crash to desktop, please help me! I havent even played the game once!! Patched 2 1.02

[nemeS1sza]

This afternoon I bought Battlefield 2. I got home, installed the game and there you go, the game didnt work. When i clicked the bf2 icon it would show a black screen for about 3-5 seconds then crash back to the desktop. I downloaded the latest ATI Catalyst 5.7 drivers, NO DIFFERENCE. I downloaded the 1.02 patch, NO DIFFERENCE.

It actually sickens me that such poor support is provided for this brand new game, imagine how many people have the same problem as myself?

Can someone PLEASE help me out, this is ridiculous. My specs are as follows:

AMD 64Bit 3200+ 939
ATI X800XT Platinum Edition 256mb
Gigabyte K8NSNXP-939 Motherboard
1GB DDR400 Ram
ATI Catalyst 5.7 drivers
Windows XP Professional with SP2

Thank you, maybe you can help me out so I can actually play the game ONCE :mad: !

[ZiRo]

Did you install 1.01 then 1.02??

Don't touch 1.01 it is evil. If you have, Uninstall, delete all bf2 folders and reinstall then install patch 1.02 not 1.01.

Should work then.

[nemeS1sza]

no, I installed from Retail -> 1.02.

This is absolutely bloody ridiculous, I havent even played this new game that I just spent my bloody money on

[ZiRo]

Silly question but have you tried rebooting your machine since you installed?

[hangzak]

i also had problems problems problems...can't solve them.
I was searching the net for a long time about 4 days i tryed everything.
Now i am playing it on my old computer the only difference is that this one doesn't have SP2 and the MOBO is different the rest is the same VC SC etc.....

I run the game perfectly on a
Asus p4b533-e (4 * AGP)
asus 6600 GT
audigy 2 (this one is also a trouble maker but finally works)
pentium 2.4
1 gig ram
BF2 with 1.02 patch

Before i was using the Asus p4p800 MOBO (8*AGP only) this one sucks and i saw on the net that there are more guy with this MOBO having problems.
The only thing i can suggest and i also saw it on the net is to get rid off the SP2..........and try to set your agp to 4 instead of 8
Hope it works out for you mate.
I also think that EA is doing their job bad ,they should at least write something about these problems (just tell us that they are working on it ,orso:()
People start called BF2 ...BFctd (crash to desktop)

Good luck
HZK

[nemeS1sza]

bloody ******** if you ask me...

Anyone else have any ideas? it MUST work somehow? The demo worked fine

[ZiRo]

Reformat if you can. If it still does not work it is your motherboard. Make sure you have directx9, drivers for gfx etc.

[Boon59]

try un installing the game & deleting the folders.
updating you video & sound drivers & reboot
then install the game & reboot then go to evenbalance.com for the punkbuster update and run it as per instructions.
then install the patch and run it again , then play the game.
if you have any other problems after that you can bet it'll be on here somewhere ;-)

[ZiRo]

oh look, the same solution as i posted in the forum and someone called crap.

[aznsensation18]

mine crashed last night...dunno why

[FiveString]

Are you running Norton or any other software that offers "real-time" protection?

I would disable it, especially any Internet worm protection.

[PaleH0rs3]

I have had the CTD problem sometimes. It seems to happen to me randomly, without explination, usually right after a game is done loading. The game works 95% of the time for me, but when it doesnt it really pisses me off. As usual, EA has done little to explain what seems to be a common problem. BF2 has great potential, and i enjoy it, but it could be so much better if EA could get their siht together. **** YOU EA!

[nemeS1sza]

sigh, im sick of this now, I've been battling with this stupid game for 3 hours now.

It doesnt even load with default windows drivers (after I uninstalled old cats I tested it)...

[Banyan05]

I'm having the same problem. Game was running fine until I applied the 1.02 patch. I even updated PB as per the other thread with no change.
I get the initial BF2 splash screen, screen then goes black for a few seconds, then back to desktop.
I see no reason to reformat, reinstall, etc. Reinstalling the game, then applying the patch puts me right back where I am now.
This is the worst execution of a game I've ever dealt with.

[imported_Korrupt]

I have that crash to desktop problem too.

Many of the people having this problem use a P4P800 Motherboard like me. Will that trouble never end?

[nemeS1sza]

using Catalysts 5.3 fixed the problem...

Thanks to all that helped :)

[TO 004]

BF2 sucks and so does ea games....you are all lemings being headed to slaughter....or at least ur getting ur pockets emptied

[TO 004]

yeh ...go spend some more money on this piece of **** game.....save ur money and buy an Xbox or PS2....PC gaming will be for fools that feel the need to make software developers rich at the customers expense....not to mention the fustration of buying a game that u have to a computer scientist to get to run...F that!

[imported_wOoZiE]

For anyone else still having the crash to desktop problem are you using an external hard drive? I have one and thats were i dl'd the game to and that happened. Then i dl'd to the comps hard drive and it worked. Just askin it could be ur solution.

[Nusirilo]

I experienced this problem and reformatting my harddrive fixed that, and that alone, issue.

[Plugz]

Welcome to BF2...expect buds, expect CTD, expect lame exploits.......

[jdogg88-Fed]

well sounds like u just have bad luck if the demo worked then the game should dont know what to say

[DaBone]

Having same problem! I got it when it first came out (couple weeks ago) It has crashed to desktop everytime.Sometime soner then later sometimes later thenm sooner.
But crashes ot desktop everytime.I have tried ALOT of things. Even reformated got new motherboard, tried different drivers, etc.
I'm thinking it has something to do with ATI cards
DaBone
amd 3000
MSI mb
9800 pro
1 gig ram

[Thalin]

Usually this problem has something to do with hardware. Make sure all your hardware is compatible.

The problem could be solve, I installed the Omega Catalyst Drivers and got rid of the problem, some people even say closing XFire makes a difference. Strange how the demo worked though...

[Banyan05]

I'm running from a different drive, not the default install location. But it doesn't seem to be a problem with this patch as it was with the first one. I still ran the patch from the command line to be sure. Didn't make a difference. I'll try the Catalyst drivers mentioned above and see if that helps.

[Banyan05]

Well, I've updated both my sound and video drivers to the latest. I do not have the ASUS model MB that is mentioned in some of these posts (although it is an ASUS). and still have the CTD a few seconds after the splash screen.
I've sent in a support request (alot of good that'll do), other than that...I guess I lose. :(

[GreatWhiteShark]

This afternoon I bought Battlefield 2. I got home, installed the game and there you go, the game didnt work. When i clicked the bf2 icon it would show a black screen for about 3-5 seconds then crash back to the desktop. I downloaded the latest ATI Catalyst 5.7 drivers, NO DIFFERENCE. I downloaded the 1.02 patch, NO DIFFERENCE.

It actually sickens me that such poor support is provided for this brand new game, imagine how many people have the same problem as myself?

Can someone PLEASE help me out, this is ridiculous. My specs are as follows:

AMD 64Bit 3200+ 939
ATI X800XT Platinum Edition 256mb
Gigabyte K8NSNXP-939 Motherboard
1GB DDR400 Ram
ATI Catalyst 5.7 drivers
Windows XP Professional with SP2

Thank you, maybe you can help me out so I can actually play the game ONCE :mad: !

using Catalysts 5.3 fixed the problem...

Thanks to all that helped :)

Good job on the fix m8 but it looks like your legacy lives on! :D