Battlefield 2

Battlefield
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Key points

In order to play Online use the Battlefield 2 Battlelog, which replaces the GameSpy master server

General information

Battlefield Wiki

Planet Battlefield

Steam Community Discussions

1 Availability
- 1.1 Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions
- 1.2 Version differences
  - 1.2.1 Battlefield 2: Complete Collection
  - 1.2.2 Serial Key
2 Essential improvements
- 2.1 Skip intro videos
- 2.2 Patches
  - 2.2.1 Patch 1.50
  - 2.2.2 Patch 1.41
3 Game data
4 Video settings
5 Input settings
6 Audio settings
- 6.1 Localizations
7 Network
8 VR support
9 Issues fixed
10 Other information
11 System requirements
12 References

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Can be redeemed on Origin through the EA Support.
Amazon.com
Amazon.com

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Name	Notes
Armored Fury	Included in the latest patch and the Battlefield 2: Complete Collection.
Euro Force	Included in the latest patch and the Battlefield 2: Complete Collection.
Special Forces	Included in the Battlefield 2: Complete Collection.

Version differences[edit]

Battlefield 2: Complete Collection[edit]

Includes Battlefield 2 and the expansion pack Special Forces, along with two content add-ons, Armored Fury and Euro Forces, included for free in the latest patch. Only one CD key is available for all the expansions.

Serial Key[edit]

The disc based version requires a CD-key which has to be typed in when installing. Individual CD keys are required for each expansion.

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Command line^{[citation needed]}

See Command line arguments.
Use +restart

Notes

Can be used on both Battlefield 2 and the Special Forces expansion.

Patches[edit]

The Origin and Steam versions are already patched.

Patch 1.50[edit]

Version 1.41 has to be installed beforehand.

Removes the disc check DRM and adds widescreen support.

Includes the Armored Fury and Euro Forces expansions for free.

Patch 1.41[edit]

A very important patch.

Game data[edit]

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles\*.con

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

In-game video settings.

Graphics option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor		Use Widescreen Fixer.
Field of view (FOV)	Use Widescreen Fixer.
Windowed	See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	High is 4x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Can be forced through the NVIDIA Control Panel/AMD Control Center.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	Can be forced through driver control panel.
60 FPS
120+ FPS	See High frame rate.

Widescreen resolution[edit]

Native widescreen support is available on the latest patch.

Instructions^{[citation needed]}

See Command line arguments.
Use +szx YourWidth +szy YourHeight +menu 1 +widescreen 1

Notes

Change the bold text beginning with Your with the desired values.

Windowed[edit]

Instructions^{[citation needed]}

See Command line arguments.
Use +fullscreen 0

High frame rate[edit]

Instructions^{[citation needed]}

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Audio.con.
Add the following line.

Game.LockFps 0

Input settings[edit]

In-game general control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback

Audio settings[edit]

In-game audio settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Missing from Windows Vista and onward. See here.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 2, EAX 5^[1] (via OpenAL)^[2]

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Spanish
Swedish
Thai

Network[edit]

Servers can optionally use PunkBuster anti-cheat protection.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		64
Online play		64	Use BF2 Battlelog for a working server browser.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting		Dedicated server software available for Windows and Linux.
Direct IP		Enter in-game or use `bf2://` URL.

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP (outbound)	80,1024-1124,4711,29900,29901
UDP (outbound)	1024-1124,1500-4999,16567,27900,28910,29900,55123-55125

VR support[edit]

In-game Novint Falcon settings.

3D modes	Native	Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision
TriDef 3D
iZ3D
Devices	Native	Notes
Novint Falcon		Requires Patch 1.50.

Issues fixed[edit]

TweakGuides has created a comprehensive guide for fixing issues in this game.

Newer version already installed[edit]

Download and install the 1.41 patch^{[citation needed]}

Can't find install folder[edit]

Patch 1.41 won't install ("Can't find install folder")^{[citation needed]}

Open the Registry Editor.
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Electronic Arts\EA Games\Battlefield 2
Create a 'New String' by right clicking in the folder and select New > String Value, label this string "InstallDir"
Right-Click, 'Modify' the string, and in the Data Value field, input the game's installation folder.

Game crashes often[edit]

Option #1 - Running game with disable desktop composition^{[citation needed]}

Right-click bf2.exe.
Click options > compatibility tab.
Run the game with Disable Desktop Composition.

Option #2 - For multi-core CPUs^{[citation needed]}

If you are using a multi-core CPU, try running the game on a single CPU core.

Go into the process list in Task Manager.
Find bf2.exe.
Right click, select "set affinity," and choose one of the cores.

This shortcut will also do it for you.

[Target: %WINDIR%\System32\cmd.exe /C start /affinity 1 C:\Program" "Files\EA" "GAMES\Battlefield" "2\BF2.exe +restart] [Start In: "C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2"].

Vsync doesn't work[edit]

Forcing VSync^{[citation needed]}

Some combinations of cards/drivers seem not to apply Vsync.

Force Vsync with a third-party program such as D3Doverrider or DXtory.
In D3DOverrider create a separate profile using Low detection level. If that doesn't work try High instead.

Getting kicked by PunkBuster[edit]

Update PunkBuster manually^{[citation needed]}

Download PBSetup.
Run the program and add Battlefield 2. Click "check for updates" and let it run.
If you still have errors, start the game by right clicking the shortcut and choosing "Run as Administrator".

You should only need to do this once but if it continues, you can set the shortcut to always run as administrator by right clicking the shortcut, select "Properties", choose the "Computability" tab, and select the "Run as Administrator" box.

X-Fi related sound issues[edit]

Reduce sound quality^{[citation needed]}

On Windows 7 x64 systems with a Creative X-Fi sound card, severe audio corruption may occur when running under X-Fi Audio Mode and Ultra sound quality.

Reducing the sound quality to "High" usually solves this issue.

Missing health bar and kits on spawn menu[edit]

Edit registry entries^{[citation needed]}

This issue has occurred with on-board Intel graphics chipsets. It causes an area in the bottom left of the screen to not draw HUD elements, such as the health bar and the spawn menu.

Run "regedit"
Search for (Ctrl+f) "bf2.exe.
Change each of the values from 1 to 0.

Invalid CDKey[edit]

Some people get kicked from every game with an "Invalid CDKey" message. This also happens with the Steam version, where your key is bound to be correct anyway.

There's a thread on the Steam forums containing some fixes for this.

Manual method^{[citation needed]}

Backing up the registry before doing this is heavily recommended.
Follow these instructions from the EA help section.

Black terrain and/or models, objects, black spots on map, other visual graphics issues[edit]

With some player created modifications on some systems a shader bug may become activated. This can happen even with mods that should have their content entirely separate from the main BF2 install in a "mod" subdirectory. It does not have anything to do with graphics driver issues or anti-aliasing settings. It is in fact caused by buggy shader ".fx" files in the BF2 "shaders_client.zip". These can be replaced by fixed ".fx" files.

Download updated shader ".fx" files^{[citation needed]}

Download a new "shaders_client.zip".
After backing up the file, replace shaders_client.zip in <path-to-game>\mods.
Delete the Battlefield 2 cache directory in %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Battlefield 2\mods\bf2. This will force Battlefield 2 to recompile the shaders.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
Shader Model support	2
64-bit executable

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	OpenAL, Speex
Cutscenes	Bink Video, Swiff Player
Multiplayer	GameSpy, PunkBuster	Use BF2 Battlelog to replace the deprecated GameSpy master server.

Ambient occlusion (HBAO)[edit]

The inspector tool.

Instructions^{[citation needed]}

Download the NVIDIA Inspector Tool.
Extract the files to any new folder.
Open nvidiaprofileinspector.exe.
From the drop down list next to Profiles select Battlefield 2.
Select the Ambient Occlusion compatibility line.
Set SettingValue to 0x00000003 (Fallout 3) from the drop down menu.

Notes

This tweak might not work with the previous 1.4 patch.

Automatic login[edit]

Instructions^{[citation needed]}

See Command line arguments.
Use +playerName YourName +playerPassword YourPassword

Notes

It might be necessary to log-in at least once.

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP
Processor (CPU)	AMD Athlon XP equivalent Intel Pentium IV 1.7 GHz	AMD Athlon XP equivalent Intel Pentium IV 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce FX 5700 ATI Radeon 9500 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0b compatible	Nvidia GeForce FX 5700 ATI Radeon 9500 256 MB of VRAM

References

[1] Xtreme Fidelity Audio in Battlefield 2 - SoundBlaster.com (retrieved)

[2] Creating the High-Tech Audio of Battlefield 2 - SoundBlaster.com (retrieved)

[1]

[2]

Developers

	DICE
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Engines
	Refractor 2
Release dates
Windows	June 21, 2005

Battlefield 2

Contents

Availability[edit]

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Version differences[edit]

Battlefield 2: Complete Collection[edit]

Serial Key[edit]

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Patches[edit]

Patch 1.50[edit]

Patch 1.41[edit]

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

Save game data location[edit]

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

Video settings[edit]

Widescreen resolution[edit]

Windowed[edit]

High frame rate[edit]

Input settings[edit]

Audio settings[edit]

Localizations

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Connection types

Ports

VR support[edit]

Issues fixed[edit]

Newer version already installed[edit]

Can't find install folder[edit]

Game crashes often[edit]

Vsync doesn't work[edit]

Getting kicked by PunkBuster[edit]

X-Fi related sound issues[edit]

Missing health bar and kits on spawn menu[edit]

Invalid CDKey[edit]

Black terrain and/or models, objects, black spots on map, other visual graphics issues[edit]

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Middleware[edit]

Ambient occlusion (HBAO)[edit]

Automatic login[edit]

System requirements[edit]

References