Iv just downloaded 2142 and im using a mini-image to launch it, im using a real cdkey and a real accnt, but im being kicked.
http://i9.tinypic.com/6cd2rr6.png
Any ideas?
http://i9.tinypic.com/6cd2rr6.png
Any ideas?
2142 is now made so that you CANT play witout the real cd +cd-key + the account tied to this one.
Youll need the real cd i fear...unless you get it from EA Link then it will work witout any cd.
Youll need the real cd i fear...unless you get it from EA Link then it will work witout any cd.
Maybe your mini-image is broke? I think that it's better that you do a full copy of your BF2142 DVD and play with that than the mini-image thing. Just my opinion.
There isn't a disk image that allows you to play online in 2142, only single player. So you'll need to use the real CD to play online.
umm no i dont think thats the problem becuase im using a real cd and everything but i also get kicked by punkbuster a lot! all ways the losing key packets bla bla bla thing.. i think that is whats happening to him too.
if you have mcaffee make sure pnkbustera or whatever its called isnt blocked
No it's just the simple fact 2142 uses Safedisk v5 and nothing can circumvent it yet, so just stick the cd in.
If you're using Vista, then you're very well running into some stupid issue with Punkbuster.
Run the game as administrator, and see how it goes. I'm assuming your firewall and anti-virus apps aren't blocking punkbuster.
Run the game as administrator, and see how it goes. I'm assuming your firewall and anti-virus apps aren't blocking punkbuster.
try game jackel works without using image. works on bf2 not sure about 2142 though. hope this helps http://www.slysoft.com/
i get the same thing and im using vista ill give her a try kachunk
I take it ure using my key
I had the same problem yesterday, the first day after i bought the game.
Believe it or not, i solve the problem by turning off the p2p program that was downloading in the background (which i do always while playing BF2 without any problems). Here's the link that explains several ways of fixing that PB kick:
http://www.tweakguides.com/BF2142_3.html
Believe it or not, i solve the problem by turning off the p2p program that was downloading in the background (which i do always while playing BF2 without any problems). Here's the link that explains several ways of fixing that PB kick:
http://www.tweakguides.com/BF2142_3.html
So I can confirm that these two will ensure the game will run and not get you booted by punkbuster if you're actually violating anything:
1) Running EA Link AND the game as administrator in Vista (just the game if you have the optical media),
2) Ensuring punkbuster's service is running AND the application has been updated with their tool.
And to get over the constant crashes during map loading with memory.dll if you have more 2GB or more of memory:
1) Make the game aware of that amount of memory: http://www.overclock.net/pc-games/20730 … r-fix.html
(This modifies the game executable: bf2142.exe or bf2142pace.exe for those of you using standard or EA Link versions, so back it up or you may have trouble patching later).
2) Increase the available user mode memory (use this for systems with GREATER THAN 2GB of memory): http://www.prophotowiki.com/w/index.php/IncreaseUserVa
(To clarify: increaseuserva is the topic you want to see).
Of course, I take no responsibility if your system rapes your mother, pees on your dog, or heaven forbid, crashes due to the changes.
The last option I posted is the riskiest, but it was required to get me to run the game without issues. I run with 3GB of memory and used a setting of 3072 as well. Theoretically this should cause problems for my system, but it's handling this all just fine.
This also works for any game running into the issue, by the way. Just substitute the executable above where appropriate.
That should solve it...
1) Running EA Link AND the game as administrator in Vista (just the game if you have the optical media),
2) Ensuring punkbuster's service is running AND the application has been updated with their tool.
And to get over the constant crashes during map loading with memory.dll if you have more 2GB or more of memory:
1) Make the game aware of that amount of memory: http://www.overclock.net/pc-games/20730 … r-fix.html
(This modifies the game executable: bf2142.exe or bf2142pace.exe for those of you using standard or EA Link versions, so back it up or you may have trouble patching later).
2) Increase the available user mode memory (use this for systems with GREATER THAN 2GB of memory): http://www.prophotowiki.com/w/index.php/IncreaseUserVa
(To clarify: increaseuserva is the topic you want to see).
Of course, I take no responsibility if your system rapes your mother, pees on your dog, or heaven forbid, crashes due to the changes.
The last option I posted is the riskiest, but it was required to get me to run the game without issues. I run with 3GB of memory and used a setting of 3072 as well. Theoretically this should cause problems for my system, but it's handling this all just fine.
This also works for any game running into the issue, by the way. Just substitute the executable above where appropriate.
That should solve it...
Last edited by kachunkachunk (2007-07-06 09:49:56)