so you added one there because you thought that nvidia cards... anyway read this...
Tip 2:Renaming the BF2.exe File
How does this work?
Although the exact reason why this improves the gameplay is unknown, but it is probably that Ati and Nvidia recognise the program BF2.exe as one of their own, so by renaming the file, you turn the game into a normal program, not a resource hungry dinosaur! In 90% of cases this has been known to cause some increase in performance in-game.
This fix turns off any special optimisation by ATI or Nvidia which uses unessercary system resources.
How do you do it?
Step 1: The first thing you do is find your game directory, the default is C:\Program Files\EA Games\Battlefield 2
Step 2: Once you have found the directory, locate the file BF2.exe, right click, and select properties
Step 3: You will then need to change the text in the white box which says "BF2", above the directory on the general tab, you can change it to anything you want! for simplicity, I changed it to BF21.exe once you have done this, CLICK APPLY!
Step 4: This tip is now officially done, but the shortcut on your desktop will now no longer work. To change this, delete the shortcut on your desktop, goto the game directory, and right click on the newly renamed file. Click Send To, then Desktop (Create Shortcut) and you will now have a working link your desktop!
Additional Notes
* If you do this and use XFIRE, you may need to change your Xfire_games.config file to:
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LongName=Battlefield 2
ShortName=bf2
Icon=bf2.ico
LauncherDirKey=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Electro nic Arts\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\InstallDir
LauncherExe=BF21.exe
* Some people doubt the validity of this because it is not changed in the registry, for those people, it doesn't matter what it is called in the registry it just matters what the executable file is called when running it (look in task manager)
* When patching, it may be that you need to temporarily rename the file back to the original while you do it, temporarily rename it to BF2 and patch it, don't bother about changing the shortcuts, when you're done, just rename it back to your original name and all the shortcuts will be ok again
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And yeah i didn't write this, i just copied it from our forum, and that one was copied from our old forum, and that one was copied from bf2s i guess, anyway you get the idea...
Last edited by [Fin]Dami3n (2007-06-19 04:45:15)
