Bad Company 2 PC patched, single player progress lost

16 March 2010

Update

Since installing the update, I am unable to resume my current single player campaign. A quick Google search led me to the EA forums, where it became apparent that this is a problem being experienced by many gamers.

When I select the option to resume campaign, the game loads for a couple of seconds before crashing to Windows.

Currently, the only way around it is to restart the campaign. 

Update 2

It seems that a way to circumvent the crashing has been found. A forumite discovered that if they go into the “My Campaign” tab, they are able to select the last mission they were on and continue from there.

Original

Developer Dice has released a patch for the PC version of its first person shooter, Battlefield: Bad Company 2. The patch will automatically be downloaded the next time you start the game, provided you have an active internet connection.

A patch for the Steam version will also be going live shortly, but it has been confirmed that the Steam patch will remove the game’s Steam SecuROM.

The multiplayer servers will not be patched, meaning that all users will still be able to play online, including Steam users who have a different version to regular owners.

Patch notes

Single Player

•    Fixed: Graphical issues on some systems on SP_03 (at start and when displaying background mountains at “Up river”)
•    Fixed: Character voice issue during cut scenes in SP_03b (only affected Spanish)
•    Fixed: Hang when killed using TOW Launchers in SP_05
•    Fixed: Graphical issue on some systems on SP_05 (displaying background mountains)
•    Fixed: Voice volume in cut scenes on SP_06
•    Fixed: Unexpected dialog at start of SP_08 (only affected Italian)
•    Fixed: Random crash in SP_09 cut scenes

Multi Player

•    Fixed: Server Browser – Joining a password protected server results in a connection timeout
•    Fixed: Server Browser auto updating server list when reopened causing a timeout issue
•    Fixed: Password issue during Friend invites
•    Fixed: Password text field issue on joining a password protected server
•    Fixed: “Flickering” ship on Arica Harbor
•    Fixed: Clan tags that use numbers in them displaying a “0” on the Select Spawn Point screen
•    Fixed: Display issue on long server names
•    Fixed: Mortar Strike icon not updating (Beta issue)
•    Fixed: No “Exit Game” menu option appearing at the end of some rounds.
•    Fixed: Flickering user rank icon (appeared as an animated gif) when user reaches rank 10.
•    Fixed: Flickering trees and “Red Box” on Laguna Presa
•    Fixed: User is logged out when failing to create a new soldier
•    Fixed: Zeus stationary weapon not appearing in stats
•    Fixed: Zu23 not appearing in stats
•    Fixed: BMD3 AA not appearing in stats
•    Fixed: Friend request displaying incorrect Veteran stats
•    Fixed: End of Round screen displayed incorrect “AV_Station” – now displays correct localized text.
•    Fixed: K/D ratio displays in the Front End
•    Fixed: K/D ratio displays correctly when “comparing”
•    Change: Server browser now defaults to list via Ping first
•    Change: News Ticker font support for Spanish, Polish, Russian and Japanese
•    Change: New message for server full (reported as “I get no message when I try and join a server, it does nothing”)
•    Change: New message displayed for attempting to join a password protected server without providing a password (reported as “I get no message when I try and join a server, it does nothing”)
•    Change: Displays version number on Front End Legal Screen
•    Change: Display of weapon icon during loading screen

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