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Look Its a Panda

10-06-2006, 02:11 PM

http://www.gamespot.com/demos/battlefield2142/index.php?tag=topslot;action;1&om_act=convert&click=topslot
http://www.worthdownloading.com/game.php?gid=1825

I haven't got to download it yet, since all the servers are utterly slow and I think Gamespot was supposed to have this demo as an "exclusive" untill tomorrow, so it won't spread around to a lot of sites untill then.

Can't say that I've got huge expectations for this one, as I didn't care too much for Battlefield 2 (BF1942 and BF: Vietnam are awesome, though).

Look Its a Panda

10-06-2006, 02:13 PM

The readme file, containing system specs etc:
Battlefield 2142™ Demo ReadMe File V1.7
September 18, 2006
Copyright Electronic Arts
Battlefield 2142 Demo

************************************************** *
About This Document:

Thank you for installing the Battlefield 2142 demo.

This README file includes information that pertains to general problems and
questions you may have concerning the game or your computer.

************************************************
=================
TABLE OF CONTENTS
=================

I. INTRODUCTION
II DEMO LIMITATIONS
III. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND SUPPORTED CHIPSETS
IV. NOTES ON COMPATIBILITY
V. KNOWN ISSUES/TROUBLESHOOTING
VI. LEGAL NOTICES

===============
I. INTRODUCTION
===============

Welcome to the Battlefield, soldier. The information contained in this
document will help you on the field of combat. This document will provide
additional information to what you receive in
game. Also if you are experiencing technical difficulties, look here for the
most recent troubleshooting answers.

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II. DEMO LIMITATIONS
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This demo version of Battlefield 2142 has the following limited feature set:

- Multiplayer Mode:
Sidi Power Plant - max 48 players - Titan and Conquest game modes

- BFHQ:
Statistics, rankings and awards will not be recorded or awarded

- Single player
None

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III. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND SUPPORTED CHIPSETS
==============================================

In order to install and play the Battlefield 2142 demo, your system must meet
or exceed the following minimum system requirements.

Operating system: Windows XP with latest service pack installed
DirectX 9.0c February 2006 edition (included)
CPU: Intel Pentium 4/AMD Athlon 1.7 GHz or equivalent
RAM: 512 MB
Video Card: 128MB DirectX compliant video card, Pixel shader 2.0 and above.
(AGP and PCIe only)
Sound Card - DirectX 9.0c compatible
Hard Drive space: 950MB of space is required to install the demo
Internet connection: 128kbit Cable/DSL connection

In order to play the game at the recommended resolution, detail and performance
levels, your computer should match or exceed the following specifications:

Operating system: Windows XP with latest service pack installed
DirectX 9.0c February 2006 edition (included)
CPU: Intel Pentium 4/AMD Athlon 3.0 GHz or equivalent
RAM: 1.5GB
Video Card: 256MB DirectX compliant video card, Pixel shader 2.0 and above.
(AGP and PCIe only)
Sound card: Sound Blaster X-Fi series from Creative Labs
Hard Drive space: 950MB of space is required to install the demo
Internet connection: 512Kbit Cable/DSL connection

SUPPORTED VIDEO CHIPSETS WITH LATEST DRIVER VERSION INFO.

ATI

Driver tested: Catalyst v6.8 Windows XP

Radeon 9500/9700 series
Radeon 9550 series
Radeon 9600 series
Radeon 9800 series
Radeon X300 series
Radeon X600 series
Radeon X700 series
Radeon X800 series
Radeon X850 series
Radeon X1300 series
Radeon X1600 series
Radeon X1800 series
Radeon X1900 series

NVIDIA

Driver tested: Forceware v91.31 Windows XP

GeForce 5800 series
GeForce 5900 series
GeForce 6200 series
GeForce 6800 series
GeForce 7300 series
GeForce 7800 series
GeForce FX 5700 series
GeForce FX 5900 series
GeForce FX 5950 series

Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported
Please note that attempting to play the game using video hardware that isn’t
listed above may result in reduced performance, graphical issues or cause the
game to not run at all.

X-Fi AUDIO PROVIDER

This option enables optimised hardware-accelerated 3D audio positioning, mixing
and environmental effects for users with compatible Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi
soundcards. The Ultra-high audio
quality level is only available with the X-Fi audio provider.
NOTE - This feature is only available on X-Fi soundcards with support for
"Gaming Mode". X-Fi must be set to "Gaming mode". A guide to setting up your
soundcard, plus details of compatible
hardware can be found at http://www.soundblaster.com

In order to play the Battlefield 2142 demo online, you must have the following
ports open in your firewall.

TCP 443
TCP 17475
UDP 27900
UDP/TCP 29900
TCP 80
TCP 4711
UDP 27901
UDP 1500-4999
UDP/TCP 1024-1124
UDP 29900
UDP/TCP 27900
UDP 16567
UDP 55123-55125
UDP/TCP 18000
UDP/TCP 18300
TCP 18510

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IV. NOTES ON COMPATIBILITY
==========================

Battlefield 2142 demo is designed to run on Windows XP compatible graphics and
sound cards. Drivers for these devices are provided by the respective card
manufacturer and may result in compatibility issues beyond our control.

If you are experiencing any issues, it is always recommended that you obtain
and install the latest drivers for your hardware. The majority of hardware
vendors have the latest drivers available for download via their websites.

====================================
V. KNOWN ISSUES AND TROUBLESHOOTING
====================================

CHANGING DISPLAY MODE
Occasionally on some video cards you may be allowed to set the display mode to
one not supported by your computer. This will result in a black screen being
shown. To remedy this use the Windows
Explorer to find and delete the directory:

\My Documents\Battlefield 2142 demo\Profiles\

This will reset your game to the default settings. You can now start the game,
retrieve or create a new profile, and re-adjust the settings using the Menu as
normal.

Players with SoundMAX HD Audio integrated chipsets may experience crackling and
popping audio during game play, if you are experiencing this please ensure you
have the latest hardware drivers installed (see IV. NOTES ON COMPATIBILITY)

Players who have the Windows security update KB917422 installed may suffer from
an application error when running the Battlefield 2142 demo. This error can be
solved by uninstalling the KB917422 update.

Task switching is not fully supported while running Battlefield 2142 demo. If
you use functions such as Alt-Tab and other variations then you may experience
problems.

The following sound cards do not support hardware audio renderer option:

Acoustic Edge
ALC861 Audio
ALC882 HDA Audio
Cadenza (Intel 845)
Canyon 3D-2
Creative Labs SB Audigy 2 NX
Creative Labs SB Audigy LS
Creative Labs SB Extigy
Creative Labs SB Live 24-bit
Creative Labs SB MP3+USB
Creative Labs SB PCI 512
Diamond XtremeSound 7.1
DIGIFIRE 7.1
ESS Canyon 3D-2
Game Theater XP 7.1
Gamesurround Fortissimo III 7.1
Gamesurround Muse 5.1 DVD
Gamesurround Muse LT
Gamesurround Muse XL
HiTec Digital Audio X Mystique 7.1 Gold
IOMagic Storm Surge
Philips Acoustic Edge
Realtek ALC861 audio
Realtek ALC850 audio
SB Live 24-bit
Soundmax 3
Soundmax 4
Soundmax ADI AD1980 CODEC
Soundmax Cadenza (Intel 850)
Soundmax Cadenza (Intel 845)
Storm Surge
Turtle Beach Montego DDL
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
XtremeSound 7.1

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VI. LEGAL Notices
=================

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Rip

10-06-2006, 02:21 PM

Ouch, just like BF2 in terms of really high system requirements - doubt i'll be playing it, too much other decent stuff, although the game does look pretty good.

PMS Wedge

10-06-2006, 06:19 PM

H2O.Merciless

10-06-2006, 08:23 PM

I been playing it since the 5th, its worth buying and worth playing. The aircrafts are easy to fly, since I couldn't really get use to flying jets in Bf2 that well. One more week and the game comes out for release, and I'll be one of the first ranking up and trying to get all those beautiful unlocks.

Kal-El

10-07-2006, 03:26 PM

I will be playing, though from what I hear they've dumbed it down quite a bit to make it more user-friendly in terms of gameplay.

Less vehicles, plus the vehicles are easier to operate... that's what I've heard anyway.

Have you downloaded the demo yet? If so, what's your Soldier name?

Mine is DexLuther (big surprise lol) I don't know if the buddy feature works yet.

H2OSilentCid

10-08-2006, 11:05 PM

Played it all throughout the closed beta and open ones.

Kal-El

10-09-2006, 03:57 AM

AH! The game is far from being anywhere as good as BF2. It's so sluggish. The weapons are ineffective and inaccurate. Some of the vehicle's controls are stupidly set up. Like that little hover tank thing. They should have used the same controls as the chopper in BF2 where if you move the mouse to the side it strafes and not have the mouse make it turn or what ever they did. It's really counter-intuitive.

Titan mode has lots of potential, but people tend to camp the aircraft so that when the shields go down they can be the first and only people to board the enemy titan and take it down. And the launcher APCs are kinda hard to find sometimes.

H2O.Merciless

10-10-2006, 05:51 AM

PMS Wedge

10-10-2006, 02:59 PM

I *did* download it but it's not running on Vista for me. argh.

I'll troubleshoot it some more tonight but I have a feeling I might not be able to get it to work.

TiffyCat

10-13-2006, 07:57 PM

Played the demo but wasn't very fun for a sniper because everybody is in Mechs, armored vehicles or up in the Titans.

Kal-El

10-15-2006, 06:48 AM

Lol....

If you are refering to the Demo, then yes you are correct on some of your points. But its just the demo, not the actually game. So, there will be somethings wrong with it. Of course. But don't make a judgement, until the game actually comes out for release.

Yeah, when people camp the titan they usually get owned. Either by someone in aircraft spotting them, or when they decide to jump into the titan to take care of it. Best way to defend the titan is to have two supports at the each of the top levels or each of the buttom. APCs are at your main base, not the titan. And if you take certain solios, they will appear depending on who took them. And you have to realize, the hover tank is hovering all the time, its going to be kind hard to contorl it. Because it won't stop on the dime, like everything else. The aircrafts in it were made easier to handle, because most of the aircrafts in bf2 were very hard for most people to control. So, they fined turned it so its very user-friendly.

Since Battlefield 2142 have alot of unlocks for each unit, and 43 ranks, I don't think it will be a bad game at all, since those unlocks help you greatly against all types of enemies. The game will be pretty decent, but like everything there will be some type of glitch in it where someone can take advantage with, its common in every game, but the demo is good by far, until the real game release.

The thing about the Demo is exactly that. It's a Demo. It's supposed to show you what the game is like so you can decide if you want to buy it or not (the goal obviously is to have to buy it).

So the game in the demo is pretty much what you're going to get from the full release the only difference being a couple last minute bugs will be fixed and you'll have access to all the features.

If you don't like the demo, then you probably won't like the full game either.

I don't like how the guns get MORE accurate the longer you fire. This encourages a Halo play style. From what I've seen so far it's exactly was we're getting. Play support and run into people guns blazing just like you do in Halo.

The way the BF2 aircraft handled was perfect. It meant you had to learn to use them and practice it in order to become good. In BF2142 any person can buy the game and be good at flying the first time they try it. This isn't a good thing. I'd rather have patience and skill rewarded than have this no skill required stuff going on.

The Geeky Panda

10-15-2006, 10:46 AM

played it in closed beta and played the demo and all I have to say is AWESOME.

Iris

10-15-2006, 03:09 PM

My friend got that game yesterday! It looked okay. I'm not much into Battlefield but I'll probably buy it, lol.

Markotics

10-17-2006, 11:01 AM

heh i just got bf2142 yesterday.. ie full version.. 2 days before release... australia FTW

but i cant access any servers cause EA made it so the game is as if its the beta.. so without a patch u can't start playing before the release date

pid markotics

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