- 06-03-2006 added: tag to label control (for display of numbers)
- 06-03-2006 added: Skin.SetBool and Skin.Reset functions.
- 06-03-2006 changed: Per button images in scrolling button scrollers only show when scrolling has completed.
- 06-03-2006 fixed: auth http streams containing special characters( mplayer.dll )
- 06-03-2006 updated: tinyxml to version 2.4.3
- 06-03-2006 fixed: ms soundtrack directory showed two parent folder items
- 06-03-2006 fixed: mem leak in ms soundtrack directory
- 06-03-2006 fixed: cdda disc without cddb info shows only a tracknumber as label
- 06-03-2006 fixed: [1345507] First track of CD Audio not playing on latest XBMC builds!
- 06-03-2006 updated: Italian language file (Thnx to kotix)
- 06-03-2006 updated: Chinese (Traditional) language file (Thnx to omenpica)
- 06-03-2006 updated: German (Austrian) language file (Thnx to CEOMR)
- 06-03-2006 updated: German language file
- 06-03-2006 updated: Dutch language file (Thnx to console-ombouw)
- 06-03-2006 updated: Portuguese (Brazil) language file (Thnx to mvbm)
- 06-03-2006 updated: Swedish language file (Thnx to blittan)
- 06-03-2006 updated: Norwegian language file (Thnx to vnm)
- 06-03-2006 changed: Album Info and Video Info cover images are no longer set to keep aspect ratio in the code (it can now be controlled in the skin).
- 05-03-2006 fixed: dvdplayer would sometimes lock up when trying to restore a bookmark
- 05-03-2006 fixed: if libdvdnav threw an exception, dvdplayer would lockup
- 05-03-2006 fixed: audio stream opening could be delayed in dvdplayer causing stuttering
- 05-03-2006 fixed: playing quicktime files would make xbmc leak 100k per file. reduced to about 50k.
- 03-03-2006 fixed: Better music database lower case comparisons (paths are stored as is, but compared lower case).
- 03-03-2006 added: "Clear Default" to the root bookmark context menu
- 03-03-2006 fixed: album lookups with a single 100% match in the list
- 03-03-2006 changed: file manager, a new folder is now highlighted as current item after it is created
- 03-03-2006 fixed: music nav, after getting album information the thumb of the item is not updated
- 03-03-2006 changed: music nav, genres, artists and albums are not cached to disc anymore
- 03-03-2006 fixed: music nav, a cached dir in does not show the parent folder item
- 02-03-2006 fixed: Musicdatabase paths weren't compared case-insensitive (albums + songs could double up if scanned from 2 different cased bookmarks)
- 02-03-2006 changed: Overlay images are rendered in bottom right of thumb only. Image is sized so that it is the normal size in Big Thumbs view, and is scaled for normal thumb views.
- 02-03-2006 fixed: Possible crashes setting things such as default bookmark.
- 02-03-2006 changed: Rewrote the ShowIMDB function. Now any existing thumbnails will be used in the Show Information dialog.
- 02-03-2006 changed: 'query info for all files' in my video now ignore sample/ folder.
- 02-03-2006 fixed: Mark as Watched, Mark as Unwatched, Remove Title, Edit Title for Movies in the database
- 02-03-2006 added: System.XboxNickname infolabel
- 02-03-2006 fixed:[ 1378214 ] Nickname.xbn
- 02-03-2006 added: seperate track formatting options for the music now playing window. (found in settings->music->playlist)
- 02-03-2006 updated: completely rewritten party mode manager, new features:
- play on a folder queues up all the items at the top of the playlist and starts playing
- queue on a folder queues up all the items beneath the current song or the last user queued song
- limited song history for the last 25 randomly picked songs
- 02-03-2006 fixed: System Info screen initialized twice on entry.
- 02-03-2006 fixed: Xbox soundtracks didn't show the soundtrack name.
- 02-03-2006 fixed: Album lookup select dialog didn't function correctly.
- 02-03-2006 fixed: Positioning of splash.
- 01-03-2006 fixed: COntrol focus issues in Settings Category.
- 01-03-2006 added: ListItem.Genre, ListItem.Director, ListItem.Year, ListItem.Title now work for Videos.
- 01-03-2006 fixed: IMDb lookup stripping of filenames wasn't as good as it could be.
- 01-03-2006 fixed: Lookup via a .nfo file on a folder would not set the folder icon.
- 01-03-2006 changed: file browser, added "Add network location..." to strings.xml
- 01-03-2006 fixed: overlay icon was not serialized to disc
- 01-03-2006 fixed: HTMLScraper.dll couldn't handle "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" plot info, due to a coded tag on the IMDb.com page.
- 01-03-2006 changed: Music and Video overlays are closed/open before we render the screen (allows vis on music overlay among other things)
- 01-03-2006 changed: Video database retrieves the real path, and thumbs are set based on that. IMDb thumbs are now only used if a file or folder thumb isn't present.
- 01-03-2006 added: delete single bookmark in video osd.
- 01-03-2006 added: overlay to indicate that a movie is watched in database views (overlaywatched.png). you can now choose.
- 01-03-2006 fixed: rar-compressed trainers.
- 01-03-2006 fixed: issue with rar volumes starting with .001.
- 01-03-2006 fixed: IMDb lookups weren't matched correctly from My Files so were looked up again unnecessarily.
- 28-02-2006 fixed: Mouse didn't reset the idle timer.
- 28-02-2006 added: Controlgroup focus is now saved on window exit.
- 28-02-2006 fixed: Actions could be sent to modal dialogs that were animating out.
- 28-02-2006 fixed: Blank bookmark for resume time was shown in bookmarks.
- 28-02-2006 fixed: [ 1438714 ] @-sign causes 'Invalid computer name'
- 28-02-2006 added: Control.IsVisible(id) visibility condition.
- 28-02-2006 fixed: Play DVD button on home wouldn't work for the first few seconds after it appeared.
- 28-02-2006 changed: Screensaver will now kick in if a modal dialog is onscreen.
- 28-02-2006 added: A little more exception handling to a couple of program database functions.
- 28-02-2006 changed: GUI messages are sent to all controls with the given id, rather than just the first one.
- 28-02-2006 changed: MultiImages with blank fallback to the path.
- 28-02-2006 added: Multiple tags are allowed in button controls. You can also use keymap actions in tags as well. Actions are executed in the order given.
- 28-02-2006 added: Window.Next(id) and Window.Previous(id) conditionals active during changing of windows.
- 28-02-2006 added: condition attribute to animations, allowing you to turn them off based on a condition.
- 28-02-2006 changed: Files mode does not show tag info from the database if you have id3 reading disabled
- 28-02-2006 fixed: Initial control focus on Yes/No and Context menu is now set in the code.

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Patch v1.2
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Hard Drive Space

Windows will require additional free hard drive space for its operating system
(virtual memory). If you encounter the following message in an error dialog:
"Ran out of virtual memory", free up some more hard drive space.

To install Battlefield 2 Version 1.2 you will need approximately 2.0 GB free hard
disk space for the full patch or 1.5GB for the incremental patch, plus space for
saved games.

If you have Battlefield 2 installed to a different hard disk than where you have
Windows installed then approximately 375Mb (full patch) or 100Mb (incremental patch)
of the required free space must be available on the hard disk where Windows is
installed.

To install Battlefield 2: Euro Force you will need approximately 800Mb free hard
disk space plus space for saved games.


BATTLEFIELD 2: SPECIAL FORCES AND THE PATCH
- It is very important to remember that the Special Forces executable is an earlier version of the game.
If you have purchased Battlefield 2: Special Forces after you have installed the patch, you will need to reinstall
patch 1.2 after installing Special Forces.


BUG FIXES & GAMEPLAY TWEAKS
- Dolphin Diving is no longer possible
- Players can no longer jump and shoot at the same time
- "Prone Spamming" is now fixed
- "Sprint exploit" is now fixed
- Helicopters now carry 8 missiles rather than 14
- TV-Guided missile now have a shorter range
- Damage decreased from M134
- Hit points on all air vehicles has been reduced
- AA missile lock has been improved
- All support kit weapons have been adjusted
- All Sniper rifles have been adjusted
- Sa80 has been adjusted
- G3A3 has been adjusted
- Reload while sprinting has been enabled
- Medic defibrillator paddles have been adjusted. They now reload while not in use.
- SCAR-L reload sound has been fixed
- Server setting to allow friendly fire to be off on mines without affecting other weapons.
- Server search filters now work properly
- Mines can no longer be destroyed with other explosives
- Bug in MP7 fire rate fixed. Ammo count increased and mag count and damage decreased
- Flash bang effect radius decreased
- Added unlocks for Sniper and AT kits
- Fixed a bug in terrain rendering with night vision, whereby terrain was still dark in dark areas.
- Fixed a bug whereby mods that are not bf2 or not xpack permutate shaders every time a level is loaded.
- Fixed a bug whereby non-xpack mods cannot use xpack shaders.
- Fixed bug in TV guided missiles of Havoc helicopter
- The LAV25 no longer shoots through penetrable materials.
- Vehicles no longer disappear when viewed from some vehicles with a HUD (e.g. Tanks).
- Performance gain found in static mesh rendering.
- Detonation radius from grenade launcher explosions has been reduced.
- Grenade launcher projectiles now have a minimum distance.
- Decreased Flashbang count from 4 to 3
- Replaced the existing Czech Flag with the correct one in the front end


EXPANSION OF RANKS
- Ranks have now been expanded to allow for players to rank up to General


NEW FEATURE
VISIBLE UAV
- The UAV that is placed by Commanders will now include a visual element. An actual UAV will appear within the
UAV detection radius and circle the area. Players will be able to shoot it down, bringing the UAV detection to a premature end.
The Commander will be able to continue placing UAVs once the timer resets, as per current design.


KNOWN ISSUE
ATI CROSSFIRE CARDS
- Crossfire cards with 256 Megs of memory, running in CrossFire mode will run out of memory at very high resolution settings.
On very high resolutions, such as 1920x1440 with 6x antialiasing. In CrossFire mode the ATI drivers are more restrictive
about where resources are allocated, and as a result run out of memory sooner than with a single board. This running out of memory causes
the device context creation to fail. The result is that the game just sits in a loop with a black screen. If you experience a context creation failure
change your resolution to a lower setting (e.g. 1024x768 or even lower).

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Patch v1.03
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NEW FEATURES

- Wake Island Map

Included a remade version of this popular BF1942 map.
Battlefield 2 version includes a 64 player layout and is
configured for multiplayer only.

- Server Favorites / History

There is a new tab in the MULTIPLAYER menu that holds a list of
the last 20 internet servers you have connected to, plus a list
of servers you have selected as favorites.

* Added a button to the other multiplayer tabs that adds the
currently highlighted server to your favorites list.
* Added buttons in the in-game server info menu (press TAB to
access) that will add or remove the server you are currently
playing on to / from your favorites list.

- Account Login Welcome Screen

After you login to an online account, a message appears that
contains BF2 news and information which updates periodically.

- Stat Compare

By clicking the COMPARE button in BFHQ, you can search for another
players name and load their current stats into BFHQ. Using the
arrow buttons next to the name in the top-left corner of the menu,
you can toggle between your stats and their stats.

You can also load a player's stats by double-clicking on their
name in any leaderboard.

- Nickname Prefix

You can add a 6-character prefix (such as a clan tag) to your
account nickname which will be displayed in-game next to your
nametag in the score menu, in game messages, and above your player
in the game world.

* This prefix does not change your account name or statistic
information (e.g. the prefix does not appear next to your name
on the leaderboards).
* You can change this prefix at any time at the account login
menu.

- Server Reserved Slots

You can define a list of player nicknames that will act as a
"reservation list" for your server.

* The list is located in mods\bf2\settings\ReservedSlots.con
* You can add player names to the list by editing the file and
adding the following text for each player :

reservedSlots.addNick where is the player's registered account name,
not including a nickname prefix (see above).
* You can define the number of slots to set aside for reserved
players in the dedicated server launcher, or with the setting
sv.numReservedSlots in your serverSettings.con file.
* The number of players on the list and the number of reserved
slots does not necessarily have to be the same.

- Mod Support

There are several new changes that improve support for mods.

* When connecting to a server that is running a mod that you have
installed but not activated, it will be automatically activated
and you will load into the server.
* Added a filter on the server browser for servers running the
currently activated mod.
* Fixed dedicated server launcher to properly handle launching mods.
* Improved support for mods sharing archives with bf2

- Improvements to in-game HUD / Map

* The viewable area of the spawn menu / commander map is now scaled
based on the out-of-bounds area so that only the playable area
takes up the majority of viewable map space.
* The names of CPs are now displayed on the spawn menu / commander
map and minimap
* The minimap zoom level now changes dynamically depending on the
type of vehicle you are in. If you zoom in or out manually, that
zoom level is remembered for that vehicle type next time you use
it.
* The names of players in your vehicle are displayed in the HUD
when someone enters the vehicle or switches positions.
* There is a new element in vehicle HUDs that displays the reload
time for countermeasures (smoke and flares).
* Flags for each team are now displayed below their ticket count
on the minimap to make it easier to tell what team you are assigned to.


GAMEPLAY CHANGES

- Many criteria for ranks and awards have changed. If you are immediately
eligible for a new promotion, unlock, badge, award, or ribbon, it will
be awarded the next time you receive points on a ranked server.
- Only 1 player in a vehicle will get credit for or speed up capturing
a flag at a CP. The other passengers must exit the vehicle to increase
the speed of capture or receive capture score.
- Commanders no longer accrue a TK when artillery hits
teammates.
- The commander's supply drop now has an icon on the minimap and a 3D-
map icon in the world.
- Auto team balance no longer moves players to the other team if they
are a team commander or a squad leader.
- The wrench repair rate on helicopters has been decreased.
- You now receive 1 support point for destroying an enemy commander's
artillery, UAV or Radar station.
- If you have received a point for healing, repairing, or resupplying
a teammate, you will not receive another point from them for the same
action for a set period of time.
- Singleplayer enemies use the knife more effectively.
- New engine sounds for the T98 tank.
- New engine sounds for the China/MEC light jeep.
- New cannon sounds on APCs.


BUG FIXES

- Fixed physics of vehicles against soldiers so that soldiers are not
killed so easily by moving vehicles.
- Fixed a physics issue that can cause you to be stuck when falling into
shallow water
- Fixed an issue with soldier armor when spawning on a squad leader in a
vehicle
- Fixed some objects that caused vehicles to take massive collision damage
- Fixed erroneous message stating that you punished a TK when auto-
punish is OFF on the server.
- When a vehicle explodes due to external forces, the driver is no longer
mis-credited for the kills.
- Added turret movement sounds to several vehicles.
- Fixed an issue that caused crosshairs to stay on the screen when
switching camera views.
- Fixed an issue that caused the time limit status of the server not to be
sent to clients when it is changed by the server.
- Fixed server setting sv.allowExternalViews. Setting this to 0 will
disallow external views.
- Added setting for interfaceIP to the server launcher
- Changed automatic TK banning to ban by cd-key instead of IP address
- Improved the stability of secondary position turrets to reduce jerkiness
during movement.
- Fixed spawning on squad leaders to prevent players from spawning where
they should not.
- Fixed issue with auto team balance not sending new players to the team
with less players.
- Set T90 top hatch armor to "Front Armor".
- Set some wheels on jets and helpcopters to stronger armor to prevent
them from being destroyed instantly by AT missiles.
- Adjusted wheeled vehicle engines on hills to improve climbing.
- Changed the Commo-rose behavior so that player does not leave crouch
when using it.
- Passwords entered to join password protected servers are now cleared
after use.
- Improved PLAY NOW functionality.
- Fixed some memory usage issues in the front end.
- Fixed an issue allowing color changes in player name text.
- When you click on a server in the server browser, the information
from that server is updated to be more accurate.
- Fixed a crash in the Ranked Linux server when communication with stats
back-end ceased.
- Improved the behavior of AA missiles when locked on an enemy.
- Fixed an issue where parachuting soldiers could not be healed.
- Added the server port to the SERVER INFO tab.
- Removed the SERVER INFO tab when playing singleplayer
- Fixed an issue causing some soldier & vehicle control keys to be used
for in-game menus.
- Added new soldier artwork in BFHQ
- Added name of video director to credits

Wake 2007
As soon as I jumped into the map the nostalgia smacked me right in the face. I can feel the warm feeling of all wars I played on it in 1942. This is the map that changed my way of thinking about 1942 and was one of my favourite map both in clan wars and that short public game between lessons in school, this is the map that made me the player I am today.
Wake have been resting for 64 years to once again be brought to life, this time with the power of today’s new weapons. But Wake 2007 is the same as it was 1942 with the small difference that instead of the destroyer we got a small island as a spawn point for USA mounted with artillery. The ship is resting where it should with a lot of planes and helicopters just waiting to attack to shores of Wake.

Community Update - 9/30/05Battlefield 2 1.03 Update Enters Final QA Pass

That's right, troops. Barring any last minute issues, the 1.03 update is only a few days from release now. We thought this occasion warranted a post covering the major features and fixes coming in 1.03, so settle back and enjoy.

Wake Island 2007
That's right, the 1.03 update bundles the first official map release from EA and DICE. In this case the map is a modern-era update of one of the most popular maps from Battlefield 1942 -- Wake Island. The People's Liberation Army has invaded Wake to threaten American supply lines. In response the US Marine Corps has been dispatched to reclaim the island. Pick a side and fight to win!

The new Wake Island map comes to you free of charge thanks to Fileplanet�s new Battlefield 2 Channel. Visit it at Fileplanet�s new Battlefield 2 Channel

New Features

• Stats compare - view the extended stats details for any other player in your BFHQ simply by double-clicking on their name on the leader board or using the new search feature!
  
• Server Favorites and History - find your favorite servers that much easier. No more searching for them through the main server list!
  
• Nickname Prefix - Add and change your clan tag to your account name at will. No more creating alternate account names to cover the changes in your competitive lifestyle!
  
  
• Supply Drop Icons - Supply drops now appear on the main map and within the 3D Map. Find that elusive supply drop much, much quicker!
  
• Points for Destroying Command Objects - players now receive points for destroying the commander's toys. Special Forces players rejoice!
  
• Server Reserved Slots - Server Operators can now set aside slots for their admins to join a full server at any time!
  
• Vehicle Passengers - the names of players in a vehicle with you are now displayed when you enter or change seats.
  
• Countermeasures - a reload bar has been added for vehicle countermeasures. You'll always know now when you can set off that next flare!

Tweaks

• Point Farming changes - DICE has implemented functionality that makes it significantly harder to point farm on Ranked Servers.
  
• Mod Support - Mods now work properly with the Dedicated Server! Additionally, the game will automatically switch mods when joining a server that is running a mod you have installed but do not have activated.
  
• Map tweaks - Spawn menu map and Commander maps now scale based on the size of the level being played (16, 32 or 64 players). Mini-map also scales automatically based on the vehicle type you are using (manual changes to zoom levels are remembered as well).
  
• Commander scoring - No more TKs from Artillery!
  
• Vehicle tweaks - No more accidental kills from bumping a friend with your tank (try to avoid hitting him at speed though) and no more struggling uphill in an APC. Also no more improper TK allocation from vehicle explosions.
  
• Auto Team Balance tweaks - Commanders and Squad Leaders now immune to team switch.
  
• Anti-Air Missiles - These are now much more effective against fast-movers.

�and much, much more!

See everyone on the Battlefield soon!