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ARCUK73 wrote:

FatBird19 wrote:

Every time I try to start Battlefield 2, it briefly shows a splash screen with the Battlefield 2 logo and then the screen goes black for a second before crashing to the desktop. I can't aunch BF2 out of xfire at all.

I hear this is a pretty common problem. Anyone know the fix?

Someone i work with had the same issue, they completly uninstalled BF and then reinstalled but when patching used the 1.3 Full rather than mini one... 

that resolved it for them..

Moral: ALWAYS use full patches, they just work better. +1

FatBird19 wrote:

Every time I try to start Battlefield 2, it briefly shows a splash screen with the Battlefield 2 logo and then the screen goes black for a second before crashing to the desktop. I can't aunch BF2 out of xfire at all.

I hear this is a pretty common problem. Anyone know the fix?

Sounds like your ingame settings are set to high and your graphics card cant handleit. But you can try this


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

Last edited by badhq (2006-06-07 13:45:58)

ok I finally narrowed down the problem, yes it is the video card.

after running the 'EAsy Info' thing, it comes up saying that it my video hardware AND driver -may- not be compatible.

As far as I know, I have it updated as far as possible, but any help would be much appreciated.

Here's the info:

Display Device:  ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9000/9100 IGP

Display Driver:  6.14.10.6436

both of those pop up with the question mark next to them signaling they may not be compatible, I also get the same thing for my sound drivers, but haven't spent much time on that yet.

lol, radeon 9100 >.<

not a whole lot i can upgrade too, and don't have the cash for it

can run doom and HL 2 no prob, but no battlefield 2 >.<

thanks for the help guys ^^

prolly see my cousin playin now on his ghetto desktop =P

his is better than mine cause his has blue neon lights...

right?

yeah...


(I was calling it ghetto for several reasons, one of them being the fan he had held up over the video card cause it was overheating, and the fact that it can't hold a candle to this laptop, buuuut, it'll prolly run BF2, so thats what I'll be stuck playing on till I get my desktop back up and running)

anyway, I'ma go thata way now *points*

So if I am understanding correctly, Redline, you are blaming the bling, and the spinner he's got mounted on his GPU, right?

I have heard alot of success with people playing games on Asus laptops... probably because those are modular, and they can pick a different video card, when theirs becomes lack luster for gaming.

Besides, my Tsunami case has tonnes of blue lights inside, and I'm not getting any better performance out of them (grin)

Do you have an X-10 module thing plugged in to you computer?
if so try unplugging it than restarting the game. i had the same problrm and this fixed it.

hmm i play on a pretty shitty laptop.  I have an x600 radeon works generally fine.