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    Crashing and freezing

    So, Im in a railgun everything is just fine. My lead tells me to attack a flag, i follow the order.
    The second i move i get a black sccreen for about 1 second. i think: Oh well, it happens.
    It repeats... a lot, and ends in a crash. In short, if I move, i crash.

    Ive reinstalled, cleared radial.-thingy reinstalled again and now posting.

    Thanks in advance.

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    Re: Crashing and freezing

    Like hard blue screen of death crash or Battlefield 2142 ctd?
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    Re: Crashing and freezing

    That would be ctd

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    Re: Crashing and freezing

    Quote Originally Posted by JamesTerror View Post
    That would be ctd
    I'm curious to know, as well, seeing as it happens to be occasionally.
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    Re: Crashing and freezing

    Here's three from the Super Battlefield Fix: http://www.tacticalgamer.com/battlef...-2142-fix.html

    Hmm might be RAM,

    Quote Originally Posted by Azura View Post
    - Still getting Crashes To Desktop and PC hangs after doing everything you can think of?
    You need to test your PC RAM. Go to:
    http://www.memtest.org/
    Download - Pre-Compiled Bootable ISO (.zip)
    and make a CD from the ISO. Use a rewritable so you can wipe it again, or use the floppy download.
    Make sure your PC boot sequence in the BIOS (usually get into this with del on boot up) is set CD first then HardDisk, and boot from the CD. Run through a complete set of tests whilst you're out at work/school whatever as this takes simply ages with over a GB of RAM, but is very thorough. Any problems highlighted will mean you probably need to replace the affected DIMM (RAM stick). Hopefully not all your RAM will be affected.
    You can first check your RAM is in matched pairs (same make, size & speed in same coloured slots), and if not, assuming you have two sticks, remove one stick for testing purposes (yes it'll run and load slower, but if CTD dissappears then it's memory related). If you have four sticks, remove all bar one of them (leave it in slot 0) and test. If it still CTDs, swap the RAM stick over for another and re-test. If it CTDs on all sticks, then you definately need to test your memory.
    Good luck - I know it's a pain, but it'll be worth it if you can sort out your problem. Remember, very few applications commonly used will hog as much RAM as BF2142, so it may be the only one which highlights the problem memory.
    Another free memory tester MEM386:
    http://www.techspot.com/downloads/500-memtest.html

    Resolves CTD and Freeze-ups.
    Or if you Dual-Core...

    Quote Originally Posted by Azura View Post
    *** - Get kicked from game's after anything from 2mins to 1hr?
    It's due to the dual proccessor! What you need to do is load the game up 'til your in the options start up page then alt tab out, ctrl alt del to bring up your task manager, then goto processes and right click on the bf2142.exe. Once there goto "set affinty" and when this come's up make sure that the only thing checked is cpu0 make sure all others are unchecked, then play with out getting kicked for some reason.
    To set the processor affinity to only a single processor on a more permanent basis;
    You use a program called imagecfg.exe It should be in your Windows install. If it isn't, you can download it from several places (eg http://www.reality-xp.com/support/kn...ebase/1006.htm ).
    You then enter these commands (Start Run CMD). The first undoes any previous affinity Windows has set. This step isn't necessarily needed, it's just good practice. The next assigns the process to one CPU or the other. file.exe is the program you wish to change the affinity for e.g. BF2142.exe.
    Code:
    imagecfg -u file.exe
    imagecfg -a 0x1 file.exe
    0x1 is CPU 0
    0x2 is CPU 1
    Imagecfg does not seem to recognize folders with spaces in it like "C:\Program Files". To get by this copy the Imagecfg.exe file to that directory and exclude the directory /path.

    Resolves Random CTD.
    Or if you have Vista...

    Quote Originally Posted by Azura View Post
    Vista CTD's and "Cannot Connect to Server"/"Master Server Disconnects"

    Seriously, I've heard a lot of people who use Vista and 2142 have barely any problems. But I wonder if most of these problems are just over lapping with a bazillion ways to fix. Anyways:
    1. Update Vista, patches, and the hot fixes.
    2. Turn off Windows Firewall and the UAC.
    Run msconfig and go to tools
    Highlight "Disable UAC" and hit apply
    3. Update X-Fi sound card driver!

    Resolves a few Vista network issues and CTD's


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    Re: Crashing and freezing

    ''This is not a proper protectlist-file''

    Translation might not be accurate.

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    Re: Crashing and freezing

    Try reinstalling your drivers, due to the black screen it sounds about like a RAM or Graphics issue. Perhaps if you recently upgraded your drivers, try rolling them back to the latest one. If the above didn't help answer these then:

    1. What's your OS?
    2. What's your Video Card?
    3. What's your Processor?


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    Re: Crashing and freezing

    Quote Originally Posted by Azura View Post
    Try reinstalling your drivers, due to the black screen it sounds about like a RAM or Graphics issue. Perhaps if you recently upgraded your drivers, try rolling them back to the latest one. If the above didn't help answer these then:

    1. What's your OS?
    2. What's your Video Card?
    3. What's your Processor?
    1. Microsoft Windows XP Professional
    2. NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150
    3. Mobile AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3400+, MMX, 3DNow,~1.88GHz

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    Re: Crashing and freezing

    eh... for me it's just been a freeze at certain times, which happens to occur at the same time that it does for a few others (like a few nights ago), so I know it's nothing to do with config or hardware necessarily. I played for about 4 hours yesterday morning without a problem.

    My issue isn't tied to this, so I'll keep an eye on the thread but I don't think I have anything further to contribute. Best wishes on finding a resolution.
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    Re: Crashing and freezing

    If it comes back the two things I would look at are heat and memory.



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    Re: Crashing and freezing

    I took the Vid card drivers back two pegs, and now the game seems to work, atleast on an empty server. Loadtimes are slightly longer but i dont care.

    Thank you everybody for helping me on this.

    |TG-Irr|JamesTerror

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