Is it supposed to take minutes to start up the game?

[t1337Dude]

I just got the game and it takes really long to just start up the game. When the BF2 splashscreen comes up to the desktop, I can normally go to the bathroom, get some food, and see what is on TV - and then come back and still not be ingame.

Is this normal?

AMD Athlon 3700+ San Diego

2048 PC3200 DDR RAM (@PC2700 ATM)

[Sir. Shpox]

Re: Is it supposed to take minutes to start up the game?

No not at all, what your graphics card ? Latest Drivers,

Also if you grab a No cd patch, it loads for me in like 5 secs.

[modifierLE]

Re: Is it supposed to take minutes to start up the game?

yea that aint right, my game even with CD loads in under 20 seconds maximum. and then when im in the game it only takes 1:40 average to load a level, and then another 70 seconds or so to verify client data.

and i think my computer is slower that yours, check my specs below

[spyderfenix2006]

Re: Is it supposed to take minutes to start up the game?

I think there might be something wrong with your computer.

With 3700+ processor your computer should load fast.

[lil_jimmy_norton]

Re: Is it supposed to take minutes to start up the game?

Are you clicking the "Play Online Now" button?

[D|sso]

Re: Is it supposed to take minutes to start up the game?

Are you clicking the "Play Online Now" button?

Yep, dont click that, its worse than evil.

[t1337Dude]

Re: Is it supposed to take minutes to start up the game?

Are you clicking the "Play Online Now" button?

Nope.

[t1337Dude]

Re: Is it supposed to take minutes to start up the game?

yea that aint right, my game even with CD loads in under 20 seconds maximum. and then when im in the game it only takes 1:40 average to load a level, and then another 70 seconds or so to verify client data.

and i think my computer is slower that yours, check my specs below

It takes me 30 seconds total to load a server.

[Xicer]

Re: Is it supposed to take minutes to start up the game?

Hm...that's very strange.

I doubt it will help but try getting rid of the startup videos.

Also, do you have any firewalls or anything else in the background that might be slowing it down? Try downloading a program called smartclose, it will get rid of all those backround processes.

[bjack]

Re: Is it supposed to take minutes to start up the game?

It takes me a solid 2 minutes to go from desktop, launching with All Seeing Eye to being able to click the Join button. My CPU is a Barton 2500 Athlon slightly overclocked up to 2 ghz. And I have a old RAID setup and 1.5 GB RAM.

[t1337Dude]

Re: Is it supposed to take minutes to start up the game?

Hm...that's very strange.

I doubt it will help but try getting rid of the startup videos.

Also, do you have any firewalls or anything else in the background that might be slowing it down? Try downloading a program called smartclose, it will get rid of all those backround processes.

That was the first thing I did. No Firewalls / Antiviruses. I have 22 background processes, including the game, without Smartclose. Processes isn't a problem.

[DeathFromAbove]

Re: Is it supposed to take minutes to start up the game?

I had a problem like that before but it took way more than 1 min more like 5-10.I tried everything and ended up reinstalling windows and BF2.My installers also took forever to install stuff, do you have this problem?

[D|sso]

Re: Is it supposed to take minutes to start up the game?

I had a problem like that before but it took way more than 1 min more like 5-10.I tried everything and ended up reinstalling windows and BF2.My installers also took forever to install stuff, do you have this problem?

Than that may be related to your CD/DVD drive? Having an older, cheap one really makes a difference, especially when its loading up the content on the CD. I myself have a complete POS one, and it takes quite awhile of lagging before the Install icon pops up. The install process is even worse!

[Sir. Shpox]

Re: Is it supposed to take minutes to start up the game?

As I said before, try a mini image.

[Rayzn]

Re: Is it supposed to take minutes to start up the game?

I have the same CPU and same ammount of ram. I load up and load a map in about 30-40 seconds.