BF2S Forums Game No longer starts at all.

Three thoughts:

(1)  Microsoft came out with a new patch within the last two days .... conflict?  Using system restore, you can roll back to your system configuration prior to the installation of "Software Distribution Service 2.0"
(2)  Video card is malfunctioning (hardware) ... see if the crash happens with a different card?
(3)  Your sound is the problem (sound seems to cause as many issues as video) ... disable sound, or switch to an alternate sound source, or update your sound drivers.

Edit:  fourth thought ... (4)  Your configuration files have been screwed up (these are your profile settings).  When you uninstall BF2, these files are left intact, and when you reinstall they will still be present.  Try deleting these files after your uninstall so that you have a completely clean new install.  The downside to this is that you willl lose all the custom configurations/settings you have established.

Last edited by OrangeHound (2006-07-18 15:21:11)

Raxor wrote:

Here is the deal, i have been playing this game quite happily for the last month or so with little problems with 1.3, Now today it no longer wants to start up at all.

when i load the game, the splash screen comes up and the screen goes black, after that it CTDs without an error. I cant get into the game at all, both sf and regular.

What i have done now is, update video drivers, reinstall the game and SF (patched to 1.12). Ran a virus scan, and cleaned the registry out after the uninstall.

Yet i have the same problem. I have no clue why it started doing this and ive tried the above with no success. it would be nice if any of you could help me a bit and try and solve it.

Thanks,

Did you rename your BF2 ? and try installing full patch


Peace Boris

Raxor wrote:

nope, just ran the full, and still.

Also no other game seems to work, Hl2 for example gives an engine error. I dont know what could have caused this. And to reinstall windows would be a huge pain

Really?  Then this doesn't sound like a BF2 problem ... I would suspect either a hardware failure (overclocking video???) or perhaps DirectX has been corrupted.

Raxor wrote:

ok, i tried using the other graphics card, same problem. you say directx might be corrupted? is it hard to uninstall then reinstall?

EDIT: heres an error message that came up when i tried to start it:

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/274/bf2error1qi5.jpg

To reinstall Directx, find your "dxsetup" on your Directx installation CD (came with your video card ... might be able to download off internet) ... run this and then select the reinstall option.  MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE NOT INSTALLING A LOWER VERSION OF DIRECTX (if you have 9.0c, do not attempt this with a 9.0a dxsetup).

whats a site where i can download direct x?

It's a very common problem, probably related to video card error or installed file corruption. Not sure how to fix it, but try maybe installing bf2 to a different location on your C drive, rather than buying a new one. \

Also consider a Disk Defragmentation.
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