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All Seeing Eye fix for 1.03
The new patch is here, and with it comes many welcome changes. One of which that I wasn't anticipating was not being able to connect through ASE anymore. This wouldn't be so bad if the improved server browsewr wasn't still so buggy. It is a bit faster, and does have favorites, but... Perhaps it's just me, but anytime I use the search box, I get nothing, and after I use it, it won't reload the server list again unless I restart the game.
For those of us who hate using limited in-game browsers, thanks to the folks over at the ASE forums, a fix is here:
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Okay, I'm not sure if the ASE guys will update soon to allow BF2 to start up again, but for now here's a fix.
Go to your ASE directory (default C:\Program Files\The All-Seeing Eye) and open up filters.txt. Search for "battlefield 2" and here's what you should have:
Code:
Battlefield 2
ServerType: GS
RegKey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Electronic Arts\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\INSTALLDIR
ExeName: BF2.EXE
JoinTemplate: {EXEPATH} +restart 1 +joinServer {ip} +port {port} [ +password "{PASSWORD}"]
HostTemplate: {EXEPATH} +restart 1 +hostServer 1
Now, change the JoinTemplate line to this:
Code:
JoinTemplate: {EXEPATH} +joinServer {ip} +port {port} +username yourusername +playerPassword yourpassword [ +password "{PASSWORD}"]
Note that what you did was remove the +restart 1 and added +username yourusername +playerPassword yourpassword, of course replacing yourusername and yourpassword with your, um, username and password.
Once you join a server through ASE, you will bypass the login menu for BF2 and the game might seem to freeze for a bit with the EA message. Just wait a few seconds and BF2 should start loading your new map!
Also, here's a filter for the Wake Island map (which you can place in the filters.txt after the std maps):
Quote:
Battlefield 2\Maps\Wake Island 2007
Group: BF2MAPS
Mutex: BF2MAPS
1 if map ~!= "wake?island?2007" remove
Battlefield 2\Maps\Other
Group: BF2MAPS
Mutex: BF2MAPS
Flags: OTHER
ASE, as expected, still towers over the "new and improved" BF2 browser.
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