Loading problem
Up until about a day ago, BF2 has been working fine for me. I've had some CTDs and "There is a problem with connection" issues like the rest of us, but, for the most part, the game's been running fine.
However, as of right now, I can't connect to any servers. What used to be about a minute or two of wait time to load has become ten minutes. The loading bar moves at a snail's pace, and when it finally does complete, I never get passed "Verifying Client Data..." I either get the error "Your connection to the server has been lost" or "Netword data corruption error." Not only do I get those errors, it takes upwards of five to ten minutes of "Verifying Client Data" to get them. That is, I wait at that screen for ten minutes only to get an error. I've tried twice, then waited about an hour and tried again, to no avail.
However, *sometimes* the game manages to load...after the ten minutes of loading. Beyond that point, the game plays perfectly fine (as in, the way it normally does for me in-game). But it still takes forever to load and it still takes as long when the next map comes rolling around.
Just to let you know, I have NO background tasks running at all, and I've been playing this game for about a month perfectly (well, save for the 1.3 issues) fine. I've scanned for viruses and spyware and have rebooted the computer numerous times.
As of a day later, I've also manually updated Punkbuster, thinking maybe that was the issue, and have unistalled + reinstalled AGAIN. I've run spyware checks and virus checks, as well. This happened so abruptly, too. One minute, I was playing fine, on Wake Island 2007 (this was the last map I played which loaded normally, I believe). I finish the round and exit the game and go about my own business. I come back ~two hours later, and the load times seemed to have tripled.
The loading bar always seems to pause/slowdown at certain % during the loading, namely 13-15% then 47-50%, then 62%, I've noticed. Then it's a ten minute wait for "verifying client data." Although, today, when I tried, it took forever to load the first map (like I said). I then played out the game that I joined. After the round ended, another map began to load. To my surprise, the loading bar moved at its normal pace...only to hit a roadblock at "verifying client data," where, once again, it's another ten minute wait.
I'm getting REALLY frustrated at this now. It's almost not worth it to even try and join games. I have to wait ten-twenty minutes, so I usually go upstairs and do something to occupy myself. And then I find that I no longer have the desire to play the map for a round or two, only to endure ANOTHER loading time.
Thanks for any help at all.
However, as of right now, I can't connect to any servers. What used to be about a minute or two of wait time to load has become ten minutes. The loading bar moves at a snail's pace, and when it finally does complete, I never get passed "Verifying Client Data..." I either get the error "Your connection to the server has been lost" or "Netword data corruption error." Not only do I get those errors, it takes upwards of five to ten minutes of "Verifying Client Data" to get them. That is, I wait at that screen for ten minutes only to get an error. I've tried twice, then waited about an hour and tried again, to no avail.
However, *sometimes* the game manages to load...after the ten minutes of loading. Beyond that point, the game plays perfectly fine (as in, the way it normally does for me in-game). But it still takes forever to load and it still takes as long when the next map comes rolling around.
Just to let you know, I have NO background tasks running at all, and I've been playing this game for about a month perfectly (well, save for the 1.3 issues) fine. I've scanned for viruses and spyware and have rebooted the computer numerous times.
As of a day later, I've also manually updated Punkbuster, thinking maybe that was the issue, and have unistalled + reinstalled AGAIN. I've run spyware checks and virus checks, as well. This happened so abruptly, too. One minute, I was playing fine, on Wake Island 2007 (this was the last map I played which loaded normally, I believe). I finish the round and exit the game and go about my own business. I come back ~two hours later, and the load times seemed to have tripled.
The loading bar always seems to pause/slowdown at certain % during the loading, namely 13-15% then 47-50%, then 62%, I've noticed. Then it's a ten minute wait for "verifying client data." Although, today, when I tried, it took forever to load the first map (like I said). I then played out the game that I joined. After the round ended, another map began to load. To my surprise, the loading bar moved at its normal pace...only to hit a roadblock at "verifying client data," where, once again, it's another ten minute wait.
I'm getting REALLY frustrated at this now. It's almost not worth it to even try and join games. I have to wait ten-twenty minutes, so I usually go upstairs and do something to occupy myself. And then I find that I no longer have the desire to play the map for a round or two, only to endure ANOTHER loading time.
Thanks for any help at all.
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