I need help, please.

2006-07-25 21:25:04

#1

sidious1: Member; +15|7108

Ever since last night I cant get my BF2 to work! I was in practice on SF and decided to switch over to multiplayer on my regular account. When I did the computer froze and I restarted. When I got back into BF and got into a game, I moved maybe 10 feet and the thing froze again. So today I uninstalled and reinstalled and also patched (full version) it to 1.3 and it still does it. I uninstalled everything inc SF. I did a virus scan, adware scan and nothing. WTF!?!?! It was working one minute and now it doesnt?!@?@?@?! this is pissing me off.

Any assistance, guidance, divine intervention would be greatly appreciated.

Sidious1

2006-07-25 21:30:59

#2

Prodie: Moderator Emeritus; +270|7341|Nova Scotia, Canada

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2006-07-25 21:37:51

#3

sidious1: Member; +15|7108

Sorry, I am at my wits end here! I will do so in the future. Thanx

2006-07-25 21:41:49

#4

spcespff: Member; +1|7066

i am having the EXACT same problem. someone please chime in here, this is getting very annoying

2006-07-25 21:50:29

#5

=MCHD= arush5268d: Member; +46|7068|Houston, TX

Here...have a cold one on me...that really sucks!

But seriously...consider these things
1) Have you installed any new programs on your computer?
2) Have you changed any system settings?
3) Have you changed your hardware configuration?
4) Is all your system hardware operating as it should?

2006-07-25 22:01:35

#6

sidious1: Member; +15|7108

Everything looks and acts fine. I can play single player on the highest setting and have no problems. I havent added any new programs lately so I am at a loss as to why its happening. After 100+ hours youthink it would be fine but I guess PC's are a wee bit on the touchy side. sigh!

2006-07-25 22:06:09

#7

topthrill05: Member; +125|7144|Rochester NY USA

Did you recently update your Virus protection?

If so, try removing it. If you see a huge difference then it was the Virus protection slowing up your connection. (I had the same issue, although I never froze up.)

2006-07-25 22:07:35

#8

sidious1: Member; +15|7108

I did update it, I will check it. But its not slowing it down, its freezing the whole thing up. It worked perfectly up untill last night.

2006-07-25 22:10:10

#9

topthrill05: Member; +125|7144|Rochester NY USA

Well that might be it. I had to remove the whole thing because when I tried to shut it down I would get a message saying access denied.

2006-07-25 22:20:08

#10

CanadianLoser: Meow :3 :3; +1,148|7074

try turning off anti-virus programs (i.e. norton) when u play

2006-07-25 22:22:23

#11

sidious1: Member; +15|7108

I always do that.
Strange things are afoot at the circle K!

2006-07-25 22:24:42

#12

CanadianLoser: Meow :3 :3; +1,148|7074

i say take a sludge-hammer, which can be found at your local Home-Depot, and bring it next ur computer, lift it up over the computer, and follow through, to the computer....usually works for me

dont forget- dont swing at the cpu swing THRU the cpu!!!!

if this doesnt work...ur screwed!!

2006-07-25 22:37:12

#13

sidious1: Member; +15|7108

LOL, thanks Canadianloser I was thinkin that also but I just bought this frelling thing a few months ago. I guess I will look for a new game to play if this one tanks. Thanks bud.

2006-07-25 22:45:35

#14

schakl: Member; +21|7256

I had a similar problem. It worked with Multiplayer but on singleplayer it crashed after some seconds. I found the the setup which control NET speed (cable 256kps, LAN) is the problem. When set to LAN it crashes.
Also I had some probs with my X850 Radeon with 4* anti aliasing. Check these two settings.

2006-07-25 22:49:07

#15

sidious1: Member; +15|7108

Will do schakl. I just hope I can get this nightmare behind me. I appreciate all the info and help you guys are giving me. Drinks are on me!

2006-07-25 23:16:12

#16

spcespff: Member; +1|7066

it seems to me that this isnt a single persons problem ie: settings, anti virus. there are several people that are having this same exact sudden problem. fucking videos games, i hate them

2006-07-25 23:27:59

#17

sidious1: Member; +15|7108

Might it be Punkbuster?

2006-07-25 23:38:30

#18

ZFX: Member; +1|7052

I have had the same problem. Last night I went to play and my BF2 would just lock up after a few seconds of being in the server. ANd it is a hard lockup and I get a loud sound through the speakers. So I decided that it must be drivers and updated them. It didnt help. So I went to bed... But today I uninstalled and then reinstalled BF2 and all 3 mods. I still get the problem. I manually updated punkbuster because there was a new release yesterday and I still get the problem.

I am at a loss of what to do next. I do not believe that a complete manual reinstall is going to fix this. So I am at a standstill. I have noticed that I am not the only one that starting to have a problem as of YESTERDAY (Monday July 24th, 2006). So I kinda think it might have something to do with the maintanace release of PB.

ANyways, I am out of ideas on what to do, I hope someone might have a suggestion that will solve this issue.

2006-07-25 23:41:29

#19

spcespff: Member; +1|7066

heres a thought. what is everyones internet provider that is having this problem? i have verizon, and this would definitely not be the first problem ive had with them

2006-07-25 23:48:47

#20

sidious1: Member; +15|7108

Mine is SBCyahoo! Weird that it just started yesterday and that was also when I updated Punkbuster.

2006-07-26 09:45:23

#21

captain_itchy_pants: Member; +13|7142

Ok, I did everything that you guys told me. Got rid of my virus scan, checked the net speed thingy, deleted the cache files and it didnt help. I also did a software restore to last week and that didnt help either. Why oh why do we put up with this shite?!?! When does Crysis come out? Or Quakewars? I am buying those and may play (if it gets to workin someday) BF when I want to be reminded of the crashing and frustrations. Seriously, this blows.

2006-07-26 13:15:18

#22

ZFX: Member; +1|7052

from another forum that I have been reading, it has been figured out that the problem is punkbuster and their new maintainance release....

2006-07-26 13:20:15

#23

InnerMonkey: Member; +62|7285

I've had similar issues caused by Punkbuster. YMMV of course, but try the manual PB update and see if that helps.

Here's a link: http://websec.evenbalance.com/downloads … bsetup.exe

2006-07-26 14:38:03

#24

spcespff: Member; +1|7066

this is such bullshit. ive called EA twice, and gotten all the canned answers. bypass your router, power cycle your modem, close all backround apps, etc. i cant log into multiplayer servers at ALL. i will try the link above next, see if that helps

2006-07-26 14:44:22

#25

jamesb: Joined BF2s in November 2005; +133|7290|Doncaster, England

sidious1 wrote:
Might it be Punkbuster?

There was an update on PB.
I got it manually on Tuesday.
Don't know if it's that though

BF2S Forums I need help, please.

sidious1 wrote:

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