[release] Battlefield 2 -Enhanced Edition-

[Gibbz]

http://www.users.on.net/~firefox/bronson/bf2ee/

Just letting you guys know a new relase of Battlefield 2 EE is out.

We also have a basic website for those who want to keep upto date.
http://www.users.on.net/~firefox/bronson/bf2ee/

http://users.on.net/firefox/bronson/bf2ee/bf2ee-0.4.exe

Beta 0.4
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-Increased damage of anti-tank secondary shotgun
-Increased damage of anti-tank rockets
-Vehicle Wrecks last longer and dont do splash damage to provide cover
-Increased Grenade launcher damage
-Added danger icon when in grenade range
-tweaked handgrenades, more damage, smaller blast radius
-Tweaked at-mines for longer life
-Speed up sniper rifle bullets
-Adjusted anti-air vehicles y-axis rotation
-Increased time between artilery strikes
-Tweaked artillery fire
-Added shortcut/bat file to launch mod externally
-Reduced rate of fire to tank driver machine guns

[DeathGiver]

Downloading now.

[Deez]

Hmmm, will Punkerbuster find this in your folder and kick you out of Ranked servers?

[C11.Nemisis]

i dont think you will be able to play on a ranked our any other server not running this, since this is modified game data.

[imported_slijkhuis]

sweet stuff... downloading now... :)

- SlijkhuiS

[Nukeman]

Any screenshots?

[P4p3Rc1iP]

Any screenshots?
LOL. Did you even read the changelog?

Not much to take screenshots off..

[Nukeman]

lol read some of it :P but not all :P thought it included new skins or something :P damn, looking at the changelog this would deffinetly get you banned from ranked servers.. :O

[jdogg88-Fed]

yeah i dont think i would use that if ur gonna play ranked servers lol

[Espion]

Uuuh, you don't replace BF2 with this. It's a mod, you run it seperately. If you want to play on any normal BF2 server, ranked or not, then run normal BF2.

[plaztikrhino]

d/l now.

[CXZAR]

THANK U THANK U THANK U!!!!! u see Dice??? it wasnt so hard to do all these changes right?? this is better than a patch

[Gibbz]

Thanks CXZAR :)

Yeah its a mod, yoou need to activate it , so you cannot play it unless the server has it.

It will not overwrite bf2 files. It installed into a subdirectory :)

[Lord_Fox]

nice little mod...keep up the good work!

[Annihilator]

can u like make 10 artilery's ins ingle player, because there is only 1 or 2.

[Gibbz]

10 artillery? why would you want that many??

[Annihilator]

so i can kill like soo many bots, u test it and if there is lag make it 5 or 6 than.
And make it single player or both multiplayer and single player.
This is BF2 Enchanced? well if it is than make it Extreme!

[[H]CircuitBreaker8]

cool!!!1

[CXZAR]

can u like make 10 artilery's ins ingle player, because there is only 1 or 2.

Im agree.. how can u mod the number of artillery fire in SP by the way?

[zymyo]

good good good =)


But still I wont download it... I wish to continue my ranked campaign server war ARGH!

[MrMeikel]

again, this mod will NOT effect your playing on Ranked servers, or any servers

to run this mod, you go to "/battlefield 2/mods/bf2ee/" and click the .bat there, this will launch the bf2.exe with the custom settings. To play on ranked servers, you need to click on the the "normal" bf2.exe shortcut.

[Gibbz]

Mr Meikel is correct there, it will not interfere with anything :)

[WarPig]

First of all a BIG thanks to Gibbz on a champion effort :

Played BF2ee last night SP with 64 bots...was madness.

Although i tweaked the USMC weapons (especially the sniper kit) + the unlockables a bit afterwards.

Sniper changes...

.50cal is 1 shot 1 kill to the main body (or 1 limb then 1 shot anywhere on the body).
made it dead accurate when lying down and scoped.
Increased the number of mags to 10 (50 shots in total).

M-24 is 2 shots to the main body = 1 kill.
Decreased number of mags to 5 but increased mag capacity to 10 (total of 50 rounds).
This should increase the rate of fire slightly to make up for the power difference between the M-24 and the .50cal.

Baretta 92fs (silenced) upped the hitting power slightly.

Claymore Increased the damage range from 15 to 30 (still keeping the same damage setting though).
Added 2 more claymores to the sniper kit for a total of 4 (i love those things, awesome for flag defence or to guard your sniping position).

tweaked all the other USMC weapons to 1 degree or another mainly power and accuracy...talk about bots on a killing spree :)
Those MEC forces certainly got a working over :)

Also slowed down the TV guided missiles in the USMC chopper by about a quarter speed so i get time to guide them when the bots are flying the chopper.

also made a proper desktop short cut for the mod so you don't have to use the .bat file to launch it.

hehe had fun with this mod :)

[enterman]

y wont the installer work for me? When I tell it to install it says its installing and, after about 7 sec. it says it has finished installing it but it doesnt do anything. It doesnt create a new folder or anything. Anyone have this problem?

[imported_annerajb]

did you check that you installed in the correct folder.

[enterman]

did you check that you installed in the correct folder.
O, sry didnt notice. I thought the default was C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2 but it wasnt. THX

[WarPig]

To Create a BF2EE shortcut.

go to your desktop.
copy the BF2 shortcut and paste it on the desktop again.
rename it to BF2EE
right click on the BF2EE shortcut and select Properties.
copy and paste this into your TARGET line after the BF2.exe" part:
+menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +modPath mods/bf2ee

so the TARGET line should look like this (using mine as an example):
"C:\GAMES\Battlefield 2\BF2.exe" +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +modPath mods/bf2ee

now just click on your new shortcut and you're in :)

[Espion]

.50cal is 1 shot 1 kill to the main body (or 1 limb then 1 shot anywhere on the body).
made it dead accurate when lying down and scoped.
Increased the number of mags to 10 (50 shots in total).

M-24 is 2 shots to the main body = 1 kill.
Decreased number of mags to 5 but increased mag capacity to 10 (total of 50 rounds).
This should increase the rate of fire slightly to make up for the power difference between the M-24 and the .50cal.

Jesus, why not just turn on invincibility and DK mode while your at it...

By the way, the M24 already kills with two main body hits. One hit takes them down to 2 bars of health.

[WarPig]

Looking to mod that weapon?
Here's the main things to change.
I'll use the M95 for example.
The files are found in your Objects_bf2ee.zip file

Path for the M95 is:
Weapons/Handheld/USSNI_M95_Barret

The file you want to modify is called:
ussni_m95_barret.tweak

I just open it with Notepad.

Parts to mod:

Mag numbers and sizes...
rem ---BeginComp:DefaultAmmoComp ---
ObjectTemplate.ammo.magSize 5
ObjectTemplate.ammo.nrOfMags 10

Basic accuracy settings...
rem ---BeginComp:SoldierDeviationComp ---
ObjectTemplate.deviation.devModStand 2
ObjectTemplate.deviation.devModCrouch 1.0
ObjectTemplate.deviation.devModLie 0.3
ObjectTemplate.deviation.devModZoom 0.0

Velocity (bullet speed)...
ObjectTemplate.velocity 2000

DAMAGE...(a heavily armoured soldier has 200 points)
ObjectTemplate.addTemplate S_USSNI_M95_Barret_Projectile_Looping
rem -------------------------------------
ObjectTemplate.minDamage 200
ObjectTemplate.damage 200

Have fun :)

[enterman]

Jesus, why not just turn on invincibility and DK mode while your at it...

By the way, the M24 already kills with two main body hits. One hit takes them down to 2 bars of health.
None of the cheats work for me. When I type them it says that I typed the wrong syntax thing.

[Gibbz]

Hey guys im trying to get this working with a dedicated server, but clients get booted due to using "modified content". This is not the case and i think im setting something up wrong?

any ideas, if anyone can help email me at gibbz1@yahoo.com Im trying to get us an online server to play on :)

using the following for the dedicated server
Bf2_w32ded.exe +modPath mods/bf2ee +dedicated

[Annihilator]

i want to know if u are going to put 10 artilery's in single player or both mp and sp.

[Gibbz]

well mp and sp use the same code, but i dont have plans to, you can feel free to edit your version if you wish :)

[Annihilator]

i dont know how, i dont know how to add more artilery.
i dont know where u edit those things.
what file?

[Gibbz]

open "objects_bf2ee.zip"
Weapons\stationary\USART_LW155

then open USART_LW155.tweak
thats the code for it have a look around there if you search for 'bronson' you can see what ive done do them and what ive commented out are the original values.


WarPig - may i ask which file is the tv guided missiles, id like to make that change in the next version :)

[Annihilator]

and where is Weapons\stationary\USART_LW155???
please go like this. Example: C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\bf2\python\game

[Gibbz]

open
C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\bf2ee\objects_bf2ee.zip

then use that path :)

[ThePro]

Great MOD.

One thing though. I don't mind the skipping of the intro logos, in fact I like it, but I would still like to hear music/see a demo playing in the background while browsing the menus. Right now I only see a dead gray background, is this normal? How can I fix this?

To the developer, are you going to keep working on the mod from time to time? What plans do you have for the future of the mod?

Thanks. :D

[thecheekymonkey]

seriously, if you could tweak the "enemy indicators" that would be the best.

sometime i can walk right up to someone before the indictor appears and turns red, really annoying, and its one of the greatest causes of team kills.

:D

[ShootToKill]

ugh...2:22 and I still have an hour til I can leave work. Saw this post this morning and ever since the day's gone by one second at a time. I'm downloading this as soon as I get home. Good job Gibbz. :)

[Carbo007]

Roger that. Downloading pronto. I'll let my niner wait for supper cuz I now have a new priority.

[CXZAR]

i dont know how, i dont know how to add more artilery.
i dont know where u edit those things.
what file?

do that, open
"objects_bf2ee.zip"
Weapons\stationary\USART_LW155

and then find this line:
ObjectTemplate.fire.burstSize 5

and change it to:
ObjectTemplate.fire.burstSize 10

i just tried and it works like a charm ;)

[Gibbz]

the future, i guess ill just keep changing things till im happy :)

atm spending all my time trying to figure out how to get the dedicated servers working :|

i wanna play online :)

[Annihilator]

do that, open
"objects_bf2ee.zip"
Weapons\stationary\USART_LW155

and then find this line:
ObjectTemplate.fire.burstSize 5

and change it to:
ObjectTemplate.fire.burstSize 10

i just tried and it works like a charm ;)
ok done, now how do i make it so there is more than 2 or 3 artilery's?
in the demo there are 2.

[CXZAR]

that i have no idea :P

[Annihilator]

nope, i put 20 there, and it only fired 5 times.
What is going on?

Ok i know what is the problem.
How do i zip it back?
if i zip it back i will have 2 same files with the same name.

[Annihilator]

here is how it looks like.
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/9585/wtf6ts.jpg

[Annihilator]

i made it!
soo many kills!
i made it 30.
when it finnished shooting i could shoot again!

[Gibbz]

hrmm great seems as tho my bf2 has kicked the bucket, i cannot host multiplayer games even anymore :| havent changed anything...

anyone had a similar problem?

[Annihilator]

my problem is that my computer freezez in all games, sometimes.

[ThePro]

Any suggestions for my original question?

Is there any way I can add the demo/music playing in the background in the main menu in your enhanced edition?

Thanks. :D

[Annihilator]

well that is easy, you could just ask a mod guy, that makes mods to tell u.
LOL!

[Ivan]

Any suggestions for my original question?

Is there any way I can add the demo/music playing in the background in the main menu in your enhanced edition?

Thanks. :D

Copy the movies folder from bf2. Everything except the intros.

[WarPig]

WarPig - may i ask which file is the tv guided missiles, id like to make that change in the next version :)

It's here...
Weapons/Armament/missiles/agm114_hellfire_tv/agm114_hellfire_tv.tweak

WEAPON SPEED & DAMAGE (direct hit) is changed here:
ObjectTemplate.damage 3000
ObjectTemplate.acceleration 300
ObjectTemplate.maxSpeed 125

SPLASH DAMAGE (not direct hit) is changed here:
ObjectTemplate.detonation.explosionRadius 5
ObjectTemplate.detonation.explosionForce 20
ObjectTemplate.detonation.explosionDamage 300

And yes you can make a NUKE if you want :D
Just change the SPLASH damages (mainly radius and damage) to something LARGE :)

Also of interest is the target seeking function purely because it can interchange with most of the fixed AA properties SEE NEXT POST.

TV guided code:
rem ---BeginComp:SeekClosestTargetComp ---
ObjectTemplate.createComponent SeekClosestTargetComp
ObjectTemplate.seek.targetType TTUnique
ObjectTemplate.seek.trackingDelay 0.2
ObjectTemplate.seek.maxAngleLock 360
ObjectTemplate.seek.maxDistLock 3000
ObjectTemplate.seek.reLockTime 0

[Gibbz]

cool thanks :)

[WarPig]

We all know the Fixed AA is next to useless and i think it is because of the poor target aquisition (especially against Jets).

This code is common for ALL fixed AA (Stinger and Igla).
It doesn't effect the Air to Air missiles at all as they have their own files.

File Path:
Weapons/Armament/missiles/igla_9k38/igla_9k38.tweak

Heat seeking code:
ObjectTemplate.createComponent SeekClosestTargetComp
ObjectTemplate.seek.targetType TTHeat
ObjectTemplate.seek.trackingDelay 0.2
ObjectTemplate.seek.maxAngleLock 10
ObjectTemplate.seek.maxDistLock 1200
ObjectTemplate.seek.directionBonus 0.5
ObjectTemplate.seek.reLockTime 45

DAMAGE AND SPEED:
ObjectTemplate.damage 500
ObjectTemplate.acceleration 300
ObjectTemplate.maxSpeed 225

I've kept the speed and damage properties but modified the seek properties for a narrower corridoor (so you have to aim better), much further range (to keep the jets honest) and relock after flares is slightly faster.

PS with the dedicated server do you need the +DEDICATED part?
Since you just need to identify where the mod is?

if you were running it off the BF2 default shortcut you might need the +dedicated part?

[Shogun27]

Ok im confused, how come i cant open the or run the copylevels.bat file??????

[WarPig]

Ok im confused, how come i cant open the or run the copylevels.bat file??????

is it in the right folder?
*\Battlefield 2\mods\bf2ee\Levels

all you should need to do is double click it and watch it copy the maps across.

[Shogun27]

yea its in the right folder, (C:\Program Files\Battlefield 2\mods\bf2ee\Levels) and when i do try to open it, it just flickers for a second, and then the window disappears. Can i just copy all the level folders from original bf2 and paste them into the bf2ee levels thing myself?

[Gibbz]

yeah you can just copy and paste make shure its installed in the right folder, it should be in the actual bf2 folder, so check the path :)

[Shogun27]

Alrighty, I got it thanks

[whistler]

Is there a way to get the weapons modded serverside without punkbuster kicking you for not having the same files the server is using? If not there's no way to make a serverside mod for bf2 without having to disable punkbuster i guess. (talking about the retail version here btw.)

[Rahabib]

Has anyone put up a server? SP gets boring, I want to try this our online.

[Cirap]

installer won't start, what's wrong? I've clicked it four times, tried downloading with standard, and changed the name. crappy stuff

[Mono]

When is the next update?

[imported_cybercrow]

Looking to mod that weapon?
Here's the main things to change.
I'll use the M95 for example.
The files are found in your Objects_bf2ee.zip file

Path for the M95 is:
Weapons/Handheld/USSNI_M95_Barret

The file you want to modify is called:
ussni_m95_barret.tweak

I just open it with Notepad.

Parts to mod:

Mag numbers and sizes...
rem ---BeginComp:DefaultAmmoComp ---
ObjectTemplate.ammo.magSize 5
ObjectTemplate.ammo.nrOfMags 10

Basic accuracy settings...
rem ---BeginComp:SoldierDeviationComp ---
ObjectTemplate.deviation.devModStand 2
ObjectTemplate.deviation.devModCrouch 1.0
ObjectTemplate.deviation.devModLie 0.3
ObjectTemplate.deviation.devModZoom 0.0

Velocity (bullet speed)...
ObjectTemplate.velocity 2000

DAMAGE...(a heavily armoured soldier has 200 points)
ObjectTemplate.addTemplate S_USSNI_M95_Barret_Projectile_Looping
rem -------------------------------------
ObjectTemplate.minDamage 200
ObjectTemplate.damage 200

Have fun :)
so do u change the weapon settings?,
i want to make th eweapons more realistic any armed force`s personel will say the weapons arent as realistic"damage" as they should be ie the l8sa1 "sa80" sux`s in real use i know this as its was my weapon in the british army.
the barret is one hell of a powerfull an accurate weapon to use but in the game its not accurate at all,
an can any of these changes be made an used with bf2 online servers?,
please send reply as this is battering my head tryin to change stuff an i dont want to get a wk`s ban from the servers due to hacks,
PLEASE NOTE IM NOT AFTER HACKS ON DAMGE JUST WEAPON SETTINGS AN HOW TO UNLOCK THE RANKS IM CURRENTLY ON LANCE CORPORAL WITH NEARLY ALL MY AWARDS "MEDALS" AN STILL CANT GET TO THE NEXT RANK,
PLEASE HELP ANY BODY,OH **** ITS HERE AGAIN I GO THEAD ACHE JUST THINKIN ABOUT IT LOL.
PEACE OUT GUYS :cry:

[WarPig]

You only change these settings in the BF2EE mod itself.
Don't change anything outside that folder.

I put the 1.01 patch on the weekend and it seems to have changed the way it does things.

Tried playing the Mod COOP but just got booted as soon as the map loaded or the JOIN button appeared.
Normal BF2 played coop fine..just feels nerfed :|

[imported_SubwayEater]

THANK U THANK U THANK U!!!!! u see Dice??? it wasnt so hard to do all these changes right?? this is better than a patch

You idiot. These only effect gameplay, the patch changed server files and smoothed bugs out of the engine... Changing weapon damage is not that hard.

[NYC]

It wont work. I install it and it says BF2ee is now on your computer. Then I try to find the folder Battlefield 2\mods\bf2ee\Level\. But the bf2ee folder isnt there...I dont get it can someone help me?

[{RR}Kohbo]

You can play this and normal BF2....in the community menu in the bf2 menu...see where it says custom games...mods installed all get listed there. You pick which one and then activate it. When ur done just activate bf2 again. A mod is like a seperate game all on its own. It's just a way to use the normal engine files and create your own game. So just try it out.

[Rahabib]

It wont work. I install it and it says BF2ee is now on your computer. Then I try to find the folder Battlefield 2\mods\bf2ee\Level\. But the bf2ee folder isnt there...I dont get it can someone help me?


Had the same issue the first time I installed then I realized what I did wrong. If you dont read the prompt where it says the battlefield 2 directory carefully it will likely install in the wrong folder. They left out the EA GAMES part of the directory. Make the change an it will work.

Of course I cant find any servers since the server browser shows all servers. Someone should set one up and post it.

[NYC]

Now when I go into the community thing to activate it, it isnt there....And when i click on the level.bat file it just flashes this black thing....? Whats going on.

[Rahabib]

Uninstall the mod delete c:\Program Files\Battlefield 2 (because all it is, is the mod) then reinstall it double checking the directory to which it will install to which should read c:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2. Then try it again. Thats the only advice I can give. I had a friend who had similar issues but fixed it by uninstalling the mod first to get it to work. Then run the levels.bat file.

[Ohman123]

i have ujust insatlled this bf2ee and installed all the levels from .bat file also game is working fine but in Sp the map size remain the same thu bots inc. to 20 ... can any one tell me how to change the man size and inc. the no. of bots pls.

[SylentSnipe]

It worked for me just fine. Like the gameplay. I added the blood patch to it along with my 32 bot for singleplayer and increased tickets to it and my friends and I play it all the time.

[Der Fuhrer]

nice 1 cheers. gonna give this a go

[BoozeHound1]

Im new to mods can some1 tell walk me through the download and not skip details. i cant figure it out even with ther guide it came with :confused:

EDIT: Neva Mind I Got It :D

[CXZAR]

You idiot. These only effect gameplay, the patch changed server files and smoothed bugs out of the engine... Changing weapon damage is not that hard.

first, you dont really have ANY idea of how to deal with people, right?? second, take a look at the date i posted that you ......, second, have u ever heard about sarcasm?

[Cerro]

A problem with BF2EE:
The text in buttons and ingame messages displays wrong.
In buttons it might say "BUTTON_chooseprofile" or "MAINBUTTON 6" and similar.
In the kitselection menu the messages look like this: "HUD_TEXT_MENU_SPAWN_KIT" and "HUD_CENTERINFOBOX_selectspawnpoint"

Everything that displays text looks like that. Could it be because I installed the Swedish version of BF2 so there's a mismatch with BF2EE?

[BoozeHound1]

How Do I Unlock Weapons For BFEE? :confused:

[SHookPR]

sounds good...we are searching for a mod which will kill the arcade feeling of the game....we have actually a vote running to change the server to this mod + killing the commander mode..

will keep you informed, server can handle 32-64 players

[kfc]

Any word on an update for BF2EE for 1.02?

[Gibbz]

Wow this is fairly old.

Anyway i think we released a updated version, not shure if its compatable with the latest patch as i dont play anymore, but afaik. It should still work fine...

www.bf2ee.2ya.com