Battlefield 2 1.5 patch Alt+Tab hotfix

Started by Sarge · 6 posts · 2,223 views

  1. #1
    DICE released a small hotfix today to fix a crashing issue when users would Alt + Tab out Battlefield 2.

    A large number of players who have installed 1.50 have been unable to use ALT+TAB without the game crashing out to Windows desktop. As such and with thanks to nea_alecu doing some investigations, our programmers have come up with a fix.

    * Download the attached file
    * Extract it into your Battlefield 2 install directory (you must have v1.50 installed already)
    * When prompted accept that you want to over write the existing file
    * In My Documents go to Battlefield 2\mods\bf2 and delete the cache directory
    * Run BF2 as normal

    We are also working on a full installer which will be the 2Gb file for those who are new to Battlefield 2 v1.50. This will replace existing files once ready and I will post here when that is released.

    The md5 of the zip file is: 7a2b2476b5e23332da260481c1930191

    http://planetbattlefield.gamespy.com/View....tail&id=107
  2. #2
    Fastest hotfix ever..... Then again, it sounds like a player did all the troubleshooting for them. He probably wrote the patch too..... LOL
  3. #3
    Nice. Now hopefully I can re-enable anti-aliasing.
  5. #5
    This is going to be a big help. It's impossible for an online gamer, especially a game/voice server admin, to be without the ability to [Alt]+[Tab] mid-game. The full setup will also be good - it will make it easier for the more casual gamer to make it online for BF2, those with less tolerance for additional steps, patches and/or downloads.

    So far the patch seems to have doubled the number of players playing BF2: currently 3,701 players on 866 servers in the US alone, on a Tuesday night.

    I can't wait to try out AIX with 1.5. Chief said he updated the AIX server for 1.5 compatibility and that we won't need any changes on the client side. 😀
  6. #6
    Wow, that's a cool fix from AIX.....