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Revision as of 10:48, 19 April 2014

Battlefield: Bad Company 2
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Developers
DICE
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Engines
Frostbite 1.5
Release dates
Windows March 2, 2010
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 on Wikipedia
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Key points

Intrusive SecuROM DRM was removed post-launch.
Active community
Hard to mod for, however it is possible.

General information

Battlefield Wiki
Planet Battlefield
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Template:Availability Table

Essential improvements

Patches

Although the game features an auto-update tool, sometimes it doesn't work or fail to resume download.
Manual update (which includes all previously released maps and fixes) is available here (mirror)

Mods

Although Frostbite is a relatively modding-unfriendly engine, a nascent modding community has formed and was able to extend the map border, create new in-game items and tweak weapons and vehicles. They have even released modding tools.

Emulator Nexus
MordorHQ
BFEditor.org

These are the main modding forums.

FPS Boosts

Instructions

Force DirectX Level

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/24960/pfx/[Note 1]
BF:BC2 Config creator

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/24960/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game options menu.

Template:Video settings

Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Windowed

Instructions

Input settings

In-game key map settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Spanish
Turkish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
32

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Dedicated
Must be purchased via a server owner.
Self-hosting

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 80, 13505, 18390, 18395
UDP 10000, 18395
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

TweakGuides has created a comprehensive guide for fixing issues in this game. It can be found here.

Hard crashing

After an undetermined amount of playtime, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 may crash your entire computer (Screen freezes, hard drives stop and speakers will freeze on a sound.
There is no guaranteed fix for this problem, however there are multiple possible fixes, listed below.
Instructions

Unable to update

Instructions

No Servers

If you're not seeing any multiplayer servers deselect all filters except for PunkBuster and click search.

Blinking black screen

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Core 2 Duo @ 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 15 GB
Video card (GPU) GeForce 7800 GT
ATI X1900
256 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References