cablecopulate
Member
+449|6955|Massachusetts.
I have no idea why this hasn't been done before, but I'm making this to answer all the AF/EF questions that need an FAQ to hopefully stop some people from asking over and over again. If a mod could sticky this that would be fantastic. Also, if they could unsticky the locked "AF is out now" thread that would be cool. Why is that stickied anyway?

I bought the boosters but can't play. What do I have to do?
You need to register the game. Here's how, assuming the ea site is working. You will need an ea.com account. Having a bf2 account is NOT the same as having an ea.com account. Create an account if you don't have one, then do the following:

-www.eagamereg.com
--Follow the steps
Can I play the boosters with another name?
Yes! But you are only allowed three name changes per week. (confirmed via the ea website)


While you are able to change the user name you play on the boosters with, they have changed how to do it and I have not yet found out how to do it. If you figure it out, post here and I will edit this post.
Here's what to do:

http://www.ea.com/ealink/
-You will either need to click "get into the nation" to log in (top right)
or
-Click your user name (top right)
---My account (if you are already logged in. My password is different for ealink than ea.com, yours might be, too.)
----Downloads info
-----Then put in the bf2 soldier name you want associated with the booster.
Click ok.
You are done.


Minutes later:

This should do it:

-https://profile.ea.com/myinfoprofile.do (This should take you to the page that has your ea personas on it. For some reason I have four, yours may vary.)
--Click "edit BF2 soldier name"
---Type in the new name you want associated with the boosters. Click OK.

Note that you will only be able to play with one account linked to the booster at a time. If you want to change names, you have to do this process all over again.
How do I get the North American Ribbon?
This award is not 25 hours as US forces in a combination of Vanilla/SF/AF, it is 25 hours in a North American battle ground. That is: just the AF Maps. So you must collect 25 hours of playtime in Armored Fury, and have 1 second in each of the three maps. If you still don't have the award, the stats system is either slow or EA is being stupid. Wait for it to show up. If it never does show up, just sit back and realize it's pixels on your computer screen that takes no skill to get, so who cares?
Where is the muscle car?
The Muscle car is located at each main spawn point on Operation Road Rage (16 player size only)
https://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a242/cablecopulate/bf2s/rr1.jpg
https://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a242/cablecopulate/bf2s/rr2.jpg

On Midnight Sun it is located at the gas station directly south of the construction office flag on all sizes of the map.
https://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a242/cablecopulate/bf2s/ms1.jpg

I play Armored Fury almost exclusively and not a day goes by that I don't see someone asking where the car is.

Make sure you check out Midnight Sun - The Movie, which features the muscle car in one of the shorts.
I purchased the boosters over ealink, but now I can't figure out how to reinstall them, what do I do?
Download this and it should get you back in service.

Last edited by cablecopulate (2008-02-14 09:42:41)

Flaming_Maniac
prince of insufficient light
+2,490|6924|67.222.138.85
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GunnerTim
Member
+1|6343|Wisconsin
So basically if you have two accounts and want to play both using the expansion it isn't going to work very well since you need to log into ea and change it?  And you're limited to 3 times a week?
Cobra4545
Jizz in my pants
+54|6696|Vancouver, USA
Hey nice job man.  That answered some questions I had about af and ef.  I think im going to go play them right now... +1 for the effort of making that guide.
cablecopulate
Member
+449|6955|Massachusetts.

GunnerTim wrote:

So basically if you have two accounts and want to play both using the expansion it isn't going to work very well since you need to log into ea and change it?  And you're limited to 3 times a week?
Well, it'll work fine, you just have to change the name associated with the boosters.

Here's what to do:

http://www.ea.com/ealink/
From here you will either need to click "get into the nation" to log in
OR
Click your user name > My account (if you are already logged in. My password is different for ealink than ea.com, yours might be too.)
Downloads info
Then put in the bf2 soldier name you want associated with the booster.
Click ok.
You are done.

Note that you will only be able to play with one account linked to the booster at a time. If you want to change names, you have to do this process all over again.

I will update the main post with this info now that the ea.com site is letting me log in finally.
1s1k_hellspawn
Member
+5|6418|in the woods of maine
it took me 3 day's to get it rite lol
unnamednewbie13
Moderator
+2,053|6989|PNW

The EA Link has been altered since this thread, and currently puts you into a logon/code enter loop if you're trying to activate the booster pack collection.

I bought these for $10. You couldn't pay me $100 to sit and mess around with EA's /fail "System Error. Please try again later." message that keeps punting you back to logon.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2007-12-23 23:11:34)

unnamednewbie13
Moderator
+2,053|6989|PNW

In small print on the back of the manual is a link to this site:

www.eagamereg.com

It works.
cablecopulate
Member
+449|6955|Massachusetts.
Updated: registering the game, changing your associated name, and re-downloading after an uninstall.

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