Here's a gem - the EA Battlefield Portal website. Check it out by following the link here!

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We've listened to the fan base since day 1 and we've tried to implement a lot of the communities suggestions into the game. Some have been far fetched and zany and some have been realistic. However, all have been read and all of them answered in one shape or another by a developer. We interact with our fan base quite regularly and we have our hand on the pulse of our community. You guys make DCON what it is. We just build the stuff. You guys have created the mod in the end. You didn't want lock-on missiles, we tossed them out and gave you dumb fires. You didn't want auto hovering helos, we tossed that out as well with a smile and have worked very hard on getting the helo flight physics close to DC as we can. You then said well we want the old maps back like El Al. We gave you that one and many more. You wanted the look and feel of what DC was with a splash of Bf2ism.. YOUR GONNA GET IT GUYS!!! You wanted player controlled Arty.. YEA we got that too. Then you wanted CTF for all the classic maps.. Bingo done, cross that off your list guys. Then we went and created even more game play modes to make the maps more replayable. Oh have we got a treat for you.
You wanted solid infantry combat, you got that too along with solid air and armor combat. The planes are quite good in my opinion and so are the helos. We're happy with the spectrum of changes we've been able to make over previous release candidates. We think you all will be to. However the team will be open to suggestions after our release in regards to the planes and how they handle.
After release the Devs will be playing DCON right along side you all for a bit as we take a small break to relax and get started on our next release. We find it extremely important that we reach out the fans as much as you all have reached out to us.

If that doesn't make you salivate that means one of two things - your on the 'way out' or you haven't played Desert Combat in all it's glory - in which case you may as well be....check out more of the letter by following the Desert Conflict link below in the MTW ( Mod's To Watch ) list.

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Well after installing Project Reality and taking screenshots of the installation I must admit that it's probably the one of the most straightforward mod installations....except for the screenshot below. I left it at Custom installation and everything seemed to install fine as it should have but what do the other options mean? - at least explain it. While the installation did go well finding a server has not. Although time has not permitted a great deal of investment in finding out the ins/outs of Project Reality finding a server almost instantly should be a must. I had to exit PR 0.5 and go to the website to find some IP's...only to find the only one that was up and running was in Germany. It was empty and even then I got kicked for having a ping that was too high. Once I have more time I'll let you know....but there is a Sandstorm coming in the form of Desert Conflict,a mod for BF2...there will be a lot of followers of that mod on the back of the Desert Combat mod for BF1942. Follow the added link below to Desert Conflict!

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In the meantime I've managed to download the latest release by Project Reality v.0.5. It's installed and I'm about to try it....look for an installation guide ( for those thinking it may mess up their BF2 installation ) soon....hoping for tuesday ( I'll try to squeak it in Monday ... ) The Project Reality link has been added below.

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Eve of Destruction for BF1942 , while I've only played 1 map thus far, was pretty good...though the sniper control was a little dodgy and the map was a little to much route specific for my taste. It also helped me realize what nice jump BF2 was regardless... 

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Here are the current rank updates for all the members of wLv.

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Here are the current rank updates for all the members of wLv.

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Here's a map loading speed tip. Go to your My Documents locations and find the Battlefield 2 directory. Go into mods>BF2>Cache directory and delete any directory that begins with the {D7  ( it maybe any directory with just the { beginning - back up anything you are unsure of deleting.) folder name. The next time you go into a map it will do a graphics optimization but it does seem to load faster each time after that.

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We've added some awesome video over at our video site...currently composing of primarily salutes to our brave Canadian soldiers...not too leave out our allies in the fight as well. If you leave the site with a dry eye.... well there isn't much more to say. You can find the site here - wLvVideo - I hope the access speed is good enough for all...

The Canadian Forces mod has an October release and if you haven't had a chance to read it here it is...and head down there and signup if you can help! A lot has been happening with the Conflict Canada Mod since the last media release. My name is Floppy, I'm the new Media Relations Representative for the mod. The mod itself has undergone a fundamental change. Shifting from a "far-out" concept, to a current/future possibilities deployment concept. It is now based around Canadian and USMC deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, with other areas under discussion. We feel this is a more appropriate direction for the mod as we are trying to make it more realistic for gameplay as well. We have set up a new forum site that is more user friendly than the old forums. It asks a lot less personal info to join up. For constant updates and more info check our webpage, and join the forums.

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