Battlefield 2 Demo Mirrors

[Varsity]

Battlefield 2 Demo Mirrors
GameSpot mirrors (http://www.gamespot.com/promos/bf2demo.html)
EA mirror (http://largedownloads.ea.com/pub/demos/battlefield2demo.exe)
Download.com mirror (http://www.download.com/Battlefield-2-demo/3000-7452_4-10404526.html?tag=lst-0-1)
http://159.153.197.99/pub/demos/battlefield2demo.exe
Worthplaying mirror (http://www.worthdownloading.com/download.php?gid=720&id=4595)
Filefront mirror (http://files.filefront.com/The_Battlefield_2_Demo/;3876613;5;/fileinfo.html)
Mininova Torrent (http://www.mininova.org/tor/54541)
Skynet.be (Belgium) Mirror (http://ftp.games.skynet.be/pub/www.gamershell.com/demo/battlefield2demo.zip)
Multiplay.co.uk Mirror (ftp://ftp.multiplay.co.uk/pub/games/fps/battlefield2/demos/Battlefield_2_Demo_GC.zip)
Fileshack Mirror (http://www.fileshack.com/file.x?fid=7176)
Computergames.ro (http://downloads.computergames.ro/fh/demo/battlefield2demo.zip)
http://apelint.xclan.org/~sliver/Battlefield_2_Demo.exe
http://www.gamedemos.de/Battlefield_2_Demo.exe
4players.de (http://www.4players.de/4players.php/download_info/PC-CDROM/Download/44463.html)
FileCloud (http://www.filecloud.com/files/file.php?file_id=1767)
Gamer's Hell (http://www.gamershell.com/news/22656.html)
3D Gamers (http://www.3dgamers.com/news/more/1096482039/)
3D Downloads (http://www.3ddownloads.com/Action/Battlefield%202/Demos/Battlefield_2_Demo_GC.zip)
Worthplaying (http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=26028)

[RichardTowler]

seems EA managed to even confuse themself on how the demo would be released, but another day of waiting, the pain!

[UnderHero5]

darn. I was looking forward to playing this demo tonight.
Oh well.

[Freakshow Billy]

Yarg... That sucks. I was looking forward to a fragfest friday

[kurr]

Son of a bitch! I just finished upgrading my cpu/mobo/ram today!

[ShankTheChicken]

I was beginning to foam at the mouth in anticipation. Looks like I need to calm down and wait one more day.

[Varsity]

The demo has passed all test stages now and is currently in preparation to go live. I'll just fish up some links and work out the timings I've been given and edit this post accordingly, but I wanted to give you the news as soon as possible.<message lengthener>

[RichardTowler]

well that news just killed the EA forum :)

[Varsity]

I must say that I'm very impressed how EA are keeping us so up to date. It's a rare sight these days, and on top of that this is the slow-moving corporate giant EA we're talking about.

[ShankTheChicken]

So is the post implying that we may be recieving the demo today after all?

[Goronmon]

So is the post implying that we may be recieving the demo today after all?
Sure seems like it. :D

[Genital Eclipse]

So is that 'update' after the original not coming out today shiznat?!?!?

[Skookum]

Post 1: "Since there is a lot of interest in the demo, this post is the official news, which will be updated every time we know something for certain.

As of 11:40am BST today, the expectation is that the demo will not be available today as it has yet to pass final stage testing.

The demo is anticipated to release tomorrow at which point it will only be available on Gamespot for "Gamespot Complete" subscribers.

The full open-to-all release of the demo is expected next week. We do not have a fixed day for this release at this time."

Post 2: "Update :

We've now heard that the demo will not required any form of paid subscription to Gamespot. When ready, the demo will first be available from here.

Apologies for the confusion regarding when and where the demo will be available, however this news should be treated as "most accurate" at time of writing.

Should any further changes occur I will update this post accordingly."

Post 3: "Update :

You'll like this one.

The demo has passed all test stages now and is currently in preparation to go live. I'll just fish up some links and work out the timings I've been given and edit this post accordingly, but I wanted to give you the news as soon as possible.

Thanks for baring with us."

Sweet Criminy! Release the damn thing!

[Derwin]

So in a word: Do we have to pay to get this demo?

[Varsity]

For the thousandth time, NO!

[BleedTheFreak]

So in a word: Do we have to pay to get this demo?

You're kidding right?

In case you're not: "NO"

[RichardTowler]

So in a word: Do we have to pay to get this demo?

no

message is long enough now :)

[ShankTheChicken]

Everything I've seen points to the demo being released exclusively to Gamespot for a day or two, but that it will not be part of their subscriber only service. I imagine you'll have to register but not pay.

[Varsity]

You don't even have to register.

[Plac1d]

You don't even have to register.

Yea, just snag it from a BitTorrent.

[Goronmon]

Damnit, I won't be home for 4 hours!

Actually, hopefully that means the rabid gamers will have downloaded already there will be more bandwidth for me :D

[ShankTheChicken]

Any good torrent sites you can see having it right away? I usually just go to Filerush.

[Varsity]

Do you think the bold size four is too much?

Edit: FR won't have it, they are legit.

[Goronmon]

YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE REGISTERED AT GAMESPOT
YOU DO NOT NEED TO WAIT IN A QUEUE
YOU DO NOT NEED TO USE SOME CRAPPY DOWNLOAD MANAGER
SO STOP ASKING!

LOL, but it had to be said ;)

[Plac1d]

Its a demo, not some pirated copy of Starwars or anything. Filerush should have it.

Edit: Your quick on the trigger Varsity. Good Job keeping us updated by the second.

[Varsity]

It's also got an exclusivity deal slapped on it barring other sites from hosting it.

[ShankTheChicken]

Just give us a shout when it shows up. I've haven't been this excited since the Wake Island demo.

[7ofswords]

Do I need to be registered at Gamespot to wait in the queue to use some crappy download manager to get this demo?

[Goronmon]

ITS UP!

Woot!

[ShankTheChicken]

Its up at Gamespot folks. Go get it, and good gaming to you all!

[ÜberJumper]

*stabs 7ofswords in the head over the Internet*

[crackeriah]

Wow, apparently I'm really out of the loop.

I had no idea BF2 was so hotly anticipated that people were jumping at every speck of info for a DEMO.

[RichardTowler]

woohoo downloading at 140k, wonder how long that lasts.

[Goronmon]

If only I was home *cries*

[askheaves]

Hot damn! Now, nobody else download this for the next 15 minutes. I'm getting a good rate.

So glad I have a remote connection to home set up from work. I can use my fast cable bandwidth, instead of this stupid corporate T1 line.

[netcraazzy]

Wow releasing this thing on a friday night, their servers are toast

[UnderHero5]

Downloading at 570k here... oh yeah : )

Edit: Darn, looks like more people jumped on my mirror (MINE!!!). Down to 147 k and dropping now. Darn, and I would have had been able to play before work! Ah well.

[Goronmon]

So glad I have a remote connection to home set up from work. I can use my fast cable bandwidth, instead of this stupid corporate T1 line.
Damn, thats a good idea...don't know why I never thought of that.

[scapin]

I'm dl'ing it at work at 500k/sec from the 3rd download link. When I'm done I'll throw it on my IPod and bring it home :p

[normyk]

servers all full for non-subscribers - gives a big fat 'try again later' or a 'upgrade to complete'

[Goronmon]

servers all full for non-subscribers - gives a big fat 'try again later' or a 'upgrade to complete'
Yup, looks like I won't be getting this tonight :(

[Varsity]

Fear not: http://largedownloads.ea.com/pub/demos/battlefield2demo.exe

[Ervin]

Well, I'm getting massive 20kb/s as a complete member. Bah. Give me torrent any day over this ftp crap.

[resikel]

Damn, just missed it. All of their (free) servers are maxed now. 1:22PM Pacific Time.

But here's a heads up for ATI users: (Read this on Bluesnews)

ATI Cards and Battlefield 2 Demo
In testing the demo, EA has encountered some visual issues on certain ATI cards with the previous Catalyst drivers (5.5) and are working with yesterday's 5.6 release to discover if the issue is resolved. If in playing the Battlefield 2 demo you encounter texture corruption of any kind, we recommend rolling back to the Catalyst 5.1 drivers. ATI is aware of this issue and is working to resolve it.

Edit: Varsity, (Your link) WOW! You da man. I was getting 1000KB+...down to 500KB. I'll be done in about 15-18 minutes! SWEET. Thanks Varsity.

[Goronmon]

ATI Cards and Battlefield 2 Demo
In testing the demo, EA has encountered some visual issues on certain ATI cards with the previous Catalyst drivers (5.5) and are working with yesterday's 5.6 release to discover if the issue is resolved. If in playing the Battlefield 2 demo you encounter texture corruption of any kind, we recommend rolling back to the Catalyst 5.1 drivers. ATI is aware of this issue and is working to resolve it.
Boy am glad my last card was a Nvidia... ;)

[Plac1d]

You're at work.. but have nothing better to do then to chat on a video game news forum?
I want your job.

[Goronmon]

Your at work.. but have nothing better to do then to chat on a video game news forum?
I want your job.
Well, I do QA testing and at the moment I am waiting to get a DB scripted up for the prerelease version of the software I am testing.

Unfortunately I've been trying to do it all day, so the Oracle guru is on it right now trying to get it going, so until he finishes, I got nothing...

[A-Team]

Fear not: http://largedownloads.ea.com/pub/demos/battlefield2demo.exe
They already killed the EA link.

Good thing I had the download going from three servers.

[scapin]

Your at work.. but have nothing better to do then to chat on a video game news forum?
I want your job.


It's good to be an IT manager :D

[MasterEvilAce]

Most importantly, YOU DO NOT NEED TO USE CAPS.

[Varsity]

They already killed the EA link.

Good thing I had the download going from three servers.
You mean three seperate downloads, or a download manager that allows you to download parts from three places at once?

[Liquidize105]

Yea, you should take down the ALL CAPS, don't need it anymore.

Put up the links when the mirrors go up, if you would.

[PixelSamurai]

Fear not: http://largedownloads.ea.com/pub/demos/battlefield2demo.exe

You are the man! This is actually working for me; 1 hour to go! =)

[ShankTheChicken]

Friend of mine on the East server got his d/l killed a couple mins ago. West is still moving for me, but only at 32k and falling. Hopefully somebody with that 500kbps connection is moving to start a torrent or it could be a very long time before this demo gets to everybody who wants in.

[Goronmon]

Friend of mine on the East server got his d/l killed a couple mins ago. West is still moving for me, but only at 32k and falling. Hopefully somebody with that 500kbps connection is moving to start a torrent or it could be a very long time before this demo gets to everybody who wants in.
Yeah, BT would be great to get this demo around.

[ÜberJumper]

I'm getting it from the third link at over 230KB/s. Then burning it to CD and taking it home with me.

[Goronmon]

Damn, the traffic is taking down each mirror before I can even get to it :(

[Orphiuchus]

Wow, they really didn't think this one out so well.

[Serus]

I'm at 97% from the gamestop servers. Think I clicked on the one on the bottem when it became available, I've been getting 400KBps pretty steadily. w00t! just finished..time to play!

[GoblinToe]

Thanks for the link, Varsity!

I hope this one doesn't suck as bad as BF: Vietnam, which just ended up collecting dust for me.

One good thing about BF:V, though, was the helicopter flight model! Best helicopter handling I've seen in a looooong time.

[askheaves]

Don't worry, guys. I've got my download done and out of the way, so my place is cleared up for someone.

[ShankTheChicken]

And there goes the West server. My download was at 20% and just "completed". :(

[resikel]

FYI if you didn't know it already: (found this on twistedmonkey)

While it’s not a titillating page turner or anything, a copy of the Battlefield 2 readme file has apparently been leaked onto the Intertron. I wouldn’t ordinarilly bother mentioning this to you, except it contains their mysterious system requirements:

- Minimum Specification:
CPU: 1.7 Ghz
RAM: 512 Mb
Video Card: NVidia GeForce FX 5700, ATI Radeon 8500 or ATI Radeon 9500
with 128 Mb of RAM

- Recommended Specification:
CPU: 2.4 Ghz
RAM: 1 Gb
Video Card with at least 256 Mb of RAM

[Plac1d]

They already killed the EA link.

Good thing I had the download going from three servers.
Awsome :)

How long till you guys over at the headquarters plan to Torrent it on your website?

[askheaves]

One good thing about BF:V, though, was the helicopter flight model! Best helicopter handling I've seen in a looooong time.

Yeah, you're wrong because the Desert Combat flight model was the best. It was actually responsive to what the joystick was doing.

Not to start a debate, or anything.:D

[Goronmon]

By the way, I play my FPSs as Clades if anyone happens to catch me on a server this weekend ;)

[kurr]

FYI if you didn't know it already: (found this on twistedmonkey)

While it’s not a titillating page turner or anything, a copy of the Battlefield 2 readme file has apparently been leaked onto the Intertron. I wouldn’t ordinarilly bother mentioning this to you, except it contains their mysterious system requirements:

- Minimum Specification:
CPU: 1.7 Ghz
RAM: 512 Mb
Video Card: NVidia GeForce FX 5700, ATI Radeon 8500 or ATI Radeon 9500
with 128 Mb of RAM

- Recommended Specification:
CPU: 2.4 Ghz
RAM: 1 Gb
Video Card with at least 256 Mb of RAM

Ouch. For the first time, my videocard is below the minimum spec. :(
Ah well, I'm sure I'll get it to run, somehow.

[Orphiuchus]

Damn, my 9800 pro is below the recommended specs... this sucks.

[A-Team]

You mean three seperate downloads, or a download manager that allows you to download parts from three places at once?
Three seperate downloads.

CNET, EA, and Server #3 on GameSpot.

Server #3 won.

[Goronmon]

Damn, my 9800 pro is below the recommended specs... this sucks.
Yeah, my 6600GT is below there too...a bit disappointing, but I can't afford a better card anytime soon, so I guess I shouldn't even worry...

[Liquidize105]

Wow, look at all the selections!

Do I want down, down, or down/corrupt? :D

[Goronmon]

Three seperate downloads.

CNET, EA, and Server #3 on GameSpot.

Server #3 won.
OMG, you n00b, quit hogging all the bandwidth :p

[A-Team]

Awsome :)

How long till you guys over at the headquarters plan to Torrent it on your website?
We're working on it now.

Wow, look at all the selections!

Do I want down, down, or down/corrupt? :D
Down/corrupt.

[jonchaos]

Getting it via FileFront right now. I love them. I have never had a problem getting anything from them and its always fast for me. At 350k I should have it about 26 minutes. Awesome.

[Varsity]

So much for exclusivity, eh?

[A-Team]

So much for exclusivity, eh?
A "world premier" isn't an exclusive, which is why the demo isn't covered in GameSpot propaganda (that is if you don't extract the bmp file).

[A-Team]

The EA link was a fluke I believe. People that managed to get connected are being allowed to finish, but no one else can connect.

Keep in mind that EA said that the premier was a 24-hour event, which may be why they took it back down.

OMG, you n00b, quit hogging all the bandwidth :p
I didn't let the CNET link go for more than 10 seconds. I just wanted to be sure that it worked before I linked everyone to it.

I also gave up on the EA link once Server #3 beat it to 50%.

*Update*

http://www.filerush.com/download.php?target=Battlefield_2_Demo.exe

[Borys]

Whoa, all the gaming forums have exploded... this game will sell.

[Goronmon]

I didn't let the CNET link go for more than 10 seconds. I just wanted to be sure that it worked before I linked everyone to it.

I also gave up on the EA link once Server #3 beat it to 50%.
Oh I was just being a pain in the ass, I would have prolly done the same thing if I was home ;)

[Zeal]

Gimme download link or I hax u.

Shit, servers everywhere are gettin' slammed, man.

[Orphiuchus]

I think the internet is about to crash...

[Goronmon]

I think the internet is about to crash...
Now that would be cool ;)

[resikel]

Originally Posted by Plac1d
Your at work.. but have nothing better to do then to chat on a video game news forum?
I want your job.

A couple of days ago:

Johnson, Head of Marketing at Infinium Labs, maker of The Phantom.

<Johnson> Reading someone post talking about his TIVO on EvilAvatar...
(Kevin Bachus, the company's CEO comes barging in...Johnson quicking TABS back to his report.)

<Bachus> "Johnson! I've got five reporters in the next room waiting for my interview. I need to convince them that our gaming console is not a gaming console! I need the report right now! What have you got?"

<Johnson> "Ummm...ummm...how about we call it a service?!? Just like TIVO?!?"

<Bachas> "Brilliant!!!"

/end joke.

Damn, my download speed is down to 100KB+. At 47%. (Using EA link)

[Orphiuchus]

Heh, while exploring the new harddrive I salvaged from a old computer yesterday and choosing the download destination for the bf2 demo I found something pretty sweet to pass the time.

A full install of anachronox!

sweet.

[Serus]

This game is sweet! Haven't checked multiplayer, and just cranked up the graphics. Anyone know how to check what kind of FPS were getting?

[Steve_Erhardt]

Well fuck. Fileshack has it on their main page, but when you click on it you get some lame shit about "The file you requested is no longer available, most likely because it has been outdated by a newer release of this file. Alternatively, we could have been asked to remove this file by it's author. Or perhaps you shouldn't be here (yet) =)"

*sigh*

[UnderHero5]

Use the Filerush torrent, people. I'm getting it faster from there than I am from the Gamespot download.
Going at 180k from the Filerush torrent.

[Orphiuchus]

The torrent is moving at all of 17 kbps for me, thank god I have other downloads running.

[A-Team]

Use the Filerush torrent, people. I'm getting it faster from there than I am from the Gamespot download.
Going at 180k from the Filerush torrent.
It didn't take long for the original seed to bottom out. Last I heard, we're still uploading the file at over 13megabytes/second... which is over 3x faster than a T3 for those of you that are curious.

Also, since I'm a kind soul and Adelphia could care less, I'm going to seed the file for awhile and let the world take advantage of another 60kb/sec.

PS: If you notice the news page or download page stuttering, it's because of the demo. :o

The torrent is moving at all of 17 kbps for me, thank god I have other downloads running.
Yeah, once the folks that started their downloads finish up... it should start to speed up.

[Orphiuchus]

Its good to hear from one of the folks in charge, thanks for the update!

[GreenNinja]

I can never get Azureus to work quite right with my router. Stupid NAT errors. Filefront seemed to have started off alright, but now it's stuck. I think the internets are slowing to a crawl because of this game, which is good news for dice and ea.

[Varsity]

Well fuck. Fileshack has it on their main page, but when you click on it you get some lame shit about "The file you requested is no longer available, most likely because it has been outdated by a newer release of this file. Alternatively, we could have been asked to remove this file by it's author. Or perhaps you shouldn't be here (yet) =)"
Link in the thread is good.

Christ, it's exhausing keeping up!

[Steve_Erhardt]

Link in the thread is good.

Christ, it's exhausing keeping up!
Yep... it's all good now... almost done pulling it down at a smooth 750kb/sec. =)

[P0tence]

GameSpot Complete cancelled! Getting it via FileFront and its moving a million times faster!

[happycat]

Gamespot server room:

Tech1: Alright the demo is almost done uploading to the servers, get ready to put up the news update, it'll be going live in 10 minutes,

...

10 minutes later:

GET OUT OF THERE SHE'S GONNA BLOW

[GreenNinja]

The lone FileShack public server went up and then back down in a matter of minutes. I think it would be smarter for them to put a few servers up at a time to lessen the impact on any singular server.

[Varsity]

It would be good if an admin could change the topic to something more suitable.

[A-Team]

Another quick update from the head of our operations:

We managed to pass out over 20 gigs worth of bandwidth between the time we posted the demo and about 5:35 PM EDT. We did cut our side of the output back to ~3 megabytes/sec, but keep in mind that we're now at over 3000 peers.

From what I'm hearing though, this hasn't really affected anything. The foks on the DSLR boards and some folks in the NYC area are reporting that the download is still going really fast compared to most of the other sites out there, which I'm glad to hear.

On a sidenote, with over 3000 people connected... we would need somewhere between 10-15 times the amt. of bandwidth we were originally putting out (which started out at 13 megabytes/sec) to actually satisfy the needs of everyone.

[Gpig]

I'm downloading at 75 and uploading at 42 on the mininova torrent right now. How's the filerush torrent doing? It's pointless for me to switch now with how fast I'm going now but it's nice to know how fast certain torrents are going, heh.

[Everlost_MI]

It would be good if an admin could change the topic to something more suitable.

No problem, it's done.

[siz]

On filerush I am currently downloading at 74K uploading at 136K. I was downloading as high as 110K and as low as 40K.

[Gpig]

Damn, so I made the wrong choice! Oh well, I should just go watch a movie or something so I'll get back and it will be done and I'll have seeded for quite a few people, heh.

[DevilRay]

hi,

here is a new german mirror :)

http://www.4players.de/4players.php/download_info/PC-CDROM/Download/44463.html

Have fun!

[BillyBob]

I had to wait a bit in the queue (20 mins?) but now I'm getting it from FileFront at about 200kb/sec! FF seems like it's one of the few sites still up where you can get this from at a decent rate!

http://files.filefront.com/The_Battlefield_2_Demo/;3876613;;/fileinfo.html

[Varsity]

Well, looks like my download is finally complete. I've had a stable 50k/s from GameSpot throughout, which was as good as anything else I could have got. :)

[Draft]

My torrents hobbling along at 5/k a second :(

[normyk]

getting 580 from fileshack right now - bought a one month with some friends for e3 stuff and now it is paying off

[cougar74]

My download from Gamepsot was decent, about 120kbps. However, I installed the game and it won't load past the Geometries point. Love when a demo fails to load, can't wait to buy this one....

[Arttiss]

Got lucky on the backup link to Download.com... then it crashed. However, I got back on DLing 30k faster than before... but still going a slow 80k but at least it is going.

The demo is locking up all the hosted sites that I tried. Just got tired of waiting in a stupid Queue only to have it lock up and restart my wait time... Bastards!

Thanks for the links here!

[resikel]

From the Battlefield 2 demo readme file:

- Video Cards
Battlefield 2 only supports the following video cards:
Radeon X700 (PCIe)
Radeon X600 (PCIe)
GeForce 6600 (PCIe)
GeForce PCX 5900 (PCIe)
GeForce 5800 Series (AGP)
ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition
ATI Radeon X800 PRO
ATI Radeon 9800 Series
ATI Radeon 9600 Series
ATI Radeon 9550 (RV350LX)
ATI Radeon 9500 / 9700 Series
ATI Radeon 8500 Series
ATI Radeon X300 Series
NVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra
NVidia GeForce 6800 GT
NVidia GeForce 6800
NVidia GeForce FX 5950 Series
NVidia GeForce FX 5900 Series
NVidia GeForce FX 5700 Series

I have a Nvidia Quadro 980XL Video Card. Sucks to be me right now.

[Draft]

Didn't think Quadros worked in game's anyhow. Aren't they meant for Graphic Development?

[cougar74]

Uh, I have an ATI 850 XT Platinum Edition. I guess this means I am out of luck.... Well, 600 dollars down the drain!

[PixelSamurai]

Ha! How fortunate that my ti 4400 NVidia card died on me a few days ago; I replaced it with an FX 5700. These kinds of coincidences are occuring too often for me; what does it mean? Years of gaming tells me I am the Chosen One, on a quest to rid our land of the mysterious evil force.

[resikel]

Originally Posted by Draft
Didn't think Quadros worked in game's anyhow. Aren't they meant for Graphic Development?

Yeah, the main features of Quadro cards are meant graphic development i.e. 3D applications. But games are still playable (very well).

This is the first game/demo that I COULD NOT play in the 2+ years that I have own this video card.

And since this demo is based off of the retail, I'm SOL.

Oh well, back to my nurb spheres.

BF2 Demo:

<click>..."Do you want to completely remove the selected applications and all of its features?"

<click>..."Yes"

/sad.

[mulligan]

Yeah, the main features of Quadro cards are meant graphic development i.e. 3D applications. But games are still playable (very well).

This is the first game/demo that I COULD NOT play in the 2+ years that I have own this video card.

And since this demo is based off of the retail, I'm SOL.

Oh well, back to my nurb spheres.

BF2 Demo:

<click>..."Do you want to completely remove the selected applications and all of its features?"

<click>..."Yes"

/sad.



you can still SoftMod it to a Geforce with rivatunner, so not all its lost :)

[Arttiss]

Uh, I have an ATI 850 XT Platinum Edition. I guess this means I am out of luck.... Well, 600 dollars down the drain!

Blah.... only dropped $600! Man... you are slacking!

But if an ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition is supported... I bet your x850 XT will be too.

[diggable]

blah ... it's looking for d3dx9_25.dll and it's not in my system.

it even installed Directx 9.0c for you, but nada ...

MS site doesn't have it either.

[resikel]

I was thinking it might be helpful to people currently downloading or thinking of downloading this demo, to post the complete Battlefield 2 Demo Readme.txt

I would do it but I already uninstalled the demo.

Just a thought.

Diggable, link to Directx 9.0c at microsoft.com below. Hopes it helps.

Directx 9.0c End-User Runtime (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0a9b6820-bfbb-4799-9908-d418cdeac197&DisplayLang=en)

[Nesta]

Well everyone must be playing since no one is posting comments on how it plays. I'm still downloading...SO HOW DOES IT PLAY DAMNNIT??

[askheaves]

So, am I the only one having severe... SEVERE stuttering problems in game? It can't be that my system is too slow.
P4 3.2Ghz (i865)
1.0 GB Mem
GF6600GT AGP
other assorted goodies.
800x600!!!?!1one

It's been utterly unplayable. I'll try again later, but damn.

[Beelzebud]

I'm not having performance issues, but I am having lots of disconnects from servers. And tons of lag. I'm sure it's just a case of too many DSL/Cable servers. I'm hoping so anyway.

I've been playing GTA San Andreas on Xbox since it came out, so I'll just stick with it this weekend.

[diggable]

Diggable, link to Directx 9.0c at microsoft.com below. Hopes it helps.

Directx 9.0c End-User Runtime (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0a9b6820-bfbb-4799-9908-d418cdeac197&DisplayLang=en)

thank you sir!

all I did was update my ATI Catalyst (ack!), then it's all good!

There's no stuttering from my end, runs smooth 800x600.
I know about those who feel the stutter, BF1942 was like that for me.

Compaq Deskpro Evo (lol! don't laugh at me!!! it's from Work!!)
2.4 Ghz
1 Gig Ram
9800 Pro

now, I can't seem to figure out which Internet game to play?
GameSpy?

[Klade]

Heh I'm on vacation with a non gaming laptop so I won't be playing this till Monday night. So all I have to go on is what you fine folks have to say about it..

What kind of resolution are people getting with midrange systems? Please post specs and comments. Is it good or is it bad? Does it need major work or does it live up to the original??

[themulf]

So there is no way i can play this game with my Geforce 4 TI 4400?

[Sloth]

i played it a bit and must say i'm underwhelmed and I wasn't really expecting much. It feels alot like the Desert Strike mod. I think the original is actually better, although I haven't played the demo very long so I won't make a final opinion yet.

[Tetsuo]

So there is no way i can play this game with my Geforce 4 TI 4400?
Exact card I have, and It won't run at all. I am fucking livid.

[bobbler]

This game was surprisingly fun... I got so sick of all those WWII games that I never wanted to see another -- when I heard this game wasn't about some war long passed I decided to give it a try.

It is coming to PS3/Xbox360, right?

I think I might have to get it for one of them -- seems like it'd be a lot of fun online (I only tried the single player mode)...

[Draft]

Heh I'm on vacation with a non gaming laptop so I won't be playing this till Monday night. So all I have to go on is what you fine folks have to say about it..

What kind of resolution are people getting with midrange systems? Please post specs and comments. Is it good or is it bad? Does it need major work or does it live up to the original??XP 3200
Gig o RAM
9500 Pro

800x600, medium detail, still looks good, frame rate is very smooth.

[Phades]

Runs great for me
Athlon XP 2600+
1GB Mem
Radeon 9800
1024x768, All settings at high.

Doesn't feel very much different than the others though, other than being much prettier to look at. So far, not too impressed with the play.

[Shifteh]

"i played it a bit and must say i'm underwhelmed and I wasn't really expecting much. It feels alot like the Desert Strike mod. I think the original is actually better, although I haven't played the demo very long so I won't make a final opinion yet."

This pretty much says exactly what I was thinking. It's almost identical to the Desert Combat mod, and add's one of the worst control configuration setups ever.

[Orphiuchus]

Runs good... and bad, on my system

2500+
gig of ddr400
9800 pro 128mb

It starts really choppy, even unplayable, then after about two minutes once it gets going it runs smooth as silk. When its good it runs perfect, completely perfect, but the first 2 minutes after a load I'm useless (on that topic, why bother reloading the same map over and over? Why not just restart rounds and not reload)

I run at 1028x768 with everything maxed and no AA. I dont know if there is a fps display option, but it feels like 40 fps or so.

[RichardTowler]

I've run it both on my pc and laptop, pc it runs just great at almost max details at 1280x960, laptop of course alot less detail but still not bad at all.

AMDXP2700, 1Gb Ram, X800 Pro 256Mb

Laptop, 1.8Ghz PM, 512Mb, 128mb ATI Mobility 9700.

[Shifteh]

Wow, I played about two dozen games and saw one MEC victory.

Anyone else find this plays, and looks, exactly like Desert Combat?

[Nameback]

Yep, the more and more I play the less and less I see anything more then DC. And yeah, has anyone ever seen more then one MEC victory?

[Varsity]

BF2's ingame browser keeps locking the whole thing up for minutes at a time if you try to do anything. Seeing as ASE doesn't support it yet I'm forced to use Gamespy Arcade.

Guess what? It just locked up.

Edit: GSA doesn't support it either. This game is frustrating enough when you are playing it!

[Thenetcase]

Frankly I've been underwhelmed by this game too.
Battlefield: Vietnam with that modern military mod is better than this. Heck, Desert Combat is better than this.
This game feels way, way too much like an arcade game. But then again, it's a modern Electonic Arts game, so why am I surprised? I don't know.

I was going to hold out and buy this game instead of San Andreas... but now I'm going to screw that idea and go pick up San Andreas today. Screw EA and the horse they rode in on.

-TNC-

[LilEvilFish]

I'm not impressed.

[Dragos]

Yep, the more and more I play the less and less I see anything more then DC. And yeah, has anyone ever seen more then one MEC victory?

I see MEC win all the time, make sure the servers your on have autobalance enabled, for some reason most servers have it off and everyone wants to play US.

[sebastard]

So has anyone else had problems remapping the configuration keys? I play with the numeric keypad and the game won't let me remap the 8/4/6/2 keys to what i want them to be, telling me that they are in use, yet I do not see them in any of the config screens.

I don't use WASD to play, and I am much more comfortable with my regular FPS key config. I hope this is a bug and it doesn't happe in the retail because so far the demo is alot of fun, but this would actually prevent me from buying the game. My key config dates back to Quake, and I'm not about to re-learn a new setup just for one game.

[Taco]

Too many shitty laggy servers. I have found the occasional good one. There should be a liecnse to run public game servers.

[woodentaco]

I'm surprised that so many people are disappointed with this game. I find it fantastic. I see a major graphical improvement over Desert Combat (that water, those physics, this building..), and I think that the biggest and best difference is squads and commanders.

If you haven't tried playing as a commander yet, I'd urge you to. There's nothing quite like moving squads of real people around the strategic map, calling in artillery strikes to win the day, and informing Bravo squad of the two tanks just over the next ridge. It's a blast.

It runs with no problems on my machine (P4 2.55ghz, Radeon X800, 1.5gb RAM). The key to preventing lag is to avoid the 64 person servers, stick to 48, or preferably 32.

[jaccoet]

Exact card I have, and It won't run at all. I am fucking livid.

Same thing here :( cannot believe they limited the specs. Is this only for the demo tho?

[mpsmith]

1600x1200 all settings max (except AA) and it runs really well once loaded.
Theres a fair amount of lag from time to time, though.
I like to be SF so I can sneak up on tanks and drop C4 on their asses. Good times.

Athlon 64 3500+
1gb Corsair XMS 3200
GeForce 6800 GT OC (256)

Oh, and I hear that if you turn off EAX you may get a significant performance boost. I hope thats a glitch with the demo and will be fixed later...

[netcraazzy]

I think BF2 is a good game overall. The graphics and physics have been improved and the commander mode adds a whole bunch of new game play strategies. I think some people were expecting a more radical change. This is BF1942 but better. It seems to run well for me so far. I'm running in 1024x768 resolution with high detail settings. Using fraps I'm consistently getting between 50-60FPS. When I'm in a tank or truck and there is a big battle with several vehicles and people then it sometimes dips down into the 40's but that's still acceptable in my opinion.

My Specs
A64 3200+
1gig of RAM
Geforce 6600GT

[vitriol]

You re missing one! :-)
I personally got it from Xfire:
http://www.xfire.com/xf/modules.php?name=XFire&file=cmspage&body=xf_bf2_demo

[drohr]

I had the same problem The games technical support is sh$t and doesn't even come close to helping the user to get the game running.

I did the following:

I navigated to the /directx folder on the DVD
I opened the file: Apr2005_d3dx9_25_x86.cab (since I have an x86 system and not a 64 bit)
I copied the compressed file called d3dx9_25.dll to the /games/Battlefield 2/ folder.
I opened the file Feb2005_d3dx9_24_x86.cab (sincd I still have an x86 system)
I copied the compressed file called d3dx9_24.dll to the /games/Battlefield 2/ folder.
I can now run the game. I wasn't able to before due to an erroe i was getting about "cannot find the file d3dx9_25.dll. Now it is all fixed.

Hope this helps someone. I was unable to play this game due to this.

[SteveE]

I got the single player demo at an EB store today and it says you need Direct X 9.0c August edition.Never heard of the August edition and is it good or bad.Don't want to install it if the August edition screws everything up.Anyone got any advice on the subject please.