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#1 26 Oct 2006 8:58 am
removing / stopping ads from the game
While personally I have no problems with having ads in the game, I did find this interesting.
copied and pasted from snotapius' blog http://www.derijk.org/blog/index.php?/a … tions.html
After some browsing and searching I came across a forum where they discuss the ads mechanism in Battlefield 2142. I have to warn you that the thread is pretty long (17 pages atm). In the thread a few people found a way to modify the cache files in such a way that you can display your own personal made ads. This is ofcourse for your own risk because EA can ban your account if they find out that you are blocking their extra income that way.
People have found out that there are quite a few ads in the various levels of Battlefield 2142. This is the count I found on the above mentioned forum:
Belgrade - 26
Camp Gibraltar - 12
Cerbere Landing - 14
Fall of Berlin - 30
Minsk - 17
Shuhia Taiba - 6
Sidi Power Plant - 6
Suez Canal - 13
Tunis Harbor - 6
Verdun - 26
In this document I will try to explain on what you should do to block the ads and insert your own ads/pictures. This is ofcourse at your own risk. All that is described here is already on the internet and has been found out by other people. I just made a short post about it.
In case you dont want to use python you can also use a .NET application that has been written solely for this purpose. You can download the application here: http://micolous.id.au/projects/bf2142/. The application is currently in Alpha stages but by the reports I heard so far it works and the developer of the tool is actively working on it.
I dont know if modifications like this will get you banned but at least they will work if you do a langame (with a cracked version of the game). If you want more information on the exact contents of the database I suggest you visit the above forum and read the entire thread about it.
Update:
To make a policy to block IGA traffic install the Support Tools from the Windows XP CD and run this command:
ipseccmd -w REG -p "IGA-B-Gone" -r "Block Outbound connections to IGA server network 72.3.184.144/28" -f 0=72.3.184.144/255.255.255.240::TCP -n BLOCK -x
ipseccmd -w REG -p "IGA-B-Gone" -r "Block Outbound connections to IGA server network 72.32.5.0/28" -f 0=72.32.5.0/255.255.255.240::TCP -n BLOCK -x
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