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BF2 on Steam and wanna play FH2?
Rawhide:
Here's how you do it if you bought BF2 on Steam and wanna play Forgotten Hope 2
1 ) Make sure you have BF2 in your games list
- Link to product on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/24860/
2 ) Start it up and check that it works by joining a server and just playing
3 ) Download Forgotten Hope 2
- Link to main page: http://forgottenhope.warumdarum.de/
4 ) Install Forgotten Hope 2 and make sure you got the latest version installed
5 ) When BF2 and FH2 is installed, go in to the Steam/Steamapps/Common/BF2/Mods/FH2 and copy the shaders_client file and just copy it into Steam/Steamapps/Common/BF2/Mods/BF2
6 ) Open Steam, go to settings and click on "In-game" tab and make sure the Steam Community (Shift+Tab) is not active. Steam, Punkbuster and the overlay community function will not work in BF2/FH2. So if you wanna play FH2, you gotta click the box so it's not active or else PB will kick you within five minutes.
Also check the Downloads+Cloud tab and remove the Steam Cloud function
- Now we have removed two things that would fuck up Punkbuster while hunting town evil Tigers on St.Lo breakthrough
7 ) Manually update Punkbuster. Use PBsetup and just add Battlefield 2 and check for updates. Great way if PB starts giving you the trouble.
Can be found here: http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=pbsetup.php
8 ) Start Battlefield 2, log in, click on community and custom games. Activate Forgotten Hope 2. BF2 will close and FH2 will start.
8.1 ) You can also add FH2 directly to Steam's my games list via the "add non Steam game" at "add game" menu.
9 ) Join a server, have fun and lets us know if it doesn't work!
Rawhide:
If my list doesn't work, try Die Happy's
--- Quote from: Die Happy on 11-01-2010, 10:01:33 ---now what you need to do is a bit "complicated" but ive done it a few times and it works.
here is what you need to do:
install bf2 via steam
run the game once
create a gamespy account
load any map in bf2 (online or offline)
make your config
install FH2
now comes the tricky part.
make a backup (rename) of the shader_client.zip file in the steam/.../Battlefield 2/mods/bf2 folder
now copy the shader_client.zip form the battlefield2/mods/fh2 folder into the Battlefield 2/mods/bf2 folder. (this is basically what the FH2.exe does but the steam version cant run & handle this so you have to do this manually)
now the following is HOW TO START FH2 on STEAM (you need to do this every time until we find a better way)
now start BF2 via steam > open the community menu > select custom games an start FH2.
Bf2 will restart with FH2 running. now you can join the servers and the shader issues should be solved.
IF you ever want to play BF2 or any other mod besides FH2 you have to restore the original shader_client.zip file in the steam/.../battlefield2/mods/bf2 folder. !!!
--- End quote ---
Atkins:
I would add that check out Steam's forums if you encounter problems not described above, like the CD-Key not Valid-problem which seems to be quite common.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=733
Also, I got BF2 out of Steam by talking to EA support chat and they gave me new cd-key that worked in EA Download Manager (EADM).
githma:
5 ) When BF2 and FH2 is installed, go in to the Steam/Steamapps/Common/BF2/Mods/FH2 and copy the shaders_client file and just copy it into Steam/Steamapps/Common/BF2/Mods/BF2
Im not sure what you meen by this. I don't have a BF2 folder in "Steam/Steamapps/Common/BF2/Mods/" only a FH2. Do you want me to make one? pleas elaborate.
also im logging into the game and im not seeing any option for community and custom games. please help
githma:
nevermind im an idiot. doh! im so mad at myself. i have battlefield bad company 2. didnt realize they were 2 different games.......
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