Cant open game!!!

[donz7]

ok first of all im new ok so this has probly been asked already. i juz got the game and have installed it but when i go to open it the screen goes black and looks like its gonna open then it juz goes back to the desktop.
im running:
* DELL Dimension 5150
* pentium 4 3.2 ghz
* 1gig ram
* 256mb radeon x600 series
* dell E196FP 19" lcd monitor
the game should run fine. my video card is in the list on the readme so i dunno wats wrong. can someone please help me out.
cheers.

[Scinto]

try downloading the 1.3 patch and see if it makes a difference, (1.4 maybe out soon)

http://www.gamershell.com/download_13981.shtml

[donz7]

i downloaded the 1.3 patch and wen i try opening it, it doesnt even open?

[Scinto]

it may take a bit to load up the previous patchs where the same

[donz7]

ive tried waiting and waiting...it juz doesnt open. any suggestions?

[{CAP}Maxell]

More specifics please. Is it a zip file? Did you extract all the files? Is it the incremental or the full patch?

[donz7]

i juz installed the 1.3 patch still the same problem. this is startin to really frustrate me because ive been told the game is good and i juz want to play it. can anyone help?

is the game supposed to run at 60hz? coz my ATI Catalyst says it can automatically change it to that, but i think my monitor can only do 75hz. so do u think it would be my monitor?

im gonna try see if it works with 1.4 patch (bet it still wont). since ive got 1.3 on there do i only have to get the 1.3>1.4 patch. coz i dont wanna hav to get the full patch since i no it prob still aint gonna work.

[TheDeltaStorm]

This happens usually because of video cards. Go to here :

Local Disk ( C: )>Program Files>EA Games>Battlefield 2>Mods>BF2>Movies

Try moving Dice.bik EA.bik Intro.bik Legal.bik to your desktop. Make sure they are not in the folder. From there try running the game, if the problem continues move the files back into the movies folder. What this basicly does is it skips the intro videos and takes you directly to the game. This might work for you =) If the problem continues post here.

[donz7]

tried that but still nothing. it is really gettin to me because i want to play it. im going to try my old monitor now so il post how i go with that.

ok that didnt work either. guess its my video card but i dont no y. it is in the list of video cards that are sposed to work with the game. i dont wanna hav to go out and buy another one juz for it.

[LBC|OLS]

a few things you might wanna try.

-goto Ati.com and download the newest video card drivers.
-install directX 9C
-have you restarted your PC since you did the initial instal. Usually it asks todo so.

-Go into your F:\bf2\mods\bf2\Settings folder and right click on Videodefault.con

open it up using notepad

go to :
renderer.allowAllRefreshRates 0

Change the 0 to a 1

Click save and then try running the game

[donz7]

done all that and still a no go. who woulda thought tryin to get a game to work would be such a hassle. every other game i hav works perfect but bf2 is the only one i cant even open. arrrrggghhhh