Not launching anymore -- weird error.

**unconscious** · 05-21-2007, 08:45 AM

Pentium 4, 3.00 GHz
2 GB DDR2 RAM
Radeon x1650 (512 MB)

I'm having some problems with Battlefield 2... Completely out of the blue, following a return from a weekend out with my partner.

When I click on the shortcut or EXE of BF2, it shows me the splash screen... Which then promptly shuts down, as it should do.... However, the executable does not open. I am stuck with a BF2.exe in my task manager, using 50% of my CPU.

I can leave it for hours, and it will not open.

I have tried the following:

Defragging
Disk Cleanup
CHKDSK
Virus Scan
Spyware Scan
Reinstall
Restarting the PC

and I tried opening the game in compatability mode for windows 2000.

I have Windows XP SP2, and I am on a network.

I have played numerous times before-- everyday for the past year. It's just decided to play up since this weekend.

Any ideas?
Do you need any extra information?

**unconscious** · 05-21-2007, 09:40 AM

Hm. I only get this error after I have installed a patch.

Maybe the patch I got from the torrent website is dodgy.

Anyone else know of any decent speeded downloads for the 1.4 full patch?

**Finestyle** · 05-21-2007, 04:47 PM

The current patch is 1.41, not 1.4

I cant really give you any decent download sites I'm afraid... been a long time since I downloaded it... I'm in the UK anyway, so if you are in the States you probably wouldn't get the same sort of speeds as I do from places I do use (usually try to find host's in my country).

BTW, I get this exact same problem also sometimes... but I know for a fact that mine is caused by my dodgy DVD drive that I need to replace. It seems to struggle reading my BF2 discs (Vanilla or SF) sometimes, completely random and a bit weird really.