Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Use the latest update, 1.05.
How to play
One setup for every game. Find your column and follow it down.
PS3
On the console: set one DNS.
Primary DNS
165.227.128.12
Secondary 1.1.1.1 or 8.8.8.8
- 1
Open the connection settings
SettingsthenNetwork SettingsthenInternet Connection Settings
Say Yes to going offline, then choose Custom.
- 2
Choose how you connect
Wired: Auto-Detect. Wireless: Scan, pick your network, enter its password. Then:
- IP Address Setting
- Automatic
- DHCP Host Name
- Do Not Set
- 3
Enter our DNS
- DNS Setting
- Manual
- Primary DNS
- 165.227.128.12
- Secondary DNS
- 1.1.1.1
- 4
Leave the rest
- MTU
- Automatic
- Proxy Server
- Do Not Use
- UPnP
- Enable
Press X to save, then Test Connection.
- 5
Play
Start your game and sign in with your PSN account. No EA account needed.
Already using the Battlefield Reborn: PS3 DNS (151.241.100.80, 37.16.74.123)? It works for Bad Company 2 only; ours works for every game.
RPCS3
On your PC: paste one line.
IP/Hosts switches
bfbc2-ps3.fesl.ea.com=165.227.128.12&&easo.ea.com=165.227.128.12&&bfbc2-ps3.gos.ea.com=165.227.128.12&&bfbc-ps3.fesl.ea.com=104.248.134.96
- 1
Open the network settings
ConfigurationthenNetwork
- 2
Fill in the Network tab
Settings - Network Status
- Connected
- PSN Status
- RPCN
- IP/Hosts switches
- bfbc2-ps3.fesl.ea.com=165.227.128.12&&easo.ea.com=165.227.128.12&&bfbc2-ps3.gos.ea.com=165.227.128.12&&bfbc-ps3.fesl.ea.com=104.248.134.96
Paste the line as it is and leave DNS alone. No RPCN account yet? Make one under Configuration, RPCN. A game with a custom config needs the same in its own Network tab.
- 3
Play
Boot your game and pick Multiplayer. You sign in with your RPCN account; no EA account needed.
Then pick your game
The setup above covers all three. Keep your games on their latest update.
See who's playing
Bad Company 2: Vietnam
Vietnam’s maps are already in update 1.05; the add-on is the licence that unlocks them. It’s paid, so use your own copy: we don’t share add-on files or licences.
- EU disc BLES00773, or Limited Edition BLES00779
- EP0006-BLES00773_00-BFBC2VIETNAM0000
- US disc BLUS30458, or Limited Edition BLUS30517
- UP0006-BLUS30458_00-BFBC2VIETNAM0000
How to install it
Bought on PSN PS3
PlayStation NetworkthenAccount ManagementthenTransaction ManagementthenDownload List
Sign in with the account that bought Vietnam and download Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam.
HEN or CFW PS3
Package ManagerthenInstall Package FilesthenStandard
Install your own .pkg from the root of a USB stick. Then copy your .rap to an exdata folder, at the root of the stick (/dev_usb000/exdata/) or on the console (/dev_hdd0/exdata/), and activate it with your licence tool, such as reActPSN or webMAN MOD.
Install your add-on RPCS3
FilethenInstall Packages/Raps/Edats
Pick your .pkg and .rap together. An RPCS3 copy with its own dev_hdd0 needs its own install.
Then switch to Vietnam in the multiplayer menu. Not there? The add-on has to match your disc’s region, and the game has to be on 1.05.
Battlefield: Bad Company
We test with the European disc (BLES00261) on update 1.20. Another disc? Try it, and tell us on Discord how it went.
PS3: offered update 1.20? Take it. Not offered? Press Triangle on the game and pick Check for Update.
RPCS3: install the 1.20 update first, with File, Install Packages/Raps/Edats.