PR Technical Problems Thread

[Ghost Dog]

Originally Posted by Reach[UA]

Cr*p, I'm install windows 7 rc and uninstalled Win XP3. Now i have a problem, i can't to play in PR.
When i'm join to game after a few minutes (maybe 1-2 min ) Pb kicked me (unknown an OS ...bla, bla, bla).
I'm sad now.

http://www.tacticalgamer.com/battlef...a-warning.html

Windows 7 RC will be released the 5th of may, are you sure you 're not just running a beta version? I read today that Windows 7 RC will have an XP virtual machine integrated, called XPM (XP Mode). You could try and launch PR from there if you can find it.


And as mentioned in the other thread... you shouldn't be installing an RC/Beta version as main operating system .

[Reach[UA]]

Thanks for help.
I'm sure on 100%, it's a Windows 7 (Build 6.1.7100.0.090421-1700 - Release Candidate.) it was downloaded from thepiratebay (and also it is on the mininova) a few days ago.
I know about this (XPM (XP Mode)) a little, but i can't found it. Need time to learn it.
I'm back to xp sp3 today, so i have two os on my pc

[wispila]

i started having these kind of problems with PR/BF 2 when i tried the 1.50 patch. So, the game won't start anymore i tried re-installing PR and BF 2 but it didn't work. Any ideas whats wrong?

[Ghost Dog]

Lately I 've been kicked by Punkbuster for 'disallowed program/driver', followed by a number. Anyone else have this problem?

Reconnecting is no solution, I 've been suspecting Mumble even though it doesn't really make sense. Yet quitting the game and shutting down Mumble, then rebooting has always solved it.

[warpig1292]

Originally Posted by Ghost Dog

Lately I 've been kicked by Punkbuster for 'disallowed program/driver', followed by a number. Anyone else have this problem?

Reconnecting is no solution, I 've been suspecting Mumble even though it doesn't really make sense. Yet quitting the game and shutting down Mumble, then rebooting has always solved it.

Try turning off the overlay and/or re installing Mumble. I had the same problem

[Blade.3510]

hi blade here my m8s trying to register however when he tries to it keeps saying invaled regstry or somthing,, help?

[browna3]

is this for bf2?
is it saying invalid cd key? if so then u need a new key

[Blade.3510]

dw prob fixed

[Startrekern]

Originally Posted by Ghost Dog

http://www.tacticalgamer.com/battlef...a-warning.html

Windows 7 RC will be released the 5th of may, are you sure you 're not just running a beta version? I read today that Windows 7 RC will have an XP virtual machine integrated, called XPM (XP Mode). You could try and launch PR from there if you can find it.


And as mentioned in the other thread... you shouldn't be installing an RC/Beta version as main operating system .

Too true. It's extremely easy to set up a hard drive partition (on Vista) and install it on that, anyway. There's tutorials everywhere.

[falken16]

Not sure if anyone remembers my post a while back :

Originally Posted by falken16

It first started when i joined TG about a month ago, my wireless router had full connection (~90 percentile) and strangely, i got the yellow writing 'There is a problem with your connection' and the game froze for approximatley three seconds. I carried on like it was just some random lag spike, but then the same thing happened on the same second of the next minute (around 28 seconds). Now annoyingly, i was flying a blackhawk and this made me crash as a result and got the usual abuse like 'OMG YOU CANT FLY GTFO TO A TRAINING SERVER'- when in fact i know how to fly just fine.

Anyway, this same problem happens every minute on the dot, regardless of the server i am playing in. I have even bought a new router, but the problem still persits. (I have tried lowering graphical settings but this does not affect it at all.)

My specs are:
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2200 @ 2.20GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.2GHz
Memory: 3070MB RAM
Hard Drive: 306 GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9300GE
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.080917-1612)

But i've resolved the problem of the '60 second lag spike' by a little googling. Apparently, vista when running on wireless every 60 seconds disconnects you from your current router for a few seconds, searches for a better conenction and then if it is better, connects to that and if not, reconnects to the previous one. Now this may sound not really a problem in normal computer operations, the result in PR is highly noticable and such things happen as crashing jets or helicopters and loosing the round as a result. Now to solve this, i got a program called 'Vista Anti lag' which somehow using C++ stops this from happening. (Can't post a download link because of post count) But it has solved the problem completely and i can now enjoy the TG server to its fullest. Just thought i'd post this here incase anyone had the same problem and needed a solution :P

[Ghost Dog]

Originally Posted by falken16

Not sure if anyone remembers my post a while back :


But i've resolved the problem of the '60 second lag spike' by a little googling. Apparently, vista when running on wireless every 60 seconds disconnects you from your current router for a few seconds, searches for a better conenction and then if it is better, connects to that and if not, reconnects to the previous one. Now this may sound not really a problem in normal computer operations, the result in PR is highly noticable and such things happen as crashing jets or helicopters and loosing the round as a result. Now to solve this, i got a program called 'Vista Anti lag' which somehow using C++ stops this from happening. (Can't post a download link because of post count) But it has solved the problem completely and i can now enjoy the TG server to its fullest. Just thought i'd post this here incase anyone had the same problem and needed a solution :P

Thx for posting this, that is interesting stuff. However, I did have the same problem on XP, so I don't think this is a Vista only 'bug'.

It 's hard to believe though, cause if Windows disconnects you every minute, you wouldn't be able to download anything as it would be interrupted every 60 seconds.

[Axis_Sniper]

Yeah, I think I have the same problem. But it's my modem, not my router. Everytime I get a connection error (That lasts about 5 seconds), my modem's "Send" LED blinks. When the LED stops blinking, my connection restores. I only recently got the problem around January, after I upgraded my PC's video card. When it first started doing it, I would lose connections for days at a time. My modem wouldn't be able to "Send" anything but it could receive. I called Comcast hoping they could fix it, but all they did was say my bandwith consumption somehow went over the limit. I've been doing the exact same thing for about 2 years now, how did I just suddenly go over the limit this month?

They took away the cable from my upstairs, so I can only watch TV in one room of my house. But it didn't fix it, all it does now is what I described above.

Yeah, I have Vista SP1, and a 6-year old modem.

[falken16]

Originally Posted by Ghost Dog

Thx for posting this, that is interesting stuff. However, I did have the same problem on XP, so I don't think this is a Vista only 'bug'.

It 's hard to believe though, cause if Windows disconnects you every minute, you wouldn't be able to download anything as it would be interrupted every 60 seconds.

Someone else posted in the PR forums about the same problem, but from what i've read about whilst googling is that it's only supposed to happen on vista because microsoft made the ''Connect to a better network if available'' function useless- and i think it's just causing lag because of it using more bandwidth? I'm not sure but from what i read it seemed the most logical explaination- If it happened on XP you could try going into the wireless options and disable the 'connect to a better network if available' - which is supposed to resolve it on XP only.

[sporkife]

Sorry if I missed the answer to this somewhere, but it's 26 pages. :\

A majority of the time when I try to get on the server - and only the TacticalGamer server - I try to join the server, the cursor disappears as if the map is going to load, and then I get a message that says "You have been kicked from the server by the game, an admin, for excessive teamkilling or as the result of a successful kick vote" (presumably the default kick message) - but I haven't even joined yet to be able to be kicked. It's not because there are no slots left, because there are, and I can sometimes get on by refreshing the server browser several times, but it's getting quite annoying. Any ideas as to a fix?

[Ghost Dog]

Originally Posted by sporkife

Sorry if I missed the answer to this somewhere, but it's 26 pages. :\

A majority of the time when I try to get on the server - and only the TacticalGamer server - I try to join the server, the cursor disappears as if the map is going to load, and then I get a message that says "You have been kicked from the server by the game, an admin, for excessive teamkilling or as the result of a successful kick vote" (presumably the default kick message) - but I haven't even joined yet to be able to be kicked. It's not because there are no slots left, because there are, and I can sometimes get on by refreshing the server browser several times, but it's getting quite annoying. Any ideas as to a fix?

If it 's 62/64, the server is full. We have two reserved slots.