Update: Project Reality v0.86 and BF2 v1.5 patch

[[R-DEV]Gaz]

DiCE have recently announced they are planning to release the Battlefield 2 v1.5 final patch this coming Tuesday, September 1st 2009. Project Reality v0.86 at this time does NOT support the BF2 v1.5 patch. If you wish to continue playing Project Reality, do not patch your BF2 install to 1.5 when it is released. We also ask server providers not to patch their servers, as players will no longer be able to join due to the different base BF2 version.

Since the new BF2 patch is around 2GB in size (and includes Euro Forces and Armored Fury), feel free to download the BF2 v1.5 patch, but if you wish to continue to play Project Reality, do not install it yet.

The Project Reality team is hard at work on the finishing touches to our compatibility patch, PR v0.87. This will include full support for BF2 v1.5 as well as some other minor bug fixes and tweaks. The PR Team is dedicating all efforts at this moment to release v0.87 as bug free as possible and as soon as we can. When PR v0.87 is officially released, you can then install the BF2 v1.5 patch. Further instructions on how to correctly install the new patch will be available when we release PR v0.87.

Thanks for continuing to play and support the PR mod, we hope to have another media update soon with the latest progress on v0.9!



- The Project Reality Team

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Finally!!! And its great to see they have thrown in the booster packs for free Fingers crossed that the patch will fix some of the server crashing issues.

[Viper.Sw]

Any idea how long it will take after 1.5 patch is released before PR 0.87 comes out?

I have windows 7 RC and cant stand all the problems that BF2 1.41 has with it. I had the same problems on vista too. Like memory error (fix from the PR forum here though), fps drops in PR 0.86, desktop crashes, terrible sound and so on.

[HellDuke]

Yay... Can't wait If I remember correctly with the 1.5 and 0.87 there shouldn't be any more prone divers...

[mat552]

Hehe, a very large part of me is laughing because I never bought the booster packs and now I get them regardless.

Also, any word from devs if the following already affect PR or the patch will improve:

Originally Posted by EA Blag

Allowed BF2.exe to use more than 2Gb RAM

I've never looked, but I thought that PR allowed bf2 to use as much as it wanted, is this correct?

Originally Posted by EA Blag

Increased the splash damage of the UH-60 (Black Hawk) guns from 0.25 to 1.5

Will this change carry over to PR? (I don't know what's part of the "engine" and what's changeable.

Originally Posted by EA Blag

AA targeting tweaked to make it more effective.

Does anyone know how they tweaked it? Info from EA other than "tweaked" is a little dodgy and hard to find.

Thanks, and can't wait for .87

[Punkbuster]

Originally Posted by Viper.Sw

Any idea how long it will take after 1.5 patch is released before PR 0.87 comes out?

I have windows 7 RC and cant stand all the problems that BF2 1.41 has with it. I had the same problems on vista too. Like memory error (fix from the PR forum here though), fps drops in PR 0.86, desktop crashes, terrible sound and so on.

Just like me!
I also have Windows 7 RC and I keep getting kicked by PB for a message of Corrupted Memory File!
It happened to me once in muttrah while I was flying the attack Huey!
I was shy to get back to the server.

[SWIZZ=kettcar=]

its great with the boosterpacks, work on the make it 1.5 compatible

[HunterMed]

Since the new BF2 patch is around 2GB in size (and includes Euro Forces and Armored Fury)

LOL

copy. will not install it! PR > bf2 vanilla anyway

[driver-ch-driver]

Euro force and armoured fury for free?....i paid for them like last year....*sigh*

[Albatross]

I am looking forward to .87 more than 1..5