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Important!

Recently we are hearing more and more of broken graphics and sudden loss of fps, I experienced it myself yesterday. The fix is simple for both ATI and Nvidia users, simply upgrade your graphics drivers! Its that easy. Use this guide to make sure you get it done right.

General Tips

Refreshing servers

Select your filter options and hit refresh, then wait 3 seconds and push cancel, about 3-5 seconds after that the list will populate, this will negate some crash to desktop issues surrounding the server menu and also help to load servers quicker.

Bad company 2 “Negative mouse acceleration”

Noticed that when you move the mouse really quick physically on your mouse surface it actually moves slower graphically in game? The game features what DICE call “negative acceleration” which we can only assume is in place to help console players navigate the screen effectively on controllers. What this does is put a hard cap on mouse movement in certain circumstances, an example is if you try to spin your tank turret very quickly, the faster you move the mouse the slower the turret will travel in a circle. Often it is best to move your mouse slower which will help keep the turret speed up.

More information here

Friends joining you

You are playing and your friend wants to join you but is not yet on your list, if he/she adds you you would need to leave game to accept which is silly. You can however hit esc and add him/her first, they can then accept and join you from friends list.

FPS cap

There is no FPS cap in BC2 for PC, repii of DICE has confirmed this on the EA forums. The console versions of the game have a 30fps hard cap.

It is recommended that you try to obtain 50+ FPS in-game by reducing whatever settings are necessary (see below) for a smoother experience (Use Fraps to see FPS). And to dispel rumours that the human eye can only “record” up to 70 FPS.. it is not all about what you can see, your mouse and keyboard are sampled at your FPS rate, faster FPS = higher sampling = smoother movements = better gameplay = win.

Throwing a grenade, ammo/med pack, stick of C4 or motion sensor

You should try to time a jump so that the projectile leaves your hand at the apex of your jump. You’ll get nearly three times as much distance if you do it right.

Reloading your weapon

When reloading any weapon, you’ll notice that the ammo count goes back up BEFORE the reload animation is completely finished.
The moment you see your ammo count go back up, switch weapons and switch back as fast as possible. You will immediately be able to fire your weapon, essentially skipping a full second of reload time.

Jeeps aren’t just for transport

The vodnik and hummer guns are absolute beasts. Grab those vehicles, park them into a bunch of walls so you’re only exposed on one angle – and switch between driver / gunner to avoid fire. They DESTROY choppers and with good sight lines you’ll hold the line really well. Remember to switch positions with the driver to avoid bullets.

Burst fire

It would benefit you greatly to control your firing, especially if you have just come over from games like MW2 which allows you to simply aim and hold down the mouse until your target runs out of hit points. Burst firing is almost always more effective in BC2 unless you are a very short distance away from your target or the situation is volatile and urgent.

Aim high

Headshots are lethal in BC2, once you have the “aim high” ethos installed into your gameplay you will save ammunition and kill quicker on a regular basis.

It is also important to note that also unlike MW2, BC2 incorporates bullet drop (gravity) for a more “realistic” experience, this means that the further away from a target you are the higher above his head you need to fire in order to hit him after accounting for the amount the bullet will fall due to gravity. After a few hours this will become second nature (hopefully), if it doesn’t stick to close range engagements and leave the sniping up to the recons.

As a side note the m95 Rifle uses the same “drop” calculation as the HMG_bullet variable and has less drop and higher damage for targeting Jeeps and Helicopters and so on.

Also to note, all bullets travel at a constant speed of “600″ however the tracers purposely travel slower graphically, do not trust the tracer animation or “smoke” from sniper bullets to judge shot height, these are not accurate.

The “tracer dart” missile aid is not affected by gravity and does not have any trajectory drop but does travel slower than a rocket so you will need to increase lead on moving vehicles to get a decent shot in.

Check the weapon charts below to see falloff vs damage vs headshot statistics.

Bad company 2 graphics, network and sound tweaks

This information was gathered from all over the place and is current to the best of our knowlege, all tweaks are at your own risk.

Performance and stability tips and tweaks from gamers-underground

If youre running an ATI card and you find BC2 crashes on startup (no error)
- Go to battlefield bad company 2 beta\BFBC2Game.exe and right click -> properties -> compatibility and “Run this program as an administrator”

To get an ATI frames boost:
- Set Catalyst A.I to max

For a reported 10-20 fps boost:
- Documents>BFBC2Beta and open up “settings.ini”
- Change “renderaheadlimit” to 0 instead of 2

For a reported giant general performance boost:
- Documents>BFBC2Beta and open up “settings.ini”
- Change “Bloom=true” to false

For another potentially big performance update (especially with Quad Core users):
- Documents>BFBC2Beta and open up “settings”
- Change “HSAO=true” to false (also settable in the in-game “advanced” graphics settings)

Other settings.ini changes that you can try:
- Undergrowth=”medium” – Put this to low, if experiencing frame-rate issues. This map has a lot of it.
- Water=”medium” – Not really any water to traverse in this map, go ahead and set this to low.
- MSAA=”2? – This is Anti-aliasing, this will always use up a lot of a gpx cards resources. Set this to “0?
- Shadows=”medium”- you can also set this to low to improve performance
- Textures=”medium”- Setting this to low can improve FPS at the cost of visual eye candy.
- Aniso=2 – Set this to 0 to disable Anisotropic filtering.

To fix sticky controls (for those who get key shadow/lag with wasd etc):
- Delete the joystick conrols under foot (options->controls->foot), then it works fine

To run DX9 for improved performance (this also stops random crashes for some people):
- Documents>BFBC2Beta and open up “settings”
- Add “DxVersion=dx9″ to the list (without quotation)

You closed the PunkBuster agreement window and can’t get it back:
- Head to Steam\steamapps\common\battlefield bad company 2 beta\install\PunkBuster and re-install Punkbuster

To run the game in a window:
- Simply hit alt+enter and change your resolution to something smaller than your desktop.

For sticky/laggy mouse issues:
- Disable mouse acceleration in the game’s mouse settings, and turn off Vsync in the graphics settings.

What ports should I open for multiplayer if I’m having connectivity trouble?
- Port: 80 TCP
- Port: 18121 TCP
- Port: 18126 TCP
- Port: 18126 UDP
- Port: 13505 TCP

What ports should I open for multiplayer if I’m having EA connection issues?
- 18390 TCP Outgoing
- 18395 TCP Outgoing
- 18395 UDP Outgoing
- 13505 TCP Outgoing
- 80 TCP Outgoing

You can’t look up-down and/or left-right – “my mouse isn’t working”
- You’ve accidentally bound something to the axes that BF2 uses for looking around.
- Reset your controls to fix this.
- In future, when binding things to your mouse, pay close attention; if you move the mouse at all while binding, it will register & bind that horizontal or vertical movement axes, replacing your look ones.

To enable war tapes audio:
- Change your audio setting to “war tapes” instead of “hifi”
An example of the change can be seen here:

How to adjust your FOV -Field of View *New in Retail
- Documents>BFBC2Beta and open up “settings.ini”
- Default is “FOV” variable is set to 55, but you can adjust that up to 120 (per repi)
Note: The FOV in the settings.ini file is the vertical FOV, people usually talk about horizontal FOV, so you have to convert your desired HFOV to VFOV using this calculator: FOV calculator. Enter your screen resolution in pixels (e.g. 1920×1200), then the desired HFOV, click calculate, and it will show you the VFOV setting you need to put in settings.ini.

For those who are playing BC2 in the same network as another person:
Many are experiencing getting kicked when a friend on LAN joins the same server. To fix this, in Steam:
- Go to Steam’s My games menu
- Right-click on the BFBC2 and select Properties
- From the General tab, click the Set launch options button
- Add a different client port number on each machine between 27005 and 27032 in the following format:
- Code: +clientport 270XX (Where XX is a different number for each system – do not use 27020)

Real life information on in-game weapons

This Australian website takes a really in-depth look at the weapons and vehicles used in BC2, worth a read if you are just interested or a military buff – Link here

Detailed weapon damage and range graphs

Credit to eFeXuy on the EA forums

How Damage Works

Damage its pretty straight forward, the weapon deals maximum damage until reach the falloff start distance, then drops linearly until falloff end distance. Further away it always deal minimum damage.

IE: AEK971 deals 14,3 damage until it reach 6 meters (game distance units are meters) then it drop until 40 mts and 12.5 damage.

Players have 100 pts of life normally.

Raw damage data

NOTE: i failed to fail info on SPAS12 slug version, it seems that file its missing from game.
EDIT: The damage for normal shotguns its per pellet. 870, SPAS and Neostead deal 12×12/12×3 damage, Saiga and USAS deal 6×12/6×3

Hits to kill

This chart its just processed data from the raw damage chart, but shows more clearly the power of weapons.

Range its the distance (in meters, as always) which separates close from far.
IE: AUG rifle can kill in 6 shots from a distance of 19 mts or closer, further away it requires 7 to 9 hits to kill

Magnum rounds are values for the enhaced damage spec (damage x 1,25).

Shotgun shell values for far are pointless cause it depends on how many pellet hit, making those semi randomic

Class specific weapons unlocks

Assault weapons:

Aek971
Fully automatic assault rifle.
30 rounds in a magazine.
800rpm.
Medium accuracy.
medium range.
Medium power.
medium mobility.

Xm8
Points needed to unlock: 1300
Fully automatic assault rifle.
30 rounds in a magazine.
750rpm.
Medium accuracy.
Medium range.
Medium power.
Medium mobility

F2000
Points needed to unlock: 4300
Fully automatic assault rifle
30 rounds in a magazine
800rpm
Low accuracy
Medium range
Medium power
High mobility

Aug
Points needed to unlock: 81000
Fully automatic assault rifle
30 rounds in a magazine
800rpm
Low accuracy
Medium range
Medium power
High mobility

An94
Points needed to unlock: 116000
2 round burst assault rifle
30 rounds in a magazine
600rpm
High accuracy
Long range
High power
Low mobility

M416
Points needed to unlock: 211000
Fully automatic assault rifle
30 rounds in a magazine
700rpm
Medium accuracy
Medium range
Medium power
Medium mobility

M16
Points needed to unlock: 274000
3 round burst assault rifle
30 rounds in a magazine
800rpm
High accuracy
Medium range
Medium power
Low mobility

Engineer Weapons

9a91
Fully automatic carbine
20 round in a magazine
600rpm
High accuracy
Short range
Medium power
High mobility
Silenced

Scar
Points needed to unlock: 600
Fully automatic carbine
30 rounds per magazine
600rpm
Medium accuracy
Short range
Medium power
High mobility
Silenced

Xm8c
Points needed to unlock: 2100
Fully automatic carbine
30 rounds per magazine
750rpm
Medium accuracy
Short range
Medium power
Very high mobility
Silenced

Aks74u
Points needed to unlock: 27000
Fully automatic carbine
30 rounds per magazine
750rpm
Medium accuracy
Short range
Medium power
High mobility
Silenced

Uzi
Points needed to unlock: 57500
Fully automatic sub machine gun
32 rounds per magazine
900rpm
Low accuracy
Short range
Low power
Very high mobility
Silenced

Pp2000
Points needed to unlock: 79000
Fully automatic sub machine gun
40 rounds per magazine
1000rpm
Low accuracy
Short range
Very low power
Very high mobility
Silenced

Ump45
Points needed to unlock: 173000
Fully automatic sub machine gun
25 rounds per magazine
600rpm
Medium accuracy
Short range
Medium power
Very high mobility
Silenced

Medic weapons

Pkm
Fully automatic light machine gun
100 rounds per magazine
650rpm
Medium accuracy
Long range
Medium power
Low mobility
Medium recoil

M249
Points needed to unlock: 1100
Fully automatic light machine gun
200 rounds per magazine
800rpm
Medium accuracy
Long range
Medium power
Low mobility
Medium recoil

Qjy88
Points needed to unlock: 3600
Fully automatic light machine gun
200 round per magazine
650rpm
Medium accuracy
Long range
Medium power
Low mobility
High recoil

M60
Points needed to unlock: 69000
Fully automatic light machine gun
100 rounds per magazine
550rpm
High accuracy
Long range
High power
Low mobility
High recoil

Xm8lmg
Points needed to unlock: 98000
Fully automatic light machine gun
100 rounds per magazine
750 rpm
Medium accuracy
Medium range
Medium power
Medium mobility
Medium recoil

Mg36
Points needed to unlock: 180000
Fully automatic light machine gun
100 round per magazine
750rpm
Medium accuracy
Medium range
Medium power
Medium mobility
Medium recoil

Mg3
Points needed to unlock: 233000
Fully automatic light machine gun
100 rounds per magazine
1000rpm
Low accuracy
Medium range
Low power
Medium mobility
Low recoil

Recon weapons

M24
Bolt action sniper rifle
5 rounds per magazine
Extremely accurate
Very long rage
High power
Very low mobility

Qby88
Points needed to unlock: 1200
Semiautomatic sniper rifle
10 rounds per magazine
Medium accuracy
Long range
Medium power
Low mobility

Sv98
Points needed to unlock: 3900
Semi automatic sniper rifle
10 rounds per magazine
Medium accuracy
Long range
Medium power
Low mobility

Svu
Points needed to unlock: 74000
Semiautomatic sniper rifle
10 rounds per magazine
Medium accuracy
Long range
Medium power
Silenced
Low mobility

Gol
Points needed to unlock: 105000
Bolt action sniper rifle
5 rounds per magazine
Extremely accurate
Very long range
High power
Very low mobility

Vss
Points needed to unlock: 191000
Automatic sniper rifle
10 rounds per magazine
Medium accuracy
Medium range
Low power
Silenced
Medium mobility

M95
Points needed to unlock: 248000
Bolt action sniper rifle
5 rounds per magazine
High accuracy
Extreme range
Extreme power
Very low mobility

Other unlocks

Vehicle Specialization Unlocks

1. Vehicle Motion Sensor 1,180xp
Description: Enhanced tracking devices mark the position of enemy units in direct proximity of the vehicle and displays them on the mini map.

2. Hardened Armor 2,330xp
Description: An armor upgrade package that enhances a vehicle’s resistance to anti-armor munitions. This upgrade help decrease the effects and damage of otherwise lethal hits.

3. Extra Damage 3,650xp
Description: This upgrade substantially increases the power of the vehicle’s primary weapon.

4. Quick Reload Package 5,000xp
Description: Reduces the vulnerability to enemy attacks during reload stops. ( Faster reload)

5. Smoke Countermeasures Package 6,500xp
Description: When fired it generates a 360-degree smokescreen around the vehicle.

6. High-Power Optics Package 8,000xp
Description: Effectively provides greater range while still having accurate firing.

7. Coaxial Machine Gun 9,500xp
Description: Expands the range of targets the vehicle can destroy (Secondary fire)

All Kit unlocks

1. Weapon: 870 Combat (Shotgun) 6,800xp
Performance Summary:
Very High Power
Very Short Range
High Mobility

2. Weapon: Saiga 20K Semi (Shotgun) 10,900xp
Performance Summary:
High Power
Very Short Range
High Mobility

3. Weapon: MP-443 Grach (Pistol) 18,500xp
Performance Summary:
High Rate Of Fire
Low Damage

4. Weapon: WWII M1911 .45 (Pistol) 28,300xp
Performance Summary:
Medium Rate Of Fire
High Damage

5. Specialization: Lightweight Combat Equiptment 39,900xp
Description: Lighter load increases your sprint speed.

6. Specialization: Ammo Hip Bandolier 53,000xp
Description: Doubles the total number of bullets carried.

7. Specialization: Grenade Vest 67,600xp
Description: Doubles your 40mm and hand grenade load.

8. Specialization: Explosive Leg Pouch 83,400xp
Description: Doubles the number of explosives and rockets carried.

9. Specialization: Extended Shotgun Magazine 100,400xp
Description: Doubles shotgun clip capacity.

10. Weapon: WWII M1A1 Thompson (Sub-Machine Gun) 118,500xp
Performance Summary:
600 Rounds Per Min.
Medium Accuracy
Short Range
Medium Power
High Mobility

11. Weapon: Tracer Dart Gun(Pistol) 137,600xp
Performance Summary:
Anti-Vehicle Weapon
Very Slow Rate Of Fire

12. Weapon: MP-412 Rex (Pistol) 157,700xp
Performance Summary:
Low Rate Of Fire
Very High Damage

13. Weapon: M93R Burst(Pistol) 178,800xp
Performance Summary:
High Rate Of Fire
Very Low Damage

14. Specialization: Ceramic Body Armor 200,700xp
Description: Decreases damage taken in combat. (Does not affect headshot damage)

15. Specialization: Magnum Ammo 223,500xp
Description: Greater accuracy.

16. Specialization: 12-Gauge Slugs 247,200xp
Description: ( – power )(+ range and accuracy)

17. Specialization: Improved Demolitions 271,600xp
Description: Increases the damage of solider carried explosives.

18. Weapon: SPAS-12 Combat(Shotgun) 296,800xp
Performance Summary:
Very High Power
Very Short Range
High Mobility

19. Weapon: M14 MOD 0 Enhanced (Semi-Auto Rifle) 322,800xp
Performance Summary:
High Accuracy
Medium Range
Medium Power
Medium Mobility

20. Weapon: Neostead 2000 Combat(Shotgun) 349,500xp
Performance Summary:
Very High Power
Very Short Range
High Mobility

21. Weapon: USAS-12 Auto(Shotgun) 376,900xp
Performance Summary:
Medium Power
Very Short Range
High Mobility

22. Weapon: G3 (Full-Auto assault rifle…yes that’s correct a full-auto G3) 405,000xp
Performance Summary:
600 Rounds Per Min
High Accuracy
Medium Range
High Power
Low Mobility

Map information

planetbattlefield has done a great article on map details located here

… and that’s it for now, let us know if it was any help or if something needs to be added or credited.

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