first of all let me say hi as im a noob here, im John

can i be so bold as to make a suggestion

ive been playing bf2 since day one, im in a group of 7 players and we batter it several times a week even now.
We follow the mod scene with great interest, EA arnt exactly forthcoming with news OR developments are they, and our current flavour of mod is AIX, which im sure a lot of you have played.

Your mod is very good here, tho you are short on numbers of players, the ONLY problem i have is the fact that the 1.3 version HAS to be installed by using a 1.2 then patching it to 1.3

i tried numerous times to get 1.2-1.3 to work and it wouldnt.
After trawling the forums for a while i managed to find info that installing the 1.2 THEN the 1.25 THEN the 1.25 - 1.3 would work
Ive seen a lot of pple posting with various "it wont work" posts relevent to 1.3

Now im quite a keen gamer, im 40 only a live in girlfriend and no kids, yet,,so i took the time to get it working to try it.
The vast majority of players wont

They will download 1.2 and then the 1.3 patch, see it wont work,download it again then give up trying.
This will limit the number of "new" players youll see join you and hence its holding the mod community back.

Get a 1.3 cleint full install out that works as a matter of urgency guys, cos itlll boost your number of PLAYING people by far.
The client HAS to be good and install and play to get them. IT wont matter to most if its any good if it wont play will it.

I thought id mention it cos as a new player this is my first impression.

now im going to set the controls up =0)
cya in game