Flicks to control screen

[imported_Koops]

G’day
Got a new computer yesterday. Cant remember all the specs but its got a 7800gtx.
I cranked all the settings on high, except for antialiasing which I set to x2. Everything looks grouse, sounds grouse. Problem is when I an in a vehicle and get close to the enemy, the game flicks over to the control screen (same as if you hit Esc key). By the time I cane get back into the game by hitting Esc I’ve been nailed!
Anyone have any ideas on this? I tried lowering the video settings but same thing happened.
Cheers
Koops

[predragjanjic]

Re: Flicks to control screen

hmm I have the same card and this is what mine looks like(below)

update ur drivers, what resolution are you using?

all maxed out, 1280x1024

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/prejan/screen005.jpg

urs should look the same

[GeoffRowley]

Re: Flicks to control screen

Your computers videocard shouldn't make BF2 look grouse ( gross ). There might be an overheating issue, or a PSU issue. But either way try to list more specs. IF you bought it as a prebuilt complete then it should be easy. If it was given to you, go to Start > Run > type dxdiag and post that on here

[imported_Koops]

Re: Flicks to control screen

Ok, heres the specs

Intel C2D E6300
2GB Duel Ch 533 MHz DDR2 Ram
400GB Seagate/WDS SATA2 HDD
20inch Viewsonic LCD
XFX 7800gtx - factory overclocked
550WT PSU
Sorry, by grouse I mean it is great. I love it! It is just that when ever I go near an enemy while I'm driving a vehicle it goes back to the control screen as if I have just pressed escape. Then I can press escape and get back into the game.

I update to the latest the NVIDIA driver last night.
Yes, I set resolution to 1280x1024 60Hz

Thanks
Koops

[imported_[C*]Indest]

Re: Flicks to control screen

Sounds weird -

My opinion, if it was a hardware issue, then you probably would of crashed BF2 totally or the system would hang etc.

That to me sounds like a software issue ... video drivers?
What version of BF2 are you running?
How did you patch it - From Vanilla straight to 1.3 etc?

Try changing your settings on the card ingame, ie change the resolution to something lower and set everything to medium just to test.

Also have a look here

http://www.totalbf2.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=73

and here

http://forums.anandtech.com/categories.aspx?catid=33&entercat=y

[imported_Koops]

Re: Flicks to control screen

Thanks for the help.
Because I had to reinstall BF2 on my new machine yesterday I downloaded the complete 1.3 patch from EA's website (not the incrimentals).

Will play around with settings more tonight.
Thanks

[GeoffRowley]

Re: Flicks to control screen

Maybe the control mapping? It's possible that you have escape or something mapped to your mouse click. It's an outside chance, but maybe

[imported_[C*]Indest]

Re: Flicks to control screen

^ good thinking 99

EDIT: actually, its the same key for entering and exiting, so he would not be able to enter it ..

[imported_Koops]

Re: Flicks to control screen

G'day
Thanks for all you input. I set anti-aliasing to off, and three of the other settings to medium and I havent had a problem.
Cheers
Koops

[BryanG]

Re: Flicks to control screen

I have often been kicked to the menu without hitting escape, most often while n a vehicle.

Doens't happen consistently to me though.

[imported_Koops]

Re: Flicks to control screen

G'day

Thanks for all the suggestions. I did try them to no avail!
Turned out the keyboard was causing the problem! It was a Gigabyte (GKM-RM01CP I think????). I replaced it with an old Acer keyboard from work and havent had a problem!
Cheers
Koops