Crashes when the server is full message!!!

[mark128]

whenever i try and connect to a server that is full the game crashes to the desktop, it then goes to a black screen (the screen flickers like it is changing resoloution) it will stay on that screen, and i have to ctl + alt + delete out of the game.
Please can you help me, i have asked EA support (but we ll no how helpfull they are)
P.S i have turned my firewall off.
Thanks

[mark128]

Re: Crashes when the server is full message!!!

anybody?? :cry:

[AlphaNut]

Re: Crashes when the server is full message!!!

Has nothing to do with your firewall. I guess your video card is having problems switching between different resolutions. What resolution are you playing the game at? Try changing the game resolution, and don't forget to clear your BF2 cache files before loading the next map.
If this doesn't help try resetting video driver settings, or reinstall new video drivers.
Make sure that no screen refresh rate overrides are set in your display driver configuration.

When did this problem occur first? You seem to have played BF2 for a while. I'm guessing that you didn't have this problem from the beginning.

[mark128]

Re: Crashes when the server is full message!!!

i play the game at 800*600, but my moniter is running at 1280*1024. I will try and update my drivers and see if that has solved the problem. Can you recommend any drivers. (not sure what are the latest ones)

P.S i have been in contact with EA for about a week, and i have had no proper solution that could work.

[mark128]

Re: Crashes when the server is full message!!!

updating drivers didnt work.
no i didnt have this problem from the start. Only when i started to play the SF expansion pack (about a week ago).

[AlphaNut]

Re: Crashes when the server is full message!!!

maybe a complete fresh re-install of BF2, and SF expansion would solve this problem.
Regarding the drivers: I don't know what graphics card you're using.
I have a Nvidia 6800GT gpu. I found the 81.95 drivers to work very well with BF2 and SF.
Try those if you're using Nvidia hardware. I am not sure which drivers perform best with BF2 and ATI gpu's.
But it seems pretty clear that SF caused the problems, so backing up your user profile from your My documents\Battlefield 2 folder then re-installing the game incl. SF and updates might just fix the issue.

Of course you could just say that you simply are going to try to not click on almost full or full servers to avoid the CTD in the future

[mark128]

Re: Crashes when the server is full message!!!

maybe a complete fresh re-install of BF2, and SF expansion would solve this problem.
Regarding the drivers: I don't know what graphics card you're using.
I have a Nvidia 6800GT gpu. I found the 81.95 drivers to work very well with BF2 and SF.
Try those if you're using Nvidia hardware. I am not sure which drivers perform best with BF2 and ATI gpu's.
But it seems pretty clear that SF caused the problems, so backing up your user profile from your My documents\Battlefield 2 folder then re-installing the game incl. SF and updates might just fix the issue.

Of course you could just say that you simply are going to try to not click on almost full or full servers to avoid the CTD in the future

Thanks for the help i will try that.

[mark128]

Re: Crashes when the server is full message!!!

Reinstalling didnt work. And uppdating drivers didnt work. EA support didnt work (they still dont no wat the matter is).

[Talus]

Re: Crashes when the server is full message!!!

Have you tried running your desktop at the exact same resolution and refresh that you run BF2 in?

e.g. 800x600x32@??

[mark128]

Re: Crashes when the server is full message!!!

Have you tried running your desktop at the exact same resolution and refresh that you run BF2 in?

e.g. 800x600x32@??

That makes no difference.

[Talus]

Re: Crashes when the server is full message!!!

Ok, let's see your system specs.

Also, have you tried changing:
renderer.allowAllRefreshRates 1

in:
..\Battlefield 2\mods\bf2\Settings\VideoDefault.con

[mark128]

Re: Crashes when the server is full message!!!

specs are:
Pentium 4 3.2GHZ Hyper Threading
1GB Ram
GeForce 6200 256MB

No i havent tried that, what do i need to do? I no you need to go into the files but what do i change? Im running the game at a pretty standard refreshrate - 60Hz
Thanks.

[Talus]

Re: Crashes when the server is full message!!!

Just find that file and edit it using notepad.

Your specs look decent enough. Maybe you should try running the game at the same refresh rate as your desktop?

Are you using an LCD or CRT monitor?

[mark128]

Re: Crashes when the server is full message!!!

I have changed the file.
I run the game at the same resoloution as my moniter.
And its an LCD moniter.

I will try the game now and will report back soon.

[mark128]

Re: Crashes when the server is full message!!!

it still happens.
Are you sure its something to do with the refresh rate?