Crazy Strange Error, something to do with Shaders...

2006-05-05 19:01:10

#1

SysTray: "Generous mods" < Thats right Systray !; +180|7041|Delaware

"mods/bf2/shaders/staticmesh.fx not found!!! _DO_ check your working directory, _AND_ sync your shaders folder before calling upon your local rendering programmer/GP. (really!)"

Says exactly that every time I try to run BF2. I can't reinstall because of another issue. Even though I bought the one-disc DVD version of the game, it asks for disc 2 on installation. Someone help!

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2006-05-05 19:08:12

#2

TheRealRyanRay: Member; +22|6793|Gainesville, FL

sounds like you need to reinstall, the file is bad. you can try to find it or replace it ?

2006-05-05 19:09:29

#3

SysTray: "Generous mods" < Thats right Systray !; +180|7041|Delaware

TheRealRyanRay wrote:
sounds like you need to reinstall, the file is bad. you can try to find it or replace it ?

Already explained that I can't reinstall without buying the CD version of the game. If haven't bothered trying to find the file because that directory doesn't even exist on my computer.

2006-05-05 19:16:43

#4

TheRealRyanRay: Member; +22|6793|Gainesville, FL

you cant remove it (bf2) and start over again, i have the DVD and i can do it.

EDIT: i opened that folder and there is nothing in mine? or i would sent it to you

Last edited by TheRealRyanRay (2006-05-05 19:29:54)

2006-05-06 05:33:06

#5

SysTray: "Generous mods" < Thats right Systray !; +180|7041|Delaware

TheRealRyanRay wrote:
you cant remove it (bf2) and start over again, i have the DVD and i can do it.

EDIT: i opened that folder and there is nothing in mine? or i would sent it to you

Yeah I can't reinstall. DVD version only has one disc but it asks for 2.

2006-05-06 05:43:31

#6

NM156: The H4xor Mod; +161|7067|North Texas

Give this a try:

Go into the \My Documents\Battlefield 2\mods\bf2\cache\ folder and delete all the sub folders. You'll see a bunch of folders with the name "{D7B71EE2-1609-11CF-056A-1823A1C2CB35}_blah_yeah" Shit-can those and see what happens. This won't hurt anything, but you'll have to wait for the game to render all the shaders when the maps load.

2006-05-06 05:45:49

#7

SysTray: "Generous mods" < Thats right Systray !; +180|7041|Delaware

I don't have a mods folder in MyDocs/BF2, and when I get to it another way, I don't have a cache folder in mods/bf2.

2006-05-06 05:50:44

#8

NM156: The H4xor Mod; +161|7067|North Texas

Check to make sure you have these folders: (if not, create them yourself)

\My Documents\Battlefield 2\cache
\My Documents\Battlefield 2\mods\bf2\cache

Also, did you by any chance install the map editor? If you did, uninstall it, and reinstall with this version

2006-05-06 05:53:17

#9

SysTray: "Generous mods" < Thats right Systray !; +180|7041|Delaware

Once I've created them myself (all empty, new folders), now what?
Never installed the map editor.

2006-05-06 05:58:39

#10

NM156: The H4xor Mod; +161|7067|North Texas

Are there multiple computer profiles on your computer? (not BF2 accounts)

2006-05-06 06:02:53

#11

SysTray: "Generous mods" < Thats right Systray !; +180|7041|Delaware

NM156 wrote:
Are there multiple computer profiles on your computer? (not BF2 accounts)

Yes.

2006-05-06 06:03:48

#12

NM156: The H4xor Mod; +161|7067|North Texas

Did you install any custom maps by any chance? If so, move those to another folder, until you can get this worked out.

2006-05-06 06:06:14

#13

NM156: The H4xor Mod; +161|7067|North Texas

SysTray wrote:
NM156 wrote:
Are there multiple computer profiles on your computer? (not BF2 accounts)
Yes.

Have you looked in those profiles for BF2 content?

C:\Documents and Settings\PROFILE\My Documents\Battlefield 2\blah

2006-05-06 06:06:31

#14

SysTray: "Generous mods" < Thats right Systray !; +180|7041|Delaware

NM156 wrote:
Did you install any custom maps by any chance? If so, move those to another folder, until you can get this worked out.

I tried to at some point, that never worked out. I'll look for traces of them though.

2006-05-06 06:13:37

#15

NM156: The H4xor Mod; +161|7067|North Texas

Anything other than the following should be temporarily moved elsewhere:

Code:

Directory of C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\bf2\Levels
04/19/2006  10:38 AM    <DIR>          Dalian_plant
02/14/2006  12:43 AM    <DIR>          Daqing_oilfields
02/14/2006  12:43 AM    <DIR>          Dragon_Valley
02/14/2006  12:43 AM    <DIR>          FuShe_Pass
03/28/2006  06:36 PM    <DIR>          GreatWall
02/14/2006  12:43 AM    <DIR>          Gulf_of_Oman
02/14/2006  12:43 AM    <DIR>          kubra_dam
02/14/2006  12:43 AM    <DIR>          Mashtuur_City
03/28/2006  06:36 PM    <DIR>          OperationSmokeScreen
02/14/2006  12:43 AM    <DIR>          Operation_Clean_Sweep
02/14/2006  12:43 AM    <DIR>          Sharqi_Peninsula
02/14/2006  12:43 AM    <DIR>          Songhua_Stalemate
02/14/2006  12:43 AM    <DIR>          Strike_at_Karkand
04/14/2006  10:04 AM    <DIR>          Taraba_Quarry
02/14/2006  12:43 AM    <DIR>          Wake_Island_2007
02/14/2006  12:43 AM    <DIR>          Zatar_Wetlands

Directory of C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\xpack\Levels
02/14/2006  12:45 AM    <DIR>          Devils_Perch
02/14/2006  12:45 AM    <DIR>          Ghost_Town
02/14/2006  12:45 AM    <DIR>          Iron_Gator
02/14/2006  12:45 AM    <DIR>          Leviathan
02/14/2006  12:45 AM    <DIR>          Mass_Destruction
02/14/2006  12:45 AM    <DIR>          Night_Flight
02/14/2006  12:45 AM    <DIR>          Surge
02/14/2006  12:45 AM    <DIR>          Warlord

2006-05-06 06:14:24

#16

*ToRRo*cT|: Spanish Sniper-Wh0re; +199|6963|Malaga, España

How did you uninstall ur BF2 ?
manualy (deleting the BF2 folder)
or did u run the uninstall in Control panel > Add or Remove Software?

Maybe clean ur DVD or if nothing works Blast an Mail to EA

2006-05-06 06:15:44

#17

IBKCKNURASS: Corrosion Inhibitor; +172|6957

If your not playing on the XP profile bf2 was installed on that would explain the error.
If your having trouble installing from the dvd u can copy the contents of the dvd to a folder on ur desktop and run it from there.
nm is correct this is a problem with cache. U need to figure out what u have recently done to change this....

2006-05-06 06:20:55

#18

SysTray: "Generous mods" < Thats right Systray !; +180|7041|Delaware

IBKCKNURASS wrote:
If your not playing on the XP profile bf2 was installed on that would explain the error.
If your having trouble installing from the dvd u can copy the contents of the dvd to a folder on ur desktop and run it from there.
nm is correct this is a problem with cache. U need to figure out what u have recently done to change this....

The only thing I can even think of is I ran a system restore to undo the uninstallation of BF2 that I couldn't fix.

2006-05-06 06:23:26

#19

NM156: The H4xor Mod; +161|7067|North Texas

If he can find the XP profile the game was installed under, he can copy the "Battlefield 2" folder and it's content to the new profile/My Documents folder.

I've had this error once before too, and deleting the cache fixed it for me. But it sounds like a profile problem at this point.

On my machine, the only trace of "staticmesh.fx" is with the map editor.

2006-05-06 06:24:16

#20

SysTray: "Generous mods" < Thats right Systray !; +180|7041|Delaware

NM: That's all I have in there now. Still doesn't run.

2006-05-06 06:25:51

#21

NM156: The H4xor Mod; +161|7067|North Texas

SysTray wrote:
IBKCKNURASS wrote:
If your not playing on the XP profile bf2 was installed on that would explain the error.
If your having trouble installing from the dvd u can copy the contents of the dvd to a folder on ur desktop and run it from there.
nm is correct this is a problem with cache. U need to figure out what u have recently done to change this....
The only thing I can even think of is I ran a system restore to undo the uninstallation of BF2 that I couldn't fix.

Yikes.. hehe

I can attempt to zip the contents of my "MyDocs/Bf2" stuff, minus the cache and my BF2 account stuff? Wouldn't hurt at this point.

2006-05-06 06:26:11

#22

SysTray: "Generous mods" < Thats right Systray !; +180|7041|Delaware

I'm on the XP profile it was installed under.

2006-05-06 06:27:58

#23

SysTray: "Generous mods" < Thats right Systray !; +180|7041|Delaware

NM156 wrote:
I can attempt to zip the contents of my "MyDocs/Bf2" stuff, minus the cache and my BF2 account stuff? Wouldn't hurt at this point.

Well I'm actually receiving a mydocs/bf2 folder from someone else right now. Only thing is, he gave me the whole folder...should he have not given me the cache?

2006-05-06 06:29:59

#24

IBKCKNURASS: Corrosion Inhibitor; +172|6957

SysTray wrote:
The only thing I can even think of is I ran a system restore to undo the uninstallation of BF2 that I couldn't fix.

ya ok theres ur problem..... U probally need a full uninstall and reinstall if thats the case.
if u move the tcontents of the cd to a folder on the drive u should have no prob reinstalling.

BTW never uninstall a prog then try to reverse that by using system restore. just reinstall the prog. what u were trying to use it for is not what system resore is for.

Last edited by IBKCKNURASS (2006-05-06 06:32:00)

2006-05-06 06:31:04

#25

NM156: The H4xor Mod; +161|7067|North Texas

Nope, you do NOT want his cache. Different system config, so it won't work.

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