I found on a Swedish BF2 website some info on the 1.31 patch. Apparently it will include a new map - Road to Jalalabad. There will also be a server option to allow Infinity only, which disables all vehicles on the map.

For those who can speak Swedish (or use a web translator like me) here is the link...

http://bf2.se/forums.php?m=posts&q=11623

Doesn't say when it will be released or if it will fix the server crashes.

Cheers,

MadAnt

Infinity only? lololol

It's infantry only!

However this is just speculation regarding the new mode.

Typical EA being absolute pr*cks -- servers crashing 8 times a day and they wait a month to get out a new map as well. I couldnt give a crap about a new map -- I want my server to work as it should.

Just read this on the EA BF2 site

Community Update - 6/16/06

Greetings,

The launch of Battlefield 2: Armored Fury has started off with great success, the maps have been great and the new scout choppers are introducing a whole new style of game play. Not surprisingly, there has been a lot of support and approval from the American community. Playing in Alaska, fields and Operation Road Rage make these maps a great change up in play. If not already, I suggest joining in the fun; it?s available for download at http://downloader.ea.com/products/en_US/bf2armor.

We recognize that this has been a very trying time for everyone who enjoys Battlefield 2 and are putting forth every effort to improve upon the issues that are causing some players frustration. The DICE team has been reviewing player feedback gathered from forums, email, and the ranker server providers in an effort to provide the best possible step forward from 1.3. While this work has been highly focused on bug fixing the team has also managed to put some work towards new content.

Some groups have noticed the testing of a new map ?Road to Jalalabad? being run on our test servers. This map will be included in our next patch release and is not part of a new booster pack. Some of the items on the change list for this next step are:

* Reversion: Allowing unlocks on unranked servers
* Fix/Reversion: We fixed the issue preventing mod teams from running multiple game modes in one map list.
* Tuning: We have lowered the number of players needed to start a ranked game.
* Tuning: We have made some modifications to the vehicle drop feature introduced in 1.3. These changes should reduce the overall impact of "cartillery" on game play.
* Crash Fix: We have located and fixed a crash connected to 1.3.

These are only a small portion of the fixes being worked on for our next step. We would also like to announce that we will be holding an Open Beta in early July for this next patch. We will have public servers hosted, Beta files available on mirror sites, and specific threads for feedback during this Beta period hosted on the EA forums.

As always keep your eyes on this space for all the latest Battlefield News.

-The DICE Battlefield Team



Dont think the crash fix is for 64 plyr servers,only crash ive noticed since AF came out is a ctd when trying to join a midnight sun game

Question is: if they have located and fixed the server crash problem why aren't they releasing it as a hotfix?

*sarcasm on

Do you have to ask why!? isn't that obvious enough?! EA/Dice always want to introduce more problemen with a patch than they actually fix. And you are suggesting they actually sole something

*sarcasm off

I actully found it nice to be back in the game since my "time-out" but thanks to this "feature" i haven't played for a week now...hope they fix it soon

WTF was i thinking?? Too much work - we have a product called Infinity

LoL...I've asked MPUK if they can suspend our server until a patch comes out. It's ridiculous to be paying for our server at the moment. I'm still awaiting their response.

Sounds like a good idea if they will do it. Nobody wants to wait for a server to fill just for it to crash after one round. I heard somewhere that after the next patch less players are required to start the rounds on ranked server, which might be good to get the action going at least.

Was online tonight but the server was nil...

I wonder if Multiplay will honor your request, on the grounds that a game is buggy, interested in hearing the results. I know that bashing EA/Dice is easy, and i regularly do my fair share, but on an other note there have been lots of rumors and "confirmations" about the next patch so i hope it comes out soon.

EA made the following announcement today regarding the upcoming patch, link to article (dutch BF2 site)


Greetings,

We recognize that this has been a very trying time for everyone who enjoys Battlefield 2 and are putting forth every effort to improve upon the issues that are causing some players frustration. The DICE team has been reviewing player feedback gathered from forums, email, and the ranker server providers in an effort to provide the best possible step forward from 1.3. While this work has been highly focused on bug fixing the team has also managed to put some work towards new content.

Some groups have noticed the testing of a new map “Road to Jalalabad” being run on our test servers. This map will be included in our next patch release and is not part of a new booster pack. Some of the items on the change list for this next step are:

· Reversion: Allowing unlocks on unranked servers
· Fix/Reversion: We fixed the issue preventing mod teams from running multiple game modes in one map list.
· Tuning: We have lowered the number of players needed to start a ranked game.
· Tuning: We have made some modifications to the vehicle drop feature introduced in 1.3. These changes should reduce the overall impact of ‘cartillery’ on game play.
· Crash Fix: We have located and fixed a crash connected to 1.3.

These are only a small portion of the fixes being worked on for our next step. We would also like to announce that we will be holding an Open Beta in early July for this next patch. We will have public servers hosted, Beta files available on mirror sites, and specific threads for feedback during this Beta period hosted on the EA forums.

As always keep your eyes on this space for all the latest Battlefield News.

-The DICE Battlefield Team

aaaaaw, they are fixing the cartillery was my favourite weapon to take out snipers on rooftops

Sorry for the above spam But hey that's what you get when you start to work at 04:00 for a maintenace window for "our" sattelite dish park.