Battlefield 2142 Update 1.50 Coming Soon

[[MyIS]Spawndemon]

We have some news today that is somewhat out of the blue regarding a new patch for Battlefield 2142. Take a look:

It has been a little quiet on the Battlefield PC scene recently when it comes to what the DICE Live team has been up to. That’s because on top of dealing with cheats and server problems, we have been busy listening to you all in the community and working on a new update for Battlefield 2142. As well as making significant updates, we are bringing new content to 2142 which will bring new experiences to the Battlefield. As with Update 1.40, we will be running public beta on the update to gather your feedback so watch out for that announcement when we’ll be explaining more about the new content.

Nice to hear we will be seeing some new content for 2142. To view the original source, click here (http://www.battlefield.ea.com/battlefield/bf/battlefieldnewsdetail.aspx?site_id=B8KOM4UD-5RHY-7JEIWHPH&storyid=22342).

[hooahguy]

what i was going to post before they closed it, :shakehead:
was a reply to Bradley-
If I were to make a new patch, and I could make it an rediculous side; I'd make this:

New team (Some coutry breaks off of either PAC or EU)

One new weapon, ability, or special equipment for each class. Not all just one of those.

3 (at least) New maps; Indoors (and around a bug building of some kind), some kind of tropical/jungle map, a map with a crap load of hills everywhere (Imagine Swiss terrain).

Two new vehicles.

And lest we forget the countless bugs which needs fixes.

a new team is too fa-fetched. too many models and such to add, and one big headache, IMO

a new weapon/unlock and another map isnt too bad of a possibility. i would like another infantry map, at the least, like camp g, so i choose your choice of a large building or something.
and lets hope they fix those bugs!:yay:

[Minmaster]

is there a list of things to be addressed? it'd be interesting to see which bugs/glitches will be ignored once again...

[Fingulfin]

No lists yet, all that we have is what is in that post up there... But we have already seen rumors and NDA violations (lol) of what is coming.

Back to the discussion about the EU Airtransport... You know how to fix it while in game, right? Its not very difficult.

[sempf]

maybe dicce should make that an move that happens when you get into the seat.

[Fingulfin]

Hrm, your right... They already have one actually (when you get into it it goes from "not yet been used" position into "ready to fire" position). They would just have to tweak it a little... It might look silly, but hey, its better than a gun that only 5% of the population can use :p

[[IS]FallenMorgan]

I hope if they add a new team it's a Union of African States or something similar, or maybe even a futuristic US!

By the way will the game work on a Vista computer with a Nvidia 8600 GTS?

[Fingulfin]

Ya, it should run just fine... I was running with an integrated card and I could play.

[Eriksson]

For someone who just started playing this game, this is amazing news. I always thought 1.4 was the final.

Whats this pod surfing that everyone keeps mentioning?

[[IS]FallenMorgan]

I'd love it if they put this on the Frostbite Engine as some kind of BF2142 2, but with a less dorky name, like "The Battle for Earth."

[Twizzz]

Thats is AWESOME news!

It'd be great to see a infantry map only, no armor, no walkers, no FAVs, just dudes on the ground. Like the 16 player version of Verdun (the map with the deviding wall), or large building.

Another Armor map would be great too.

[Gunner_001]

Hell just froze over.

[Skates]

Thats is AWESOME news!

It'd be great to see a infantry map only, no armor, no walkers, no FAVs, just dudes on the ground. Like the 16 player version of Verdun (the map with the deviding wall), or large building.

Another Armor map would be great too.

How about a compromise. A map with one or two flags set up like the ones on Tampa with a little distance between them and then another 2-3 flags in a city setting where you have the barricades/dragon teeth that keep the vehicles/walkers out and it is only infantry fighting. Somthing like a Camp Gib but the walkers and fav's couldn't get past Toll and the space around Toll and Harbor would be more wide open.

[ultimate]

The number one thing that should be worked on is server stability.

[CptainCrunch]

That is good news. Hopefully it wont be a four month long process.

Crunch

[Skates]

The number one thing that should be worked on is server stability.

Amen to that.:salute:

[Wizrdwarts]

I knew the Diavik map meant something! :yay:

[Minmaster]

No lists yet, all that we have is what is in that post up there... But we have already seen rumors and NDA violations (lol) of what is coming.

Back to the discussion about the EU Airtransport... You know how to fix it while in game, right? Its not very difficult.

yes i know how to fix it in game. it's just annoying having to do it all the time (and not even being 100% sure it will work).

so one of the modders have already stated he fixed the EU transport bug, DICE should really ask him for the code...

[Arcturus.]

Whats this pod surfing that everyone keeps mentioning?

Pod surfing is a glitch that allows players to fly large distances in the Squad Leader Beacon pods. As far as I know, this glitch was corrected in patch v1.40.

[Fingulfin]

Pod surfing is a glitch that allows players to fly large distances in the Squad Leader Beacon pods. As far as I know, this glitch was corrected in patch v1.40.
WRONG!

Pod Surfing USED to refer to the ability to steer and move your pods from a squad leader beacon. You could travel about halfway across Gibraltar using this method. It was destroyed by batch v1.40.

Pod Surfing NOW refers to using APC/Titan Pods to CONTINUALLY fly across the map at extremely high speeds. It is possible to spend entire rounds airborne, and this tactic is also linked to MANY wall glitches. It has not been addressed by any patches.

IMO, EA killed the lesser of two evils (although I myself Beacon Surfed)

[Wizrdwarts]

WRONG!

Pod Surfing USED to refer to the ability to steer and move your pods from a squad leader beacon. You could travel about halfway across Gibraltar using this method. It was destroyed by batch v1.40.

Pod Surfing NOW refers to using APC/Titan Pods to CONTINUALLY fly across the map at extremely high speeds. It is possible to spend entire rounds airborne, and this tactic is also linked to MANY wall glitches. It has not been addressed by any patches.

IMO, EA killed the lesser of two evils (although I myself Beacon Surfed)

Jeesh, semantics.

[C0de_X]

how about REALLY fixing the podsurfing thing? spend five minutes on a DIG server and you'll see it isn't fixed at all.

and that kit-saving feature? totally broken.

as for new content, something that i've always wanted was to be able to move an unlock or weapon to a new kit. like i would LOVE to use the Turcotte in my recon kit. i love that gun to bits and i rarely miss with it. or how about things that don't belong in kits? why does support need an infantry radar? give that to RECON. it's recon's job to spot and track enemies, after all. and how about a TRUE night map? please? some of us LIKE stealth and sneaky sneaky hijinks!

[QcGuy]

Being a veteran player of all Battlefield games over the years. How does this make sense in releasing this ALLEGED Update for 2142. I mean why would you release an Update for a game that on average around 4400 people a day are playing. Battlefield Heroes is due out this summer along with Battlefield Bad Company and Battlefield 3 is rumored for this fall.

It just does not make sense why a company would spend it's resources on updating a game that is going to be 3 years old and so few people play.

[Arcturus.]

WRONG!

Pod Surfing USED to refer to the ability to steer and move your pods from a squad leader beacon. You could travel about halfway across Gibraltar using this method. It was destroyed by batch v1.40.

Pod Surfing NOW refers to using APC/Titan Pods to CONTINUALLY fly across the map at extremely high speeds. It is possible to spend entire rounds airborne, and this tactic is also linked to MANY wall glitches. It has not been addressed by any patches.

IMO, EA killed the lesser of two evils (although I myself Beacon Surfed)

Thank you :D

[Ghiblian]

Being a veteran player of all Battlefield games over the years. How does this make sense in releasing this ALLEGED Update for 2142. I mean why would you release an Update for a game that on average around 4400 people a day are playing. Battlefield Heroes is due out this summer along with Battlefield Bad Company and Battlefield 3 is rumored for this fall.

It just does not make sense why a company would spend it's resources on updating a game that is going to be 3 years old and so few people play.

I can't believe you just cited your veteran status in the Battlefield series as qualifications to contradict a pretty much confirmed detail... Especially since history in the BF series has shown new content / patches on older games (Highway Tampa for BF2, for instance). Trust me, that alleged patch is coming out. =P Be happy.

[Basil.]

Being a veteran player of all Battlefield games over the years. How does this make sense in releasing this ALLEGED Update for 2142. I mean why would you release an Update for a game that on average around 4400 people a day are playing. Battlefield Heroes is due out this summer along with Battlefield Bad Company and Battlefield 3 is rumored for this fall.

It just does not make sense why a company would spend it's resources on updating a game that is going to be 3 years old and so few people play.

A lot of people are not happy with EA\Dice lack of support for the last couple of BF games and stop playing. Now they have three BF gaming coming out, they want them player back.

Maybe sum big wig kid in EA loves 2142 and wants a patch.

[CounterFlak]

when they released the 1.40 patch, they said I'd have a small ability to move my pod, after spawning on a squad beacon. IT's a shame that I now get stuck behind GIbraltar walls, and have to suicide, or have to endure the wraith of endless spawn campers (don't give me the "spawn somewhere else" c**p either) I want this slight movement in a pod.

Wishlist includes:

- decrease AR rockets splash damage
- FIX GUNSHIP SHIELDS!
- Fix PAC walker machine gun rego + ability to shoot through chain fencing.
- Either decrease the Clark Shotgun range or rate of fire....
- Increase the Voss Spread/recoil, and reduce effective range to ~90 metres.
- Clark: Revert back to 1.25 specifcations

+2 Intfantry only maps. Not even jeeps. Could even make one as Assault lines..

[sempf]

im against clark revertion. the clark is a SHOTGUN. they are supposed to be strong.
walker machine guns suck they should be stronger. so if you ment that i think you are right. if you ment the opposite i dont understand you. i can shoot an enemie who is hiding against the fence for ages and not hit him.
voss has not an effective range up to 90 metres, it goes to 40 metres after that there is no lowering in damage.(still very low then)
2 infantry only maps is to much. make one good one rather than 2 average ones.

maybe they should make the smoke nades better altough they then should make the bots not be able to see through it. and there are a few glitches in smoke. invisseblility makes you visseble in smoke for example.

[iQu'e]

I don't want infantry only maps. There should at least be jeeps imo :)

[Zuke`]

It's that time again for EA to over-promise/hype and under-deliver.

[RYKUU]

What about working with vista?????????????????

GOD THAT ANNOYS ME!.

[AvalancheDiode]

1. PK rockets are fine the way they are. I own with them more than I am pwned by them. Adapt or perish! There are situations where Herzog shines, while PK is completely useless.

2. Assault players can't counter any vehicles unless they are in Rorsch or other vehicles, but assault is designed to OWN infantry fight. That's the balance of the game. So, infantry-only maps? That says "assault-and-shotgun-only" to me. What's the point having such map design in Battlefield game? Infantry-only region in the game is good, but infantry-only map? Not even FAV? No, thanks.

3. Clark Shotgun was good the way they were, and they are better the way they are.

I think DICE REEEEAAALLY need to fix stability issue. I got CTD or server crash almost on daily bases. NS servers seem to be more unstable than vanilla servers.

[Micster]

Well, looks like I was wrong when I said 1.4 was going to be it. :p

[[IS]FallenMorgan]

What I'd like to see is maybe an official storyline to everything. More than a paragraph or two.

[Trevortt]

What about working with vista?????????????????

GOD THAT ANNOYS ME!.

It does work with Vista my copy does, never had any issues. Maybe you should look closer to home and make sure you have all the Vista & your gfx card hotfixes then makesure your hardware has the latest drivers etc etc.

[Deflection]

How about support mods more ? it will prolong the life of the game a lot more then a patch or some empty promise.

[Dign1taS=EwC=]

Great news :D

[Deesies]

Well that was unexpected.

[[IS]FallenMorgan]

Also maybe a map editor made specially for BF2142.

[Sir. Dosedmonkey]

I think its more Vista working with pre-vista games, rather then games working with vista. But everyone I know has figured a way out to get it working.

It'll be interesting to see what the patch brings, EA are rather random in their gifts, atleast this will be something to pre-occupy my curiosity about Battlefield Heroes. :p

[Trevortt]

I hope they fix the Titan bugs, man those turrents always shooting into the walls is annoying.

[Dign1taS=EwC=]

3 new maps:nod:

Named: Anzio
Diavik
Quarzazat

[iQu'e]

3 new maps:nod:

Named: Anzio
Diavik
Quarzazat

I sure hope so.

[mattb]

I hope they fix when commanding, at the beginning of the match, the emp strike and artillery strike buttons are full and you can select them, but you *CAN'T* deploy them!
This started in certain maps with patch 1.4.

Also glad to hear they have not given up on us yet. This is *still* a great game!

[Minmaster]

I hope they fix when commanding, at the beginning of the match, the emp strike and artillery strike buttons are full and you can select them, but you *CAN'T* deploy them!
This started in certain maps with patch 1.4.

Also glad to hear they have not given up on us yet. This is *still* a great game!

yeah i noticed that too..quite annoying. i wouldn't count on it being fixed though...they probably have bigger bugs to address.

[Minmaster]

any news on the public beta?

[xslaneyx]

any news on the public beta?

yes any more news on this? looking forward to it

[jake___]

any news on the public beta?

Was there a public beta for 1.4? I can't remember. :D

[Eriksson]

Do the public betas update your stats?

[Non-Gypsy]

Was there a public beta for 1.4? I can't remember. :D

Do the public betas update your stats?

yes and yes


WHERE IS 1.5 ?!!?!?!?!?!?

[TrooperJac]

Was there a public beta for 1.4? I can't remember. :D

Was that sarcasm there? The beta for 1.4 lasted about 5 months. Really - my hair went grey during the beta

[SonicPixel]

lol (filler)

[therealmat]

http://www.game-monitor.com/search.php?=undefined&search=beta&vars=&game=bf2142
Lots of servers have it already. :shock:

Tomorrow maybe?

[SonicPixel]

Empty servers. It's got to be coming soon...