Solution to "Patching Failed"

[pete21121]

same ^

hello,

i downloaded the fixed patch, but if i want play BF2 then i have a black screen 4 sec. and then he is going back to windows

this is happening the same if there is patching failed and i try to start BF2 then i ahve the same problem.

but if i have install NO PATCHES for bf2 then it just working normal!!

I get exactly the same problem. The patch says "Installation successful!" or whatever. Then i go to run battlefield2 and it comes up with a black screen. When i press ctrl+alt+del it says that its not responding. Any ideas? oh yeah and when i have no patches on it works fine ^

[Tethrix]

Re: Solution to "Patching Failed"

I can play bf2 online. I did the cmd solution, and it worked.
But now I'm trying to install the exp pack Special Forces, and when I do that it tries to patch 1.1... But then I get the patching failed error
And then the installer stops, so I can't play sf at all ! If I could have installed and then patch, then I could just use the cmd solution again.
So if anyone knows a way to install sf manually, that would've been great.

[Venom1000tt]

Re: Solution to "Patching Failed"

me 2 damn patch is theare Fixxed Ver of it i want my money Back
]EA((

[no2dutchtrooper00588]

Re: Solution to "Patching Failed"

The only solution for all errors and stuff of the patching failed is:

Make a friend or have a friend with BF2
if he has not, say to him that BF2 is cool (hes gonna buy it)

then if he has, download the patch
if its working with no errors

copy all his BF2 files of programfiles/eagames/battlefield2
to a cd and put it on your pc

there are no errors on your pc now, you have the new patch!

[PaparasPlay]

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When I try to install v1.12 It says Patching error.Help!!!!

[anto]

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i finally patched the battlefield 2 game with 1.12 patch, thanks to the anametheus advice, but i have another problem now: when i try to connect to a multiplayer server, it says "invalid cd key". anametheus said that i should run BF2CDKeyCheck.exe, but where is it? and how does it run? sorry for my poor english, i hope you can help me.

[anto]

Re: Solution to "Patching Failed"

i resolved the cd key problem, but now i have another one^^. i bought special forces but i can't install it because when the installation begins, it says that bf2 must be patched with 1.12 and then "patch installation failed" (i can install the patch only by commands prompt), so i can't install the game. moreover i have already de 1.12, i don't understand.... please help. is there a method to install patch normally with the exe with no need of the command prompt?

[Themis_Greece]

Re: Solution to "Patching Failed"

The Soluthion:
BF2 isn't campatible with any language but english while installing patches. Spent like 2 days for research.. a'right

Press Start - (in the right column you must see 'My documents' icon) - Right click on 'My documents' - properties - What you need is direct under 'accommodation of a final folder' (smth like that, have Rus version of XP). Path to your documents must be all in english, change it to, for example C:\Documents and Settings\User\My documents (inc your username) and don't forget to copy your Battlefield 2 profile files in it or you won't be able to log into your BF2 account.

Everything must be workin' now, have fun.
Greek Power.

[Jade Falcon]

Re: Solution to "Patching Failed"

Now inside there, in addition to the classic "{8CF153EF-CC..." folder supposedly already copied into your Battlefield directory you will find ANOTHER directory which (at least in my pc) is named "bye2CD.tmp" inside there you will find another directory named "disk1". Copy that dir and place it in your standard bf2 folder. Inside that directory you will find a number of files but the most important files are in the directories: "bf2" and "xp1". Now inside those two directories are the patch files: PATCH .RTP and PATCH.RTD. Now the XP1 directory has the patch for the Special Forces Expansion pack and the bf2 has the patch for standard Battlefield 2. So, to upgrade battlefield 2, what you're going to do is, after you have copied the contents of the "{8CF153EF-CC..." directory into your bf2 folder, you also copy (not cut!) PATCH.RTP and PATCH.RTD from the Bf2 folder found in the "disk1" folder and paste it into your standard battlefield 2 folder, then run patch.exe and WATCH THE DAMN MAGIC happening at last!!
Now, to update Special Forces Expansion pack, here's the trick you do. You go to your standard bf2 directory and you DELETE the PATCH.RTP and PATCH.RTD which you had pasted before in order to upgrade the standard battlefield edition. After you delete those two files, you go to your "disk1" directory and you copy from your "xp1" folder the PATCH.RTP and PATCH.RTD files and place them on the standard battlefield folder, and press patch.exe again and WATCH THAT DAMN MAGIC HAPPENING AGAIN!!!!

IMPORTANT: DON'T FORGET TO RUN BF2CDKeyCheck.exe after each patching!!! If you don't when you try to join a multiplayer game on the net it will tell you there is a problem with your cd key.

It worked for me I hope it will work for you. Phew, what a relief.

Anametheus.

All well and fine, and according to the lengthy patch process it did work, but now I'm on a crash to desktop situation.

Here's my situation. Got the game on Sunday, it works on version 1.0, but of course I can't join any ranked servers. I have more than enough space to install the patch as directed, but any time I attempt to do so is met with failure. I've got the latest Nvidia drivers, so it's not that.

[AlphaNut]

Re: Solution to "Patching Failed"

Use memtest to check your RAM for errors.
Also, a description of your general system setup could help solve your problem.

I got the newest version BF2 running on my pc at work (Just to pass some time some times ). And this one has a 6200

[Jade Falcon]

Re: Solution to "Patching Failed"

Okay, my system.

AMD 2000+ (Just scraping the requirements I know)
512mb RAM
Geforce 6200 256mg AGP card
LG DVD Drive
Latest Nvidia drivers.

The only advice EA give is to constantly uninstall and reinstall.

I can play the 1.00 version, but obviously no ranked servers, when I try to patch to 1.12, I get Patch Failed or RTP executable errors. I did the manual patch last night and the files patched. BTW, are you meant to cancel the installshield program thats left open after the manual patching is done?

After starting to load I get the Battlefield 2 screen, but crash to desktop before the EA Logo.

[AlphaNut]

Re: Solution to "Patching Failed"

I recall that when I first installed BF2 on my work PC I did not install DirectX9c that came with the game. It asked me to install DX9c, and I declined. Then I had the game crash to desktop right after the splash.
I hate to tell you because you were already told many times, but I then reinstalled the game and accepted the installation of DX9c even though I had DX9c already installed on the system. The game didn't crash anymore after this.
You may want to try this if you clicked on cancel too when asked to install DirectX9c right after BF2 installation.

You are sure that you have Windows XP Service Pack 2 installed?

Also download Memtest, burn it on a CD, and run a memory test to see if you don't have any faulty/damaged RAM.

[Jade Falcon]

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I was pretty sure my DirectX was up to date, but I always err on the side of caution just in case. So I did install it. I do have Windows XP with Service Pack 2 installed.

Just in case it might somehow be relevant, my mouse is an Logitech MX518, and also when attempting to patch, I had about 9.75 gig free space.

The Motherboard is an Asus A8n8X as well.

[AlphaNut]

Re: Solution to "Patching Failed"

BTW, are you meant to cancel the installshield program thats left open after the manual patching is done?

Hmm..
Can someone else that has gone through the manual patching procedure confirm this? As I had the patching successful box popping up.

Did you try creating a partition, and install BF2 on this separate partition? Also remove your BF2 folder in your My Documents folder before installing freshly.

[Jade Falcon]

Re: Solution to "Patching Failed"

I got the patching successful message, but nowhere does it say what to do afterwards with the Installshield screen.

Trying to patch and leave it to run using the installer always gave error messages, and believe me, by waiting and watching the progress of the manual patch I realise it takes a while.

After every failed patch, if I reinstalled, I used the eraser tool and cleared out the Battlefield 2 files from the My Documents folder as instructed, plus I ran the CDKeyCheck program.