How many times do you guy's hit join game imediatly after loading? In my opinion if you do this, it could be the problem. For me, if I hit join game right away after loading it crashes, but if I give it 20 seconds or so, it usually lets me right in. Just an idea on how to prevent the crashes, I haven't tested it fully though.
Yep, I do the same thing. I haven't had a crash in a long time since I started waiting for a bit.
yeah i have had similar experiances
Last night I started getting my first crashes when I was going into a server with Battle Recorder and I had FRAPS open. After 3 or 4 CTD I closed FRAPS and went back in the server with no problems.
chaos Assasin, correct! It works indeed, I found a little trick to be sure, if you press the auto-ready button and it gives a click-sound, you can join, if it doesn't wait till the sound appears and you are good to go.
Ofcourse your method also works!
Ofcourse your method also works!
i just leave it on auto-ready and the game opens after a number of seconds, no clicking needed
....or you can hit escape instead of clicking 'join game'.
I just had this same problem with fraps and I had 3 CTD's in a row for the first time upon joining a game.bubbass wrote:
Last night I started getting my first crashes when I was going into a server with Battle Recorder and I had FRAPS open. After 3 or 4 CTD I closed FRAPS and went back in the server with no problems.
Getting ready to go try the same server with Fraps off.
P.S. I dont use fraps during gameplay unless I'm running FPS benchmarks, but I was playing around in Battle Recorder a little and never thought to shut it down before I went to play.
Edit--> Can anybody tell me the command to tell you what your FPS is in the console?
Last edited by JG1567JG (2006-06-30 16:56:33)
Problem - Lag or Constant Disconnects from the Sever[Chaos]Assassin wrote:
How many times do you guy's hit join game imediatly after loading? In my opinion if you do this, it could be the problem. For me, if I hit join game right away after loading it crashes, but if I give it 20 seconds or so, it usually lets me right in. Just an idea on how to prevent the crashes, I haven't tested it fully though.
Cause - System Dependant
Fix - Since this is system dependant or could be cause by several issues, i will list possible fixes.
1. If running a Dual Core processor, load up Battlefield 2, press alt-tab to go to your desktop. Open up task Manger by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL Once! Then right click on BF2.exe and set its Affinity to 0, Basically this tells it to use only processor 0, not 0 and 1.
2. Go to your BF2 Audio options, and disable VOIP. This can help in some cases.
3. Run Adware/Spyware Scans on your PC to remove unwanted software running in the background. Recommended tools for this are;
Adaware
Spyboy : Search & Destroy
Windows Defender
Spyware Blaster
4. Check your firewalls are not the cause of the problem. Try disabling them such as Windows Firewall, Zone-alarm, and ones inbuilt into Anti-Virus programs. You could also try disabling your Anti-Virus as well to see if it increases performance. This should only be done as a test to see if it helps and that if the Firewall/Anti-Virus is the cause of the problem, once you have tried it remember to turn your firewall/anti-virus back on.
5. If on a Wireless router try plugging it directly into the internet, to see if your lag is been cause by a bad router or interference.
6. In BF2 Audio Options, try running software mode instead of hardware mode.
7. if on a wireless connection this may make it better/worse, or do no change.
Once a connection is established go to run and type "services.msc". Scroll down until you see "Wireless Zero Configuration" and click stop.
8. Try updating PunkBuster, Use the program, pbsetup, found at this websitehttp://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=pbsetup.php to update Punkbuster
9. Change your BF2.exe file and rename it to BF.exe, or basically something different than BF2.exe (Update shortcuts if necessary) On some systems this can provide a performance increase as the graphic card will treat it as a normal game and not run any special optimizations which can actually reduce performance
10. Reduce number of PunkBuster checks
To do this you need to:
1. OK, the first step is very simple, join any BF2 online server which is running Punkbuster, preferably a ranked one.
2. Once you are in, and re-spawned somewhere, press the ` key. This key is located on most keyboards above the tab key and to the left of the 1 key
3. Once you have pressed this, a large white box should drop down with a load of text in it. Type pb_sleep500 and hit the enter key
4. Once you have done this, make sure the box is still up and type pb_writecfg to save your settings
11. [Advanced Users Only] - (Important, Before changing msconfig startup or services, read Warlord's Warnings just below the contents page at the top of this FAQ) Type in msconfig in the run box, and disable unnecessary start up items to try and free up more ram/CPU, this can be more effective than using task manger to close them after start up. In addition check your services in Control Panel|Administrative Tools|Services and use this guide http://majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=12 to determine what is/not needed. Do note that editing services is about as bad as editing the registry so use extreme cation!!!
Also you can disable the Windows XP visuals to reduce ram/CPU usage, although Windows will look more like Windows 98 you may want to try it.
Right click on My Computer|Properties|Advanced|Performance|Settings for Best performance. This disables all the neat Windows XP looks and makes the PC that little bit faster.
11. You could try upgrading your internet to a faster speed, or connect to servers closer to your location
Problem - Crash to Desktop on starting Battlefield 2
Cause - Several Possible Causes
Fix - There is no fix known to work for everyone, merely a list of possible things to try to resolve the issue;
1. Rename the Movies folder in your Battlefield 2\mods\bf2 folder to Movies2, to skip the start up Movies which can be the cause of the Problem.
2. Move your Battlefield 2 folder in My documents and put it on your desktop. When loading BF2 Again it should force it to create a new one using default settings.
3. Check you have no software forcing a set refresh rate, if you do disable it.
4. If on a AGP card, try running at 4x speed instead of 8x speed. I believe ATI users can change this in there ATI control panel, or use the ATI panel in display settings. You can access display settings by right clicking on your desktop, then clicking properties.
For Nvidia users it may be necessary to set it in the bios.
By doing this the loss of FPS is very small, but you can significantly improve the systems stability
5. Check on your graphic card control panel that everything is set to application controlled to see if it helps.
6. Re-Install the latest version of Directx from the Microsoft Website http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.mspx
7. Use Driver Cleaner to erase your old Graphic Card drivers, then update to a more recent or stable version of graphic card drivers for your graphic card.
Problem - Crash to Desktop on Joining a online Server.
Cause - No CDKEY in Registry / Uninstalling BF1942 on a system that has BF2 on it.
Fix - If you have the Uninstalling BF1942 issue, skip this bit and read the part below.
Use battlefield2_code.exe to re-enter your CDKEY, this can be located in the support folder of where you installed battlefield 2 on your Hard-Drive.
After re-entering your CDKEY you must then reapply the latest patch in order for it to be encrypted into the registry.
This Program can also be used. ftp://ftp.ea-europe.com/UK_Support/EAGA … yCheck.exe
If you have the Uninstalling BF1942 issue, read on from here.
You must remove BF2 manually and reinstall it. Here's how: (modified slightly from EA's instructions to preserve settings/config):
Save your settings/configs:
* Open My Documents, rename "Battlefield 2" folder to "Battlefield 2 previous"
Delete the game files:
* Find your installation of Battlefield 2 (default: c:\Program Files\EA Games\Battlefield 2) and delete it.
Remove registry entries:
1. Click on the Start button.
2. Click on Run.
3. Type regedit in the text field.
4. Click File and then choose Export.
5. Name the file Backup and make sure the Export Range is set to All.
6. Click Save; you will now be returned to the Registry Editor window.
7. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
8. Click the plus sign next to Software.
9. Click the plus sign next to DICE.
10. Right-click on the Battlefield 2 folder and choose Delete.
11. Click the plus sign next to Electronic Arts.
12. Right-click and choose Delete on any Battlefield 2 folders.
13. Click the plus sign next to Microsoft.
14. Click the plus sign next to Windows.
15. Click the plus sign next to CurrentVersion.
16. Click the plus sign next to Uninstall.
17. Right-click on the key named {04858915-9F49-4B2A-AED4-DC49A7DE6A7B} and choose Delete.
18. A Confirm Key Delete window will appear, choose Yes.
19. Close the WindowsRegistry Editor.
Battlefield 2 is now completely removed from your system.
Re-installation:
1. Reinstall Battlefield 2
2. Apply latest patch
3. Open My Documents, Rename "Battlefield 2" folder to "Battlefield 2 old" (this is the freshly installed settings directory which you may want to keep just in case).
4. Rename "Battlefield 2 previous" (your settings before BF2 stopped working) to "Battlefield 2"
Peace Boris