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2007-12-27 18:33:47
Tooz
Member
+1|6226
When I try to connect to games in BF2, there is a problem when it gets to the "Loading Complete. Verifying Client Data." It stalls on this screen for about 4 mins - 7 mins until I get to the "Join Game" button. This is for every game I join. For other people it takes only one or two seconds, and they have specs worse than me along with slower internet (specs are at the bottom of the post and I run on a 16 Mb/s connection). At this point, when I click the button, I sometimes get booted by Punkbuster for "Loosing Key Packets" (no, I am not hacking or anything). In response to this, I tried pinging my clan server for five minutes until I clearly saw no packet loss. The other result that happens 50%-75% of the time is I extremely slowly get into the game. First, it takes about half a minute for it to load up, from that point everything is slow. I click on a point to spawn, and at maybe 0.25 fps I spawn at a point and get a hundred radio messages at one time. I lagg a little bit after that, but usually I have a smooth gaming experience. Can someone tell me how to repair my long wait to get into the game at the Verifying Client Data screen? I googled it, and all the topics about it seemed to contradict themselves or were too old to be of any use. I defragged, cleared the BF2 cache, and made sure I installed all patches. Still the problem, I need help. Thank you.

System specs:
AMD Atholon 64 3700+ (Single Core)
1gig of ram
A SATA 8gb/s Western Digital Drive 7000 something per something
eVGA 8800 GTS 320 MB
2007-12-27 18:37:18
MrHash
Member
+3|6393|Washington State
I have that problem from time to time, but it seems like it's a packet issue between the server and my computer........"I think"...........Now, if it takes that long, usually it will say Connection to server has been lost or some shyt.......but I think it's the junk in the server files that slows down the load time...."I'm not a genious, but I think that's what it is"
2007-12-27 18:41:13
HellHead
The fantastic Mr. Antichrist
+336|6969|Germany
Might be a wireless connection, if you have on, get rid of it.
Other chance could be your punkbuster. Go to www.evenbalance.com and update.

Lets see what the other guys say...
2007-12-27 18:48:00
Tooz
Member
+1|6226
Yep, I do have a wireless connection, but I'm getting rid of it later.
2007-12-27 18:51:48
Catbox
forgiveness
+505|6976
does your punkbuster A and B have access to the internet through your firewall...
and i would manually update your PB...   what are your upload speeds... on speakeasy.net

and obviously if there is anyway to hook directly to the modem... that would be the best...
and are any other people on your wireless router?
Love is the answer
2007-12-27 19:00:29
Tooz
Member
+1|6226

[TUF]Catbox wrote:

does your punkbuster A and B have access to the internet through your firewall...
and i would manually update your PB...   what are your upload speeds... on speakeasy.net

and obviously if there is anyway to hook directly to the modem... that would be the best...
and are any other people on your wireless router?
Both A and B are allowed right into my machine and I have updated my punkbuster. My speakeasy upload is 2217, but it's like twice as much on speedtest. Yes there are other people on my wireless router.
2007-12-27 22:05:17
fyrestoof
Member
+14|6255|Essen, Germany
this is the same exact problem i have

who is your isp?

Last edited by fyrestoof (2007-12-27 22:05:32)

2007-12-27 22:10:16
fuzzy.sniper
Member
+15|6225
well this may not help much but when i had this problem i just cleanly installed and hav not had a problem in over a year with battlefield 2. I hope this helps
2007-12-27 23:43:12
Casartelli
No skills, just luck
+14|6410|The Netherlands
It takes around 1 or 2 minutes for me (wireless). 2 years ago I was often one of the first guys to run around when a new loaded round started but now even 1 or 2 flags have been capped when the loading is finished.
2007-12-28 03:09:31
SyDuS
Member
+10|6815|vancouver BC
or you could just get a faster hard drive. since that is the biggest hurdle between staring at that screen and playing the game. if your loading decently but waiting forever to verify chances are your hardrive is either slow as fuck or not working within normal peramiters, since when you verify the game likes to scan the shit out of your PC to make sure your not some hacker punk before it will let you play, also when's the last time you defragged, that will slow it down as well, not to mention you need to clear your bf2 cache once in a blue moon as well. i can't believe no one has said anything about this, it is simple and the very main reason your verify stages is slower than a WoW geek is at growing balls.
2007-12-28 04:38:40
JackerP
aka S.J.N.P.0717
+21|6537|Mo Val, Cali
Are you seriously saying verifying client data should only take like 2 seconds?
2007-12-28 04:42:55
Eldu
Member
+62|6367|Belgium
Also takes long for me and also have losing key packets, all you have to do for the later is restart your pc.
Long loading times: no wireless or upgrade your pc or lower the settings.
2007-12-28 05:14:30
Snake
Missing, Presumed Dead
+1,046|6825|England

S.J.N.P.0717 wrote:

Are you seriously saying verifying client data should only take like 2 seconds?
That should only happen on servers where they dont check for client data. When I first started the game, there was some 24/7 karkand server that did it which is the only reason I played there as otherwise it took a hell'uva long time to load.

With 4Gb RAM, 2.7 Duo Core my content check takes around about 10-20seconds depending on whether its first/second/third load, etc.

Id say its more to do with the hard-drive access speed more than anything else as PB will actually scan/check your files.
2007-12-28 11:05:41
Hakei
Banned
+295|6255
Yeah, verify client takes me about 15 seconds of 4 gigs 6000+ dual core. Took up to two minutes on a 512 3.2 Single.
2008-03-19 08:25:11
Phil_F
Member
+1|6791
I think all these comments about HD and RAM are not the true basis of the problem. People with good machines assume that's why it verifies faster. Lots of people with good machines still have the same problem though. They will waste time defragging and getting rid of wireless etc etc. and not solve the problem. We need facts and not unsupported opinion.  My machine is a piece of garbage minimum spec..  1.33 Ghz, 500 MB Ram.. and some bog-standard 40 GB HD, radeon 9600. It ran the game fine...  no lag and great gameplayability..  map load took about a minute yes...    then  I reinstalled XP Pro, and BF2 and the latest PB update. I got another 1 GB of RAM too...  now... it is fecking impossible.. map loading takes about 5 minutes... and often I am lagged to hell. 
All this started a while ago.. something about the game or my ISP changed and everything went to hell. My machine spec went up and everything got worse. and please don't any numbnuts start haranging me about specs and stuff... I only need to hear from people who understand the principle of cause and effect and can comprehend patterns of evidence.

Cheers
Phil
2008-03-19 08:28:20
Cyrax-Sektor
Official Battlefield fanboy
+240|6408|San Antonio, Texas

Snake wrote:

S.J.N.P.0717 wrote:

Are you seriously saying verifying client data should only take like 2 seconds?
That should only happen on servers where they dont check for client data. When I first started the game, there was some 24/7 karkand server that did it which is the only reason I played there as otherwise it took a hell'uva long time to load.

With 4Gb RAM, 2.7 Duo Core my content check takes around about 10-20seconds depending on whether its first/second/third load, etc.

Id say its more to do with the hard-drive access speed more than anything else as PB will actually scan/check your files.
I can testify to that. Faster hard drive, less time to wait for verification. Another comp I play on practically has less than 30 seconds of verification because of the speedy hard drive.
2008-03-19 14:19:18
Markooo*Est
Previously known as CC-Marley
+334|6407|Estonia
You have shitty computer and you maybe play on high settings then it loads a lot of time.
2008-03-20 15:39:11
Ratzinger
Member
+43|6651|Wollongong, NSW, Australia

Phil_F wrote:

I think all these comments about HD and RAM are not the true basis of the problem. People with good machines assume that's why it verifies faster. Lots of people with good machines still have the same problem though. They will waste time defragging and getting rid of wireless etc etc. and not solve the problem. We need facts and not unsupported opinion.  My machine is a piece of garbage minimum spec..  1.33 Ghz, 500 MB Ram.. and some bog-standard 40 GB HD, radeon 9600. It ran the game fine...  no lag and great gameplayability..  map load took about a minute yes...    then  I reinstalled XP Pro, and BF2 and the latest PB update. I got another 1 GB of RAM too...  now... it is fecking impossible.. map loading takes about 5 minutes... and often I am lagged to hell. 
All this started a while ago.. something about the game or my ISP changed and everything went to hell. My machine spec went up and everything got worse. and please don't any numbnuts start haranging me about specs and stuff... I only need to hear from people who understand the principle of cause and effect and can comprehend patterns of evidence.

Cheers
Phil
Mate, I can't help thinking that, barring viruses, trojans etc, that the time to load and the framerate is usually based on the processor speed, your GPU, your RAM, and the drivers for the GPU. Without any more info, I'd be guessing GPU driver. After that I'd be looking at GPU/mobo combo, are they compatible?
Do you have problems with other applications?
2008-03-20 15:44:13
steelie34
pub hero!
+603|6641|the land of bourbon

Phil_F wrote:

and please don't any numbnuts start haranging me about specs and stuff... I only need to hear from people who understand the principle of cause and effect and can comprehend patterns of evidence.
ok so you want us to solve the problem without gathering evidence? 

in all seriousness, i really do believe the load time is partly spec but mostly network based.  i have friends who have sweet and bottom-rung machines, mine isnt too shabby, and we always load in before most of the other players.  im sure it helps if you play on servers with low pings... and make sure your punkb is shipshape.  i dont know what else to tell you.

Last edited by steelie34 (2008-03-20 16:39:03)

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2008-03-20 15:49:08
steelie34
pub hero!
+603|6641|the land of bourbon

Tooz wrote:

When I try to connect to games in BF2, there is a problem when it gets to the "Loading Complete. Verifying Client Data." It stalls on this screen for about 4 mins - 7 mins until I get to the "Join Game" button. This is for every game I join. For other people it takes only one or two seconds, and they have specs worse than me along with slower internet (specs are at the bottom of the post and I run on a 16 Mb/s connection). At this point, when I click the button, I sometimes get booted by Punkbuster for "Loosing Key Packets" (no, I am not hacking or anything). In response to this, I tried pinging my clan server for five minutes until I clearly saw no packet loss.
your problem seems soley related to your internet connection.  first off, you are sharing that 16 Mb/s connection (unless you are paying an obscene amount of money for it).  if you play at peak usage time, be prepared for lots of spikes and data loss.  second of all, a ping is not the way to check for losing packets.  it sends an echo request with a very small amount of data.  it is primarily used for connection state, not connection quality.  also, i'm sure bf2 uses a UDP packet exchange, and since UDP packets drop frequently, and you are on a heavy use pipe between all the torrents and pr0nz, prepare yourself for lots of slowness and disconnects.  i guarantee you if you play at like four in the morning, it will be a much more enjoyable experience.

but if your hellbent on using ping to help diagnose, try sending larger packet sizes.  for ex:

ping myclanserverip -l 65000

that's the letter L after the dash, for limit. (btw, not recommended for all-the-time use. it does send a good chunk of data and can slow things down...)

Last edited by steelie34 (2008-03-20 16:39:40)

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2008-03-20 16:37:03
Ec0li
Vagina face
+167|6259|London ㋛

Yeah, what steelie said. ....Steelie - BF2s' network engineer.
Yeah, verifying client data is not a spec issue but a network issue, loading the map is down to HDD and RAM
If you're on wireless, just buy a long ethernet cable and hook that biatch up, that solved all my problems.

 

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