Issues to be addressed!

[Devoldo]

.:Please Sticky:.

Well, I love the game, its leaps and bounds over any other game out on the market currently, yet a few spit-shines are needed for this game to claim its place in pc gaming.


This would be a list I would love Dice to look at when they have a chance:

CURRENT ISSUES:

-Scoreboard text overlaps

-Scoreboard does not always display ping on certain game types

-GOL Magnum Sniper with 4x ACOG Scope & Red Dot Sight has graphical errors:
Huge Graphical Glitch - GOL with 4x Scope.

-In certain situations, users need to run the game/steam as admin in order to display ping correctly

-Random Disconnects to EA server [tunneling service].....(EA are working on fixing this issue)

-Random kicks from game servers....(R5 Server update should take care of this after the weekend)

-Random CTD's (Crash To Desktop) certain users are experiencing....(since beta)

-No way to bind Enter key (this is a must for anyone who plays with the arrow keys instead of the WASD keys)

-Crosshair issues with tracer dart-gun (A. zooming in and out can cause crosshair to disappear completely B. Issues with crosshair in HardCore mode when switching from primary weapon)

-Server info when loading tends to wander off designated text area when the message is too long

-Server browser filter does not always filter correctly (I.E. search for a punkbuster server, end up getting into a non-punkbuster server, etc.)

-Few more optimizations for better load % on GPU's

-Random controls lock up (fixed by unplugging joystick, restarting game)

-Ping in-game differs from real ping (usually 50-100ms difference)

-UAV and Helicopter Controls have opposing inverted controls

-Not always able to chat at the end of a round

-Points gained after death are not awarded correctly (I.E. Blowing up a tank with C4, killing yourself in the process, the game shows 150 points are awarded, but they are not added to your total round score)

-After a round, sometimes the win or lose screen does not execute properly, showing your first-person view, but you cannot move and the screen glitches in trying to do so

-Various friend's list issues including short names not being added correctly; also unable to join a friends server via friend's list

-GUI issues while playing HardCore mode (some elements stay on screen [minimap, ticket count, squad slection, etc] which is fixed by pressing esc)

-Vsync option is not working for certain users (some have fixed this issue by either editing their settings.ini file, or forcing vsync through their video driver's control panel)

-Sound settings (hi-fi, wartapes, etc.) reset upon exit of game

-Users with ATI cards are experiencing longer-than-normal load times between rounds [especially on DX10] (unknown whether this is catalyst/video card specific or not)

-Possible "memory leak" with game becoming less and less "smooth" while playing for extended periods of time, resulting in feelings of input lag and choppiness

-Helicopters still rubberband when hit by AA (Also chopper acting as a "lawn mower", bouncing into the ground taking no damage)

-Dead pixel in the bottom right-hand corner (screen shot needed)

-Dead pixels on letterbox bars in singleplayer

-MG shield will sometimes block your view, instead of enabling you to see through it Example:
(could be DirectX specific bug [DX9])

-Scrollwheel becomes "inverted" while trying to change weapon when sprinting

-Joystick configuration issues (more joysticks need support)

-Malfunctioning C4 (does not always detonate)

-Iron sights/Gun models should scale with FOV

-Red dot on various scopes for different weapons "float" 1-2 inches in front of scope's model

Originally Posted by Fallacy4

I'm not sure if this is a FOV issue, but I think it may be.

Certain FOV values will make the 4x scope's red aiming reticule appear INFRONT of your gun's scope while sprinting/turning.

Here is two screens.

-Strange bug: BFBC2.exe does not always end once you exit the game. Be sure to check your taskmanager once you exit the game. [7+ confirmed cases using win7 64-bit]



USER WISH-LIST:

-FOV slider in video settings menu (rather than manually editing settings.ini)

-Ability to delete binds in control settings

-Addition of Xbox 360 controller support for Bad Company 2 (Was supported in beta, has since broke in retail)

-Horn sound-off towards the end of a round needs to have the volume reduced significantly (or removed completely)

-Gamma in T-90/MI-28 HAVOC turret scope/interface needs to be decreased

-Before the start of a round, there should be a wait time of at least 10 seconds for those with slower computers so other users will not have an advantage

-Custom weapon load-outs should be saved per user until changed, instead of reset per round/game

-Audio does not seem positionally correct. Certain users complaining of "monaural" audio from all speakers.

-Mouse-acceleration is still apparent in-game even with the option un-checked (logitech setpoint users can disable in their software's settings)

-Option to enable hold ADS[Aim Down Sight] and crouch

-Separate mouse sensitivity setting for on foot, in vehicle (also sensitivity for turret aiming), and helicopter

-Option to lock mini-map rotation (A battlefield series standard)

-Removal of Kill/Death stat in rush/conquest modes on scoreboard(absolutely kills teamplay)

-Unranked server files/Rcon control (a must for future LANs and competitive play)

-Addition of "Connect to IP" in the server browser options

-Spectator or Battle recorder server side options

-Option to remove the stabilization in roll-axis for the Helicopter flight controls (BF2 style control)

-Ability to chat while dead. Also ability to check score while dead

-Magnum ammo unlock on m24/gol/m95 is not a one-hit kill. M95 should be more than capable of doing so
-Disable invulnerability when revived by a medic

-Health bar for soldier

-Addition of HardCore mode filter into the existing server browser filters

-Ability for game to remember filter settings, instead of resetting each time

-Crosshairs for vehicle/stationary weapons in hardcore mode

-Repair tool indicator when repairing vehicles in hardCore mode

-Ability to automatically log in from the command line
-Ability to connect to a server via the command line

-Jumping should have a deviation accuracy increase in HardCore mode

-Ability to set certain weapons to single shot

-Ability to delete soldiers/persona's from your account
Note: This is already planning on being implemented once other more pressing issues are fixed, as quoted from:

Originally Posted by Bazajaytee

At this point you will need to contact EA Support and ask them to delete your "Persona" which is also your Solider name.
This will be a quick fix while we work on things like this for the game itself.

Anymore, just start rattling them in! If we can get most people happy with this game, these forums can start becoming more informational, and less ignorant

UPDATE: Nvidia has released their newer forceware drivers which fixes various issues but it seems there are potentially "dangerous" issues with these drivers for certain video card models:

Originally Posted by DeathSoldier11

PLEASE TC REMOVE THE LINK TO THE NVIDIA DRIVERS:

Slashdot Games Story | NVIDIA Driver Update Causing Video Cards To Overheat In Games

My apologies for posting these drivers. No one was aware of the issue. Nvidia has removed these drivers from their site. I will post new updated drivers when they are released.


For those of you still wondering about FOV:
How to adjust your FOV

Hats off to Dice, once you fix the connect issues and kicks, Ill buy everyone of the Devs a beer. Possibly a hooker if your quick about it

UPDATE: EA is aware of the outage and are working to fix the issue. Once Connections are fixed and stable, this list should become evident to Dice.

Battlefield BC2 (OfficialBFBC2) on Twitter

Originally Posted by Bazajaytee

PC currently has more people playing and are in game servers than both the consoles.

Probably the best news I've heard all year

[Reborn_Tai]

-Vsync is not working at all but BETA, strange

-Fix the bug that adding favourite server fail in browser(since BETA)

-add a function: FILTER OUT THE SERVER WHICH HIGHER THAN _ _ _ PING(or at least SORT PING BY ACSENTING ORDER)

[Devoldo]

Originally Posted by Reborn_Tai

-Vsync is not working at all but BETA, strange

Did you try editing your settings.ini file and make sure vsync is set to true?

Working fine for me =(

[DDOOM499]

can you add to it this list too...

(1)
I have entered my limited edition code but i dont see where my unlocks are..??

(2)
When i play in a server and finish my stats dont update...it stays at 0???

(3)
After playing in a server it will most likly crash, or i will crash of either losing connection or punk buster apparently is not updated...

(4)
in game play as assault i cant drop ammo
as medic i cant drop health pack / revive
as engineer i cant repair
Apparently the special abilities for each class does not work...

(5)
alot of customers that use steam to play the game have been having these issues i stated above.

Does anyone have a fix for it or do i have to wait till DICE or EA / STEAM comes out with an update

[DDOOM499]

Btw you can can bind mouse keys, under option you chose the mouse section not keyboard and bind it to the specific action

[Tiuri20000]

(2) All beta stats have been reset, so that's normal.
(3) Server crash at rounds end could explain why stats wont update.
(5)Perhaps its a keybinding issue when it comes to dropping ammo/health/repairtool?
What happens when you use scroll for those items?

[Devoldo]

Originally Posted by DDOOM499

can you add to it this list too...

(1)
I have entered my limited edition code but i dont see where my unlocks are..??

(2)
When i play in a server and finish my stats dont update...it stays at 0???

(3)
After playing in a server it will most likly crash, or i will crash of either losing connection or punk buster apparently is not updated...

(4)
in game play as assault i cant drop ammo
as medic i cant drop health pack / revive
as engineer i cant repair
Apparently the special abilities for each class does not work...

(5)
alot of customers that use steam to play the game have been having these issues i stated above.

Does anyone have a fix for it or do i have to wait till DICE or EA / STEAM comes out with an update

(1)They are in-game if you added the code in correctly (no hyphens)

Try out Tiuri20000's answer for (5)

Some of those issues sound like a corrupted install. It might have been from everyone downloading the game while you were.
right-click on Bad Company 2 in steam games list,
click on properties,
click the Local files tab,
select Verify integrity of game cache...

Let that work itself through and try the game again. If that does not work, simply delete and re-download the game, making sure you delete the leftover folder from your steam folder before installing again.

[DDOOM499]

1) tried mouse wheel too, it doesnt show up any of the specials at all...
2) yes i added the code correctly for the limited addition and it says it activated but when i go in game i dont see them nor in my gadgets. etc

[Tiuri20000]

Wait, you mean to say that when you use your scrollwheel (assuming it actually works) and shows you your weapons without the health/ammo pack?
I believe you cannot deselect those items in your weapons load out screen can you?
If so than check the weapons load out screen first, if that fails, make a screenshot and show it here, also do as Devoldo says about the steam fix.

I haven't received my copy yet so can't verify anything at the moment.
Btw, anyone knows where settings for keybindings are stored?

And to add to the list:

-Random controls lock up (fixed by unplugging joystick, restarting game)

[breddab]

let us remap the TAB key and enter key. Please......

Fov Slider in settings not just manually in the settings.ini

Fix ping showing in game on scoreboard. It is always 3-4 times higher in game than the browser shows. But there isnt any lag. i just think it is mis-reading and displaying incorrectly.

Do something about the 40mm GL. Those assualt guys have UNLIMITED with their ammo packs. Increase the reload time, and cap how many rounds they can fire. Or at least at point blank if they shoot it and kill you they should die too.

Give us an INFANTRY only server side option. Some of us HATE vehicles and only want the infantry experience!! - This goes for squad dm as well.

[Phyrefli38]

- Music speeds up during the map changes. Sounds like the chipmunks.

[Tiuri20000]

@Devoldo, can you make an issue and wish list in your first post, that makes it easier to separate the two. Additionaly put a workaround or fix with the issue in the list if you would?

[Vanchelon]

Originally Posted by DDOOM499

can you add to it this list too...

.....

(4)
in game play as assault i cant drop ammo
as medic i cant drop health pack / revive
as engineer i cant repair
Apparently the special abilities for each class does not work...

....

Does anyone have a fix for it or do i have to wait till DICE or EA / STEAM comes out with an update

4) Pretty sure that's because you don't get those until the very first or so kit upgrade for that class.
They are listed as the first "unlocks" so check your status page.

I remember not being able to use them right away in beta either, but didn't take long to unlock.

[Devoldo]

Originally Posted by Tiuri20000

@Devoldo, can you make an issue and wish list in your first post, that makes it easier to separate the two. Additionaly put a workaround or fix with the issue in the list if you would?

I've added a couple more lines, Wish-list will be secondary fixes to the primary issues users are experiencing, otherwise known as "game-breakers"

[Devoldo]

Another recommendation I have for steam users is to re-bind the
(left)SHIFT+TAB keys for the steam overlay to
(right)SHIFT+ENTER
so that sprinting while trying to view scores isn't a death sentence =D

Plus its almost as easy to open since your hand is usually off the mouse while typing to someone via steam friends(at least I hope it is o.O ).

[MeLittleMe]

* Many sounds are monaural (ie. they are in all speakers equally). This makes it hard to determine where things are happening. Would be nice to have all sounds in the MP game as positional.

* We need the game to remember our last weapon loadouts, at least. Ideally, if we could set up 9 or 10 loadouts and could press 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 or 0 to select them that would be great. Even if we had to setup the loadouts in the settings file I'd be fine with that. Something is better than nothing.

* When the round starts, we need about ten seconds of wait time so that people with faster hard drives don't have an advantage by starting earlier.

* There is a very odd and somewhat difficult bug to duplicate that turns off sprinting. At the end of a round in the round finish animation, press j to talk, and then quickly press gg. Only one of the 'g' keys will register and then press enter. When the next round starts, you will spawn with the animation of throwing a grenade (well, that's what I have g bound to) and it will be suck with your arm up in the air. You can select another weapon to reset the animation, but you will be unable to run the entire round.

[Devoldo]

Originally Posted by MeLittleMe

* There is a very odd and somewhat difficult bug to duplicate that turns off sprinting. At the end of a round in the round finish animation, press j to talk, and then quickly press gg. Only one of the 'g' keys will register and then press enter. When the next round starts, you will spawn with the animation of throwing a grenade (well, that's what I have g bound to) and it will be suck with your arm up in the air. You can select another weapon to reset the animation, but you will be unable to run the entire round.

Added your first two issues, but the third one seems awfully strange. If it can be reproduced successively then I will add it.

[kamigato]

Can't join a server my friend is playing on via Friend's list. Worked fine in beta.

[Devoldo]

Originally Posted by kamigato

Can't join a server my friend is playing on via Friend's list. Worked fine in beta.

That would probably be an issue related towards EAs tunneling service.
Can you explain in more detail what happens when you repeatedly click on your friend's name while he is in a server?

[Tpyn]

No weapon skill progress for any weapon except AEK, knife and vehicles. The "kills to next" field in weapon details is empty for all weapons except weapons mentioned above. Don't know what to do...

[Devoldo]

Originally Posted by Tpyn

No weapon skill progress for any weapon except AEK, knife and vehicles. The "kills to next" field in weapon details is empty for all weapons except weapons mentioned above. Don't know what to do...

I would assume that this could be related to EA's tunneling service as well (basically the central server you are connected to when you log in and while playing on a game server). It seems EA is experiencing server instability and you might be considered "offline" while playing a round, resulting in no weapon progression.

[Tpyn]

i hope it'll be fixed automatically when i get my next xm8 kill this evening. I have smth about 30 kills with this weapon (stats in weapon details) and no bronze skill award.

[EeekiE]

Good thread. I love this game, I want to help to polish the game.

I noticed after I finished playing last night, there were 2x 400MB BFBC2.exe's running in Task Manager. They must have been from games I played earlier.

BRILLIANT game. I'm also confident that DICE will sort us out once the world wide releases are all out the way.

[Devoldo]

Originally Posted by EeekiE

Good thread. I love this game, I want to help to polish the game.

I noticed after I finished playing last night, there were 2x 400MB BFBC2.exe's running in Task Manager. They must have been from games I played earlier.

BRILLIANT game. I'm also confident that DICE will sort us out once the world wide releases are all out the way.

This is exactly what I was experiencing! I was wondering after playing twice why the controls felt more and more "laggy". What OS are you using? How did you obtain the game(steam, D2D, physical copy)? This issue could be OS/OS 64-bit specific, or origin of download specific.

[OmniAtlas]

whats up with the flight controls, everytime I switch between a chopper and a UAV I still have to access the options menu to invert or reverse the vertical controls.