 Howto: 3rd Party Joining and Bypassing EA Notification |
MercyFlush
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Registration Date: 03-02-2003
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From the PlanetBattlefield forums
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We all know since the 1.03 patch came out the ASE is not launching right.
Here is a real good fix for that.
In the filters list pane (where it says Battlefield 2, Friendly Fire, Maps, etc), right click Battlefield 2 and click Custom Config...
Then edit the line that says Cmd Line to add the +username [your user name here] +playerPassword [your password here] to that line. Minus the brackets of course. So it should look something like:
"c:\games\BF2\bf2.exe" +menu 1 +username nubfacelol +playerPassword imanub
mind the quotes, those are important.
This was posted by Blahman in the ASE forums.
Thank you very much Blahman, you Da Man!
Game will load up and go to the menu with the EA message box showing.
Leave it alone, it goes right into loading the server. |
I use this and it works great!
Apparently there's a similar solution for GameSpy Arcade as well.
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Works pretty much the same way for GameSpy Arcade ...
1) Login to Arcade using your normal Arcade profile
2) Click Ctrl + P to bring up your Options menu
3) Click on Games -->My Games -->Battlefield 2
4) Click on the "Advanced Options" button in the center of the menu
5) Type +playerName NAME +playerPassword PASSWORD
6) Replace NAME with your Battlefield 2 account nickname; replace PASSWORD with your Battlefield 2 account password
7) Click the "OK" button
You should now be able to head into the Arcade BF2 lobby and join servers seamlessly. |
And for you xFire users
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Here's a quick fix until xfire updates:
- Go into your C:\Program Files\Xfire folder and open xfire_games.ini
- Find: [4578]
You should see something like this:
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[4578]
LongName=Battlefield 2
ShortName=bf2
Icon=bf2.ico
LauncherDirKey=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Electronic Arts\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\InstallDir
LauncherExe=BF2.exe
LauncherPasswordArgs=+password %UA_GAME_HOST_PASSWORD%
LauncherNetworkArgs=+joinServer %UA_GAME_HOST_NAME% +port %UA_GAME_HOST_PORT% %UA_LAUNCHER_PASSWORD_ARGS%
Launch=%UA_LAUNCHER_EXE_PATH% +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 %UA_LAUNCHER_NETWORK_ARGS%
ServerStatusType=BF2
InGameRenderer=D3D9
InGameFlags=DISABLE_RELEASE|BLOCK_ASYNC
ExcludeIPPorts=80,28910,29900,29901,29902,29903,29904 |
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- Under "Launch=" append +playername yourusername +playerPassword yourpassword
- It should now look like:
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Launch=%UA_LAUNCHER_EXE_PATH% +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 %UA_LAUNCHER_NETWORK_ARGS% +playername yourusername +playerPassword yourpassword |
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- Restart Xfire
It should work like normal now, and it even bypasses the annoying account screen at the start!
This is not 'officially' supported by Xfire.
But it will work for the time being until something changes.
Remember if you make this edit it will get overwritten the next time Xfire updates. |
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10-06-2005 15:40 |
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ScratchMonkey 
Ghost in the Machine
Registration Date: 11-10-2002
Clan: (M*)
Location: San Pablo, CA
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10-06-2005 15:50 |
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AMOC
Chopper Pilot
Registration Date: 08-08-2003
Clan: (MA)
Location: Texas
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Bought the ASE upgrade and really impressed, no hassles just click on the server I want to join and it does the rest to get me in. I highly recommend it. 
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10-09-2005 16:21 |
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ScratchMonkey
Ghost in the Machine
Registration Date: 11-10-2002
Clan: (M*)
Location: San Pablo, CA
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10-09-2005 16:25 |
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AMOC
Chopper Pilot
Registration Date: 08-08-2003
Clan: (MA)
Location: Texas
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If you have ASE installed you know that you can see other players, and that you can see if a server is in use, but that are limits that the free version gives you. If you click on the help you will find the register screen. For $15 for a year through yahoo, ASE (AllSeeingEye for those just seeing ASE for the first time) then gives you a lot of things that you can do, like selet a server as your favorite, then click on it and see who is playing and what map, and who is playing and what the score is, then you can join direct, if the server is full, you will be told and ASE will keep pinging until a spot opens up and then it immediately launched without you having to do anythintg else.
You can also have ASE see if you have any other supported games like Battlefront, Half life, Counter Strike and lots others. Check it out on Yahoo or just search All Seeing Eye.
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10-10-2005 00:10 |
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ScratchMonkey
Ghost in the Machine
Registration Date: 11-10-2002
Clan: (M*)
Location: San Pablo, CA
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Ah, ok, I've been using the paid version for a couple years. Yep, all that is pretty useful. And the developer listens on the Yahoo forum for ASE.
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To contact Scratch, go to http://sewingwitch.com/blogs/ScratchMonkey/.
Write this down!
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10-10-2005 03:52 |
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Lunatik
Gets on the battle!
Registration Date: 10-19-2004
Clan: (MA)
Location: Quebec, Canada
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Can someone pin that thread please?
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10-11-2005 22:35 |
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ScratchMonkey
Ghost in the Machine
Registration Date: 11-10-2002
Clan: (M*)
Location: San Pablo, CA
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10-11-2005 23:50 |
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Crazy Guy!
OnE CrAzY MoFo!
Registration Date: 11-04-2005
Clan: *DFH*
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Hey if I wanted to launch straight from the desktop to a server, would it be the same format?
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No one ever one a game by dying for his country, they did it by letting the other dumb basturd die for HIS country!
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11-08-2005 12:18 |
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ScratchMonkey
Ghost in the Machine
Registration Date: 11-10-2002
Clan: (M*)
Location: San Pablo, CA
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11-08-2005 18:03 |
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Crazy Guy!
OnE CrAzY MoFo!
Registration Date: 11-04-2005
Clan: *DFH*
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Ahh very nice indeed. Thanks Fellas!
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No one ever one a game by dying for his country, they did it by letting the other dumb basturd die for HIS country!
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