BF2S Forums Problems with the patch, help please!

nope.. still the same thing.

It sounds like a problem with the refresh rate.  I had a similiar problem once, and had to go about changing values in the video.con files.  I just don't remember exactly what I did.

You have a profiles directory in

My Documents/BattleField 2/

In there you'll see a folder named "0001," and perhaps other sequentially named folders for subsequent accounts, but 0001 is the default account.  At any rate, aside from that folder you'll see a "Default" folder. In the "Default" folder find and open video.con with Notepad.

Look for this line:
VideoSettings.setResolution # x # @ #Hz

and change the last value to 60hz

Do the same in the Video.con file in the 0001 directory.

Then set the refresh rate of your monitor to 60hz, and try and run BF2.  If you're able to run it, set your BF2 refresh rate back to whatever you want, and then do the same for your Windows refresh rate.

I don't remember if this is exactly what I did, as I had tried a number of different things and combinations before I was able to rectify the problem, but maybe this will get you on your way.

Last edited by trepid_jesse (2006-02-14 16:08:04)

I just installed the the incremental patch and when i opened the zipped folder all it gives me a message(forgot what it was) and i can't extract file because it says nothing to extract. I had to delete it *sigh* ticks me off. So I am installing the full version. waste of time.

[-DER-]Omega wrote:

I downloaded my patch from here http://games.divo.net/   and installed it.

I open bf2 up, but only get a black screen for a few seconds and bf2 shuts off by itself moments later bringing me back to the desktop.


Please help!


TIA.

i had the same problem...buuuut...it was because i didn't have SF installed and patched to 1.12 because i never played SF so i uninstalled it ages ago...and when i installed it i forgot to patch it to 1.12 so after patching it to 1.2 wihtout 1.12 it crashed exactly the way urs did...soooo...i uninstalled everything...installed BF2 original...patched 1.03...installed SF...patched 1.12...patched 1.2...and...1st Lieutenant ...everything's all good

INSOMNIA wrote:

Sgt_Stutta wrote:

i can run bf2 but its REALLY choppy ints really insane and i didnt change a thing. any ideas on whats making it chop so bad?

see http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=13973

grassy-ass

well, I did the undesirable and reinstalled EVERYTHING!

and it worked... so I don't know what the problem really was.
Maybe some 3rd party software (like that I used to remove the pre-game movies), who knows?

but a complete install from the ground up did the trick.

Hallow, I am thinking that is my problem, I renamed my .exe files. How can I reverse this without having to reinstall?

I had the same problem, I went into my programs folder (C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2 by default), changed my BF2~1.exe file back to BF2.exe (I had changed the name, I added the ~1) and the installed the full patch instead of the incremental.  It works fine for me now,

Sorry for taking so long to let u know it worked. I wanted to play! But yes, it did. I'm happy now. Thanks for the help