Project Reality + Battlefield 2 on Steam

AMT · 10-06-2009, 09:42 PM

So today EA and Valve released the Battlefield 2 collection on Steam. Having sold my original copy some time ago, I figured I buy it again because of the 1.5 patch.

Works well and I'm liking patch 1.5 so far. It also seems like they got Evenbalance to upgrade Punkbuster to allow the Steam overlay.

Anyways there is a problem though. Steam watches when instances of BF2 are launched and snags the process and ruins it through Steam (for authentication, etc). So when I launch project reality through the pr.exe file, Steam forces BF2 to launch instead. Project Reality is still loaded, but I get the "please launch Project Reality through pr.exe and not bf2.exe" error.

I can't find a way around this. Any ideas?

DesmoLocke · 10-06-2009, 10:17 PM

And so it begins....

Sorry I am not much help here. The only workaround I know of is purchasing a physical copy.

Looking to see some PR developer insight into this one soon. This may need to go into the PR Support section.

General Fuct · 10-07-2009, 09:22 AM

I'm also suffering from this issue with my newly purchased steam BF2...Some how I knew this would happen...

Hope some devs are reading this! Please Help!

Rudd · 10-07-2009, 01:31 PM

what would happen if you replaced your bf2.exe with the CD's version, then ran the CD's mini-image via daemon tools or the like?

Thats what I did with my EA downloader version because I was getting pissed off with ea downloader not working.

What it did was make bf2 behave like teh CD version, and since its a legit copy from a digital distributer, this is 100% legal.

snooggums · 10-07-2009, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr2B Rudd

what would happen if you replaced your bf2.exe with the CD's version, then ran the CD's mini-image via daemon tools or the like?

Thats what I did with my EA downloader version because I was getting pissed off with ea downloader not working.

What it did was make bf2 behave like teh CD version, and since its a legit copy from a digital distributer, this is 100% legal.

If that worked you shouldn't even need the CD since they removed that requirement with the 1.5 patch. I would guess you would need a fully patched bf2.exe, or did you do a fresh install with the CD version then update Rudd?

Rudd · 10-07-2009, 02:14 PM

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If that worked you shouldn't even need the CD since they removed that requirement with the 1.5 patch. I would guess you would need a fully patched bf2.exe, or did you do a fresh install with the CD version then update Rudd?

Oh yeah lol, I never noticed cuz daemon automatically starts up on my comp anyway.

I installed via ea downloader, then added a patched exe and then updated.

[R-DEV]dbzao · 10-07-2009, 02:25 PM

Wouldn't that break Steam updates? Although I doubt any new patches are coming to BF2 anytime soon...

You should try adding pr.exe as a non-Steam game. If that still doesn't work, we will have to take a look, but you will need to be patient as this is something really new.

AMT · 10-07-2009, 05:13 PM

Unfortunately patching the bf2.exe is not an option as Steam validates gamefiles before it launches a game and re-downloads any incorrect files. On top of that Steam will still recognize the bf2.exe and hook into it. Plus, I don't have the retail copy anymore.

I tried launching Project Reality as a non-steam game. Although PR launches, I still get the error that I didn't launch from pr.exe.

snooggums · 10-07-2009, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by [R-DEV]dbzao

Wouldn't that break Steam updates? Although I doubt any new patches are coming to BF2 anytime soon...

You should try adding pr.exe as a non-Steam game. If that still doesn't work, we will have to take a look, but you will need to be patient as this is something really new.

It would break the steam updates but it should still be able to be updated manually.

Scared_420 · 10-08-2009, 01:53 AM

and devs plan on selling pr2 through steam ? lol complaint central in the future id this cant be fixed

10-06-2009, 09:42 PM	#1
AMT Join Date: Feb 2007 United States of America Location: Costa Mesa, CA Posts: 35	Project Reality + Battlefield 2 on Steam So today EA and Valve released the Battlefield 2 collection on Steam. Having sold my original copy some time ago, I figured I buy it again because of the 1.5 patch. Works well and I'm liking patch 1.5 so far. It also seems like they got Evenbalance to upgrade Punkbuster to allow the Steam overlay. Anyways there is a problem though. Steam watches when instances of BF2 are launched and snags the process and ruins it through Steam (for authentication, etc). So when I launch project reality through the pr.exe file, Steam forces BF2 to launch instead. Project Reality is still loaded, but I get the "please launch Project Reality through pr.exe and not bf2.exe" error. I can't find a way around this. Any ideas?
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AMT Join Date: Feb 2007 United States of America Location: Costa Mesa, CA Posts: 35	Re: Project Reality + Battlefield 2 on Steam Unfortunately patching the bf2.exe is not an option as Steam validates gamefiles before it launches a game and re-downloads any incorrect files. On top of that Steam will still recognize the bf2.exe and hook into it. Plus, I don't have the retail copy anymore. I tried launching Project Reality as a non-steam game. Although PR launches, I still get the error that I didn't launch from pr.exe.
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