Q: This thing CRASHES all the time!

A: I expected the EA 1.03 patch to be released by now as BF2 coop is hopelessly unstable at the best of times, and be warned, this latest work pushes the 1.02 stability boundaries really hard. So sadly we'll have to live with constant game crashes until (hopefully) 1.03 fixes a whole bunch of problems. I'm releasing this early so at least some fun can be had while waiting for 1.03. I surely hope 1.03 will actually be a decent fix, so don't forget to run INSTALL.BAT again after the 1.03 patch has been released and applied.

A: The bots are in single player, play the single player games. This is not a fix for multiplayer but rather a tweak for single player that also allows for coop lan play as well.

Q: Dedicated server didn't install properly. files are missing.

A: To keep the package this small you need for the mod to be installed into a full BF2 directory structure. During install coop copies a range of files from the \MODS\BF2\ directory rather than having the user download them. BF2 comes with dedicated server as part of the package and I was thinking of that rather then the free server-only edition.

Q: I want to use the free internet version of dedicated server. As I can't "install" the game to utilise "it's" dedicated server. How can I get that to work?

A: Be warned! This works... but you are NOT going to like it.

    1) Install free dedicated coop server

    2) copy across your network (burn to cd or whatever) the ENTIRE BF2 directory structure (including coop mod) over the top of the dedicated server from a pc with the game & mod installed.

    3) tada...  (well... it works) 

    4) Remember to delete the two md5 files in the server's coop_3.0 directory

Q: Will this effect PunkBuster?

A: No. This is a stand-a-lone mod and will be seen as such.

Q: Will any of by BF2 files be changed?

A: No: The mod lives in it's own directory

Q: What about queuing maps up for dedicated server.

A: There are tools out there I'm sure. I kept this real simple as to get everyone started.

Q: Can I attach the realism mod to this mod?

A: Sure can, check with realism mod site's and resources.

Q: I cant see my friends when they are hosting and .. when I click "connect to IP" nothing pops out for me to try to insert their IP.. must i go make an online account?

A: Yes.  or.....you can do the following

    1 ) Both peeps start game using BF2_start.bat

    2) Get the host to start a local multiplayer LAN game (not single player). Map doesn't matter at this point.

    3) Get the other computer to go to join local lan game screen but NOT JOIN the server. At this point the host should be visible on the client machine

    4) have the server quit and start a single player map of choice.

    5) Once server player has spawned, have client then click join and viola, LAN with bots and no internet connection

Q: The thing is unstable on my machine. what to do?

A: Try editing the mod's  \AI\DefaultAI.ai   file to reduce bots from 32 to 28 or 26 or even 24.

 aiSettings.setMaxNBots 32

 Sadly lots of bots are not that stable at the best of times.. *me shakes fist at EA.

Q: I have a leet gaming rig, can I try for 64 bots?

A: go for broke and I hope it works for you  Use above trick by replacing 30 with 64   :D

Q: Why did you write this

A:  Because EA and DICE are still a lousy bunch of cheap miserable bastards.