On the official Battlefield 2 site two new videos have been posted. The first video is called "The Loop" and shows off some nice ground and air action. The second video is a short interview with Scott Evans who is the Executive Producer on Battlefield 2. Here he talks a little about the system specs for Battlefield 2, but no exact specs are revealed other than they try to make the game runs well on both high-end as well as low-end machines. He also talks a little about what he calls the "Digital Chain of Command", which is the Commander and Squad Leader function, so that doesn't reveal much new information.
The last thing I've got to show you alot of renders of both soldier-classes, weapons and vehicles that the different factions will have at their disposal. These have been found by fans on the EA FTP-servers and haven't even been added to the official site yet. These have been added to the image-gallery, a direct link will be added soon.
Posted by Mandrake on Sunday 13 March 2005 - 12:56:16
It seems to be quite a while since I've posted an update for the XBMC (well actually it's been quite a while since I've posted anything at all but...) so here is a giant list off all the things that have been added/fixed/changed since the 2004-11-15 version. Because of the fact that the list is so extensive as it is, I will not post the entire changelog but only the changes which has been made in this month. Of course you will be able to find the entire changelog just by clicking "Read more" button in the bottom of this post. But now for the recent changes:
- 04-03-2005 enabled: autosync=30 by default - 04-03-2005 fixed: using autosync caueses problems when resuming from pause. (updated mplayer.dll again) - 03-03-2005 updated: mplayer.dll to current cvs (final real fix + autosync fix) - 03-03-2005 changed: background music info scanner is default now (setting removed) - 03-03-2005 added: Cached thumb location is now stored in the database.Music database SHOULD auto-update when you first access My Music. - 03-03-2005 removed: old mplayer use.We now only use the system/players/mplayer directory. - 03-03-2005 fixed: music overlay sometimes shows no default thumb, eg. when starting a http stream with python - 03-03-2005 changed: GUIButtonControl and GUIToggleButtonControl send their click message before executing a action or a hyperlink - 02-03-2005 fixed: screensaver preview sometimes crashes - 02-03-2005 fixed: screensaver preview button is enabled when screensaver is off - 02-03-2005 changed: folders and files from smb will be sorted by modification date now - 02-03-2005 added: Screensavers from the competition. - 02-03-2005 changed: Rendering of CGUIImage -> big boost in gui framerate (most noticeable in 1080i) - 02-03-2005 fixed: [ 1155038 ] "Video calibration" error - 02-03-2005 changed: moved cdda reading to CFileCdda class - 02-03-2005 fixed: cdda player, couldn't seek to the start of a track - 02-03-2005 fixed: cdda player, gui was choppy when seeking - 02-03-2005 added: new infofadelabel control.Works like infolabel, except you can have multiple tags.See the PM MusicOverlay.xml files for an example. - 02-03-2005 updated: German language file (Thnx to klapperx) - 02-03-2005 updated: Norwegian language file (Thnx to vnm) - 02-03-2005 updated: Italian language file (Thnx to kotix) - 02-03-2005 updated: German (Austrian) language file (Thnx to CEOMR) - 02-03-2005 updated: Finnish language file (Thnx to jutski) - 02-03-2004 updated: Polish language file (Thnx to napek) - 02-03-2004 updated: Dutch language file (Thnx to tijmengozer) - 01-03-2005 added: Screensaver screenshot ability. - 01-03-2005 fixed: Changed Karaoke default delay from 80 to -80 as per SF bug report [1101736]. - 01-03-2005 added: Patches [1153934] and [1153884] thanks to MrC. - 01-03-2005 fixed: flashing screen when viewing pictures
I've spend the last couple of days scouting the net for interviews regarding Battlefield 2. So far, I've been able to find 25 of those, but if you know of some interviews that aren't in the archive, you're welcome to either send me a mail or a PM
I've also added the new Battlefield 2 menu on the left which should make it somewhat easier to find all things related to Battlefield 2 that currently is on the site. If you've already tried out the new menu, you probably already know that the previews and reviews sections are currently empty. Hopefully I'll be able to get some time to find some previews that's laying around. As with the interviews you're welcome to contact me if you know of some previews.
I hope you all had a great new year, let's see what the new will bring
Posted by Mandrake on Sunday 02 January 2005 - 14:48:35
Seems the guys from Team Avalaunch is working hard at the moment. It's not very long since the last release, but here's another:
What's new/fixed:
- Ava Core: *Fixed Audio boot *Fixed memcard access in ftpserver *Fixed ftp memleak *Removed SWF player due to GPL issues *Made application downloader far more....flexible for more personal use
- DVD: *Fixed some information bugs *Fixed the button X zoom bug *Fixed 1080i *Fixed 1080i initialization rules so it works like ava core
Posted by Mandrake on Sunday 26 December 2004 - 16:26:34
Here it is folks - acouple of days late maybe, but here it is - merry christmas and a happy new year to all of you. I hope you have had some good days with your family so that you're fresh to what seems to become an exciting year. The release of Battlefield 2 is of course something that I personnaly is looking wery much forward to.
But also in my "real" life it will be exciting to see what the year has to offer. As you may or may not know, I've spend to last four month serving in the danish military in what is called "Hærens Basisuddannelse" (Basic education of the army). In this we learned alot about fighting fires and first aid - mostly things that will be usefull if for instance a hurricane hit the country.
But now I've signed a contract with the army for atleast 8 more month, this will be a genuine military education, where I will be serving in the artillery at DAR - Dronningens Artelleriregiment (The Queens Artillery Regiment). Here we will be taught how to master the M109 Self-propelled Howitzer (yes the one from Desert Combat ). After I've been educated on that, and many other weapons, I might be heading of to Iraq, but this is something I'm still deciding so it's not certain yet.
That's about that for now have fun
Posted by Mandrake on Sunday 26 December 2004 - 11:24:44