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Battlefield: Bad Company

Developer(s)	DICE
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Series	Battlefield
Release date(s)	^NA June 23, 2008 ^EU June 26, 2008 ^JP August 28, 2008
Release type	Console exclusive
Genre(s)	First-person shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer
GameID(s)	BLES00259 ^(IRD), BLUS30118 ^(IRD), BLJM60071 Gold Edition BLES00261 ^(IRD), BLUS30121 Demo NPEB90073, NPUB90070, NPJB90112
Internal resolution	1280x720
Quick links	Check Compatibility Open Issues Search Google Wikipedia Page

Battlefield: Bad Company is a first-person shooter video game developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Part of the Battlefield series, it was released in North America on 23 June 2008, followed by a European release on 26 June. The player controls protagonist Private Preston Marlowe and his exploits to steal gold from mercenaries along with his squad, in the midst of a war between the United States and Russia.

Configuration

Options that deviate from RPCS3's default settings and provide the best experience with this title are listed below.

CPU configuration

Setting	Option	Notes
SPU xfloat accuracy	Relaxed	Improves Performance, no known issues with this game
SPU block size	Mega	Improves Performance

GPU configuration

Setting	Option	Notes
Write color buffers	On	Required to fix dark graphics.

Recommended patches

Game patches are available through the RPCS3 Patch Manager. To enable them, right-click a game in RPCS3 then select "Manage Game Patches". Game Patches are created by RPCS3's community, and can alter how a game runs. More information can be found here.

Recommendation	Patch name	Notes
Recommended patch	60 FPS	Requires the game to be updated to 1.20. It may introduce some minor flickering issues.

Known Issues

There are no reported issues with this title.

Special Notes

Battlefield: Bad Company uses a default infantry field of view of 36.85000229. Aim down sights uses 16.75. Cheat Engine may be used to alter this field for infantry, aim down sights and vehicles. Alternatively, a patched set of level files is available at ModDB.

To skip the intro movies you can overwrite them with stub movie files by extracting this file to your BadCompany folder (make sure you backup PS3_GAME\USRDIR\Output\ps3\movies first if you don't have a backup yet).

Netplay testing

For the complete list of games tested with RPCN, please check the RPCN Compatibility List.

Game Version	RPCS3 Version	Connects?	Create/Join lobbies?	Match with others?	Online features working?	Requires custom servers?	Notes
1.2		No	No	No	No		Requires custom server.

Patches

Anchors:
  bfbc_demo_fps: &bfbc_demo_fps
    - [ be32, 0x00010b6c, 0x3c004270 ]
    - [ be32, 0x0004794c, 0x38800001 ]
    - [ be32, 0x00047340, 0x3ba00000 ] # remove vblank requirement

  bfbc_full_v120_fps: &bfbc_full_v120_fps
    - [ be32, 0x00010bd0, 0x3c004270 ]
    - [ be32, 0x0004864c, 0x38800001 ]
    - [ be32, 0x00048040, 0x3ba00000 ] # remove vblank requirement

  bfbc_demo_devmenu: &bfbc_demo_devmenu
    - [ be32, 0x01363828, 0x000000f1 ]

  bfbc_full_v120_devmenu: &bfbc_full_v120_devmenu
    - [ be32, 0x013a3840, 0x000000f1 ]

  bfbc_fps_notes: &bfbc_fps_notes
    "Patch works fine for Single-player mode, in Multi-player mode gamespeed is doubled."

PPU-7aa8dc113c7068f4372f239cb9b7cc2c92d9c057:
  "60 FPS":
    Games:
      "Battlefield: Bad Company Demo":
        NPUB90070: [ 01.00 ]
    Author: "illusion"
    Notes: *bfbc_fps_notes
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ load, *bfbc_demo_fps ]
  "Dev Menu":
    Games:
      "Battlefield: Bad Company Demo":
        NPUB90070: [ 01.00 ]
    Author: "Heico (BFBC2Toolkit), illusion"
    Notes:
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ load, *bfbc_demo_devmenu ]

PPU-52c55a2495130940baf49afb06a134175131b73b:
  "60 FPS":
    Games:
      "Battlefield: Bad Company Demo":
        NPEB90073: [ 01.00 ]
    Author: "illusion"
    Notes: *bfbc_fps_notes
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ load, *bfbc_demo_fps ]
  "Dev Menu":
    Games:
      "Battlefield: Bad Company Demo":
        NPEB90073: [ 01.00 ]
    Author: "Heico (BFBC2Toolkit), illusion"
    Notes:
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ load, *bfbc_demo_devmenu ]

PPU-4c3bd27c0a7af517b03322d1826735ae17088826:
  "60 FPS":
    Games:
      "Battlefield: Bad Company Demo":
        NPJB90112: [ 01.00 ]
    Author: "illusion, FlexBy"
    Notes: *bfbc_fps_notes
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be32, 0x00010b6c, 0x3c004270 ]
      - [ be32, 0x00047824, 0x38800001 ]
      - [ be32, 0x00047218, 0x3ba00000 ]
  "Dev Menu":
    Games:
      "Battlefield: Bad Company Demo":
        NPJB90112: [ 01.00 ]
    Author: "Heico (BFBC2Toolkit), illusion"
    Notes:
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ load, *bfbc_demo_devmenu ]

PPU-ad211ac5bcbddc69bf3ad9a897c7777bf65dd64e:
  "60 FPS":
    Games:
      "Battlefield: Bad Company":
        BLUS30118: [ 01.20 ]
    Author: "illusion"
    Notes: *bfbc_fps_notes
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ load, *bfbc_full_v120_fps ]
  "Dev Menu":
    Games:
      "Battlefield: Bad Company":
        BLUS30118: [ 01.20 ]
    Author: "Heico (BFBC2Toolkit), illusion"
    Notes:
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ load, *bfbc_full_v120_devmenu ]

PPU-6b45e01ffabee0118e0acdbc71995b8f1f5385d2:
  "60 FPS":
    Games:
      "Battlefield: Bad Company":
        BLES00259: [ 01.20 ]
    Author: "illusion"
    Notes: *bfbc_fps_notes
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ load, *bfbc_full_v120_fps ]
  "Dev Menu":
    Games:
      "Battlefield: Bad Company":
        BLES00259: [ 01.20 ]
    Author: "Heico (BFBC2Toolkit), illusion"
    Notes:
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ load, *bfbc_full_v120_devmenu ]

PPU-4ce97e5717c82e5d38f29375c8853adb2f7b3b80:
  "60 FPS":
    Games:
      "Battlefield: Bad Company":
        BLES00261: [ 01.20 ]
    Author: "illusion"
    Notes: *bfbc_fps_notes
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ load, *bfbc_full_v120_fps ]
  "Dev Menu":
    Games:
      "Battlefield: Bad Company":
        BLES00261: [ 01.20 ]
    Author: "Heico (BFBC2Toolkit), illusion"
    Notes:
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ load, *bfbc_full_v120_devmenu ]

PPU-ef7e4c1262cbd95d7267ed6d75e981003850f5d6:
  "60 FPS":
    Games:
      "Battlefield: Bad Company":
        BLJM60071: [ 01.20 ]
    Author: "illusion"
    Notes: *bfbc_fps_notes
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ be32, 0x00010bd0, 0x3c004270 ]
      - [ be32, 0x0004855c, 0x38800001 ]
      - [ be32, 0x00047f50, 0x3ba00000 ] # remove vblank requirement
  "Dev Menu":
    Games:
      "Battlefield: Bad Company":
        BLJM60071: [ 01.20 ]
    Author: "Heico (BFBC2Toolkit), illusion"
    Notes:
    Patch Version: 1.0
    Patch:
      - [ load, *bfbc_full_v120_devmenu ]

@@ Line 4: / Line 4: @@
 |publisher = Electronic Arts
 |series    = Battlefield
-|date      = {{vgregion|NA=June 23, 2008}}{{vgregion|EU=June 26, 2008}}
+|date      = {{vgregion|NA=June 23, 2008}}{{vgregion|EU=June 26, 2008}}{{vgregion|JP=August 28, 2008}}
 |release   = Console exclusive
 |genre     = First-person shooter
@@ Line 13: / Line 13: @@
 }}
-'''''Battlefield: Bad Company''''' is a 2008 shooter created by DICE. Battlefield: Bad Company was developed exclusively for console platforms and experimented with various features like destructible environments and large maps, both in single-player and multiplayer.
+'''''Battlefield: Bad Company''''' is a first-person shooter video game developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Part of the Battlefield series, it was released in North America on 23 June 2008, followed by a European release on 26 June. The player controls protagonist Private Preston Marlowe and his exploits to steal gold from mercenaries along with his squad, in the midst of a war between the United States and Russia.
 ==Configuration==
@@ Line 170: / Line 170: @@
 |highly recommended patch notes        =
 |recommended patch                     = 60 FPS<!-- Mention patch names -->
-|recommended patch notes               = Requires the game to be updated to 1.20
+|recommended patch notes               = Requires the game to be updated to 1.20. It may introduce some minor flickering issues.
 }}
@@ Line 178: / Line 178: @@
 ==Special Notes==
-Battlefield: Bad Company uses a default infantry field of view of 36.85000229. Aim down sights uses 16.75. Cheat Engine may be used to alter this field for infantry, aim down sights and vehicles.
+*Battlefield: Bad Company uses a default infantry field of view of 36.85000229. Aim down sights uses 16.75. Cheat Engine may be used to alter this field for infantry, aim down sights and vehicles. Alternatively, a patched set of level files is available at [https://www.nexusmods.com/battlefieldbadcompany/mods/3 ModDB].
-Alternatively, a patched set of level files is available at [https://www.nexusmods.com/battlefieldbadcompany/mods/3 ModDB].
+*To skip the intro movies you can overwrite them with stub movie files by extracting [http://video2.tapper-ware.net.dest.at/BattlefieldBadCompanyIntroDummies.zip this file] to your BadCompany folder (make sure you backup PS3_GAME\USRDIR\Output\ps3\movies first if you don't have a backup yet).
-The 60FPS patch introduces some minor flickering issues.
-To skip the intro movies you can overwrite them with stub movie files by extracting [http://video2.tapper-ware.net.dest.at/BattlefieldBadCompanyIntroDummies.zip this file] to your BadCompany folder (make sure you backup PS3_GAME\USRDIR\Output\ps3\movies first if you don't have a backup yet).
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