sgtbillcojd
Member
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Hi,

Having been a Bf1942 player for a while I decided time for a change. So I bought my copy for Bf2 which came with the SF pack read the computer spec requierments and upgraded my computer as per. I have put a 1.8Ghz CPU inplace of the 1.5, 1G of RAM and a new graphics card NVIDIA GeForce 6200 256MB AGP the rest of the computer is bog standard but it all works. I loaded Bf2 1st Disk on the system no problems had a quick play on the single game and loaded the multiplayer option which had access to 40 servers and had a shot at a game online with no problems. The next step was the patching I downloaded the 1.41 patch loaded it to the system and this is where it has all gone wrong it loads the splash screen then stops and I get the:-

'BF2.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. we are sorry for the inconvenience'.

The Error report is Faulting application bf2.exe, version 0.0.0.0, faulting module:~df394b.tmp, version 0.0.0.0, fault address0x00088c9c.

I have wiped my HD as I was advised that due to the upgrades it may be conflicting the system so all that I have on my system  now is, Win XP home, AVAST, Spy Bot, BF2 disk 1 which worked fine without the patch again and as soon as patch went on the above fault occured again.

Anyone have any ideas before I take my computer out to my back yard and give it some slap bang and a 14lb sledge.
Varegg
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Was it a full patch or just an incrementel ?

Was it during the patching it failed ?
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sgtbillcojd
Member
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Its the full 1.41 patch.

It fails after it is loaded i.e Load, restart computer, load game. Gets to splash screen before EA add comes up.
FloppY_
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+1,010|6488|Denmark aka Automotive Hell
I am sorry but I have to ask, why did you buy BF2 now where the game is practically dead ?

Don't get me wrong, I bought mine ~½ a year ago, but still Abit late if you ask me...
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Mitch
16 more years
+877|6728|South Florida

sgtbillcojd wrote:

Its the full 1.41 patch.

It fails after it is loaded i.e Load, restart computer, load game. Gets to splash screen before EA add comes up.
Hey bud, welcome to the forums.
Also, Welcome to the world of shitty bf2 patches.

Sometimes you just need to screw around with them for a while, heres some things i would try:

Try installing the patch before 1.41, (is it 1.4?)

If you can install that patch, without crashing, then try the incremental patch up to 1.41.

Try things like this, theres not always a deffinate answer as to why bf2 patches suck.
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Mitch
16 more years
+877|6728|South Florida

Mitch wrote:

sgtbillcojd wrote:

Its the full 1.41 patch.

It fails after it is loaded i.e Load, restart computer, load game. Gets to splash screen before EA add comes up.
Hey bud, welcome to the forums.
Also, Welcome to the world of shitty bf2 patches.



Sometimes you just need to screw around with them for a while, heres some things i would try:

Try installing the patch before 1.41, (is it 1.4?)

If you can install that patch, without crashing, then try the incremental patch up to 1.41.

Try things like this, theres not always a deffinate answer as to why bf2 patches suck.
EDIT:
Before trying the above, try running bf2 in windowed mode.
To do this:
Right click on the BF2 icon on your desktop, go to properties, in the 'general' tab, find 'target'. in the text box of target there should be a thing that says FULLSCREEN 1
change that 1 to a 0 and save

try running it and see if it still crashes.
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Ender2309
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i noticed you mentioned you had special forces. this expansion right here is the destroyer of patches, because it is a patch in itself.

you should install in this order: bf2, PATCH, SF, PATCH. yeah, its gay like that, but it should work.


edit: Mitch you suck at edits

Last edited by Ender2309 (2008-02-07 07:42:33)

Varegg
Support fanatic :-)
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Ender2309 wrote:

i noticed you mentioned you had special forces. this expansion right here is the destroyer of patches, because it is a patch in itself.

you should install in this order: bf2, PATCH, SF, PATCH. yeah, its gay like that, but it should work.


edit: Mitch you suck at edits
Wrong actually, the correct order is ...

BF2
BF2:SF
Latest Full Patch
BF2:EF
Latest Full Patch
BF2:AF
Latest Full Patch

If you patch 1.41 before you install SF you get a message saying you allready have a newer version, please revert back or something similar ...
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Mitch
16 more years
+877|6728|South Florida

Ender2309 wrote:

edit: Mitch you suck at edits
Lol, oops.
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Titch2349
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+358|6555|uk

Searching brings up a lot of problems related to DVD Drives, Graphic Drivers

If you have an ATI Graphics card, look at updating your graphic drivers (well... even if you have an nvidia card, try updating drivers).

However, the most common cause of the problem was that the DVD player seemed to be interferring with the protection on the disk- try using a DVD image to play the game, or try another disk drive.

Since the problem has survived a reformat, I would expect it to be a Hardware/ Driver issue.

Last edited by Titch2349 (2008-02-07 08:10:32)

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