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BF2 Booster pack problems

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  • 28-11-2007 5:54pm
    #1
    Lemming
    Registered Users Posts: 14,148 ✭✭✭✭


    I have the euro forces and armoured fury booster packs (got them as a combined pack DVD) and everything's installed and updated, but when I go to join a Euro Forces game I'm told I'm barred since I need to install and activate the pack and to go buy it from the EA website :-/

    Has anyone encountered this before, or know how to resolve it?


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    Silverfish
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,696 Mod ✭✭✭✭Silverfish


    Did you activate it?


    http://support.ea.com/cgi-bin/ea.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=11632


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    Lemming
    Registered Users Posts: 14,148 ✭✭✭✭Lemming


    Thanks Silverfish \o/

    I feel stupid now :confused:

    When activating the pack, the EA website is prompting me to log in, yet my BF2 login name/password doesn't seem to be recognised. Is it this that it's asking for, or shall I need to create a seperate EA account and point it at the BF2 account?


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    Silverfish
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,696 Mod ✭✭✭✭Silverfish


    Are you using the soldier name you play Battlefield 2 with?


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    Lemming
    Registered Users Posts: 14,148 ✭✭✭✭Lemming


    Silverfish wrote: »
    Are you using the soldier name you play Battlefield 2 with?

    I am indeedy.


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    Silverfish
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,696 Mod ✭✭✭✭Silverfish


    It's your gamespy ID you need to use.


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    Lemming
    Registered Users Posts: 14,148 ✭✭✭✭Lemming


    Silverfish wrote: »
    It's your gamespy ID you need to use.

    Hang on a sec. Step 1 asks me for a code, and my BF2 account name which is also the soldier name - lemmingie (I know. Original isn't it?).

    Step 2 asks for me to login. This is where I use the gamespy ID? or should I be using the gamespy ID for the BF2 account? My problems seem to arise in Step 2 where it's not recognising either the BF2 account name, or my Gamespy ID (apparently, since I've just tried it).

    So I'm wondering if I need to go register with EA again, which is confusing since I'd have had to already register with them to play BF2 in the first place ...


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    Silverfish
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,696 Mod ✭✭✭✭Silverfish


    All the steps should be outlined in the link above, it's so long since I did it I can't remember the exact steps.

    If you have the Battlefield 2 Booster Pack Bundle, please ensure you have registered the game to your EA.com account through the following page:

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    http://account.ea.com/commerce/bf2bp/code-entry.jsp

    If you have the Battlefield 2 Complete Collection, please ensure you have registered the game to your EA.com account through the following page:

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    http://account.ea.com/commerce/bf2cc/code-entry.jsp

    So, the EA.com account first, then the BF2 account?

    I'd say if neither account works, you may need to contact EA support.


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    Lemming
    Registered Users Posts: 14,148 ✭✭✭✭Lemming


    Silverfish wrote: »
    All the steps should be outlined in the link above, it's so long since I did it I can't remember the exact steps.

    I'd say if neither account works, you may need to contact EA support.

    The step outline really only covers the circumstances that are going 'right' so to speak. Looks like it'll be a torture session with some CSR-drone who possibly doesn't know what BF2 is :-/

    Thanks anyway Silverfish


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    Silverfish
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,696 Mod ✭✭✭✭Silverfish


    I'm getting confused now.


    Did you try the EA.com account ( the one you need to register it to) to log in?


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    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,263 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Silverfish wrote: »
    I'm getting confused now.


    Did you try the EA.com account ( the one you need to register it to) to log in?


    You login with the EA account, and then pick a Gamespy ID to assign the booster to for usage, last I remember.


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    Silverfish
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,696 Mod ✭✭✭✭Silverfish


    Yep, that's what I got from reading the link I posted.


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    #13
    Lemming
    Registered Users Posts: 14,148 ✭✭✭✭Lemming


    Silverfish wrote: »
    I'm getting confused now.


    Did you try the EA.com account ( the one you need to register it to) to log in?

    It's this account that seems to be giving me grief. When you log into BF2 for the first time and create an account (from the in-game server login) does that become your EA account? Or do I need to create an EA account on top of that?


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    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,263 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Lemming wrote: »
    It's this account that seems to be giving me grief. When you log into BF2 for the first time and create an account (from the in-game server login) does that become your EA account? Or do I need to create an EA account on top of that?

    No, that's the Gamespy ID with it's associated soldiers. The EA account is used for EA Downloader and the like.


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    #15
    Lemming
    Registered Users Posts: 14,148 ✭✭✭✭Lemming


    Spear wrote: »
    No, that's the Gamespy ID with it's associated soldiers. The EA account is used for EA Downloader and the like.

    Ah right, so that clears up that bit of confusion then and looks like I do need to create a seperate EA account on top of what I already have :)


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