Application Details:
| Version: | Steam |
| License: | Retail |
| URL: | http://www.eagames.com/officia... |
| Votes: | 0 |
| Latest Rating: | Gold |
| Latest Wine Version Tested: | 7.18-staging |
Maintainers: About Maintainership
What works
Used Wine Virtual Desktop mode (see Workarounds section).
What does not
Workarounds
winetricks win7
winetricks 7zip dotnet452
cd "${WINEPREFIX}/drive_c"
mkdir -p Battlelog.co
cd Battlelog.co/
mv ~/Downloads/Setup.exe .
wine 'C:\Program Files\7-Zip/7z.exe' x Setup.exe
wine 'C:\Program Files\7-Zip/7z.exe' x bf2battlelog-*-full.nupkg
export STEAM_WPATH="$( wine reg QUERY 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Valve\Steam' /v 'InstallPath' 2>/dev/null | awk '{if (sub("InstallPath","",$1) && sub("REG_SZ","",$2)) { sub("^[[:blank:]]+|[[:blank:]]+$",""); printf("%s\0", $0); exit 0 } }' )"
export STEAM_UPATH="$( winepath -u "${STEAM_WPATH}" 2>/dev/null | dos2unix )"
export BF2_PATH="$( find "${STEAM_UPATH}" -type d -iname "Battlefield 2" -print0 | xargs -0 winepath -w 2>/dev/null )"
export APPLICATION_DATA="$( wine reg.exe query 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders' /v 'AppData' | awk '{if (sub("AppData","",$1) && sub("REG_SZ","",$2)) { sub("^[[:blank:]]+|[[:blank:]]+$",""); printf("%s\0", $0); exit 0 } }' | xargs -0 winepath -u 2>/dev/null | dos2unix )"
export DIRS_BF2="$( find "${APPLICATION_DATA}" -type f -ipath '*bf2battlelog/dirs_bf2.json' )"
sed -i -e 's|{"gameDir":"[^"]*|{"gameDir":"'"${BF2_PATH//\\/\\\\\\\\}"'|' "${DIRS_BF2}"
What was not tested
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
Rating due to instability of Battlelog Revive Launcher and Terrain texture issues.
wine --version
wine-2.15-151-ge06b7693d6 (Staging)
glxinfo | grep 'OpenGL'
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce GTX 970M/PCIe/SSE2
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 384.69
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.50 NVIDIA
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 384.69
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.50 NVIDIA
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL profile mask: (none)
OpenGL extensions:
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.2 NVIDIA 384.69
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.20
OpenGL ES profile extensions:
System Software
===============
uname -r
4.12.9-gentoo
emerge -pv1 sys-devel/gcc kde-plasma/plasma-desktop media-libs/mesa x11-base/xorg-server x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers =app-emulation/wine-staging-9999
[ebuild R ~] sys-devel/gcc-6.4.0:6.4.0::gentoo USE="cxx doc fortran go mpx (multilib) nls nptl openmp pch sanitize ssp vtv (-altivec) (-awt) -cilk -debug (-fixed-point) (-gcj) -graphite (-hardened) (-jit) (-libssp) -objc -objc++ -objc-gc (-pie) -regression-test -vanilla" 74,379 KiB
[ebuild R ~] kde-plasma/plasma-desktop-5.10.5:5::gentoo USE="debug fontconfig gtk2 handbook legacy-systray pulseaudio semantic-desktop -appstream -gtk3 -ibus -qt4 -scim {-test}" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev synaptics" 0 KiB
[ebuild R #] media-libs/mesa-17.1.7::bobwya USE="classic egl gbm nptl osmesa wayland xvmc -bindist -d3d9 -debug -dri3 -gallium -gles1 -gles2 -llvm -opencl -openmax -pax_kernel -pic (-selinux) -unwind -vaapi -valgrind -vdpau -vulkan -xa" ABI_X86="32 (64) (-x32)" VIDEO_CARDS="(-freedreno) -i915 -i965 -imx -intel -nouveau -r100 -r200 -r300 -r600 -radeon -radeonsi (-vc4) (-vivante) -vmware" 9,672 KiB
[ebuild R #] x11-base/xorg-server-1.19.3-r2:0/1.19.3::bobwya USE="ipv6 kdrive suid systemd udev xephyr xorg -debug -dmx -doc -fop -glamor -libressl -minimal (-selinux) -static-libs -tslib -unwind -wayland -xcsecurity -xnest -xvfb" 5,909 KiB
[ebuild R #] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-384.69:0/384::bobwya USE="X acpi driver kms multilib tools uvm -compat -gtk3 -pax_kernel -static-libs -wayland" ABI_X86="32 (64) (-x32)" 0 KiB
[ebuild R #] app-emulation/wine-staging-9999:9999::bobwya USE="X alsa cups dos fontconfig gecko gphoto2 gsm gstreamer jpeg lcms ldap mono mp3 ncurses netapi nls openal opencl opengl osmesa pipelight png pulseaudio realtime run-exes s3tc samba scanner ssl threads truetype udev udisks vulkan xcomposite xinerama xml -capi -cuda -custom-cflags -odbc -oss -pcap -perl -prelink (-selinux) {-test} -themes -v4l -vaapi" ABI_X86="32 64 (-x32)" LINGUAS="en en_US -ar -bg -ca -cs -da -de -el -eo -es -fa -fi -fr -he -hi -hr -hu -it -ja -ko -lt -ml -nb_NO -nl -or -pa -pl -pt_BR -pt_PT -rm -ro -ru -sk -sl -sr_RS@cyrillic -sr_RS@latin -sv -te -th -tr -uk -wa -zh_CN -zh_TW" 0 KiB
H/W path Device Class Description
=================================================================
system G751JT (ASUS-NotebookSKU)
/0 bus G751JT
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
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/0/8/9 memory 1MiB L2 cache
/0/8/a memory 256KiB L1 cache
/0/8/b memory 6MiB L3 cache
/0/c memory 32GiB System Memory
/0/c/0 memory 8GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0.6 ns)
/0/c/1 memory 8GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0.6 ns)
/0/c/2 memory 8GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0.6 ns)
/0/c/3 memory 8GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0.6 ns)
/0/100 bridge Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller
/0/100/1 bridge Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x16 Controller
/0/100/1/0 display GM204M [GeForce GTX 970M]
/0/100/1/0.1 multimedia GM204 High Definition Audio Controller
/0/100/14 bus 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI
/0/100/14/0 usb1 bus xHCI Host Controller
/0/100/14/0/2 bus USB2.0 Hub
/0/100/14/0/2/4 bus USB2.0 Hub
/0/100/14/0/3 bus USB 2.0 Hub
/0/100/14/0/3/2 bus USB2.0 Hub
/0/100/14/0/3/2/1 input USB Receiver
/0/100/14/0/3/2/3 input Corsair K65 Gaming Keyboard
/0/100/14/0/4 multimedia Corsair Gaming H2100 Headset
/0/100/14/0/5 communication Bluetooth wireless interface
/0/100/14/0/7 multimedia USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam
/0/100/14/0/a input ASUS ROG Macrokey
/0/100/14/1 usb2 bus xHCI Host Controller
/0/100/14/1/2 bus USB3.0 Hub
/0/100/14/1/2/3 scsi4 storage Voyager GS
/0/100/14/1/2/3/0.0.0 /dev/sdc disk 64GB Voyager GS
/0/100/14/1/2/3/0.0.0/0 /dev/sdc disk 64GB
/0/100/14/1/2/4 bus USB3.0 Hub
/0/100/16 communication 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1
/0/100/1b multimedia 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller
/0/100/1c bridge 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #1
/0/100/1c.2 bridge 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #3
/0/100/1c.2/0 wls1 network Wireless 7260
/0/100/1c.3 bridge 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #4
/0/100/1c.3/0 p3p1 network RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
/0/100/1f bridge HM87 Express LPC Controller
/0/100/1f.2 storage 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode]
/0/100/1f.3 bus 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller
/0/1 scsi0 storage
/0/1/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 2048GB Samsung SSD 850
/0/1/0.0.0/1 volume 511MiB Windows FAT volume
/0/2 scsi2 storage
/0/2/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk BD-CMB UJ172 S
/0/3 scsi3 storage
/0/3/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk 1024GB Samsung SSD 850
| Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
| Show | Fedora 36 x86_64 | Oct 23 2022 | 7.18-staging | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gold | John Doe | |
| Current | Gentoo Linux x86_64 | Sep 05 2017 | 2.15-staging | No, but has workaround | Yes | Yes | Silver | Rob | |
| Show | Gentoo Linux x86_64 | Nov 13 2015 | 1.7.54-staging | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gold | Rob | |
| Show | Gentoo Linux x86_64 | Apr 03 2014 | 1.7.15 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gold | Rob | |
| Show | Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion" | Jul 02 2012 | 1.4 | Yes | Yes | No | Silver | Mac Porter Joe |
| Bug # | Description | Status | Resolution | Other apps affected |
| 35371 | Battlefield 2 voice setup tool crashes when "Save Settings" button is clicked (winmm.mixerGetDevCaps should also accept mixer device handles) | NEW | View | |
| 41925 | Battlelog.co Battlefield 2/2142 Revive Launcher silently dies during installation (Squirrel installer fails) | NEW | View |
These notes were last updated: 04 September 2019
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1 The console version of the lshw utility is your friend. This command will dump your System hardware specification in a clean format. Post command and output in the Extra Comments section:
sudo lshw -short | egrep -v '(volume|disk|bus)'
2 glxinfo can be used to display your OpenGL and graphics driver versions. Post the command and output in the Extra Comments section:
glxinfo -B
cd "${WINEPREFIX}/drive_c/Program Files/Steam/SteamApps/common/Battlefield 2"
rm -rf directx/ PunkBuster/ redist/
Set the following launch parameters for BF2.exe, using the Steam Client GUI:
+menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +szx "x-resolution" +szy "y-resolution"
... replace "x-resolution" & "y-resolution" with your native screen resolution.
Also ensure that your Battlefield 2 Video.con profile file has the correct resolution set in it (command updates all profiles):
export resolution="'x-resolution'x'y-resolution'@'frequency'Hz"
find "${WINEPREFIX}/drive_c/users/${USER}/My Documents/Battlefield 2/Profiles" -type f -name "Video.con" -printf "'%p'\n" \
| xargs sed -i -e 's/setResolution [1-9][0-9]*x[1-9][0-9]*@[1-9][0-9]*Hz/setResolution '"${resolution}"'/g'
... replace 'x-resolution' , 'y-resolution' & 'frequency' with your native screen resolution and frequency (respectively).
To access the Battlefield 2 launch options (Steam LIBRARY):
RHS mouse click on Battlefield 2 entry (in Steam LIBRARY)Gamespy, which provided the Master Servers for many games including Battlefield 2, was officially shutdown in May 2014. See Gamespy Wikipedia for more information about this.
Various community supported efforts have sprung up to provide alternative Master Servers for the various games affected by the server shutdown.
Detailed below are installation instructions for various alternatives - to use in place of the original Gamespy Master Servers.
(1) BF2Hub
Pros
Cons
Getting Started
Guide to Installing the BF2 Hub Launcher
Download the BF2 Hub Launcher installer.
Then simply set the BF2 Hub Launcher up in a Wineprefix - which has an existing Battlefield 2 installation:
wine bf2hub-client-setup.exe
Then to run the BF2 Hub Launcher (32-bit Wineprefix):
wine start 'C:\Program Files\BF2Hub Client\bf2hub.exe'
The BF2 Hub Client will automatically read your EA Account Details/CD key. So you should be able to play Battlefield 2 online straightaway!
The BF2 Hub Launcher uses a system tray icon. This results in a known system tray bug affecting Battlefield 2, when Wine is used in the Virtual Desktop mode. See bug: 40828.
(2) Battlelog Servers
Update: the Battelog/Revive crew were served a takedown notice by EA. So this only remaining solution, to full online play for Battlefield 2, is no longer available...
Pros
Cons
Getting Started
Guide to Installing the Windows 7 Revive Launcher
The installer for the Revive Launcher doesn't currently work under Wine. This issue can be worked around however.
Ensure you are using a 32-bit Wineprefix on a 64-bit OS (see Wine FAQ if unsure how to do this).
Download the Revive Launcher installer.
Then manually extract the installer - to use it:
winetricks win7
winetricks 7zip dotnet452
cd "${WINEPREFIX}/drive_c"
mkdir -p Battlelog.co
cd Battlelog.co/
mv ~/Downloads/Setup.exe .
wine 'C:\Program Files\7-Zip/7z.exe' x Setup.exe
wine 'C:\Program Files\7-Zip/7z.exe' x bf2battlelog-*-full.nupkg -i'!lib/*'
Then to run the Revive Launcher:
cd "${WINEPREFIX}/drive_c/Battlelog.co/lib/net45"
wine start 'Revive-Launcher.exe'
If using Steam then you may need to fix the install the Steam Library install path that the Revive Launcher tries to use for BF2:
export STEAM_WPATH="$( wine reg QUERY 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Valve\Steam' /v 'InstallPath' 2>/dev/null | awk '{if (sub("InstallPath","",$1) && sub("REG_SZ","",$2)) { sub("^[[:blank:]]+|[[:blank:]]+$",""); printf("%s\0", $0); exit 0 } }' )"
export STEAM_UPATH="$( winepath -u "${STEAM_WPATH}" 2>/dev/null | dos2unix )"
export BF2_PATH="$( find "${STEAM_UPATH}" -type d -iname "Battlefield 2" -print0 | xargs -0 winepath -w 2>/dev/null )"
export APPLICATION_DATA="$( wine reg.exe query 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders' /v 'AppData' | awk '{if (sub("AppData","",$1) && sub("REG_SZ","",$2)) { sub("^[[:blank:]]+|[[:blank:]]+$",""); printf("%s\0", $0); exit 0 } }' | xargs -0 winepath -u 2>/dev/null | dos2unix )"
export DIRS_BF2="$( find "${APPLICATION_DATA}" -type f -ipath '*bf2battlelog/dirs_bf2.json' )"
sed -i -e 's|{"gameDir":"[^"]*|{"gameDir":"'"${BF2_PATH//\\/\\\\\\\\}"'|' "${DIRS_BF2}"
NB: this will only work if your Steam Library directory, for BF2, is stored below the main Steam directory.
The Revive Launcher largely works:
Tested with Wine Staging - version 2.15.
The Revive Launcher is much less stable with earlier versions of Wine Staging. The Revive Launcher not work with any Wine Stable or Wine Development release (at present).
Revive Game CD Keys
It may be necessary to edit (specific) Registry keys, to set a special (allocated) Revive CD-key, for your BF2 install. This step will become mandatory when the Revive team enable game key verification on their Servers.
Refer to this Battlelog.co forum post: How to fix CD-Key issues (applies to both BF2 & BF2142).
wine regedit
export REVIVE_KEY="❚❚❚❚-❚❚❚❚-❚❚❚❚-❚❚❚❚-❚❚❚❚"
wine reg.exe ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Electronic Arts\EA Games\Battlefield 2\ergc" \
"/v" "" "/t" "REG_SZ" "/d" "x9392${REVIVE_KEY}" "/f"
wine reg.exe ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Electronic Arts\EA Games\Battlefield 2 Special Forces\ergc" \
"/v" "" "/t" "REG_SZ" "/d" "x9392${REVIVE_KEY}" "/f"
SPX 64-Player Mod
A Single Player mod supporting SP/coop support for Special Forces maps, with SF kits, weapons, Factions and vehicles. This guide also includes a fix for flickering terrian textures (black flickering hexagons covering terrian textures). Combining these 2 Mods allows you to achieve a good offline, single-player experience. As your stock BF2 data files are not affected, you can still play online, without being kicked by Punkbuster!
Setup an account on Battlefield SinglePlayer Forum and login into this account (this is necessary to unlock download links used in this section).
Download BF2 SPX archive - version 1.2
cd ~/Downloads
wget -c "http://www.battlefieldsingleplayer.com/dnamro/files/BF2/BF2_SPX_1_2.zip"
cd "${WINEPREFIX:-${HOME}/.wine}/drive_c/Program Files/Steam/steamapps/common/Battlefield 2/mods"
mkdir BF2_SPX
cd BF2_SPX
unzip ~/Downloads/BF2_SPX_1_2.zip
Download shaders client (fixed) archive
(based on texture map files from the Forgotten Hope BF2 mod).
cd "${WINEPREFIX:-${HOME}/.wine}/drive_c/Program Files/Steam/steamapps/common/Battlefield 2/mods/BF2_SPX"
cp "BP_Shaders_client.zip" "BP_Shaders_client.bak.zip"
cp ~/Downloads/Shaders_Client_Fix.zip "BP_Shaders_client.zip"
Uncomment these 2 lines to put the stock menu movies back into the SPX mod... But why??!!
# cd "${WINEPREFIX:-${HOME}/.wine}/drive_c/Program Files/Steam/steamapps/common/Battlefield 2/mods"
# rsync -achv bf2/Movies/{Intro,menu,menu_loggedin}.bik BF2_SPX/Movies/
+modPath 'mods\BF2_SPX' +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +szx 1920 +szy 1080
Single Player Bot Changer
This is a small utility, to set the maximum number of map players and the AI strength of the game bots, for any of the (currently installed) Battlefield mods.
cd ~/Downloads/ unzip bf2-sp-bot-changer-21.zip wine 'BF2 SP Bot Change v2.1.exe'
If you find yourself getting kicked from online multiplayer Servers... Then try refreshing your Punkbuster installation. Otherwise it's probably best not to touch it!
Ensure you are using a 32-bit WINEPREFIX (Punkbuster will not work in a 64-bit WINEPREFIX).
Note: using a 64-bit WINEPREFIX appeared not to be an issue, during online testing on 26 November 2018. Testing multiplayer, on a BF2Hub-enabled BF2 Server (with Punkbuster enabled). YMMV.
Steps to refresh your current Punkbuster files:
Download and extract the final Punkbuster files supporting BF2: bf2_win32.zip:
wget -O ~/Downloads/bf2_win32.zip -c "http://fizweb.elte.hu/battlefield/Battlefield-2/BF2-PunkBuster/bf2_win32.zip"
export PB_DIRECTORY="$(find "${WINEPREFIX}" -type d -iname "pb")"
mv "${PB_DIRECTORY}" "${PB_DIRECTORY}.bak"
unzip ~/Downloads/bf2_win32.zip -d "$(dirname "${PB_DIRECTORY}")"
NB you'll have to do this process manually - if BF2 is not installed within your current WINEPREFIX.
Now update the Punkbuster service with the Punkbuster service utility: pbsvc.exe:
wget -O ~/Downloads/pbsvc.exe -c "http://www.evenbalance.com/downloads/pbsvc/pbsvc.exe" wine start /unix ~/Downloads/pbsvc.exe
Note: for older AMD (<5xxx)/Nvidia GPU's (<8xxx) and Intel GPU's it is recommended to set:
The currently supported maximum in-game Video Settings (without the Shader mesh fix - detailed on this page) are:
| VIDEO OPTIONS |
||
| DISPLAY MODE | ????x????@???Hz |
▼ |
| OVERALL QUALITY | Custom |
▼ |
| CUSTOM QUALITY |
||
| TERRAIN |
Low |
▼ |
| EFFECTS |
High |
▼ |
| GEOMETRY |
High |
▼ |
| TEXTURE |
High |
▼ |
| LIGHTING |
High |
▼ |
| DYNAMIC SHADOWS |
High |
▼ |
| DYNAMIC LIGHT |
High |
▼ |
| ANTI-ALIASING |
Off |
▼ |
| TEXTURE FILTERING |
High |
▼ |
|
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Last updated 26.11.2018 Wine-Staging 3.21, Nvidia Geforce GTX 970M, Nvidia Driver 396.54.09 (Gentoo GNU/Linux)
BF2 Commandline Options
Refer to Battlefield 2 Tweak Guide: Command Line Options for a comprehensive list of command line switches to use when launching the Battlefield 2 executable.
For example you can also set you client to automatically login to Revive account:
wine start 'BF2.exe' ... +playerName "name" +password "⚫⚫⚫⚫"
wine start 'BF2.exe' ... +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +szx 1920 +szy 1080
wine start 'BF2.exe' ... +modPath mods/BF2_SPX +ignoreAsserts 1
How you append these options will depend on whether you are using the Steam Client or if you have used a retail (DVD) copy of Battlefield 2.
