6 years ago

    What about it? Won't make a difference whether you have SF already or you install it after.

  • El_MUERkO #15 6 years ago

    the 3dgamers torrent link will probably be quicker in the long run

    http://www.3dgamers.com/torrents/games/battlefield2/bf2_patch_1.2.exe.torrent

  • Cheezit #16 6 years ago

    It's improved some things but its made a minor bug (the occasional display of one of your own players with a red tag) into a major one (I played about 10 games last night on a bunch of different servers, and the problem occured every time).

  • Hunam85 #17 6 years ago

    @Turdbreaker

    BF was never meant to be realistic in the sense that OFP was, thats why i loved it so much. And no, i dont bunny hop, and im not a gunner. I played assult class as i said, but the diving was a good tactic to get out of fire and in cover very quickly, and im sure that diving can be done be real people to quickly get out of the way...

    Also on the realism terms, vehicals are supposed to be something significant on the battlefield, by lowering all the stats of the air units has just made them more unrealistic as they cant take a beating, i personally felt they couldnt stay in the air long enough as it was....

    They seemed to have moved it more towards the rainbow six style of thinking, which iunno, i didnt want. I just hope quakewars steals the squad system then ill be happy.

  • Furbs #18 6 years ago

    But in BF2 its not a dive?

    As for the aircraft being unrealistic now due to being too easy to take down - watch Blackhawk Down. A helo designed for maximum survivability in the field gets taken down by an unguided RPG (which is literally, just a big handgrenade with an engine). Similarly, attack helicopters like the Apache wouldnt last 5 minutes in a combat zone with that many SAM sites around. At the low speeds and altitude you find in BF2, they'd be sitting ducks.

    Same with tanks. One hit with a TOW or SRAM and very often it would be game over, especially from the rear or at the tank treads. The fact is, if BF2 was overly realisitic, the tanks and APCs' wouldnt be used like they are - you wouldnt see them deployed in an urban map without infantry support sweeping ahead for AT personnel.

  • Stickman #19 6 years ago

    "playing on foot now with no diving or jumping and shooting feels alot more formularic and solid rather than fulid and exciting :( "

    So, you're one of the people who've been signing me up for an early stroke.
    Edited by Stickman at 15/02/06 @ 20:26

  • Mashum #20 6 years ago

    I've been playing BF2 on and off for a while, but I don't know what dolphin diving is :-o I dive to the ground to shoot but I guess it's not that..

    Can someone advise? ta.

  • Furbs #21 6 years ago

    Its when you jump up in the air, then go prone in one movement. It looks lame, its cheap and its (or rather was) exploiting the game in which it wasnt meant to.

    Going prone is fine - infact if you're playing Support you need to to hit anything, but some people like to take the piss.

  • Derblington #22 6 years ago

    Dolphin Diving is jumping and going prone in mid air to fire at a target/dodge incoming fire. Before the patch, when you went prone in mid air, the damage mesh would shrink and your aim would improve (just like going prone on the ground) and it made it unfair, basically. The patch has changed the way all that works. Going prone on the ground has remained the same, but you can't go prone as you jump (you can on the way down, so diving is still possible) and you can't fire (again, you can on the way down), so you can't exploit it anymore.

    It's made it slightly more realistic, much fairer (is that a word?) and less frustrating in general, but a minority will always moan about it.
    Edited by Derblington at 15/02/06 @ 20:39

  • Mashum #23 6 years ago

    Ok - thank you both.

    That sounds good to me. I'm not that keen on bunny hopping either (even in CS).
    Edited by Mashum at 15/02/06 @ 20:53

  • spiny #24 6 years ago

    "playing on foot now with no diving or jumping and shooting feels alot more formularic and solid rather than fulid and exciting :( "


    Take that you bunny hopping dolphin diving annoyance!

    :)))))

  • Mashum #25 6 years ago

    I would be nice if the EG User Profile had an alias option for BF2 alises - I've just mailed them to ask, fingers crossed!

  • Kraftwurm #26 6 years ago

    Yes! They have my vote too for that...

  • asphaltcowboy #27 6 years ago

    Good to see you can still dive but not dolphin dive or jump and shoot!

  • Spanker #28 6 years ago

    Performance is still crap for me (since 1.12 patch). Lucky I got a few good months playing before the patches fricked it up for me..