PR Technical Problems Thread

[salvation]

Just upgraded to 285GTX and 24 inch monitor and.....

now BF2 works fine but PR will load levels then join server button then before i have a chance to click it game CTD.

I have tried using the resizing of resolution in shortcut and again it works fine on BF2 but not in PR.
I have tried uninstalling everything and then reinstall in order with patches and all...still have the problem. It seems to defin be a resolution problem because at some resolutions PR fails to even load the opening video on startup. I have 2gig of ram so this should not be an issue. Could the PR mod have a glitch causing this when used on widescreen 1920x1200 monitors? Help me! I miss PR!

(PS: I have tried everything in the forums already...and i have all updated drivers (WIN XP))

does it crash every time?

i had PR CTD on map load, i lowered the texture detail from high to medium.. no more crashes.

[warpig1292]

I have a wierd issue. My first map loads up fine. then on the next map or the map after it seems to CTD me. I reload the game up and it loads fine. I reformatted around the time of .85 and it seems thats when the problem started. I am running an HD3870 with recent drivers from ATI as of a month ago. Not sure the current version.

if any other info is needed just ask

[Ghost Dog]

I have a wierd issue. My first map loads up fine. then on the next map or the map after it seems to CTD me. I reload the game up and it loads fine. I reformatted around the time of .85 and it seems thats when the problem started. I am running an HD3870 with recent drivers from ATI as of a month ago. Not sure the current version.

if any other info is needed just ask

Seems like a common problem to me, usually solved by setting textures to medium or downloading the 'cracked' BF2.exe so it can use over 2GB of RAM.

Link.

[warpig1292]

Ok i just put that "crack" in. So now i guess i can use all 4 gbs of my Ram

[falken16]

First of all i'd like to say hello to the community and I hope i won't be too much trouble by making this thread (If i have posted in the wrong place, please do tell me).

Ever since i have started to run PR on my new computer there has been one annoying little problem that has been ruining my gaming experience in not only the TG server, but every PR server out there.

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)


If anyone has any suggestions or solutions can you please post them here, thank you.

[floppert]

Tried re-installing the core and map pack, are you running the latest version of BF ?

[falken16]

1.41 BF2 yeah.
But i forgot to mention, i tried playing in a vBF2 server as well, and it still does the same thing.

[Scarface6174]

I dunno man. I tried to use a wireless card on my desktop cause I didn't want a wire across the living room. But i still got the random freezing in game. I then switched to hard wired and had no problem.

My guess is your wireless adapter.

[caffeine]

try turning off windows Wireless Zero Configuration service.

[salvation]

did it ever work ok and then the problem started or.. did you have the problem from the begining?

i had the same poroblem, not sure what fixed it.. but try this:
reinstalling the driver for the wireless stuff and disconect it for a while.

make sure no one is on your net ; )

[markolh]

that problem migth be relalted to PB as well... i used to have it but since i made sure to update PB every time before playing it helped a bit

[kjepper]

Do you have a wired network or wireless ? If you're on wireless then that's probably the problem, i had the same thing on vista + wireless. Resolved it with a program called "Vista anti lag" (can't find the download but there are some torrents). Best thing to do is use the good old wire .

[browna3]

First of all i'd like to say hello to the community and I hope i won't be too much trouble by making this thread (If i have posted in the wrong place, please do tell me).

hey welcome to the forums, i personaly dont know how to fix this but good places to look are here:

http://www.tacticalgamer.com/battlef...ms-thread.html

and

http://www.realitymod.com/forum/f27-...dware-support/

you can usualy find solutions or work arouns to most problems in these forums.

hope you get your problem solved

[Belhade]

You said you replaced the router, but if you are still running wireless, what kind of wireless receiver do you have? I used to run wireless on my desktop but after going through several different receivers and routers I came to the conclusion that wireless sucks for FPS gaming.

[uk-warrior]

Hi Welcome to TG

This post should have been posted here:

http://www.tacticalgamer.com/battlef...-support-faqs/

I may have found it sooner.

Anyway...I don't think your issue is with the Game, I have a idea it could be that the Wireless network card is not running at the same speed as your router Ie 56 mbps 108 mbps, check and see that they are running at a compatible speed to each other.

Also the guy's are rite....Wired for Bf2, is much better, I'm shocked that you havnt had PB handshake issues, as PB updates every 20 secs, so lack of connection would cause this.

Another thing you could try is changeing the Channel used by the router, Ie 1-11 if yer on 1 changed it to 6 ect.....Cordless Phones, microwave ovens, Mobile phones updateing, that are all on the same channel can cause you to loose wireless connection.

Heres a few tips: http://www.microsoft.com/athome/more...elesstips.mspx

Hope this helps.

Regards Warrior