Battlefield 2 Crash to Desktop Pos Solution

[Khorzoo_Khan]

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[Koolpc]

Does BF2 work ok with Vista?

[jambon]

Ok, I've found a solution that worked for me...

apparently the cause for the game crashing at startup was the the default screen res and refresh rate.

By defualt bf2 runs @ 800X600 @ 60hz (or if you've successfully run the game before, whatever settings you set at that time eg. 1024X768 @ 85hz)

so be sure your monitor supports this. If you try to load bf2 (or any game) in a resolution and refresh not supported it will simply crash without warning.

Check by right clicking on the desktop > going to properties> then settings check the minimum resolution supported ensure 800 X 600 is there then click the advanced button > click the monitor tab and check to see if 60 hz is an option.

(if you do not have your actual monitors drivers installed your monitor will be called plug and play monitor. if this is the case just check online for your monitors supported res and refresh rate...)

If it's not supported, or like me you had gotten a new monitor and hooked it up only to have it not work you'll have to manually chang the defualts... to do this...

simply goto C:\Documents and Settings\[enter your windows user name here]\My Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles\

or simply goto my documents then Battlefield 2\Profiles\

you are going to want to change 2 files the Video.con located in your profile directory e.g. 0001 and in the default directory.

Open the file in notepad and change the following line..

VideoSettings.setResolution 800x600@60Hz

the resolution may vary.... e.g. 1024X768@85hz

simply change the res and refresh to something supported by your montior, save and you're good to go

[youoldduffer]

I had the same problem with the 4870 which is overclocked (please dont ask as i never did it) but i found just setting the ati catalyst overclock down and just kept raising it slowly until i got a happy medium.
Only prob i have now with bf is the dam pb which kicks me every new map for modified content but its a clean install and patched 1.41

[danroyle]

I had the same problem with the 4870 which is overclocked (please dont ask as i never did it) but i found just setting the ati catalyst overclock down and just kept raising it slowly until i got a happy medium.
Only prob i have now with bf is the dam pb which kicks me every new map for modified content but its a clean install and patched 1.41

i had the same kicking issue with bf2 euro force maps i bought it when it came out and got about an hours play out of it,then it started kicking me for modded content. put in a support ticket with ea thay just told me to reinstall. i do every time i wipe my hard drives but still cant use those maps.

[Bluecube]

Holy thread resurrection!

[youoldduffer]

i had the same kicking issue with bf2 euro force maps i bought it when it came out and got about an hours play out of it,then it started kicking me for modded content. put in a support ticket with ea thay just told me to reinstall. i do every time i wipe my hard drives but still cant use those maps.

Yer they told me this too, so i did but still get kicked though not on every server which is why i think its punkbuster related and not BF.
I manualy update PB before i play and still nothing, sent ticket to them and they say the same reinstall.

[gammmer]

run the game as administrator in windows 95,,, set in properties \compatibility

[GSte]

i had the same kicking issue with bf2 euro force maps i bought it when it came out and got about an hours play out of it,then it started kicking me for modded content. put in a support ticket with ea thay just told me to reinstall. i do every time i wipe my hard drives but still cant use those maps.

Shame that, the Euro Forces maps were quality, hardly anyone plays them now though...