Been playing this since 6pm, here's a 10 minute video I made.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIeAjoZghks
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Been playing this since 6pm, here's a 10 minute video I made.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIeAjoZghks
Wow, nice vid mate. That looks really fun.
I've preordered the game from Play, but since I hadn't got a beta key yet I got one from http://www.fileplay.net/.
I'm downloading the game from the following RapidShare links, and they're maxing out my connection:
http://rapidshare.com/files/34250704...beta.part8.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/34251223...beta.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/34251361...beta.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/34251361...beta.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/34251459...beta.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/34251619...beta.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/34251551...beta.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/34251366...beta.part1.rar
Can't wait to play it later :D. I'll keep you posted.
Got a key, will download when the mirrors become available (Am 60p short in PayPal to get a FilePlay subscribers account to open it up now haha!)
Edit: Just watched the vid, looks pure win! Nice one.
couldnt get a key.
i came thrice :)
Looks pretty good, wot are the perk things? they like cod perks? You think the weapon system has been improve since BF2 so you can actually kill people now?
I've been playing this game for 3 hours, and once you can get on a UK server it's such an amazing game.
The visuals and sound are superb, and the gameplay is just like BF2 all over again!! There are less air vehicles than before, but in the beta you still get to fly an apache and blackhawk. I also REALLY like the squad system, since you can spawn on any player then and really work together.
The combat is very MW2 style, in that "RUSH" kind of sense. It pwns MW2 though because of the pure scale, and of course has all the perks and upgrades that add more incentives to keep playing.
I will DEFINITELY grab this game :D. I'll try and find some decent screenshots for you guys.
Oh, and we are soooo gettting a server for this!!
EDIT: Target, the weapons system is amazingly accurate (nothing like BF2 at all :p). Obviously since it's a beta things will only improve.
Sweet, this game rapes console tards aswell because battlefield games have always been a hell of alot better on pc :D
Can't wait to play it :D
Screenshots were taken on the following system: i7 920@4.0GHz / 6GB / 5970 (not my PC :p)
SETTINGS: 1920*1200 / 4XAA / 16XAF / MAX SETTINGS
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http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/5...0128220658.jpg
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Looks pretty similar on my system, you can still put the AA up waaayyy higher than the 4xAA shown above.
It looks great but unfortunately that's the spec you need to run it smooth (60FPS) at those settings. It still looks good on medium and runs pretty smooth so I'm not bothered much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chalex4
http://www.alttabbed.com/battlefield...eta-unleashed/
Like BF2 it needs a decent pc to run it on full settings :D Better get my new rig built then so I can actually play it at all :P
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chalex4
Looks so much like quakewars might have to give this a go :D
I just played for another few hours, and oh my god this game is awesome :D.
The destructibility is amazing, it really is. You'll start to realise that by destroying certain things e.g. slashing your way through a fence (middle mouse button), that you can make up a whole bunch of different tactics depending on the environment and how much cover you have left. You can also knock down doors, and this really makes storming a building SO much more fun!
This adds so much more to playing an FPS, and makes me wonder how I ever lived without destructible environments. Oh, and the destructibility in this game makes Crysis look like child's play, seriously :p.
There's a load of other stuff I haven't mentioned, like going to the UAV terminal and controlling the UAV and hellfire missiles. It's a great way to help your team and rack up the points. I've also got quite a few unlocks now, about 5 in total. Most are guns, which is awesome, and the best thing is that some unlocked guns can be used with any class :D. Now Recon can have a shotgun instead of a sniper, which could be handy in some situations...I suppose!!
Might need to upgrade my PC this month then :)
Oh and for AOE as well I hear its a beast on DX7.
Im sure AoE can run just software based :P
True but theres this new technology that involves a separate card for processing graphics data on a slot card just for those people that want the light effect, bit leetist tbh I cannot see it catching on for the mainstream.
anyone up for a get-together on this one tonight?
I would love to, but I'm going out tonight :D. Definitely within the next few days though.
Gyarr, I wish I had a code v_v I'm gonna pre-order this instead of MW2/New screen. I can live with a CRT.
Your eyes will not forgive you :D
Good game so far, just having a few problems.
Getting a massive graphical glitch in terms of what looks like extreme artifacting, but I've had EVGA precision running to monitor the temps, the max I saw was 85C so forces 100% fan speed and got it down to around 78C, yet I still get these apparent artifacts :/.
Settings are all on high, have tried x16AF x8AF and x2 and x4 AA.
Any ideas anyone?
Phantom, what drivers are you running for your GTX280 if you don't mind me asking?
might want to try and use beta drivers if possible they are normally far better.
I'm still on 185.85's lol. Didn't update as they have stable as a rock for me so far.
The problem is your card is made by nvidia ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by VoX
Get an ATi card and all will be well :P
Also - where can i get teh beta for this????
ton of downloads over the net, and a few torrents too. Be careful with the torrents though, I've heard there are some nasty ones floating around
I'm on 195.81, try turning Level Of Detail down to low, that really helped my performance.
I think I'm going to have to start putting some of my settings on low, I'm getting a pretty low FPS when everything blows up :p.
Either that or I'll grab a 5850. Hmmm..
[WindowSettings]
Width=1920
Height=1200
Fullscreen=true
RefreshRate=59.950001
VSync=false
[Sound]
Quality=high
VoipEnable=true
[Graphics]
Effects=high
Soldiers=high
Vehicles=high
Overgrowth=low
Undergrowth=low
StaticObjects=low
Terrain=low
Shadows=high
Bloom=true
HSAO=false
MSAA=2
Water=high
MainQuality=custom
Texture=high
DxVersion=10
Aniso=4
Detail=low
Is what I use. Runs 60+ most of the time except big firefights.
What file do you put those settings in Phantom? I had a quick look but couldn't find it.
Also, is the BC2 updater saying that there's a new update available? I try to update to the latest version (512914) but then it just says "Could not find latest patch version" and lets me play the "old" version (511270). Oh well :p.
Documents > BFBC2Beta > Settings.ini
Am going to try those settings in a sec, however I seem to get a nice, high, stable FPS (bar GFX glitching) with these:
[WindowSettings]
Width=1920
Height=1200
Fullscreen=true
RefreshRate=59.950001
VSync=false
[Sound]
Quality=medium
VoipEnable=true
[Graphics]
Effects=high
Soldiers=high
Vehicles=high
Overgrowth=high
Undergrowth=high
StaticObjects=high
Terrain=high
Shadows=high
Bloom=true
HSAO=true
MSAA=1
Water=high
MainQuality=custom
Texture=high
DxVersion=auto
Aniso=4
Detail=high
I'd rather have 4xAA than more detailed terrain and bushes. HSAO also kills my FPS and I don't even know what it does.
Yeah they should explain what HSAO is :p. I have no idea either.
Oh, and I managed to update BC2 by just running the updater with administrator privs.
HSAO is a form of Ambient Occlusion.
In full - Horizon Split Ambient Occlusion.
If it's anything like the nVidia one it's a moderate FPS hit for not a lot of eye candy in return.
Have updated to latest version, just about to try and see if that fixes the bugs I was getting.
I love the UAV, it's so much fun :). Plus, the enemy often don't notice you for aggeess.
MPUK have released some stats about the beta :D. It certainly looks like this will be the next big thing, perhaps even more so than MW2 for PC gamers.
Quote:
"We've never seen demand like it," says Craig Fletcher, Managing Director, Multiplay. "At our peak, we were connecting 10,000 people per second - and we managed the demand better than other servers, many of whom were down for hours when demand surged. If there was ever any doubt that our infrastructure and technology in Fileplay was anything other than best in its class, the past 16 hours have proved it."
Key stats (as of 2:00pm 29/01/2010):
- Over 1 million page views to Multiplay over night
- Over 100,000 new Multiplay Member Accounts created
- Over 10,000 user connections per second at peak
- 10,000 keys distributed in under 3 hours
- 30,000 files served over night (45 Terabytes of data so approx 5000 DVDs)
- 6,000 player slots on our European Game servers solidly full.
- Multiplay quadrupled Fileplay's web serving capacity in under 2 hours to deal with the huge surge in demand.
That's insane. This game will definitely be the next big game, love it.
Yeh this games gunna be huge...I take it that the actually release version won't be quiet as resource heavy? But it looks amazing, its definately replacing CoD but hopefully this will give IW the kick in the face to decide to give dedi servers !!!!!
On that UAV are you just designating targets or do you actually have missiles couldn't really tell
You hover above and click where u want a missile to go. You have to aim it yourself it doesn't home in or anything. I also doubt they will do much optimization on the performance.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7@rg37
The rockets come from the helicopter (UAV) that you are flying I believe. And if you haven't seen it already, here's the singleplayer trailer (it's not that great lol).
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