[TiG] The Irish Guard - UK & Irish PC Gaming Clan & Gaming Community
Games & Movies => Game Support => Topic started by: [TiG]Lucutus on August 11, 2004, 11:29:27 AM
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Thought I'd post this here and share...
Hi,
I own many EA games published titles, but by far my favourite is Battlefield Vietnam.
Since the 1.1 patch for the game was released it has many bugs & drawbacks. Here are just 5 I can think of at the moment, through my frustration with the 'product':
1. Minimap flashing icons on radio commands are missing, how can I tell where my teamamtes are on the map now?
2. It crashes to desktop again at random intervals, I thought you fixed this?
3. Sometimes, I get a repeating noise through my speakers, for instance, plane goes overhead, drops napalm near to me, I hear the explosion over and over again until the map changes. This renders the game UNPLAYABLE. Perhaps some sort of workaround, an in-game console command to restart/reset the sound system?
4. The Defense of Con Thein map, included in the patch was working for a short time, however, now anytime it loads, it causes BFV.exe to GPF.
5. There appears to be multiple cheats and hacks online to allow players of your game to see through walls and see emeny positions on the minimap, thus need to be blocked. See [link to cheat0rs] under the battlefield vietnam section. Get evenbalance to sort it out within PB or take steps yourselves to prevent this.
I've paid ?60 of my money to play this game, and indeed much more on various other EA titles, joined a clan to play it with, and used to enjoy it. Ever since you released your new patch for it, the one which was meant to fix everything and delayed as it was, Battlefield Vietnam has become a chore to play.
Please address these issues without the usual "it must be your own fault" attitude, admit reponsiblility from a development 'buggy release' standpoint and either fix them or refund my money.
Thank You.
Let's see what they come back with.
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well that sort's are thoughts on that match then.
ive seen all 5 of them problems.
the repeting sound of bombs is so anoying last nite on the sas server.
plus the hacks are out there
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Nice email Luc and well written. Unfortunatley I cant even see them replying.
An idea would be to send it via the post addressed to the top man as confidential, to be opened by addressee only. That way it'll get to the top.
Fairy
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Yea, might be an idea, should have checked it for spelling mistakes too! :cry:
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yep the hacks are out there !!!! i was talking 2 a guy ( somthing knight) in an eauk server this morning who was killing me and killing others very oddly.after loads of complaints against him i got curious and switched teams and asked him was he using the hack that shows the enemy on the map,after a bit of sweet talking he admited that he was yes using the hack that shows the enemy on the map plus a hack that if he gets into a tank ,jeep,apc,etc ,it cannot be destoyed,and he says punkbuster cannot even smell it.its time 2 keep an eye out on navan me thinks !!!
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i think it would be a good idea to report that site and the hippe hack 2 ea
as i can see this good game be wreakd.
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fairy i was readn that there is a fog hack out mabey that is why they could shoot from long distance and from that window.
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ive found the hack that allows u 2 see every1
it also has adjusted the wepon's ammo and sub wepons.
diffrent mod
Ok, ill tell you my story about this mod!
I came on ****** and i saw "2 new files" First i clicked the ******mod, i saw the file size and the pictures and i thought:
"Ah, this mod wouldn't be so fun" But i must download it cauz im the file reviewer.
So i downloaded it and installed it too. I loaded the map Ho Chi Minh Trail cauz in the Read me they wrote:
"The XM148 Grenade Launcher only have 99 rounds, instead of 999. You'll see why if/when you play."
So i spawned as CAR-15/XM148 and shoot with the Grenade Launcher... I saw 5 grenades were coming out of the weapon in 1 second... WITHOUT reloading,
You'll be invinceble with that weapon, but the LAW, M79, SA-7, RPG-2 and RPG-7v has 99 ammo, but no 'automatic fire'
But i played further and i owned all bots. Then i got in one of those tanks, they shoot those Missiles and the alternate fire is a flametrower, Very strong!
I didn't die with the tank... Later i wanted to play a other map, the map Operation Flaming Dart.
You see all those smoke tracers of all plane and choppers, don't worry, they will disappear after a while, but is is very handy too search enemy planes, so i owned those bots again
And then i got the M1911 pistol... It had 999 bullets and it shoots like a M60!
If you zoom in and shoot you see the bullets. I played it like 2 hours? I stopped because i thaught about the review...
And, you can't play the mod on internet or LAN, i don't know why. I wanted to play online with the mod, but you can't. And sooo much firepower and those bots, make the game very laggy. U need a good computer to play it without lags.
They are going to make custom skins and textures, custom maps, fix some bugs, the networking problem. So the next version of *****will be bigger.
I'm giving it a 7,5 because it's fun and much new stuff in a small file.
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Perhaps the issue of hacks etc... should be addressed with our recruitment procedure. Anyone member caught using hacks/cheats will be fired from cannon into sun etc...
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Perhaps the issue of hacks etc... should be addressed with our recruitment procedure. Anyone member caught using hacks/cheats will be fired from cannon into sun etc...
good point jimbo, i'll incorporate that into the 'recruitment rules'
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Is there any way to tell if someone has a cheat/mod installed? How would we know besides a high kill rate..but could that be due to a skilled player(s) like all TiG's are!!
BTW good point Jimbo
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Thats what you get for playing on ea servers well known for the cheating scumbags just keep a eye out on navan and kick people who are cheating whores!
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There are things a server admin can do in relation to PB but I'm not sure what they are. They can take pictures of the player etc.
Fairy.
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If a person is suspected to be cheating on Navan and other TIG members suspect it themselves its then up to a TIG member on that cheaters team to kill this fella on sight or hunt him down :twisted:
Doesn't matter if its a team kill.......... this fella will get the idea and feck off somewhere else.
Quickest solution possible :salute:
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Most nights has an admin on anyway. I would never suggest someone was cheating unless I was fecking damn sure first.
May be an idea to have free cam on Navan/Cavan. You can follow any player you want then.
Fairy
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you can take any player scrennies through blackbag but it saves it to teh server i believe, any way this can be checked?..I'd love to take nb on on cavan, screen them and get proof!
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1.2 within next 4 weeks alledgley so take it as by xmas.
kdjac
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Hi,
From here all we can do is pass these comments on to DICE for a future revision. I do not see how any of these 'errors' can be your fault so therefore as I mention, I'll pass these on.
Best Regards,
Luke
EA Support Centre, UK and Eire
Right.
So, there's a tech support guy, forwarding (read: esculating!) to DICE. I wonder should I ask him about a response From DICE then?
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cheeky bastard! reply telling him that his thoughtful comments and prompt actions have restored your faith in EA customer services, its nice to know that community comments are regarded so highly by them.
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apparently after talking to a friend of mine in nrs.he told me there was a new program released last week which fools punkbuster into thinking the player is not using cheats.hence this hippy hack or whatever its called aint being detected.my m8 was saying that the last 4 bfv matches they have played have been a joke cos they had their asses handed to them with people shooting from distances(he mentioned the car 15)and even though some of the guys were camping they were found pretty fast and killed...so as i said after that nbrigade game that they were cheating scumbags,that story just makes me feel i was 100 percent correct.easy way to find cheaters is to take pb scrrenshots.its the only way to catch peeps cos their screen will be fogless and their mini maps will have both teams names running around on it. please admins do this...and dont tell anybody u are doing it...hopefully we can name and shame a few scumbags :twisted:
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I'm happy to take PB screenies via BB during clan matches. If Luc can arrange to have them emailed to me from the server, or arrange FTP access, say to only the screenies directory.
It would be a good idea to do this on a regurlar basis on Navan/Cavan as well so that a good selection of players are checked. We all can suggest A,B, and C are cheating but this is the only way of checking.
Fairy
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yea i agree b4 every match start's we should do that and decide to end the game.
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btw in the last 7 or 10 days i played like some 4 games of BFv and wel like once an hour i die without a reason :twitch:
i usualy (before patch) got this when i came close to a wall orso
now i also get it when i walk on a road. and at the lower left my death is showed as a suicide.
and no i didnt jump down 3 feet :P
didnt place a mine or punjistick
and didnt shoot myself into the foot.
kinda is funny the first 2 times.
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one thing i noticed a lot about last night was the problems the game has with the new splash damage.
Granted if a tank hits a wall you're hiding behind you're fairly fooked and by rights should die 99% of the time, but, if a simple ak bullet hits the wall you're behind should you die??!!
This happened a fair bit to me last night in urban maps, mainly Hue.
Does anyone else have the same problem i'm having?
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i have noticed that i die when im behind a wall and a shell from a ank hits the ground on the other side of the wall but not the wall but the ground.
:lol: but i really wanna see this killing a guy with an AK when he is behind a wall.
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i had ak bullets come thru the side of the wall in the house while i was looking at the wall and hit me..i said it in the game..cant remember to who..but it was real fucked up
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yeah i was runin up the stair and u stared tell me.sounds pritty fuckd up
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from the top of the palace i seen a guy lie down behind a wall so i started shooting where he was ,all the bullets hit the wall but next thing he was dead........Thing's that make u go Hmmmmmm?
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atleast this saves me some rpg or LAW.
so i dont have to smack down the LAW on him :lol:
shooting bullets threw the wall is alot cheaper.