ping problems after 1.4

[Dethred]

Re: What is going on DICE?

Dice killed the game knowing 95% of the people who bought BF2 are foolish enough to buy BF2142 because they can't play BF2 anymore.

Lag isn't the only issue, my system is now getting 30fps average. Yes, a system that can play even Oblivion on Maxxed out settings (minus HDR) smoothly gets 30FPS on a year old game. Dice really should consider packing their bags.

Proof:



Dice killed the game knowing 95% of the people who bought BF2 are foolish enough to buy BF2142 because they can't play BF2 anymore.

Lag isn't the only issue, my system is now getting 30fps average. Yes, a system that can play even Oblivion on Maxxed out settings (minus HDR) smoothly gets 30FPS on a year old game. Dice really should consider packing their bags.

Proof:

[ForNoOne]

Re: What is going on DICE?

i have other problem...
I downloaded the 1.4 patch and installed it...then i started game chose a server and joined it..when i was in the game and in server my mouse and keyboard wont respond...i cant do anything...so u could help me out please if u know what the problem is

[Akuma]

Re: What is going on DICE?

Dethred...your proof pics hit my problem right on the head.

My game wa runing fine, exept for the CTD stuff.
Then a week before the 1.4 i started to get this weird skipping in my frames.

I went so far as to reinstall windows to find the problem and nothing.
I even figured it was my ISP but I have tweaked my cable cennection to the max and still having the same problem.

even just with a server of 16 players i will endup doing a total 180 ingame.
totaly agravating i must say and garbege in a firefight.

Its almost like my cpu is spikeing ingame when im online.
But i have no prblems playing fear at full without shadows and HDR.

Man..EA U suky suky long time

[ArcticFox_uk]

Re: What is going on DICE?

After doing a clean install (BF>SF>1.4>EF>AF>1.4) of the full 1.4 patch I have experienced the following problems:

Server crashes
Map loading freezes on 0% or is extremely slow
Connection loss
Lag
Hits not registering (deffinately direct hits)
Join button doesn't always work
Menu sometimes goes in slow motion
'Problem With Your Connection' consistantly pops up on screen
Medic sound looping when pack picked up
Has sat on 'connecting to account server' screen, resulting in me having to shut down computer

Took another players medic kit to revive them, revived them, so they had my sniper kit, they died, then revived them again and they had switched back to their original medic kit.


Please please please, will you guys do something about this. It's beyond a joke.

[Red Devil]

Re: What is going on DICE?

I play SP a lot using 1.4 on very large (2000x2000 meter maps with 64-72 bots on expert settings and I have a blast. Constant, intense action, with good framerates using medium video settings at 800x600 (32bit) resolution .

I also play Multiplayer BF2 and Special Forces on servers that have 90-120 ping with no problems.

I am using a fresh install of BF2 with the FULL 1.4 patch.

My suggestion? Clean install of BF2, patch with FULL patch, lower your video settings, increase your pagefile to double that of your RAM size, and use the TCP/IP tools at DSLREPORTS to tweak your TCP/IP settings:

http://www.dslreports.com/tools

My setup:

500W PS
Abit AV8 Motherboard
Athlon 64 3500+
2GB Dual Channel RAM
Windows 2000 Pro
630GB HD space
ATI AIW 9600XT 120MB video
Creative Audigy ZS gamer soundcard
4GB (fixed) Pagefile on separate drive
1.5 DSL
Good Microbrew Beer :)

Wow. I am a bit nervous to ask but how is play in single player maps? I ask only to make sure its not something throughout the game. Also if you used the incremental install could you give the full a shot? We have noticed some problems with the incremental install for some players.

[Smokalotapotamus]

Re: What is going on DICE?

After doing a clean install (BF>SF>1.4>EF>AF>1.4) of the full 1.4 patch I have experienced the following problems:

Server crashes
Map loading freezes on 0% or is extremely slow
Connection loss
Lag
Hits not registering (deffinately direct hits)
Join button doesn't always work
Menu sometimes goes in slow motion
'Problem With Your Connection' consistantly pops up on screen
Medic sound looping when pack picked up
Has sat on 'connecting to account server' screen, resulting in me having to shut down computer

Took another players medic kit to revive them, revived them, so they had my sniper kit, they died, then revived them again and they had switched back to their original medic kit.


Please please please, will you guys do something about this. It's beyond a joke.

Many things you have said have been bothering people since day one, Dice refuses to fix them.

[Red Devil]

Re: What is going on DICE?

Everything listed here (except for the revive-kit-switching) points to a faulty installl, a lossy ISP, or not having a good PC setup.

[Yoosty]

Re: What is going on DICE?

I have had only 1 problem with my connection on my computer, but one of my clan mates has a serious problem. Below is the specs of his system.


AMD Athlon 64 4000+ Processor, 2.4GHz 939pin
550W Antec TRUE Quiet Power Supplywith Dual Smart Fans
Asus A8N SLI Deluex - NVIDIA nForce 4 SLI MCP, PCI Express MB w DDR
2048MB Mushkin PC3200 DDR400 Blue Series CL2 Memory w Heat spreader 4x 512
2x256MB eVGA NVIDIA Geforce 6800 GT in SLI
2x200GB WD2000JD 7200 SATA/150 8MB Cache - Raid 0 Stripe
SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS w 1394 Firewire Port, 5.1/6.1/7.1 channel
16X Liteon DL DVD+/-RW
16X DVD
6 in 1 Cardreader & Floppy
Integrated 10/100/1000 MBps Gigabit Ethernet
Microsoft Windows XP Pro
Internet Connection is 10mbps

Now to his problem with the 1.4 patch. He had game running with the 1.3 with latest drivers for graphic and sound card. After he patch game (patch gotten from FileCloud) and went to play it. He could only launch in Play Online Now or logout. He could not bring up any other ingame screens, i.e. BF2HQ, Multiplayer, Single Player or Options.

We have completely uninstalled game, cleared the registry files, temp files and anything relating to BF2 and reinstall fresh game. Still does not work. Also tried different full 1.4 patch downloaded from different sites, even including EA Downloader. He still has this problem.

When he downloaded patchand installed it, he had firewll and anti-virus disable.

I even tried to emulate his problem on my new computer I just got (Quad SLI), but could not. Since my new computer is similar, except for the Quad SLI, 2 Sony DVD-RW+/-, 12-1 card reader, tw0 150 Raptor HD in raid 0 and a 300 gb sata II HD for storage.

Any help would be greatly appreciated to solve his problem.

[Red Devil]

Re: What is going on DICE?

Well, this is really interesting then. His/Your systems comletely blow mine way, but you have problems.

Which resolution do you play at and using which options? (AA, etc.)

What's the size of your Pagefiles?

What are your TCP/IP settings? (TCP/IP buffer, MTU, etc.)

[pvt. Claymore]

Re: What is going on DICE?

if it is not fixed, class action lawsuit.

[Flakman]

Re: What is going on DICE?

I play SP a lot using 1.4 on very large (2000x2000 meter maps with 64-72 bots on expert settings and I have a blast. Constant, intense action, with good framerates using medium video settings at 800x600 (32bit) resolution .

I also play Multiplayer BF2 and Special Forces on servers that have 90-120 ping with no problems.

I am using a fresh install of BF2 with the FULL 1.4 patch.

My suggestion? Clean install of BF2, patch with FULL patch, lower your video settings, increase your pagefile to double that of your RAM size, and use the TCP/IP tools at DSLREPORTS to tweak your TCP/IP settings:

http://www.dslreports.com/tools

My setup:

500W PS
Abit AV8 Motherboard
Athlon 64 3500+
2GB Dual Channel RAM
Windows 2000 Pro
630GB HD space
ATI AIW 9600XT 120MB video
Creative Audigy ZS gamer soundcard
4GB (fixed) Pagefile on separate drive
1.5 DSL
Good Microbrew Beer :)

Just want to point out BF2 does not use TCP/IP, it uses UDP. Those tweaks do nothing for BF2 at all, will help your browser though. The rest is accurate.

[Yoosty]

Re: What is going on DICE?

Well, this is really interesting then. His/Your systems comletely blow mine way, but you have problems.

Which resolution do you play at and using which options? (AA, etc.)

What's the size of your Pagefiles?

What are your TCP/IP settings? (TCP/IP buffer, MTU, etc.)

Well that is one of the problem also. He can not get into Options to set up game parameters or any other game features. It only launches into Play Now.

Believe his pagefile is 3591mb, I will confirm this whern he gets on comms today. The resolution he was running game in the 1.3 patch was 1024x768(32 bit) (75 hz), same as he runs his desktop in.

[Dairuka]

Re: ping problems after 1.4

Update Punkbuster. Every patch comes with a Punkbuster client update.

You can find it here (This is a clicky link)

[imported_[UTAC] Incognito]

Re: ping problems after 1.4

Ping and stability issues here too since 1.4 ( and that was on a week old 1.3 fresh install) Nice job EA, you sucked me into buying another game before you could make the previous one worked.

Athlon 64 3700+
BF2 installed on its own drive
GTO2
Audigy 2 ZS
6Mb/s connection
2GB Memory

[AmericanDad]

Re: ping problems after 1.4

My pings were higher after 1.4 incremental and I was being disconnected after 3 minutes of gameplay. I reset my modem and since then everything is fine.