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After all the time waiting and speculating, the v1.5 patch for Battlefield 2 is going to be officially released in less than a week. On Tuesday, September 1st, the patch will be made available for everyone and it includes some changes that might make the game actually worth playing again.

UPDATE 9/1: THE 1.5 PATCH IS NOW AVAILABLE

From the official announcement here, we see what made the final cut for the update:

Features:

Additional support for Windows Vista Added Highway Tampa as a required map Added a new map called Operation Blue Pearl Added Euro Force and Armored Fury as free to play content for all Battlefield 2 players Added Widescreen support Allowed BF2.exe to use more than 2Gb RAM Added support for the Novint Falcon controller

Gameplay Tweaks:

Changes made to both the J10 and F35B to make them more balanced AA targeting tweaked to make it more effective Added checks to prevent "runway grieving" Various changes made to prevent cheating Tweaked the hit detection, hits will be more accurate to the model Fixed occasional connection drops after being on a server a couple of minutes Prevented use of mouse wheel to provide speed boost to vehicles Prevented use of mouse wheel to exploit parachutes Players can now pass claymores by going prone Update the HUD on TV Guided missiles to increase visibility on maps like Dragon Valley Added Battlefield 2142 style prone deviation (going prone will now cause reduced accuracy for a brief period)

Bug Fixes:

Fixed the issue where picking up a players kit would cause CTD Updated BF2OpenAL.dll from version 1.1.1.0 to version 2.1.8.1 Updated ch_gas_station collision mesh on Dragon Valley to be consistent with other gas station buildings Fixed the issue where MEC artillery piece on Operation Clean Sweep changes to the USMC's control when they capture the Airfield flag Updated the Challenger2 HUD to show the correct icon instead of the M1A2 HUD icon Changed a PLA FAV to MEC FAV on Road to Jalalabad Tweaked the artillery respawn time on Dragon Valley for to 360 seconds as other artillery uses Included a delay after weapon switch for the Bizon (PP-19) to 0.666 Updated the F35B's lock delay to 1 second instead of 1.5 seconds to match other aircraft Changed the Humvee camo on Taraba Quarry to be the correct design Increased the splash damage of the UH-60 (Black Hawk) guns from 0.25 to 1.5 Updated the G36E HUD to react the same as other weapons during sprint

I must say, that sounds pretty good to me (except for the thing about runway grieving). Anything that reduces the hackers and adds that much new content for free is quite impressive. Perhaps this calls for a Tards revival..?

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