Oh boy, yet another problem...

2006-09-12 17:54:21

#1

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7307|Alberta, Canada

This time, BF2 won't even start. Worked fine yesterday, but today, I try to play, the screen goes black, and the desktop re-appears. Also, when I scroll on webpages, its really slow and the page drags.

Waht the heck is wrong now?

2006-09-12 18:11:30

#2

Flaming_Maniac: prince of insufficient light; +2,490|7170|67.222.138.85

virus

2006-09-12 18:12:29

#3

King_County_Downy: shitfaced; +2,791|7061|Seattle

Reinstall video drivers?

Sober enough to know what I'm doing, drunk enough to really enjoy doing it

2006-09-12 18:18:05

#4

Marlboroman82: Personal philosophy: Clothing optional.; +1,022|7087|Camp XRay

delete you bf2 folder inside your my docs folder. then restart bf2 and it should work. also that will be a million dollar and i only except pay pal.

https://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l250/marlboroman82/Untitled-8.png

2006-09-12 19:47:05

#5

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7307|Alberta, Canada

So just delete the BF2 folder, and then try running BF2 again, and it will work? How would it work if the BF2 folder is deleted?

2006-09-12 19:48:14

#6

fatmarik: Member; +23|7045|Anywhere i am needed

he meant delete the bf2 folder in mydocuments

2006-09-12 19:50:22

#7

vanmani: Unintentionally Verbose; +26|7055|Australia

This generally occurs when BF2 stupidly decides that it wants to start the game in a resolution your graphics card/monitor simply doesn't support. This has happened to a lot of people since installing patch 1.4, since it seems to have rewritten peoples default profile. Some people are reporting a full delete/reinstall as working. Others are having success just manually editing their default/game profiles.

2006-09-12 19:52:50

#8

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7307|Alberta, Canada

Oh yeah, it did do that, I exited the game, and my res was 800x600 instead of 1280x960 or whatever.

fatmarik wrote:
he meant delete the bf2 folder in mydocuments

I understand that. But I don't understand how the game would run if the folder and all the stuff that runs and makes up the game has been deleted.

2006-09-12 19:56:47

#9

KungfuBeer: The King of Beers; +31|7193|SoCal

The Battlefield 2 folder under My Documents only holds your profile settings and screenshots. They are not talking about the Program Files/Battlefield 2 folder.

2006-09-12 19:59:34

#10

Flaming_Maniac: prince of insufficient light; +2,490|7170|67.222.138.85

I wasn't kidding, there is a good chance you have a virus, programs aren't running as they should and your browser is laggy. Download any illegal music lately?

2006-09-12 20:12:42

#11

Marlboroman82: Personal philosophy: Clothing optional.; +1,022|7087|Camp XRay

Flaming_Maniac wrote:
I wasn't kidding, there is a good chance you have a virus, programs aren't running as they should and your browser is laggy. Download any illegal music lately?

or goat porn?

2006-09-12 20:15:39

#12

{B-T}<babacanosh>: Member; +31|7066

fatmarik wrote:
he meant fart on the bf2 folder in brian

WTF!

2006-09-12 20:54:08

#13

gunnaboy: Member; +26|7181

King_County_Downy wrote:
Reinstall video drivers?

This is what I did when I had the problem. Check manufacturer website and update graphic driver.

2006-09-13 05:47:35

#14

crashmctavish: Liquidat0r's Neuro Surgeon.....; +4|6905|uk

reinstall bf2

2006-09-13 06:18:22

#15

CrazeD: Member; +368|7136|Maine

crashmctavish wrote:
reinstall bf2

Why do you people post useless info like this?

Definately re-install video drivers. If you can't find them, lemme know what videocard you have and I can get them for you.

2006-09-13 12:31:34

#16

crashmctavish: Liquidat0r's Neuro Surgeon.....; +4|6905|uk

Sorry CrazeD for encroaching on your territory of technical expertise.

I should have said, try completely removing and then re-installing the application (turning off all extraneous applications) before trying any changes to hardware settings.

This enables you to troubleshoot the problem to eliminate the possibility it may be the game install which has corrupted.

If the result is still the same then start to look at hardware.

p.s. Do any of your other games have this problem?

Last edited by crashmctavish (2006-09-13 12:34:07)

2006-09-13 17:18:07

#17

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7307|Alberta, Canada

Flaming_Maniac wrote:
I wasn't kidding, there is a good chance you have a virus, programs aren't running as they should and your browser is laggy. Download any illegal music lately?

The broswer is just fine now, and I know 100% that we don't have a virus, cause I haven't downloaded a single thing since 2 days ago. No music, no goat porn (Jeez Marlboroman lol)

I guess I'll just delete the BF2 folder and try again.

2006-09-13 18:14:55

#18

FluffyPirate: Member; +1|7038

DON'T!!!

Download the full patch and install it.

2006-09-13 18:15:54

#19

Flaming_Maniac: prince of insufficient light; +2,490|7170|67.222.138.85

ryan_14 wrote:
Flaming_Maniac wrote:
I wasn't kidding, there is a good chance you have a virus, programs aren't running as they should and your browser is laggy. Download any illegal music lately?
The broswer is just fine now, and I know 100% that we don't have a virus, cause I haven't downloaded a single thing since 2 days ago. No music, no goat porn (Jeez Marlboroman lol)

I guess I'll just delete the BF2 folder and try again.

Two days is nothing, I guess that means you were downloading things.

2006-09-14 16:06:41

#20

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7307|Alberta, Canada

Well the problem only occured like 3 days ago so, it wouldnt matter what i downloaded before that. i deleted the folder and now it works fine. thanks Marlboroman +1

2006-09-14 16:13:06

#21

wantacookie: Member; +7|7028|Austin, TX

vanmani wrote:
This generally occurs when BF2 stupidly decides that it wants to start the game in a resolution your graphics card/monitor simply doesn't support. This has happened to a lot of people since installing patch 1.4, since it seems to have rewritten peoples default profile. Some people are reporting a full delete/reinstall as working. Others are having success just manually editing their default/game profiles.

People, listen to what this man is saying. This worked for me as well! I had the exact same problem this morning. Splash screen then solid black screen until CTRL/ALT/DEL and stopped the program.

Basically I went into my profile settings and the screen refresh rate had somehow been changed from what I set it and what my video card settings. The value was magically changed from 60 to 70. I simply changed it back to 60 (which is what my video card and monitor are set at) and saved it. I started BF2 and it worked normally.

How this value was changed I likely will never know. But if you are having this issue, at least check your profiles and make sure everything is correct with regards to your video settings.

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