Long read, but hopefully I'll answer most of the questions that follow the usual 'OMG MY BF2 R BROKED' threads.
Alright, I'm getting very frustrated now. I am unable to play almost ANY BF2 servers without getting a "There is a problem with your connection" message, approximately every one to three minutes, lasting 1-10 seconds. If it goes over 10 seconds, I disconnect. These intervals ARE random, I have checked the times, and it varies greatly. This happens on servers where I have 20-25 ping, so my connection shouldn't be an issue.
Now, this is not EVERY server, which is what confuses me - just most. About 90%. There are a few servers I can frequent, and they ARE 64 players, and I've been on during prime time (60+) with NO problems whatsoever.
I play MANY online games, including several MMO's, BF2142, CS:S, America's Army, and others. I do not have these problems with ANY of those games, at all. My latency is always low, and I have minimal packet loss.
I used to play BF2 all the time, no problems whatsoever. My computer was bogging down (it had been some time since a reformat) so I decided to get a clean slate.
Backed everything up on my second hard drive and it went off fine. No problems getting my system set up. I've spent probably 12 hours over the past few days trying to fix this issue. It seems like a number of people have it.
System specs: All drivers are the latest possible, having just reinstalled windows + drivers about 5 days ago.
Yes, I know they're not state of the art, but I'm able to play at 1280x1024 with settings at medium, or 1024x768 with all at high - good enough for me
Windows XP Professional SP2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (Rated at 3.3ghz)
Motherboard: Asus K8N4-E Deluxe x16 PCIe
Chipset: nVIDIA nForce4-4x
Memory: 1024 MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM
BIOS: Award (03/03/05)
Sound Card: Onboard Sound (I know, I know)
Video Card: ATI Radeon X600 Series 256MB x16 PCIe
IDE Controllers: NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA Controller (x2)
Disk Drives: 160GB 7200RPM Ultra-ATA/133 (x2)
Network Adapter: Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapter
Router: BEFSR81 V3 (Firmware 2.51.3) *WIRED* Router
Going over other people's issues has given me the following (failed) solutions:
1) Uninstall/reinstall game
It was a fresh install, but I figured what the hell. Uninstalled BF2+BF2 Mods, rebooted, installed BF2 alone, then the latest patch. Rebooted. No improvement in game play.
2) Faulty Asus/nForce Onboard Ethernet Ports
Doesn't apply. I have the onboard NIC disabled and use a Linksys card.
3) A bunch of stuff relating to wireless networking
I don't use a wireless network.
4) References to 'Top 10 BF2 Tweaks', such as pb_sleep 500, renaming bf2.exe, etc.
Done them all. No improvement.
5) Run BF2 at lower settings/60hz refresh rate
Tried at 800x600/60hz with ALL settings as low as possible. Nothing changed, besides the game looking like shit while lagging.
6) Open ALL the recommended ports on your router and make sure your system has a static IP on your network
Was already done. My system has a static IP (192.168.1.123 every time I start up) and all of the recommended ports are opened in my router administration settings, directed to the right place, etc. I know how to use a router.
7) nForce has issues with BF2
Okay. This is the only thing I haven't thoroughly explored - because I used to play BF2 on this SAME EXACT MACHINE all the time with no problems. The only thing I can think of is that I have a newer version of the nForce chipset drivers, and I'll have to downgrade. I'd like to see if there's any other fixes before doing this though... I hate having to clean out traces of drivers before putting new ones in. (If anybody knows a good driver cleaning utility for an nForce mobo chipset, I'd much appreciate it)
Kudos to you if you made it through the post. Any advice?
Alright, I'm getting very frustrated now. I am unable to play almost ANY BF2 servers without getting a "There is a problem with your connection" message, approximately every one to three minutes, lasting 1-10 seconds. If it goes over 10 seconds, I disconnect. These intervals ARE random, I have checked the times, and it varies greatly. This happens on servers where I have 20-25 ping, so my connection shouldn't be an issue.
Now, this is not EVERY server, which is what confuses me - just most. About 90%. There are a few servers I can frequent, and they ARE 64 players, and I've been on during prime time (60+) with NO problems whatsoever.
I play MANY online games, including several MMO's, BF2142, CS:S, America's Army, and others. I do not have these problems with ANY of those games, at all. My latency is always low, and I have minimal packet loss.
I used to play BF2 all the time, no problems whatsoever. My computer was bogging down (it had been some time since a reformat) so I decided to get a clean slate.
Backed everything up on my second hard drive and it went off fine. No problems getting my system set up. I've spent probably 12 hours over the past few days trying to fix this issue. It seems like a number of people have it.
System specs: All drivers are the latest possible, having just reinstalled windows + drivers about 5 days ago.
Yes, I know they're not state of the art, but I'm able to play at 1280x1024 with settings at medium, or 1024x768 with all at high - good enough for me
Windows XP Professional SP2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (Rated at 3.3ghz)
Motherboard: Asus K8N4-E Deluxe x16 PCIe
Chipset: nVIDIA nForce4-4x
Memory: 1024 MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM
BIOS: Award (03/03/05)
Sound Card: Onboard Sound (I know, I know)
Video Card: ATI Radeon X600 Series 256MB x16 PCIe
IDE Controllers: NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA Controller (x2)
Disk Drives: 160GB 7200RPM Ultra-ATA/133 (x2)
Network Adapter: Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapter
Router: BEFSR81 V3 (Firmware 2.51.3) *WIRED* Router
Going over other people's issues has given me the following (failed) solutions:
1) Uninstall/reinstall game
It was a fresh install, but I figured what the hell. Uninstalled BF2+BF2 Mods, rebooted, installed BF2 alone, then the latest patch. Rebooted. No improvement in game play.
2) Faulty Asus/nForce Onboard Ethernet Ports
Doesn't apply. I have the onboard NIC disabled and use a Linksys card.
3) A bunch of stuff relating to wireless networking
I don't use a wireless network.
4) References to 'Top 10 BF2 Tweaks', such as pb_sleep 500, renaming bf2.exe, etc.
Done them all. No improvement.
5) Run BF2 at lower settings/60hz refresh rate
Tried at 800x600/60hz with ALL settings as low as possible. Nothing changed, besides the game looking like shit while lagging.
6) Open ALL the recommended ports on your router and make sure your system has a static IP on your network
Was already done. My system has a static IP (192.168.1.123 every time I start up) and all of the recommended ports are opened in my router administration settings, directed to the right place, etc. I know how to use a router.
7) nForce has issues with BF2
Okay. This is the only thing I haven't thoroughly explored - because I used to play BF2 on this SAME EXACT MACHINE all the time with no problems. The only thing I can think of is that I have a newer version of the nForce chipset drivers, and I'll have to downgrade. I'd like to see if there's any other fixes before doing this though... I hate having to clean out traces of drivers before putting new ones in. (If anybody knows a good driver cleaning utility for an nForce mobo chipset, I'd much appreciate it)
Kudos to you if you made it through the post. Any advice?