Battlefield 2 roll-back planned

By Ellie Gibson Published 26 May, 2006

Latest patch is causing problems.

EA and DICE have announced plans to initiate a roll-back for the latest Battlefield 2 update, following problems with the server browser.

According to a statement on the game's official website, "After a thorough investigation into the issues plaguing the server browser after the 1.3 Update, we believe that a last minute update in the way the Battlefield servers and Gamespy servers communicate may be the cause. We have decided to revert this change in an attempt eliminate these browser issues."

You don't need to uninstall or reinstall anything - but "All servers currently running must be restarted once this change has taken place." The statement also observes that "If you are experiencing CTD issues upon start up that any alternate-ranking redirections in your windows "Hosts" file must be removed."

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Comments (17) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • Drakron #1 6 years ago

    They sould remane it BattleBug 2.1 ...

  • djchump #2 6 years ago

    More awesome patching news! Friday = patchday.

  • nickthegun #3 6 years ago

    I may as well be the first.............

    I hate gamespy and all who sail in her.

  • Stickman #4 6 years ago

    One day, they'll manage a patch that doesn't fuck things up to a greater degree than they were already.

  • El_MUERkO #5 6 years ago

    its crap anyway

    waits for armed assault

  • oceanmotion #6 6 years ago

    This Dice mob should really make a game that is'nt a mess. How about they work on it longer and release a somewhat final game. EA might have something to do with it I guess. Sloppy.

  • Zero Beat #7 6 years ago

    Didn't they roll back an earlier patch as well?

  • Bitkari #8 6 years ago

    I hate gamespy and all who sail in her.

    too right. i can understand the allure for developers [well, publishers, i suspect] of going for an all-in-one gamespy solution for providing your game's multiplayer services, but the gamespy system is absolutely horrendous.

    surely there is a market for a much more efficient provider to compete with gamespy which actually works without causing so many problems?

    from my experience of the convoluted user side of gamespy, i dread to think what their back-end systems are like for those that dare to integrate.

  • mezzomorto #9 6 years ago

    @ Xiphos - LOL thanks for making me laugh out loud at the end of a very tough Friday in the office :)

  • Furbs #10 6 years ago

    I've officially given up on this now. They were so close to perfection after two patches it hurt. Now everytime they do something, it breaks something more.

    Ho hum, hopefully after 2142 we'll get BF3 which will build on the design they have for 2 (online persistent world with different theatres of engagement around the world would be awesome).

    Top 5 game of all time, sadly ruined.

  • Lovemoose #11 6 years ago

    three full restarts and plenty of dropped games today. quake wars can't come soon enough - they won't see a penny off me for 2142.

  • Bezzy #12 6 years ago

    The core DICE team, who made the original game, don't do the patches.

  • Ryuken #13 6 years ago

    Well, that seems clear enough yeah. Pretty sad to see how even a big publisher like EA can't properly support this.

  • projectmayhem #14 6 years ago

    what a joke DICE and EA are. because of all this i haven't played bf2 in a month or so. i'm absolutely sick of this. this is why i'm going to get quake wars rather then 2142

  • the creeper #15 6 years ago

    @projectmayhem

    Because of all this you haven't played for the last month? This patch was only released on Tuesday.

    I'm sure EA/DICE will miss you greatly...

  • asphaltcowboy #16 6 years ago

    I haven't experienced too many problems - the server browser going a bit nuts occasionally. Certainly not enough to stop me playing!

  • Helios #17 6 years ago

    How the bf2 patching process works:

    Person: zomgwtf this gun sux its not powerful enough
    Person 2: wtf is with the bunnyhoppin
    Person 3: Im sick of all those people who kill you at close range with nade launchers

    DICE: okay, we'll get rid of these problems! And put in loads of extra little glitches for good measure!

    Person: zomgwtf this gun sux its too powerful now
    Person 2: Why cant I jump repeatedly?
    Person 3: Why the hell dont my grenades launched from my gun explode at close range anymore?
    Person 4: OMG HELP GUYS MY GAME WONT LOAD ANYMORE
    Everyone else: THIS PATCH SUCKS