Server requires Unmodified Content??

[Kelloggs]

How you get on logan keen to know - wamt to play this game some time soon - cheers Kelloggs :)

[LOGAN]

installed in safe mode and didnt get any errors, updated pb and am now booting into safe mode to install the 1.02 patch.

i found another mistake, i think.. in step 5 when you say,

under PunkBuster (BF2) Security Files
right click on For Players Filename: pbsec.htm and save target as...
save it to program files\battlefield2\pb folder

you mean, "program files\EA GAMES\battlefield2\pb folder" right? somebody might get confused by that.. maybe... :|:

edit: okay installed the patch successfully in safe mode! however, now the game crashes right after it welcomes me to duty. i noticed in my, "C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\Profiles\Local" it only lists a default folder and not any of my profiles, but im not sure if the game profiles are supposed to be listed there anyway.. somebody check.

so close!

[<AWOL>Manoe]

2 of my clan members and friends are having this exact problem. Everything was ok until they ran the patch. They got this error. They changed NOTHING in thier game folders or files. All they did was install the 1.02 patch. Hell, from what I read 1/2 of the people that try to install the patch get the Patch Failed error.

Good work again on another patch EA! noone else has this problem? lol right.

[dark_helmet]

http://forums.totalbf2.com/showthread.php?t=18235

didnt require reboot, that rebooot after installation is only for stupid DX9 which everybody has.

no need of changing punk buster manually.

no need of safe mode

[LOGAN]

http://forums.totalbf2.com/showthread.php?t=18235

didnt require reboot, that rebooot after installation is only for stupid DX9 which everybody has.

no need of changing punk buster manually.

no need of safe mode

i think safe mode helps just because that way you dont have to worry about shutting down back ground programs you can just install and go. as for that link.. "You dont have to do ANYTHING with punkbuster....dont even try or you will mess up your hash check." that part scared me, im going to delete what i added to the pb/htm folder and see if that helps..

other wise, i give up and im just not going to play until they patch this ***** up real nice.

[dark_helmet]

yup, md5summer does hash check and it should match the official EA one given on wiki.

safe mode works for some people - did not work for me - as I said, its some synchronization error.

also safe mode patching is a lot slower

[LOGAN]

okay how do i use the back up i made of my registry? i saved it in a file on my desktop, theres an options to merge.. should i merge?!

[dark_helmet]

okay how do i use the back up i made of my registry? i saved it in a file on my desktop, theres an options to merge.. should i merge?!

why are you playing with the registry ?

double click on the .reg file, it will merge it.

[LOGAN]

in EAKarlos post he went through a bunch of steps of what files to delete out of the windows registry (start, run, regedit). thats why i ask; thanks for the answer!

now lets just hope merging it doesnt mess anything else up, im debating whether or not to use goback or just leave it or put back the old registry.. i hate computers... :wall:

[UK.D-Hirogen]

Hirogen - have you tried a different dvd install of the game e.g. your brothers disc - is their any possibility that our problems are associated to the DVD install disc being corrupt - let us know

To tell you the truth m8 this idea crossed my mind the other day.

Sorry but the md5 thing doesnt work, its interesting but thats all it is. You'll never get 0 errors since the patch will never complete. Also if my Bro can play with no 'Unmodified Content' errors and i copy his directory as advised by EA, surely i can play too? NOPE didnt work.

[GreatWhiteShark]

My drive isnt partitioned. What do you mean use windows search? What file name(s) or extensions am i searching for? Or do you mean something else?

Have you when you finaly managed to log in change all your in game vid settings to lowest (then try)
Then increase one at a time untill the problems come back.

Did I ask if you have had and/or deleted the BF2 demo? Do delete, if you have!

Do the following "after" uninstalling BF2 the way you would normally........

START > My Computer > Top left you will see a magnifying glass with search (click) > all files and folders > put in the file name > battlefield < AND after you have searched for that do a separate search for > bf2 < (for bf2 files folders) > now/also where it says "LOOK IN" click the down arrow and highlight local hard drive, C: > search > any files folders? > make a note plz and tell me of any that you have found > delete any that have been found.

Also Look for > bf2patch v 102 < AND > bf2patch v 101 < for the 2 patches.

Also Look for > pbweb < and > PB web updater < to delete manual punkbuster update files

You can cut and paste the search in-between the > < don't change spelling.

Now reinstall the game the 1.02 patch (and run) and finaly the files PB (and run) follow my instructions on page 2 of this post for the instalation of them. but plz note :-

In answer to your PM to me...about :-

Did you follow these rules ? (you must reboot when asked)

- Uninstall the game
- REBOOT
- Install the game
- REBOOT (Don't load the game)
- Reinstall the patch
- Reinstall Punkbuster


I think you may know that when changing altering adding and/or deleating some programs for all the effects to take place (work) you need to reboot when asked or if say you have uninstalled BF2 and not rebooted, but have reinstalled the game then rebooted there is a huge risk of over righting files and getting corrupt file messages.



And finaly try the game.


Edit ...PS i have had a 11th hour thought that you could work the Windows "system restore" and role back to when BF2 worked for you and work from there.

But on a selfish point of view i would love to find out what is causing your problem as it will help others!

[Kelloggs]

Same Hirogen doesnt work for me either -copied directory from working machine to mine and all i get is different MD5 errors when i run the checker - this is farked and almost the last straw as now i know its not the DVD because that instlled and patched fine on my mates machine - its my comp causing the problems - please help someone tried everything bar rolling back to trusty Old Win2k

[LOGAN]

well i give up for now, i lost count of how many times ive installed and reinstalled today, im tired.. and cold...

but theres always tomorrow!

[GreatWhiteShark]

Same Hirogen doesnt work for me either -copied directory from working machine to mine and all i get is different MD5 errors when i run the checker - this is farked and almost the last straw as now i know its not the DVD because that instlled and patched fine on my mates machine - its my comp causing the problems - please help someone tried everything bar rolling back to trusty Old Win2k

well i give up for now, i lost count of how many times ive installed and reinstalled today, im tired.. and cold...
but theres always tomorrow!

I feel your pain!
We could all have a group hug?

[imported_SithL0rd]

Ok here is how I finally fixed my problem.

After just random discconects because of the modified content I noticed a pattern. The times I was getting disconnected was when I was attempting to connect to certain maps.

http://forum.eagames.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=3356

Following this threads advice I ran the md5 checks an sure enuff the maps I was getting disconnected from were the ones that failed.

So I uninstalled then reinstalled, ran the patch an ran the md5 check. Now different maps were corrupt. Looked at the patchlog.txt in My Documents/BF2/dmp an the same files that failed the md5 failed to patch.

This time I deleted the corrupt files then copied the bf2 dir to another drive. Then uninstalled an reinstalled AGAIN. patched checked the log saw a couple of failed files ran the md5 an they matched with the patchlog. Luckily they were different files than last time. I copied over the files from my backup. Reran the patch an all files were then fully patched. Ran the md5 again an the only thing that failed was Objects_client.zip. BUT the patch did patch it.

Finally! I have now played several days with no problems and I've tried every map. Hopefully this will help out some folks. Yeah its a PITA but it works. I've also made a copy of the working BF2 dir so when the next patch hits I shouldnt have any problems.