BF 2

Playing The Game

For New Players

• Gameplay
• Colors and Minimap
• Squads
• Communication and VOIP
• Team Equipment
• Points System

Descriptions & Strategies

• Roles
  • Commander
  • Squad leader
  • Squad member

• Kits (Classes)
  • Special Forces
  • Sniper
  • Assault
  • Engineer
  • Medic
  • Support
  • Anti-tank

• Vehicles
  • Air vehicles
  • Ground vehicles
  • Boats

• Maps
  • Dalian Plant
  • Daqing Oilfields
  • Dragon Valley
  • FuShe Pass
  • Glowing Pass
  • Gulf of Oman
  • Kubra Dam
  • Mashtuur City
  • Operation Clean Sweep
  • Sharqi Peninsula
  • Songhua Stalemate
  • Strike At Karkand
  • Zatar Wetlands

Other Tips And Tactics

• General tactics
• Advanced tactics
• Annoying tactics
• Advanced helo tactics

Other Useful Information

Feature help

• Battle Recorder (available in demo!)
• Dedicated server
• Co-op mode
• Console Commands

Bugs

• Friendly Fire
• Uncapturable Flag
• Crash to desktop
• Graphics Drivers
• Ducking in vehicle turrets
• PunkBuster kicking you
• Connection Problems
• Unable to ride on top of vehicles without getting teamkilled
• Third Party Browser Support
• Flickering or texture corruption when crouching in a turret
• Stuttering issues

Annoyances

• Video resolutions - 1280x1024, widescreen
• Key binds - why can't I bind the numpad, etc.
• Demo locks - removing the timelimit, unlocking more weapons
• Getting rid of the splash screens
• Getting EAX4 working for All SB Live! and Audigy sound cards
• Squadleaders getting teambalanced
• Switching kits when revived
• Copy protection

External Links

• A server monitor for Shack-community servers - thanks mojoald.
• A server monitor widget for Konfabulator
• The BF2 Tech Info Wiki: Info on Python programming and other technical features of BF2 development.
• Stuff we need to work into this wiki depending on how useful it is.
  • Tweak guide
  • Commander guide
  • Another commander guide
• TeamSpeak - Alternative voice communication software
• TeamSpeak Overlay - For use with TS

FAQ

• Will my system run BF2?