UPDATE:
so in order to reconfig the server to reflect the new options we had to do a full wipe and reinstall of the server.........in doing this i believe we are the FIRST server that is getting this new "patch"...........and you know what that means.....ERROR ERROR ERROR
when you join the server you will get this message "this server only allows players with unmodified content........etc"
now when you get this message don't freak out and go googling the fix...i have already tried them all...i have ran the mapload delay program...i have cleared the bf2 cache...i have tried to connect with multiple different systems in the house and with different IP's....i have reinstalled BF2 on one system...if you can think of the fix i have tried doing it.....despite what google searches saying....blah blah...the map from system is loading faster than the server can load it is FALSE.....
i have never in my life seen this error message and i have no problem joining any other server in the master list....the is strictly a SERVER SIDE issue...so this is their reply
"Hello,
We are attempting to contact the revive team in regards to this issue. We will reply here when we receive a reply.
Regards,
****** **********
http://www.gameservers.com"
i have also contacted admins over at Battlelog.co...mainly the two people that worked on the patch to get some insight on this....
lets see who gets and answer first from who....