BF Vietnam

[Utah]

http://www.planetbattlefield.com/images/photo/03-22-04.jpg
Anyone need a lift?

Great game, new engine, new features... love it.

1. Americans can drop new spawn points via helicopter
2. Spawn points can be destroyed by the VC
3. The VC can "create" tunnel spawns anywhere, excellent for just overwhelming the Americans.
4. 3D map interface
5. Improved communication command.
6. Flight is a bit more realistic, as far as thrust, but almost too easy now.
7. Different player skins.
8. Weapons Kit Items, no longer choose one weapon, but can have a combination of weapons.
9. Heat seeking missles for the VC.
10. LAW.

http://www.eagames.com/official/battlefield/vietnam/us/home.jsp?src=11hmer2g2000gnonenone
http://www.planetbattlefield.com/bfv/

[KaNaDiAn]

Yes I agree.. this game kicks ass.. I've been playing it alot for about a week now..

So much more foilage cover.. it makes it great for sneaking and sniping.. but it sux if your on the other end of the barrel eh?? :). Trying to spot the bastard who is picking you off EVERY TIME!! Tanks are a little harder to manouver around.. but I do like the fact that I can actually fly a chopper(Not that well yet but..).. I really want to get a group of seven or eight people to play with on ventrilo or something.. with squad teamwork, this game would be even better.. two sqauds of eight, with one person(leader) on each sqad communicating also.. would kick ass. The m-60.. OMG I love the M-60 kit.. with the 40mm granade launcher too.. if I wind up being the VC/NVA, first thing I do is try to take out some american with a m-60 kit and steal it.. :).


Onr thing that does piss me off in MP game is.. ASSHOLE who sit around the helipads and wait for choppers... while you and 2 or 3 others are getting your ass kicked up on the front lines trying to hold spawn points.. these 6 or eight pricks are all hanging around helipads fighting with each other over choppers.. IDIOTS!

[Utah]

I love being the VC and using the tunnel spawn. You can seriously over run a base when you know how to use it. The copters I don't particularly like in this game, DC is better IMO.. but it works. Heat seekers rock. The only game i play now.

Well, my computer is on all the time, but I mainly play in the A.M. before work. I'll hook up and join that group of 7-8... it would seriously ROCK.

[KaNaDiAn]

I just gotta find a group willing to try actual teamwork..

Supposedly there is a patch coming out today... fixing stuff.. like the m60 can only be fired from the prone position.. limits to stop vehicle campers.. so if your in the spawn area of a vehicle for more than 15 secs, you lose health like if you go out of bounds.. umm check out the forums at EA..

http://www.eagames.com/webcore/boards.jsp?mbURL=http://boards.ea.com/messages?14@@/EA%20Games/Battlefield%20Vietnam

[Utah]

Checking now.. planet battlefield probably has the same info.

[Utah]

Didn't see anything for it, but page me on messenger so we can play. I'm actually spending the day sheet rocking my new building, but my drill is dead and has to recharge so I'm taking a break.

[oPiumologist]

What online game services have BFV right now?

[KaNaDiAn]

How do you mean? Like GSA or All seeing eye services.. or forums/support? There arent that many as of yet.. but there is the official eagames site..planet battlefield, etc..

[oPiumologist]

Like GSA
I was just wondering if it were a hit onliner yet

[KaNaDiAn]

Oh yah.. all the servers are mostly full right now.. you gotta be quick with the click to get into one most of the time.. also.. www.xfire.com is one that I'm looking at.. it supports something like 75 games or something... RVS..BF1942,BFV, tons of em.. and it seems simpler than GSA..

[oPiumologist]

So xFire is going to be like the new superconductor of merged games for the next few years I hear

[KaNaDiAn]

Doesnt look to bad... dont know.. i still like All seeing eye for tracking people.. they dont even have to have ASE, all you need to know is their name in game.. and it searches all the servers... Kool stuff..

[oPiumologist]

www.allseeingeye.com

[KaNaDiAn]

Heres a link for cacheman and cachmanXP

http://www.outertech.com/index.php?...a_page=products

Trust me.. i think this prog works great.. if anyone tries it out.. let me know if it gave them a performance boost lik it has me. Way better RAM usage when gaming..

[Utah]

I have a Gig of RAM, is it really going to help me at all?

[KaNaDiAn]

Actually.. i was reading about the newest CACHEMANXP.. and it has special settings for 1 gig of RAM and above.. so I'm assuming it would help out some.. it also can tweak your swap files, and paging files.. so your not constantly loading and switching data bewtween things.. I dunno.. if you try it.. let me know it did anything useful... the one other thing i like is the hotkey to refresh you RAM.. i just hit CTRL-SHIFT-Q and it refreshes my RAM completely.

[SyXx]

I have been itching to get this game, but I am broke and my cell phone broke so I need to get a new one first.

[KaNaDiAn]

People bitch about it alot.. but it is a really good game.. you just have to use your brains to survive long.. but also sometimes you just have to die trying.. of course its the first release.. so theres some bugs.. . i laugh at all the fools on the EABFV forums freaking out cuz there is no patch yet!! Lol.. morons..

[Utah]

I get random complete crashes... lamo

[KaNaDiAn]

i have only had one crash.. last night.. playing single player. but i also had it set for like 60 bots or something.. so there was lots of dumbass AI running around.. and OMG its hard to beat the computer when your team are comoplete morons.. I have to laugh at the AI's attempt to fly the choppers.. i was riding copilot in a chopper, with AI piloting.. and 3 times in a row.. they would fly maybe for 20 secnds.. and then go crashing into the trees.. the 3rd time I managed to bail out.. but happened to be in the middle of nowhere..

[Utah]

I downloaded the cache program, but don't see anything regarding a gig of ram or similiar settings. Anyone have a reg code?

[KaNaDiAn]

Ya i have a reg code at home.. i get my internet back up tomorrow, so ill find ya on messenger and send it..

A new version of CachemanXP is available for download. The update is free for all registered users, just install version 1.1 over 1.0-1.02 (no reboot is necessary). Major changes since version 1.02:

- Threshold CPU Usage setting for RAM-Recovery.
- Limit reserved bandwidth tweak.
- Beep on errors tweak.
- Lower process RAM Usage function frees more RAM.
- Improved Auto-Optimize on 1 GByte memory systems.
- Added RAM and Paging File Usage to Tray Icon display options.
- Tray Icon Hint displays free RAM and used Paging File.
- Toolbar can be set to display Icons and/or Captions.
- Dutch and German translations included.
- Improved NT4 support.

Ya so I have the reg code for the 1.01 or 1.02, anc then you should be able to install the 1.1 over top i guess.. I havent installed that yet, but i will tomorrow.. sounds like it has some new tweaks to play with.. you have to have the reg code to access the auto optimize function where the good stuff is..

[Utah]

Cool, I look forward to it.

Now, how many people on a server do you prefer? I like small servers, around 16-24 people. Anything larger and it just gets too crazy with camping, vehicle/aircraft camping, etc.

[KaNaDiAn]

Usually i dont mind 32 on a server... 16 perside.. at least then you can have one big unit of 8 assulting/defending main opbjectives..and a sneaky 4 man unit covertly(hopefully) operating all over, capping flags for distractions, and drawing the enemy away from the frontal main objectives.. and then a few peeps running choppers/tanks etc.. This is how I would like to IDEALLY play, if we could get a bunch of mature people who know their jobs, and play for the team..not their own points. But i dont mind smaller games also.. I played on a server one night with 1 other guy.. having chopper ights, and trying to prevent each other from getting vehicles.. was fun for a bit..

I would like to seriously get a bunch of peeps together who would play seriously.. i have all kinds of tactics I would like to try out.. the four man covert squad would be useful as hell i think.., booby trapping paths and roads between spawns behind the main lines.. then cap a flag, and wait for the reinforcments coming from the next spawn back.. ambush..mines, claymores.. no reinforcments make it up front and bam.. suddenly you have most of the spawns..

[Utah]

We would need our own server...

[KaNaDiAn]

Wonder how much they cost...

[Utah]

Here is the pricing..

16 slots - $128.00 a month.
24 slots - $192.00 a month.
32 slots - $256.00 a month.
64 slots - $512.00 a month.

[KaNaDiAn]

Jeeebus Cripes..

[Utah]

Unless one can find a dedicated server cheaper, but it is too damn much money in my opinion.

[KaNaDiAn]

For sure.. if i investing that much money a month, i better be able to make some money off it somehow... that ridiculous

[Panther]

Got it today and was hoping for a better single player experience... like a single player campaign and not these quick battle things...

Another thing i cant fix is that the main title screen is in a lower res than my current desktop and everything is squished to one side and even if i change the res in graphics, the game is fine but the main menu is still low res squished... any ideas..

[oPiumologist]

Here is the pricing..

16 slots - $128.00 a month.
24 slots - $192.00 a month.
32 slots - $256.00 a month.
64 slots - $512.00 a month.

and what mental genius would pay that much for a videogame server?

just join a standard one

[KaNaDiAn]

I cant picture what you mean Panther.. the main MAIN menu of the game is all screwed up?

[Panther]

I fixed it... it was my monitor for some reason... i wasnt sure if i could adjust the settings on my monitor and when the game exited it would all be screwy on the desktop but i guess it saves the settings for the application and doesnt change my desktop settings.

Basically when the game launched at main menu the sides were all bevelled and the left hand side of the main screen was cut off.. fixed now :)

[KaNaDiAn]

Good work..lol. :) simple problems sometimes seem the most odd and threatening..

[Gala]

hmmmmm havent tried it online. Actually, didnt buy it, so i guess i wont be able to get on servers ;)
and i dont think ill buy it...
1) no single player part. I mean, yeh there r those quick battle things, but there isnt even a campaign ! i know BF series is going mainly MP, but still...
2) bugged like hell. Especially gfx bugs. Sometimes, if i turn my gun a bit to left or right, i suddenly cant see anything except big green surfaces and trash. Makes it unplayable.
3) Also, they really need to sort out the M60. Cmon, you can snipe people across a river with your M60 ! Too powerfull, too accurate, and it even doesnt slow your guy down...
Maybe if they fix it a bit, and i find a cheap version, like second hand, ill consider wasting a bit of money on this...