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How to play online (Post EA servers shutdown) *FIX*

By ComradeDiamond

EA has shutdown Bad company's servers, And there is a fix for it!

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Category: Co-op, Game Modes, Modding or Configuration, Multiplayer

Languages: English

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22 Oct, 2021 @ 5:51am

2 Dec, 2023 @ 2:26am

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Guide Index

Overview

Brief explanation...

Registration and download.

In-game.

Troubleshooting.

More guides that might interest you.

Comments

Brief explanation...

The fix is relying on a 3rd part masterserver provided by a project called "Project rome" by "Venice unleashed"

Good support, No connection problems, And better at managing hackers.
And for you guys who pirate the game it should also work no problem.

Registration and download.

First register to Venice unleashed:

https://veniceunleashed.net/signup

After that you make sure to download the fix:

https://veniceunleashed.net/project-rome

Please make sure that you have Winrar or 7zip for that!
After that extract the file that's located inside and just drag the file "dinput8.dll" into game directory that is located in:

steamapps\common\Battlefield Bad Company 2

In-game.

1. Login using your Venice unleashed account.

2. Create your persona.

3. Enjoy.

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Troubleshooting.

Q: Do I need a Cd-key?

A: No you don't.

Q: Why there's no servers appearing??

A: You must click "search" after logging in into your account, Servers should appear right away after that, The screenshot above shows it.

Q: "failed to connect to EA servers"

A: Make sure you placed the dinput8.dll correctly, Make sure firewall does not block your game, Make sure anti-virus does not block the game, You can try disabling your anti-virus\firewall and retry connecting to the servers.

Q: "Unable to login, please try again."

A: Make sure you typed your account details correctly, That you verified your account at "Venice unleashed", Please try logging in first in here: https://veniceunleashed.net/login

If you have further questions, Feel free to ask below.

More guides that might interest you.

Wish to enjoy the classic BF2 again?? You might want to try this out.

https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2670397430

105 Comments

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Boogle 25 Apr @ 9:20pm

Where can i get a copy of the game

DJ Doomer 14 Apr @ 5:14pm

Honestly, I didn't mind the complete reset, kinda freshened the game for me.

ComradeDiamond [author] 7 Apr @ 4:41am

There is a way to restore progress:
https://veniceunleashed.net/rome-transfer

Khaos 5 Apr @ 9:10pm

So we are back to square one? All progress lost? No way to restore previous progress?

DJ Doomer 31 Mar @ 9:46am

@v1ss0nd

For Linux users, you'd have to add this to the launch options due to default options are ignoring the dinput8.dll

WINEDLLOVERRIDES="dinput8.dll=n,b" %command%

Worked like a charm for myself along with a few others.

⚫⚪⚫⚪ 29 Dec, 2023 @ 6:05pm

Thanks. Gonna hook up my game soon enough. I am excited haven't played this since 2010 never played Vietnam DLC either

ComradeDiamond [author] 29 Dec, 2023 @ 5:49am

Yes

⚫⚪⚫⚪ 28 Dec, 2023 @ 8:18am

Any Vietnam servers running?

ComradeDiamond [author] 13 Dec, 2023 @ 12:21am

I think you shouldn't have any problem with blems logging in anymore with project Rome

DOLPH1N 12 Dec, 2023 @ 4:45pm

Does that mean that his option is gone? I couldn't make it work. If so, all old stats are gone '(
https://steamproxy.net/app/24960/discussions/0/828935672481356392/?l=eng

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