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HITDOG
02-20-2006, 10:04 PM
just reformat ur computer reinstall gane and patch. and u will have no issues. i had to do it. ping back to normal!
kaya
02-20-2006, 10:46 PM
I had lag problems so i reformated 3 days ago, since then i have reformated 2 more times and i have tried to patch this game more then 70 times, all fails so now i can no longer play :(
gregorio007
02-22-2006, 03:02 AM
whats reformatting?
Talus
02-22-2006, 03:42 AM
You probably don't need to re-format...probably uninstalling the game completely, then defragmenting, then installing from disc and patching to v1.2 would achieve the same effect...so long as you aren't running tons of crap on your computer.
ConscriptVirus
02-22-2006, 05:02 AM
reformating is basically cleaning ur whole harddrive

*edit* i dont recommend reformating because it usually means that u have to reinstall all ur programs since a lot of them have to do with ur registry and stuff

*edit* plus ...easy is a bad title for it :) itll take a whole day to do this
anthonyl
02-22-2006, 05:17 AM
I thought there was a "NEW BREAKTHROUGH" here....but I was wrong.
Talus
02-22-2006, 12:40 PM
There rarely are breakthroughs...sorta like that thread in General about 83.90 drivers giving 20% FPS boost...everybody is so desperate to get better performance out of this poorly optimized game, that they'll reach for anything.
redearedslider
02-22-2006, 02:49 PM
There rarely are breakthroughs...sorta like that thread in General about 83.90 drivers giving 20% FPS boost...everybody is so desperate to get better performance out of this poorly optimized game, that they'll reach for anything.

BF2 is worse than smoking ;)
Robmonster
02-22-2006, 03:47 PM
Yeah, I get through 40 BF2's a day.
Hephaistion
02-22-2006, 04:04 PM
whats reformatting?
If you have to ask you shouldn't do it. Maybe you should play BF2 on a console.:confused:
cheesewz
02-22-2006, 04:50 PM
whats reformatting?

Reformatting is the first (or early) option to fix things for people who don't know ****e about computers and the last option for those who do. It should always be a last resort. If you reformat it is just a (long) shortcut to something that could have been solved by other means.

I can't believe that anyone would reformat a drive thinking it will fix BF2 problems. There are many other things to try first. Driver updates (or rollbacks) with full uninstall of them first. Possibly Driver Cleaner in between (I don't). Make sure that you don't have unnecessary background processes running (Antivirus, etc). Make sure that you don't have any spyware (use Adaware or similar). Defragging hard drive after install or programs. Do regularly scheduled Defrag. Possibly get Disk Keeper instead of the standard defrag (I don't). Uninstall and reinstall of BF2 and patches, then defrag.

Also look at the TweakGuide for BF2 (http://www.tweakguides.com/BF2_1.html).
gregorio007
02-23-2006, 12:30 AM
If you have to ask you shouldn't do it. Maybe you should play BF2 on a console.:confused:

im only 13 and its more fun on the computer
-(PK)-DarkIllusion
02-23-2006, 12:50 AM
There rarely are breakthroughs...sorta like that thread in General about 83.90 drivers giving 20% FPS boost...everybody is so desperate to get better performance out of this poorly optimized game, that they'll reach for anything.
i got bout 30% :D and the picture quality is crispier (xtreme g's 83.90 V2)
gregorio007
02-23-2006, 01:03 AM
Reformatting is the first (or early) option to fix things for people who don't know ****e about computers and the last option for those who do. It should always be a last resort. If you reformat it is just a (long) shortcut to something that could have been solved by other means.

I can't believe that anyone would reformat a drive thinking it will fix BF2 problems. There are many other things to try first. Driver updates (or rollbacks) with full uninstall of them first. Possibly Driver Cleaner in between (I don't). Make sure that you don't have unnecessary background processes running (Antivirus, etc). Make sure that you don't have any spyware (use Adaware or similar). Defragging hard drive after install or programs. Do regularly scheduled Defrag. Possibly get Disk Keeper instead of the standard defrag (I don't). Uninstall and reinstall of BF2 and patches, then defrag.

Also look at the TweakGuide for BF2 (http://www.tweakguides.com/BF2_1.html).

i guess i wont do that, but the tweak guide was good
RAF92_Warhawk
02-23-2006, 04:40 AM
*edit* plus ...easy is a bad title for it :) itll take a whole day to do thisIt will take an entire day if it goes smoothly. Which it never does.... lol... On top of that, it would probably take a week just to get the same amount of stuff that you had before you reformatted.

Unless your computer is running slow and overdue for a reformat, I don't recommend this method...