PC Beta Details And Date Thur 28th

Ponster · 27-01-2010 10:00am

From EA Forums :

Phoned Play.com customer service at teatime today - the representative (who sounded like she was in a Bombay call centre and was virtually indecipherable) stated that they are still awaiting keys from EA and would try to mail mine within the next 24 to 28 hrs...

Ponster · 27-01-2010 12:04pm

When's the Beta

First, let's start by making the official time and date of the Beta the start of this Blog in what will be and EPIC moment in DICE's PC History! The PC Beta begins this Thursday, January 28th at approximately 6pm CET, 12pm EST, and 9am PST time!!!!!!! :-D

Where to Get It

The Client will be downloadable from server partner websites and Steam starting at the above listed time at a file size of 1.5GB. Here's a hyper-link reminder Battlefield Blog on which retailers will provide PC Beta access through pre-ordering.

Why we're Having a Beta

The Beta is happening for many reasons, like testing the infrastructure, hosting stability, and gameplay tuning (FOV, Weapon Balance, etc...) that no amount of internal testing could provide better than real world exposure. This means there will also be times of choppiness, lag, disconnects, CTDs or other issues a Beta version of any MP game would have. We'll have feedback methods similar to the PS3 Beta as well to ensure your input is gathered and heard.

Advanced warning: there will be things updated in the final game, like a Server browser with more functions, optimizations, performance tweaks, and learning's from the Beta.

This truly is a Beta, so remember that all feedback is appreciated and wanted! :-)

Hosting the Beta

Renting of Beta servers will not be possible, but we'll work closely with all our RSPs* to ensure there is always enough capacity for each individual regions.

Where to Download the Beta

We'll distribute with many partners as possible to ensure the fastest DLs no matter your location around the world. Current know locations and methods will be EADM, Steam, Torrents (only get this from legit sources, i.e. an RSP*), and all our RSP's.

Getting Started In the Beta

STEP 1: Make sure you have at least 5GB free on your HDD and then download and Install BFBC2! :-D
STEP 2: Once installation is completed (install size will be around 1.5GB) start the client and click the login button. You will then be prompted to sign in with your EA Account. If you don't have an EA Account you'll be able to create one in the same screen. (You may also create your EA Account in advance HERE)
STEP 3: Enter the unique PC Beta Code during the log in process to authenticate your participation in the Beta.
Step 4: Create your Soldier name (this will lock that name to your EA account for retail if you want to keep it).

Note: You will not be able to play or access any multiplayer menus without being authenticated. After the Beta Key is registered it will be tied to your EA Account and no longer valid for new registrations. Our game will use SecuROM for the Beta and Final games .exe, for more info on how SecuROM works in BFBC2 please read this Blog to learn about it in more detail.

* Ranked Server Provider (RSP)

//GvD

Anti · 27-01-2010 12:31pm

Finially got through to play in mumbai?? they keys wont be relesed until tomorrow

Ponster · 27-01-2010 12:40pm

Anti wrote: »

Finially got through to play in mumbai?? they keys wont be relesed until tomorrow

But neither will the download so why the

?

Anti · 27-01-2010 1:25pm

Because i assumed that when they said the beta key will be released 2 days before hand it gives people time to download it. I know its only a 1.5gig installer, but with the amount of people that have pre-ordered it could take a while.

Ponster · 27-01-2010 1:39pm

Anti wrote: »

Because i assumed that when they said the beta key will be released 2 days before hand it gives people time to download it. I know its only a 1.5gig installer, but with the amount of people that have pre-ordered it could take a while.

Ah, I see. No there isn't a link to having the key and being able to download the beta. EB games (Oz) and Amazon.de have already sent their keys out but everyone will still have to wait until 6pm-ish tomorrow.

The key is having the beta key before 5:59pm

Ponster · 27-01-2010 1:45pm

Update : Several people reporting on several different forums that they have received their play.com keys

BlueDrax · 27-01-2010 1:56pm

Just got mine!

STEP 1: Please visit the following sites to download Battlefield: Bad Company™ 2 PC Beta Client. www.battlefieldbadcompany2.com/beta

Except the link doesn't work

:mad:

Jim · 27-01-2010 2:09pm

BlueDrax wrote: »

Just got mine!

STEP 1: Please visit the following sites to download Battlefield: Bad Company™ 2 PC Beta Client. www.battlefieldbadcompany2.com/beta

Except the link doesn't work :mad:

Link will probably go live sometime today or tomorrow morning.

Just preordered on Steam. Did the same thing with the ST:O beta and got full client download speeds on the day so hopefully it'll be the same quality for BC.

Ponster · 27-01-2010 2:46pm

BlueDrax wrote: »

Just got mine!

STEP 1: Please visit the following sites to download Battlefield: Bad Company™ 2 PC Beta Client. www.battlefieldbadcompany2.com/beta

Except the link doesn't work :mad:

Read my post from a little earlier. The beta is being launched at 7pm on the 28th.

cherryghost · 27-01-2010 3:07pm

alriiiight i just preordered mine over steam also.

now we play the waiting game.

Also, should we start an xfire/steam group page so we can find each other easily?

BlueDrax · 27-01-2010 3:07pm

Ponster wrote: »

Read my post from a little earlier. The beta is being launched at 7pm on the 28th.

7pm? Isn't 6pm CET = 5pm proper time?
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converted.html?day=27&month=1&year=2010&hour=18&min=0&sec=0&p1=195&p2=78
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_European_Time
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100125113214AAFErJF

cherryghost · 27-01-2010 3:09pm

we're GMT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time

so we should have it at 4pm.

Ponster · 27-01-2010 3:14pm

Sorry...I'm in CET so I got a little mixed up

Either way, I wouldn't expect it on the dot of 5pm

Anti · 27-01-2010 5:04pm

And i just got my beta key

Auvers · 27-01-2010 7:04pm

Anti wrote: »

And i just got my beta key

me too

*edit* oh I ordered it through the EA store

Dcully · 27-01-2010 7:07pm

No sign of mine ,ordered on steam.

TheFairy · 27-01-2010 9:48pm

Bags shooting Anti in the face first

BeansBeans · 27-01-2010 11:20pm

Just in case anyone hasnt ordered it yet, avoid Steam and EA Downloader. Its only €40 on Direct2Drive. Its the Collectors Edition with beta access.

I just ordered it, cant wait will be twiddling my thumbs all day at work tomorrow.

Auvers · 28-01-2010 9:32am

BeansBeans wrote: »

. Its only €40 on Direct2Drive. Its the Collectors Edition with beta access. .

Direct2drive state this on their site

Beta Access**Preorder to join the PC Beta! Beta available from January 28th, 2010 to February 25th, 2010

**Offer expires February 25, 2010. Good only for new purchases of "Battlefield: Bad Company™ 2" for PC (“Product”). Valid only at participating online retailers. Customers will be emailed beta access instructions starting January 28, 2010.

so maybe you wont get your beta key if you order through them

Anti · 28-01-2010 10:00am

I ordered my STO beta throgh D2D, got my key instantly, and installed and downloaded the 10.5GB client in well under 2 hours. They have a serious thumbs up from me, unlike play, which i ordered 2 copys, and only 1 key was sent

Auvers · 28-01-2010 1:09pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-tlrAuKFCk

short 30sec vid for the PC beta

Dcully · 28-01-2010 1:18pm

Yeah saw this vid on the steam BF forums, the guy that made it says its medium gfx settings, bodes well for max settings.

Anti · 28-01-2010 1:20pm

omfg i cant wait. I have a pc that should be able to handle this game on full settings with AA and AF maxed out.

Auvers · 28-01-2010 1:24pm

Anti wrote: »

omfg i cant wait. I have a pc that should be able to handle this game on full settings with AA and AF maxed out.

indeed, getting very excited, its looking like a bout of flu maybe coming on for work tomorrow

BeansBeans · 28-01-2010 1:27pm

Peglegged wrote: »

Direct2drive state this on their site

Beta Access**Preorder to join the PC Beta! Beta available from January 28th, 2010 to February 25th, 2010

**Offer expires February 25, 2010. Good only for new purchases of "Battlefield: Bad Company™ 2" for PC (“Product”). Valid only at participating online retailers. Customers will be emailed beta access instructions starting January 28, 2010.

so maybe you wont get your beta key if you order through them

What? Fairly standard terms im seeing there.

According to battlefield blog D2D is one of the "official beta partners or some such guff.

Wonda-Boy · 28-01-2010 1:34pm

From what I have read guys and I stand to be corrected on this, but anyone who ordered through STEAM will not get a beta key. When D/L and install is complete the beta key will be shown. Like Dirt 2 on Steam where the multiplayer code is shown.

So write it down or camera phone it or WHATEVA!!!!

Now all we have to do is pray that not everyone will d/l at the same time like the ready2go mobile phones yrs ago when they were got for xmas and everyone wanted to activate them the same time and it took DAYS to get it going LMFAO.

Still hopefully....my rig will max this baby.....:eek:....MEDDICCCCCCCCC

Auvers · 28-01-2010 1:35pm

BeansBeans wrote: »

What? Fairly standard terms im seeing there.

According to battlefield blog D2D is one of the "official beta partners or some such guff.

whoops must of been half asleep this morning when i posted that, I thought it said offer expires the 25th of January

I am a big effin eejit

Spear · 28-01-2010 1:48pm

The correct filename for the client is known to be BFBC2_PC_ClosedBeta_RC1_511270_Client.zip at close to 1.5 gig. Seems to be no public source about yet though. Naturally there's a few fake torrents being put up under that name by the usual dickheads of this world.

BeansBeans · 28-01-2010 2:14pm

Peglegged wrote: »

whoops must of been half asleep this morning when i posted that, I thought it said offer expires the 25th of January

I am a big effin eejit

Heh was starting to worry, thought i may have missed something.

Although i havent got my key yet......

Anti · 28-01-2010 3:09pm

Peglegged wrote: »

indeed, getting very excited, its looking like a bout of flu maybe coming on for work tomorrow

Yeah tell me about it, why did i have to have my chest infection 2 weeks ago and not tonight

Godfeckingdamnit!

cherryghost · 28-01-2010 3:20pm

Anti wrote: »

Yeah tell me about it, why did i have to have my chest infection 2 weeks ago and not tonight Godfeckingdamnit!

whats that? you're still sick? aww man, maybe you should have an extra long weekend

Anti · 28-01-2010 3:42pm

*Cough* *Cough*

I think your right *Sniff*

Spear · 28-01-2010 4:19pm

I have the client downloading, but won't be done for another 2 hours. Does anyone have anywhere I could host it then for the sake of boards/Irish users?

Auvers · 28-01-2010 4:58pm

beta site gone down :pac:

hers the offical download sites

http://www.battle.no/?section=download&get=144

http://www.fileplay.net/files/fps/battlefield-bad-company-2

http://www.fileplanet.com/209408/download/Battlefield:-Bad-Company-2---Beta-Client

unoffical (I am getting it here at 80kb/s

)

http://ts3.forteam.ru/bfbc2/BFBC2_PC_ClosedBeta_RC1_511270_Client.zip

Anti · 28-01-2010 5:13pm

remoted in home and downloaded the client at 30mbps. Will enjoy this as soon as i get home

If you guys want i can host it as a torrent on demonoid as ive a seedbox with a gig connection in some country which has no internet laws

Dcully · 28-01-2010 5:16pm

Im guessing once you ordered on steam we just wait till we see an option to doanload the client in steam?
As in theres no beta code just the option to download the beta.

Anti · 28-01-2010 5:17pm

Not sure to be honest bud, ill go and look and the steam forums for you now before i leave work.

Anti · 28-01-2010 5:20pm

Seems like alot of angry steam users :

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=733

Spear · 28-01-2010 5:35pm

It's just appeared on Steam now.

B0X · 28-01-2010 5:48pm

Severs are too busy apparently.

Dcully · 28-01-2010 5:54pm

Downloading now on steam, max speed im getting is 100 - 140kbps.

Spear · 28-01-2010 6:11pm

Hmm, the installer seems to have a stupid bug and complains about needed the CD/DVD if you run it from a drive other than c:.

Anti · 28-01-2010 6:41pm

well the download i got was fubar, GG fileplanet premium subscription...

Anyone got any other links that can give mroe then 5kbs?

BeansBeans · 28-01-2010 6:56pm

great job by EA i must say. 3 sites to download it from, fileplay is dying, cant load the norwegian site and fileplanet has a 40 minute wait.

Couldnt they have put up an official torrent or something?

Oooh found a working mirror!

Only getting 270KB but meh, will do

hypernia BC2 download

Woo cant wait

Ponster · 28-01-2010 7:30pm

There's a .torrent about if that's a better solution for you.

Anti · 28-01-2010 7:33pm

link to the torrent?

BeansBeans · 28-01-2010 7:40pm

Yup yup, just found that torrent a few minutes ago.

Speeds is ranging between 900KB/s and 2.9MB/s should be done soon. I have not seen confirmation of the integrity of aforemention torrent though.

Eh its on a certain high profile scandinavian torrent site ahem.

edit: spoke too soon, been going nicely for a while its down to 400KB/s now

bloody leechers

Anti · 28-01-2010 7:53pm

Ahhh that site, i didnt actually thikn to look there. I went to a few private one and found nothing

I hope to god this actually works

BeansBeans · 28-01-2010 7:54pm

Ya i hope its all right, the mirror i was downloading off is down to 20Kb/s now wont be done till tomorrow, my fileplanet queue has seemingly gone upwards instead of down. Seriously they should have seen this coming.

PC Beta Details And Date Thur 28th

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