EA Recalls New Patch

[r1pP3r]

Battlefield 2 - 1.01 Patch Recalled
Source: Battlefield 2 website (http://www.eagames.com/official/battlefield/battlefield2/us/home.jsp)

EA has announced today that the BF2 1.01 patch that was released this week should be removed. You will need to reinstall BF2 and wait for the new version to be coming soon.

Battlefield 2 - Community Update 7/8/05

HOTFIX for Battlefield 2 v1.01 Coming Soon
First off, a HUGE thanks to all of you who emailed me in regards to the memory leak found in the update we released earlier this week (v1.01). Your emails found their way to our production team and they're in the process of evaluating what needs to be done in order to get this fixed. In the meantime, and since the 1.01 update is causing memory leakage on some systems, we recommend that you reinstall the game and NOT the v1.01 update we released earlier this week.

Reinstalling Battlefield 2 will not affect your in-game medals or ranked server statistics. EA and DICE are committed to getting a fix for v1.01 as soon as we possibly can and will continue to keep you informed through this web space in the coming days.

NOTE: If you installed and are running the newer server files (Win and Linux versions) we made available earlier this week, please revert those as well. We found that those files had the same issues with memory leaks as did the v1.01 update. You can download the older versions here.

[EA]Mike

Source: http://battlefield2.filefront.co m/news/Official_BF2_Update_MUST_ READ;20110

Oy vey :\

[Macgyver]

OMG.

Do we hear.......

STEAM anyone.

I thought Valve was bad initially. :)


Since the patch. I cannot crouch in game. It is not my keyboard(s). No matter what assign I cannot crouch.

GG EA to the max

[MrBojangles]

ya know what. ive had no problems and i think it runs better with the patch.

what exactly do they mean by memory leakage? does it mean something like "omg i just got that medal and now its gone"?

cause ive had that

[Kol Klink]

ya know what. ive had no problems and i think it runs better with the patch.

what exactly do they mean by memory leakage? does it mean something like "omg i just got that medal and now its gone"?

cause ive had that
I didn't play before the patch but I have no problems now.
SUMMARY: We're going to have to remove it anyway probably. :(

[Macgyver]

Memory leak means when you play your system memory gets used up over time and you slowly start to use your swap/page file and lag lag lag.

Or in Rippers case your ping goes up and other servers go up up up.

This is happening to some people not everyone.

[ClaymoreCarl]

ya know what. ive had no problems and i think it runs better with the patch. what exactly do they mean by memory leakage? does it mean something like "omg i just got that medal and now its gone"? cause ive had that

Some players (including me) have been unable to play the game at all since the patch. I don't know if it was due to some specific piece of hardware or what...

I had submitted a trouble ticket because I was getting a "Server refused the connection" each time trying to log into the authentication server. No firewall, put my computer on the DMZ, etc. No luck for 3 days. Their initial response was open ports, then they told me to delete my Battlefield 2 folder in My Documents, then they said to reinstall the game, then finally


Apparently, there were some issues with the previously released patch. We recommend you to uninstall the game to revert to version 1.0. The link below contains additional information about this matter. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Typically a memory leak in a program is when objects get created in memory but don't get deleted, so the program just keeps eating up more and more memory over time.

[ShOOter]

what exactly do they mean by memory leakage?

"It is generally considered useful to be able to create an arbitrary number of copies of certain data items, depending on the data read in by a program when running. Linked lists and other dynamic data structures depend on use of such dynamic memory. This is allocated by a part of the runtime system known as the heap manager.

We should all know by now that new heap data locations are typically allocated space by a function call, which returns a pointer or reference. In C malloc and calloc do this. In Pascal new does the same.

This pointer may then be stored as a static, stack or heap item. If no pointer is kept this space is no longer accessible from the program and is lost to it, a phenomenon known as memory leakage. Eventually memory leakage will use up all the space allocated for the heap unless something can be done to prevent it.

There are two solutions to memory leakage. In C, Pascal and C++ the programmer is requiredto return the space before the pointer is lost. Thus at any point where a pointer is assigned a new value or is lost due to procedure termination or object deletion the programmer must usethe appropriate call to return the space, free in C or Pascal, delete in C++. Before doing so, however, a second condition must be satisfied, i.e. that no other pointer variable remains pointing to the same location. If this is not true a second problem, the dangling pointer, is caused. Then it is possible for the space to be reallocated by the heap manager to a later call for space, where it now has a different meaning. Thus two pointer variables in the program seek to use the same location for different purposes.

This explicit memory management strategy has the advantages that: freeing of memory is triggered exactly when needed and no checking is done that is not built in by the programmer and visible in the source of her program;

the heap manager is a simple set of functions, usually simply maintaining a pool of space not used so far and a free list of returned areas within the pool allocated to date. A simple improvement is to detect when a returned area is contiguous with the unused pool and/or an item on the free list and to merge it in these cases, creating larger areas for reallocation.

The heap manager avoids awkward pauses and lost processing time, both of which are associated with the alternative, i.e. garbage collection.

A garbage collector is an additional part of the runtime system which is invoked when the heap manager has allocated all the space in the heap. It tries to find space with no remaining active references, which have occurred due to memory leakage, and return them to the free space part of the heap. This requires, as we shall see, access to considerable information about data structures and current values in the program.

A garbage collector eliminates the phenomenon of memory leakage. It can also be used to replace altogether the explicit return of space to the heap manager and so eliminate dangling pointer errors. This is strictly only true if explicit pointer arithmetic is disallowed."

Kind of explains some of the glitches since the patch.


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Seems EA's vision and focus may be a bit cloudy. Perhaps new glasses... :rolleyes:

Mac, not being ble to crouch is simply a sign of age... ;)

[kAd]

OMG.

Do we hear.......

STEAM anyone.

I thought Valve was bad initially. :)


Since the patch. I cannot crouch in game. It is not my keyboard(s). No matter what assign I cannot crouch.

GG EA to the max

you know, these people put so much effort into something, and then you start bashing them when there are some bugs. really, you know cs:s and bf2 are awsome games, or you would be playing something else right now. nothing can be 'perfect'. Just look at steam, it used to suck, yet it seems to be working fine now (minus the 'friends list' but what lewsers use taht :rolleyes: ). Now how bout you guys just give EA some time to work out the bugs. now if they dont get their problems fixed by the end of the year... then you can bash them.

so unless you guys can make a better game than them, why dont you just cut them some slack. :flame:

[G]

not being able to croutch is a **** bug... not for a big well know company like EA
-G

[Mr_________]

you know, these people put so much effort into something, and then you start bashing them when there are some bugs. really, you know cs:s and bf2 are awsome games, or you would be playing something else right now. nothing can be 'perfect'. Just look at steam, it used to suck, yet it seems to be working fine now (minus the 'friends list' but what lewsers use taht :rolleyes: ). Now how bout you guys just give EA some time to work out the bugs. now if they dont get their problems fixed by the end of the year... then you can bash them.

so unless you guys can make a better game than them, why dont you just cut them some slack. :flame:

We have every right to bash em we all spent the money for a "Working game" and now they say you can get memory leakage and have to reinstall it. Thats Horsepoop.

Mr

[kAd]

you can crouch in version 1 right? they told you to install version 1 right?

[Gator]

The Armory server is now running the orginal version.

For those who care anway...

[overlord_steveO]

AHA! i knew BF2 wouldnt be better than HL! but anyway, SHOULD i buy BF2 or not? seriously. im hearing all these problems but there seem to be no solutions! whats going on? do i smell some kind of plot or plan? :O?

[kAd]

its good, dont mind these grumpy people :rolleyes:

you need a pretty good comp though to take advantage of the quality without losing performance.

[FINNER]

may accoutn for my ability to not play the game for more than 5 minutres at a time

[DEFCON]

awwww Gator, we care, but its hard to play BF2 online with just yourself :( I'll start seeding the server when I can, but I think we may need to look into getting it ranked, if only for population purposes. I saw an ad for 6 bucks a slot ranked servers, decent stats on the machine too (2.8 ghz, 2 gigs of RAM), a 32 person server couldnt cost too much more than a regular one. I would be more than happy to see if the coffers allow a donation.


Back on topic, sorry:

yeah, I have been suffering from a myriad of bugs including slow downs and ping problems since the patch was released. What the hell is it with DICE releasing buggy products. I seem to recall BF42 ad BFV were pretty bad out the door as well.

[k_town]

omg reinstall,the thought of resetting my config make me want to cry.
it took for ever to get it just right.so EA's off to a great start so far huh

[Kol Klink]

OMG if you can imagine I am even more confused now.
Are all servers going to go back to V1 or not?
I have no problem with new one except when I go back to desktop after playing it takes about 3 minutes for pc to function again, like all ram is used up or something. I think that is part of what Mac mentioned above but no in game problems.

[k_town]

OMG if you can imagine I am even more confused now.
Are all servers going to go back to V1 or not?
I have no problem with new one except when I go back to desktop after playing it takes about 3 minutes for pc to function again, like all ram is used up or something. I think that is part of what Mac mentioned above but no in game problems.
that happens to me too klink.after i play it takes a long time for my computer to do anything

[Macgyver]

this is what it boils down to.

In BGF1942 they had major control issues initially.

They should know better than to release a game with control issues. Come on its 2005.

EA is telling us we have to game on their servers to gain rank and use the WSAD keyboard locations? No, No, and No.

Sorry but I like the arrow keys and not being able to use home, insert, edit, and delete in game is unnaceptable nowadays especially knowing where they came from.

[Macgyver]

Oh and Carl welcome to the cannot connect club. What they fixed for me they unfixed for you.

Try this.

Start the game with normal BF2 not the online desktop.

Create another account and log in with that if you can ( If you can :) ). Log out and log in with the one you use.

If you cannot connect to a server. Connect by IP so write down IP's of places you have played at.

[Eskimo]

Kad I noticed your new to the forums, so I'll just warn you for now. CHILL ok...

[kAd]

:flame:

im not new... ive just been too lazy for years to post!!!!!!! i will NOT chill! ...

it is not possible in 40C... :cool:

p.s. look at my join date :rolleyes: i joined a month after you... and proud to have posted 23 times.

[Gator]

omg reinstall,the thought of resetting my config make me want to cry.
it took for ever to get it just right.so EA's off to a great start so far huh

Just save your profile settings and you will be ok. All you have to do is install and then place the profiles back in place.

[k_town]

p.s. look at my join date :rolleyes: i joined a month after you... and proud to have posted 23 times.
um it's 26 posts :D

[Mystik_MDS]

We have every right to bash em we all spent the money for a "Working game" and now they say you can get memory leakage and have to reinstall it. Thats Horsepoop.

Mr


You think this game is bad... You should have bought World War II Online Blitzkrieg when it first came out... It was supposed to have nades, planes, boats, tanks, sniper rifles, etc, etc.

The only thing it shipped with was 2 trucks, 2 soldiers 1 for each team only the rifles no smg, and 1 tank for each side. It was 50 bucks, plus a 15.99 monthly subscription. They ended up giving away the subscription for just about the first 6 months the game had been released.

IMHO EA did an awesome job with this game, yeah sure there are a few bugs, but that is to be expected in software, yeah some of the bugs may be stupid easy fix bugs, but they occur.

Mystik

[kAd]

um it's 26 posts :D

i hate you :D its 27 now :lies:

[r1pP3r]

AHA! i knew BF2 wouldnt be better than HL!


What? Where the hell did you think of something as silly as that?

BF2 just has some bugs that needs to be fixed, and will be fixed in a matter of time.

[G]

that happens to me too klink.after i play it takes a long time for my computer to do anything

same thing that happens to me with EQ2 when i exit. must be those high end games
-G

[Mister.D]

What you guys don't seem to realise is this, DICE hasn't had a 100% running game yet. Bf1942 was playable at best
So you combine the mighty ******* powers of EA that are always jumping down production staff's throats to RUSH RUSH RUSH, OVERTIME OVERTIME OVERTIME with **** pay.
So what you get is a product just like bf2 and its predacessor Bf1942 that are released only for profit margin only and half finished so it can be patched about 20 times and still not be done right.

Ea will grab all the sales it can and then move on, if bf2 doesn't work 100% they don't give a ****, they already sold you the product.
Its up to the Bf2 team and however much $$ Ea has alloted them to fix any bugs, then they get cut off and its up to the design team (those that aren't occupied on other work) to fix stuff on their own free time. Sounds like EA to me, money hungry pricks that could honestly care less about getting a product to its full functionality and worrying more about filling their pockets.

Hope u guys enjoy bf2

[kAd]

the thing is... bf2 is selling well, getting good ratings, and overall fun. meaning they are going to put the time into it to fix it so taht you will eventually buy a sequal later on. you can only screw people around a couple times before they stop buying your product. any business person can tell you this. so dont be thinking that all the major issues wont be fixed anytime soon.

the menu was functional but slow out of the box... and in two weeks from the game being released, they attempted to fix it. they're trying.

[ShOOter]

Sorry but I like the arrow keys and not being able to use home, insert, edit, and delete in game is unnaceptable nowadays especially knowing where they came from.

Mac, I woulda thought you - of ALL people - would have figured how to hack past that faulty config menu! :p If the new patch doesn't adequately address the issue remind me and I'll PM you how to change those unassignable keys to assignable. (You know I'm a hardcore, fellow "arrow key" man...) ;)

[Mister.D]

Yeah, don't get me wrong when I talk crap about EA and DICE, they actually did a good job on bf2, partly because Trauma got sucked in. All I was saying is that it seems to be a trend with EA to brush off any support after they've grabbed their money and ran.

[kAd]

yeah, but i dont think it will be the case will bf2. its easy to do with their smaller, less popular games, but with a game as big as bf2, they would be pissing off to many people if they took the money and ran. im not saying they dont do it in other cases, i just dont believe they will in this case.

[WSAENOTSOCK]

With a game as big as BF2, they've hit the top in sales, and the price will soon drop, and the fixes will become few and far between.

[Sharpshooter6]

I'm glad I didn't install the update. :D

[Macgyver]

Of course I hacked the config file.

Finally found the pesky little bugger of a problem. There were two crouch commands in my control.con as well as the default control.con.

I also found the insert, home, pageup/down, delete, and end keyboard command lines and got it all working vell now.

Yay I can crouch and I have 1300 points. Lance Corporal

[Disposable Hero]

OMG.

Do we hear.......

STEAM anyone.

I thought Valve was bad initially. :)


Since the patch. I cannot crouch in game. It is not my keyboard(s). No matter what assign I cannot crouch.

GG EA to the max
'you have to restore to defaults then redo it

[Macgyver]

Thats what did the double crouch in my config I bet.

That was my first thing I did.

[ClaymoreCarl]

With a game as big as BF2, they've hit the top in sales, and the price will soon drop, and the fixes will become few and far between.

The bug fixes will come in the form of expansion packs. Rumor has one coming out in November. I'd guess there will be at least 2, probably more.

[Arnie]

Hm.. the new patch works great for me. Thanks EA. But i have better things to do, as install, patch, reinstall, patch, install.. what ever..

[`TeK]

expansion packs huh, well my bf2 doesnt work as is im not shelling out another 20 bucks for it to work in NOVEMBER.

ffs

[Repent]

There is people at EA that should actually be flogged publicly!

</rant>

[Macgyver]

I can log on now.

I hope EA adds more login servers. The waiting during primetime is unaccaptable to me.

[DeadRoach]

Once again proof that you can't overwork peaple and expect to have a perfect product.

EA is notorious for working peaple 14 hours a day 6 days a week... of course there's going to be stupid coding mistakes.... and we play into it by buying their products over and over and over and over again. Long live the consumer!!