Help

[zfeint]

Okay. I just got the BF2 Complete DVD -- I installed it no problems and the game launches... when I manage to join a server, the game runs smoothly; no problems with actual game play and no random crashing either. My problem is that it takes forever to connect to account server -- but also, once I am logged in, if I click "options", "single player" - anything that you can click in the game -- it doesn't freeze, but it takes a while to load up. It's not laggy or anything, just that when I click one of those it takes a bit for it to load up; I've never had this problem and I've been playing since 2005. I'd appeciate any help I could get - I wanted to get back into BF2.

My system isn't the greatest, but it's good enough for me:
I have a Radeon ATi x700 pcie card
pentium d processor
3.5 gigs of ram
-- it isn't my card itself; it can run CoD4 and it's ran bf2 before

[Skaggy]

Delete your server cache (the servers listed in your favourite server tab) and all the server logo files, which can be found in:
My Documents/Battlefield 2/LogoCache.

Also, have you patched to v1.41?

http://files.filefront.com/Battlefield+2+v141+Patch/;6194285;/fileinfo.html

[ConscriptVirus]

also make sure ur windows firewall isnt blocking it. (if it is, alt tab while its connecting to accountserver and u should see a popup)

[zfeint]

-- I deleted my server cache to no avail; I then deleted that whole folder. I re-installed the game and patched it all. I used the 1.41 on the CD... then I used one I downloaded - nothing! It isn't my firewall or antivirus; I disabled those to make sure, and more than once. I've shut down every program to see if any of those was it -- nothing! It's only on the menu -- when I finally do get in a game an hour later it's perfectly fine, not laggy or anything. Just the menu is extremely choppy - and even so, not choppy in the sense that I can't move my cursor, just that when I click a tab - single player, options, multiplayer - it takes long to load. Any other ideas? I appreciate what you've done so far.

[AmericanDad]

Maybe do a system restore to when bf2 used to work ok and see if it works any better?

[zfeint]

It's the first time I install this game on this computer. Also, in game it says my version is 1.1.2 in game... I've run the 1.41 patch multiple times and have also reinstalled - does anybody know what else I can do?

[AmericanDad]

It's the first time I install this game on this computer. Also, in game it says my version is 1.1.2 in game... I've run the 1.41 patch multiple times and have also reinstalled - does anybody know what else I can do?

What about the system restore did it change anything?

[zfeint]

Restore did nothing! I reinstalled again. Okay, so I launch the game and click single-player only... it loads up no problems and it runs no problem, I press escape and click options and it loads normally, great, I'm happy. I then click disconnect then I actually log in with an account that can play online (I've tried more then one account, too) -- it takes long to load up, that's fine with me. But, why would options take long? Why would clicking single-player take long when I'm logged in? Is it a problem with my connection? I play other games with no internet problems, nor is it laggy! I have disabled firewall and anti-virus.

[zfeint]

Thanks for the help you guys gave me. It just started to work out of the blue. :\ Thanks again for your time.

[fatei3]

wow those are the same problems... i just bought the complete thing today and i download the 1.41 patch and do it multiple times and it says its at 1.12 or w/e it is. i cant join any games because it says something about unmodified content blah blah. really dumb stuff

[XavierOwn™]

Glad its sorted..

But if it worked out of the blue

Surely it can stop again out of the blue...

[zfeint]

That's unfortunately true. >< Don't point it out though, my bubble will bust. And - yeah, weird stuff, sucks that it's happening to you. I really don't know any fix to tell you, man. It just went away, didn't change ANYTHING, either in game or on my computer.

[sgt.collins]

my battlefield 2 doesn't say 1.41.... but it is, so don't worry about it

[nemes1s3000]

Try putting this in your shortcut's target box and see if it helps solve your problem,

+playNow 1 +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +eaAccountName YourAccount +eaAccountPassword YourPW +soldierName YourSoldier

So it should look something like this,

Target:

"C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Battlefield 2142\BF2142.exe" +playNow 1 +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +eaAccountName YourAccount +eaAccountPassword YourPW +soldierName YourSoldier

Of course yours is BF2.

This will auto-connect you to the game without having to input all that crap in and then wait for it to load.

[ConscriptVirus]

it should say 1.1.2-something.