Hey guys,

I've had problems getting mods to work simutaniusly with vanilla bf2 which others in my house play every once in a while. Some mods modify your vBF2 content and won't allow you to play! Here are some rough instructions to get two instances running at once. I have attached a sample for project reality. You would have to modify it for other mods.

• Rename your ...EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\ folder to ...EA GAMES\Project Reality\
• Uninstall battlefield 2 (Keep your profile data!!)
• Install BF2 + the latest patch

At this point you have two copies of battlefield on your harddrive.

...EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\
...EA GAMES\Project Reality\

Now we need to create some quick scripts to switch between them. Please note directory paths will need to be changed, as well as the registry paths, and shortcut options. (I am using +szx 1680 +szy 1050 for widescreen)
Can someone please post proper registry paths for a non x64 bit machine?

..EA GAMES\fixbf2.reg
(Changes the registry to point the the ...EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\ folder)

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Electronic Arts\EA Games\Battlefield 2]
"InstallDir"="D:\\Program Files (x86)\\EA GAMES\\Battlefield 2"

..EA GAMES\bf2.bat
(Launches the registry fix, and launches ...EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\BF2.exe)

Code:

REGEDIT.exe /S fixbf2.reg
cd Battlefield 2/
start BF2.exe +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +szx 1680 +szy 1050
for %%v in ("prompt $e[m" "echo on" cls) do %%v

..EA GAMES\fixpr.reg
(Changes the registry to point the the ...EA GAMES\Project Reality\ folder)

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Electronic Arts\EA Games\Battlefield 2]
"InstallDir"="D:\\Program Files (x86)\\EA GAMES\\Project Reality"

..EA GAMES\pr.bat
(Launches the registry fix, and launches ...EA GAMES\Project Reality\mods\pr\pr.exe)

Code:

REGEDIT.exe /S fixpr.reg
cd Project Reality\
start mods\pr\pr.exe +modPath mods/pr +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +szx 1680 +szy 1050
for %%v in ("prompt $e[m" "echo on" cls) do %%v

Then, just create shortcut's to the *.bat files on your desktop!

Attached is a zip of my sample files.

Best of luck!