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  • Flaming Ham

    #1

    Battlefield 2 Vista issue.

    I've done some searching, but none of the topics I've seen seem to address this problem (sorry if I missed it somewhere).

    I used to run XP, and Battlefield 2 ran just fine, but I recently got Vista and I'm having troubles.

    When I start Battlefield 2, the splash screen comes up and the screen goes black, (like normal) but when the login screen is supposed to come up, all I get are weird lines going across my screen (but all the sounds work). I put my card in a computer still running XP just to make sure it didn't die on me, and my card still works (it even played BF2 on the computer just fine).

    I took a video of the problem, since it's easier to show than explain.

    (It's kind of hard to see at first, but you will get the gist of it by the end. Also, normally I don't have the startup movies playing, but I had forgotten to put the +restart 1 in the shortcut.)

    My specs:
    AMD 64 4200+ X2
    2 GB pc3200 RAM
    7900GT
    Vista (32 Bit)

    I've tried the 158.18 and 158.24 drivers, but neither change the problem in any way. I have tried running in XP service pack 2 compatibility mode and as an administrator. I've reinstalled BF2 three times now, and redownloaded the patch each time just in case. Earlier I reformatted, just to make sure, but still nothing.

    I only know one solution, but it doesn't always work. When the game starts up, I wait for the lines to go crazy, I hit ctrl +alt + del, the lines turn green and white, then I hit ctrl + shift + esc. This makes the screen normal, but as I said, it doesn't always work, plus the few times I've loaded the game, the some of the graphics are messed up for the resolution (eg, icons way too big.)

    :cry:

    Any help?
  • K8T

    #2
    Re: Battlefield 2 Vista issue.

    Hmm im not sure about this really, but here is something you can try. In Vista, right click on Battlefield 2 icon > Properties > Compatibility tab > Run it in Windows XP W/SP2 mode and see what happens.

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    • Flaming Ham

      #3
      Re: Battlefield 2 Vista issue.

      Nope, doesn't work.

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      • wolverine77
        Member
        • Jun 2005
        • 296

        #4
        Re: Battlefield 2 Vista issue.

        i had vista messed with it for weeks, bf2 would not run for me at all on vista, tired every trick i could find, installed xp again and it runs fine, i was on vista 32bit also

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        • RYKUU
          Member
          • Dec 2006
          • 2352

          #5
          Re: Battlefield 2 Vista issue.

          vista dosnt play any ame well exept a few, i would say get XP again.

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          • K8T

            #6
            Re: Battlefield 2 Vista issue.

            ^^ I dont know about that, I can run every game same or better then before.

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            • Lamri35UK

              #7
              Re: Battlefield 2 Vista issue.

              I ran Vista Ultimate (32bit) with BF2 on it for a few weeks, kept getting kicked by PB for Packet Flow issues. Now I dual boot XP Pro/ Vista Ultimate and I have put BF2 back on the XP Pro OS and have no problems at all.
              The lines etc on the screen seem to me to be a graphics driver/resolution problem mate. Have you tried using Extreme-G Vista Drivers with your card?
              No promises, it could solve your graphics problem but you WILL have other snags come up that are Vista related. My suggestion is to do what i've done mate, dual boot for worry free gaming :)

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              • astonkiller

                #8
                Re: Battlefield 2 Vista issue.

                kxt:salute: same here vista runs great,5.20min too load a map on xp,vista 51sec

                Originally posted by astonkiller View Post
                kxt:salute: same here vista runs great,5.20min too load a map on xp,vista 51sec
                sorry k8t:salute:

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                • Flaming Ham

                  #9
                  Re: Battlefield 2 Vista issue.

                  :yay:
                  The Tweaks R Us drivers work!

                  I was starting to worry when I stumbled across this thread:

                  Keep up to date with the latest announcements & discussions on the hot topics.

                  (seems like Vista doesn't agree with 7900 cards)
                  ...but somehow it works now.

                  Thanks!

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                  • Naturalite

                    #10
                    Re: Battlefield 2 Vista issue.

                    Dude was are the "Tweaks R Us drivers" I have tired head from trying to read so much. I have the same problem as you. Please direct me to the fix.
                    Thank You I'm at your Mercy

                    OK i found the Xtream-G 158.45 and it did not work. Can you tell me which version you are using? Thank you dude

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                    • sava700

                      #11
                      Re: Battlefield 2 Vista issue.

                      If your getting kicked by punkbuster its cause you need to run the game as Administrator..... as for performance its all in the driver support not to mention even on 2megs of ram your going to see a slight drop cause Vista uses more Ram than XP ever did.

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