Played a little last night and first impressions are very good. Had the graphics settings up at 2560x1600 and everything on High and it still ran really smooth. Positives were:
-smooth graphics
-fluid movement
-very little gfx lag on actions taken (scope etc)
-gameplay seemed very nice, we need to consider if we need more slots or not (ie is 8v8 best or is 16v16 better)
Negatives were few but glaringly obvious.
-punkbuster keeps on kicking people for no reason (please someone fix it or shoot it)
-whilst game lag was negligible, voice comms were appalling garbled & intermittent sound
-the in-game sound for me had constant popping & crackling
If the negatives are down to my setup or drivers, someone please let me know because they are dead annoying!
PunkBuster problem is noted on the main pages news ticker, it says to go to the PB site and download 'PBsetup' to reinstall the code and make sure the Beta is fully uninstalled.
PBsetup worked for me, I was on for hours after initially getting kicked after a minute on the server.
Not heard any clicks or such and didn't do any VC's as I was getting my head around the game, it being my first time and all, but I didn't hear any either.
My problems:-
- GFX flashes sometimes when on fixed machinegun emplacements, when off them its fine.
- Sound setting seem to do nothing to the SP volumes on the movie's and so the teams voices are very low on the modern section, they went low after the submarine movie.
Very good first impressions. Running game at 6028 x 1080 all high HBAO on!! 16 AF 2 x AA looks and runs very nice. This far higher setting than the beta which was mostly run on low med. At 1.30 this morning we had a nearly full server and was running smoothly. As Tealeaf said voice comms sounded as though the ping was around 1000! Steam does seem to have a problem finding server though. I need to use a full browser refresh to find it and it won't add to favourites. I do think we need more slots. It comes down to the basic fact if you only have two sqads on each side and have three or four points to attack you end up running round in circles instead of defending or attacking one point.
Stuck at work. Away from home all weekend. Want to play.
Sigh :(
once again :withstupid:
Quote from: '[BIGmagnus;305231']Very good first impressions. Running game at 6028 x 1080 all high HBAO on!! 16 AF 2 x AA looks and runs very nice. This far higher setting than the beta which was mostly run on low med. At 1.30 this morning we had a nearly full server and was running smoothly. As Tealeaf said voice comms sounded as though the ping was around 1000! Steam does seem to have a problem finding server though. I need to use a full browser refresh to find it and it won't add to favourites. I do think we need more slots. It comes down to the basic fact if you only have two sqads on each side and have three or four points to attack you end up running round in circles instead of defending or attacking one point.
6028x1080 !!! What's your system spec, that's huge!
Agree with TL and Mag.
running at 1920x1080.
Voice comms were appallingly choppy from some players but ok from others (or it may have been the same player with intermittant problems?...it was 2.00am and I'd been to the pub)
It ran pretty smoothly out of the box for me, but I'll have to re-map my keys to something more intuitive.
Albert, please don't encourage Magnus to fornicate over his pc - it will just get messy :dribble:
Quote from: albert;3052396028x1080 !!! What's your system spec, that's huge!
New maps are fantastic... Some of them are quite big and would definately be improved by opening the server up to 16v16.
Sound is fine for me TL so check your drivers. The voice coms work but aren't that loud. Make sure you turn your receive volume up.
I don't like the fact that I can't map CapsLock to my press to talk key. LAlt is better for something else.
It defo made my 8800gtx run hot.. hit 82 at one point..
I'm loving it so far tho.
Absolutely ace, no lag, no sound issues, nothing bad other than not living very long and being crap at BF in general.
Sorry to the folks on the server, I had a minor crisis arise when I was on earlier and I had to run, so I timed out and took a spot up whilst AFK. Appologies.
Great fun though. :D
Huge troubles getting online with this. Had a quick game on DMW and stopped for a talk with some of the others on Vent, and then when I went to go back in a while later I couldn't join with 15/16. Then I couldn't log on, and now it says can't contact EA online.
I've been playing the single player and loving it. Just a shame the multiplayer is still quite buggy after such an extensive beta. The rate they're pushing updates it shouldn't be long, but I'd rather play it now.
EA had problems tonight:sad:
QuoteWe are sending out new servers to our providers called "R5". They will be testing them out and changing over the servers by tomorrow evening. This server contains some fixes for the "Connection to the server has been lost" message that a lot of you will have seen.
We are also working on making another new server over the weekend as EA has set up some dedicated front-end boxes just for Battlefield Bad Company 2 which we will update the server to use and should work to improve the stability of connections to EA for everyone.
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pretty poor show imo:sideways::eyebrow::angry:
still cant wait to play
Quote from: sulky_uk;305312still cant wait to play
Oh, you will...you will:eyebrow: