Bad Company 2 PC Beta - Jan 28th

[Jura55ic]

Beta Begins/Ends - Jan 28th/Feb 25th

Map Name - Port Valdez

Players - 32

Game Mode - Rush

Environment - Snow

Theme - Vehicle and Infantry

Back Story

The battle for Port Valdez is fought alongside the waterline towards a great oil industrial landscape in the Alaskan mountains. Using basically everything they've got the Russian forces are launching an airborne assault to knock out the oil industries in the area. In their arsenal there are Main Battle Tanks as well as fast-moving Quad Bikes and mobile armored AA. It's a vehicle focused battle, but with plenty of infantry combat.

How to Download: Check back to the Battlefield Bed Company 2 Beta Page closer to beta launch date for download instructions.

How To Get Access: Reserve Battlefield Bad Company 2 is the most sure fire way and right now we are still finalizing which Retailers & e-Tailers will participate (it's up to them). If you're eager to ensure you get in confirmed distributors to Pre-Order consumers are the EA Store and at GameStop.com. We'll have another Blog to update new retailers & e-Tailers that have teamed up with us as well as alternate channels to obtain a Beta Key.



Misc. Details

Steam Beta: Yes there was a leaked image of a Package file we propped on Steam. People with illegal accounts can see games in this environment, but this is not a Beta in the term of Public Test Beta, but a real development Beta installer client for the Steam version of the full game. We are however working with Steam to have the Public PC Beta available on Steam, but can't confirm this quite yet so cross your fingers Steam users.


Anti Cheat: We're going with PunkBuster supporting the same options BF2 and BF2142 had to run unranked without PunkBuster.

Mod Tools: There will not be mod tools for BFBC2. However a majority of the the games logic is controller by the server and there will be Serverside control options for the dedicated servers.

Public Server Files: We will not distribute these publicly. There are many factors for why we have decided this with the biggest factor being security & integrity of our game & Dedicated Servers.

Source

[TB]

Cool

[Stalker]

Public Server Files: We will not distribute these publicly. There are many factors for why we have decided this with the biggest factor being security & integrity of our game & Dedicated Servers.

Poo (unless they mean just the beta)

[n4nz]

Hopefully they just mean the beta otherwise its MW2 again albeit to a lesser degree

[silentkiller2]

Is that a 3D pic at the bottom? Fishy!!!

[Jura55ic]

From what Ive been reading the dedi server situation is not very clear at moment.

Edit: SK yes thats a 3D vision pic

[n4nz]

Dedicated Server FAQ for Battlefield Bad Company 2 PC
Will there be an option to have my own dedicated server? Yes, DICE will have trusted partners with datacenters worldwide that you'll be able to rent a dedicated server from ensuring you always have a quality server in your region.
How much will it cost to rent a dedicated server for Battlefield Bad Company 2? Because these are offered by the trusted partners we can't answer that, but they will be priced fairly according to your market.
Can I control my server with remote admin tools? Yes, you will have the ability manage your server via remote admin tools allowing you to manage your server, your way.
Is there the option to give my server a custom name? Yes, you'll be able to name your server what you like.
Will I be able to make a reserve list for my server? Yes, you will be able to reserve a limited amount of space on your server when public for whom ever you like.
Am I able to host a private match? Yes, you will be able to password protect your server.
Is there a client server browser to view server lists? Yes, clients on the PC will have a full server's browser to select the server they'd like to play on.
Can I earn ranks and rewards on my rented server? Yes! You will be able to run your server as Ranked allowing you to still earn unlocks, rewards, and host a server for all to enjoy.
Are PC clients going to be match made to servers? No, PC clients will use their server browser and filter options.
Will you have an anti-cheat requirement? Yes, all dedicated servers and clients on PC will be required to have the anti-cheat software running at all times.

//GvD

From this it doesn't look like you will be able to host the dedi files on your own server.
Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

To clarify the situation another source:

So in summary: You will be able to get hosted dedicated servers, but won't be able to host them. You can tweak settings such as bans, map rotations and the likes, but you will not be able to use custom maps or advanced mods. For EA to be able to pull off a solution which the likes of server admins will be satisfied with, the tweaks that can be done will have to be vast and inclusive of plenty of game features.
As with a lot of recent moves eliminating dedicated servers, the core reason EA does not want to give out the dedicated server software is piracy. All the previous games have had the software hacked to be able to allow pirated copies play on private servers. However the software has been made and will be distributed to server hosts, so I would place a bet on it leaking out.

However I spose if the game is so awesome, would the possibility of renting a Bad Company Server alongside the clan server be an option members would consider?

[HumpZ]

I would consider it, its a game im looking forward too and cant wait for beta

[Stalker]

Originally Posted by n4nz

However I spose if the game is so awesome, would the possibility of renting a Bad Company Server alongside the clan server be an option members would consider?

Yeah ofc its something we would look at, however it would depend on what the costs were.

[Stalker]

http://twitter.com/gordonvandyke/status/7532322949


back to square one tbh, I'll look at the Beta but in all honesty as a clan who would be no doubt looking at warring with this I don't think I will bother with it if they don't release the server files.