Battlefield 2 random crashes

Hey all,

I finally went out and got BF2 last week, but am having problems already, and EA are being less that helpful, so i wandered if anyone here might have the answer to my problems!

While i'm playing, i get random crashes back to the desktop. It only seems to do this while playing online, and it didn't used to do it while playing the demo online. My pc far exceeds the recommended specifications, so i don't think it'l be a hardware issue. I've tried reinstalling, and am using the cat 5.12 drivers. (I don't like 5.13) It does this whether my graphics card is overclocked or not, and atitool is showing no artifacts and default speeds, so it's not my card that is faulty. I also suspected my RAM, but after extensive testing decided it was not. My cpu's running @ 3.85ghz rock stable, after a 12 hour torture test with 2 instances of prime 95 (also stable under same test conditions @ 4.2ghz). It's a fairly fresh installation of XP SP2, which is completely clean of viruses and crap-ware.... Basically i've ran out of ideas.

Any suggestions are welcome, in the mean time i'm gonna do some complaining over at EA for their shite customer service.

~Simon

I tried installing the patches, but after that i can't even open the game. It just comes up with a black screen for a few seconds, and comes back to the desktop

Strange though. Loads of people are having the problems, most with less frequent crashes. But i'd really like to know whats causing it.

EA still aren't being any help

Anyway, thanks djbben.

Yep, that's enabled.

I'll try installing the patches again. The last time i tried i just installed the latest one, but do i have to install any previous ones before that?

Ok, cheers. I'll give it a shot in the morning.

hmm, might try. I don't wanna be bringing my system back to default speeds each time i want to play though I use 3.85ghz for normal use and 4.1+ghz for audio or video encoding, it's crazy because i still havn't found the maximum possible speed. I chickened out at 4.2ghz.

You might have had the problem because when you raise the fsb, you also speed the ram up. And because the game is so huge, your ram could have screwed up as little as 1 byte of data, and the whole game comes crashing down.

Anyway, i'll give it a shot at default though. I still think it's wierd that the demo that came out before the BF2 final is completely stable, or at least is on my rig.

Yeah, the cd drive i am using it from is already D I hate EA!!!!!

I have alcohol 120% installed, and i've heard this can cause problems, but i uninstalled that and reinstalled BF2, but didn't get anywhere, it kept saying 'please insert disk...' so i got tired of that crap and installed the no-cd patch. The only problem i'm having is that i can't install the patches, or when i try to open the game, i get a black screen for a few seconds, and then come back to the desktop

It cirtainly is very frustrating.

Even after uninstalling alcohol, the same thing happens, so i think perhaps it's a registry entry that bf2's looking for before launching.

lol, i found the solution to the problem

I went and bought my own copy of the game!! LOL

I had a friend's version, which he'd already registered etc, so i got my money back off him, bought the game, and it now works great! I installed the 1.12 patch without problems, and can play 24/7 without a single crash or glitch!

Thanks for all the suggestions!

ps: what make is your RAM hookeyStreet? I have 3x Vdata CL5 512mb's and 1x kingston CL4 512mb and that's clocked all the way up to 572mhz @ 4-4-4-10 in dual channel! I was actually really surprised when i found the 3x vdata sticks could keep up with the kingston stick.

Sorry for long post

I've got my pagefile set at 1gig, but i always keep an eye on the task manager, which i have set up on my second monitor, which indicated that the game has never used all my physical memory. Interesting thought though. I'm curious to know whether they've fixed the memory leaks in the 1.12 patch because i've been playing the game every spare minute i get, and no crashes

I'm still not entirely sure why it was doing it, maybe EA games detected that i was running a copy that had already been registered. The thing is i used to be able to play offline fine, but if i went online, it would crash every 2 minutes or so.

btw, what servers do you all play on the most? I particularly like the clan asbo server, since they always have someone in to make sure it's played fair, and the connection is awsome! i have a ping of 11 most of the time! I guess the server must be nearby and have a 100mbit connection. It's a 64 player server as well

My name is 'GrimReaper-RU-' if anyone kills me, be sure to say hi!

Also, i'm investing in an X1900XT shortly can't wait! I'm getting it primarily for FEAR because my X800xl seem to handle BF2 fine with all the maximum detail settings, the only thing is i have to turn off dynamic shadows because they're all pixilated. Is this the same for all ATI cards? I've heard it roumoured that the game is designed for nVidia, and dynamic shadows is only supported by their cards.

And 1 last thing, does anyone else get graphical glitches while playing? Like a blade of grass stretching across in front of you, or random strips of sunshine on the ground in foggy maps? I dunno whats causing it. At default clocks on my graphics card, and even underclocked it occours, the temperatures of my card are awsome with my ATI Silencer. And i don't think it's my RAM because there's plenty of overclocking headroom at the clocks i have set.

For normal use:
P4's at 3.85ghz, 14*275mhz, ram running 1:1, 550mhz 4-4-4-10,

when i want a little more speed:
4ghz, 14*286, ram at 572mhz 1:1 4-4-4-10,

when i really need more power i get the 16x multi into play:
4.3ghz, 269*16, ram at 538mhz 1:1 4-4-4-10.

the ram is 4x 512mb, 3x VData CL5, and 1x kingston CL4. To be honest, i'm quite amazed by the overclocking potential of the Vdata stuff, keeping up with the kingston. But i suppose it would be limiting my o/c.