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    Battlefield Bad Company 2 Ping / Server Browser?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by HTWingNut, Apr 2, 2010.

  1. HTWingNut

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    Anyone else having issues with getting pings to show in the Bad Company 2 server browser?

    I noticed on my laptop I get pings, on my desktop I don't. Not sure what the issue could be?
     
    HTWingNut, Apr 2, 2010
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    Are you running the program as an administrator?
     
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    I've tried it as an admin yes, and no go.
     
    HTWingNut, Apr 2, 2010
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    On my desktop I only get about half the servers' pings to show up.
     
    Ovreagr, Apr 2, 2010
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    if your running on steam as well then you need to set steam and battlefeild as run as admin
     
    Nujables, Apr 2, 2010
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    ^^This happened to me, I had to make sure both were running as admin before I could get the PINGS to show up.
     
    rschauby, Apr 2, 2010
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    Its just how the server browser is made - crappy
     
    Kocane, Apr 2, 2010
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    Ping works for low ping servers but high ping servers I think it just is blank because its too high to worry about.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Apr 2, 2010
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    I mean on my desktop they are ALL dashes. On my notebook I get pings for most all. I never set admin permissions on my laptop. Wonder why it would work on one and not the other. Will try admin on Steam AND BC2 tonight when I get a chance and see if it works.
     
    HTWingNut, Apr 2, 2010
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    Hmmm, well seemed to work, but I had to select the "Change settings for all users" and then choose administrator but it seemed to work. Thanks guys! Before I just went in and said "run as admin".
     
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    Ahh well makes sense I have UAC off so I am always in admin mode.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Apr 2, 2010
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    I cant see what Administrator mode would help, AT ALL.
     
    Kocane, Apr 2, 2010
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    I don't either but it does the trick. Only thing I can think of is if it has to write a file to a "secured" directory (like C:\Windows).
     
    HTWingNut, Apr 2, 2010
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