Adding a specific server to favourites, BC2 Options

[MonkeyFiend]

I've posted this elsewhere (on the EA forums) but thought I'd repeat it here.

Although you can add servers you've vistited recently to favourites, finding the server intially can be a problem (sorting through 1000's of other servers)

am hoping they'll arrange a connect by IP like in BF2...

In the meantime, a workaround is to add it to favourites - open "my documents" go to "BFBC2" folder and open (in notepad) the file "gamesettings.ini" (you might want to make a backup)

Near the bottom is a section called "FavoriteGames" - it might be set to FavoriteGames=Empty if you haven't played online

You can add a server by name here, for example:

FavoriteGames=Multiplay.co.uk : SneakyMonkeys.com;

You can add multiple servers here separated by ;




mine, for example, looks like:

CODE

[GstAudio]
DialogueVolume=0.700000
CarRadio=1
VoipEnable=1
OriginalVOForEnemyTeam=1
MusicVolume=0.700000
VoipPushkey=1
SoundSystemSize=1
VOLanguage=0
Volume=0.510000
VoipRecieveVolume=0.500000
[GstRender]
Brightness=0.500000
Contrast=0.500000
[GstInput]
Scheme0FlipY=0
Scheme3InputType=0
Sensitivity0=0.440000
Sensitivity1=0.240000
Sensitivity2=0.210000
Sensitivity3=0.770000
Scheme2InputType=0
Sensitivity4=0.270000
Scheme4InputType=0
Sensitivity5=0.270000
Scheme0Sensitivity=0.350000
Scheme1InputType=0
InputAcceleration=0
Scheme3FlipY=0
Scheme2FlipY=0
Scheme0InputType=0
Scheme4FlipY=0
Vibration=2
[GstGameplay]
CurrentSoldierWeaponIndex=-1
CurrentSoldierWeaponList=
ToolTips=1
Subtitles=1
HintSystem=0
PunkBuster=1
Telemetry=1
[GstPlayerProfile]
IntroPlayed=1
MPPlayed=1
[GstPersistence]
RecentGames=Multiplay.co.uk : SneakyMonkeys.com;
AccountSaved=0
FavoriteGamesConnectDate=148731206400;
AccountSavedPassword=
FavoriteGames=Multiplay.co.uk : SneakyMonkeys.com;
ClanTag==SM=
AccountSavedName=
FavoriteGamesConnectCount=0;

[MonkeyFiend]

hmm looks like they've hashed something in there, whcih is different from the copy I've been playing on :S