He found a clean, archived copy of the game files on an old external drive from his college days. He plugged it in. The USB 2.0 port groaned. He didn't click "Setup.exe." Instead, he navigated deep into the core folders until he saw it: BFBC2Game.exe . He double-clicked.
| Component | Required | Portable workaround | |-----------|----------|----------------------| | DirectX 9.0c (June 2010) | Yes | Extract DLLs to game folder (partial) | | VC++ 2008/2010 Redist | Yes | Copy msvcp90.dll , msvcr90.dll to folder | | PhysX System Software | Yes (for certain maps) | Copy PhysXCore.dll , cudart32.dll | | .NET Framework (for server browser) | For multiplayer only | Not needed for single-player | battlefield bad company 2 direct play no install install
