This Battlefield 2 Community Update announces the availability of the retail
Win32 and Linux unranked servers for Battlefield 2 in preparation for the
imminent availability of the shooter sequel. The downloads are mirrored on
3D Gamers,
Battlefield2-News.de (Germany),
FileFront,
Gameguru Mania,
Gamer's Hell, and
Worthplaying. The
update also includes word on vulgar usernames, plans to release the editor soon,
details on the Battlefield 2 launch party, and the following warning for server
operators:
In anticipation of next week's launch of Battlefield 2 at
retail, we are releasing the Unranked server files for Win32 and Linux. Be
advised that, as with the demo, servers that are caught allowing users to play
with the unlock weapons using the python workaround will incur a one week ban
from the server list. While we encourage mod teams to discover cool things to do
with the python scripts, we reserve the right to de-list servers that find ways
to undermine the core features of the game using these tools. We will be sure to
update the community when we do begin punishing a tweak that falls into this
category.
If you are going to tweak the Python files and you are unsure whether you might
be doing something that DICE and EA would consider undermining a core game
feature, please feel free to send a note to
BFHQ@ea.com and ask for our feedback. We want to re-affirm that for the most
part anything goes on Unranked servers.