Windows Vista Users - Troubleshooting Guide for PR

[Pappsen]

Hi

I got this problem on my laptop (asus G50V GF 9700M GT driver: 197.16) after being away abroad for 5 weeks. (I only playe here where I got enough speed on the broadband)

I cant even get the game to start! Black screen for a sec. then back to desktop. Same for BF2 and so on. (only who cares for BF? :b )

Blackscreen-crash makes me suspect grafic-card issue, but latest driver and all set as last time I played.. I dunno what else?

Anyways, I have googled the issue but cant find any adwice that I could apply on this.

Plz advice me.

Ps. I did play 0.9 a lot before i went abroad...no crashes no probs. Ds

Kindly

Pappsen

[icelock]

Originally Posted by Natemo

Dont feel alone we have the same problem.

I'm having this problem too.
Do you think it's pervasive enough that a hotfix will be issued?

[Tanner]

I am running BF2 on Vista 32bit and i am having problems with the pr.exe. I have installed it correctly into its default location however iv tried everything on the foroms and nothing seems to work. This is the code i get when i open prError

System.MissingMethodException: Method not found: 'System.String System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog.get_SafeFileNa me()'.
at o.i()
at e.a(String[] A_0)

[CommunistColby71]

I'm using Vista Home Premium 32bit and the game froze, forcing me to restart my computer. When i restarted PR, I noticed my account was gone (CommunistColby71). I tried everything to get it back, I typed the correct password for it about 3 times and it still said it was incorrect.

[Battle360]

I downloaded and installed PR .91 but it doesn't work! This has been happening since version .86 came out and I haven't been able to pay PR since then!! It's like this, I attempt to start PR from its shortcut and it starts up. The screen flickers black and shows the cursor for PR. Then it reverts back to the desktop!!?? I then try to start the game from the custom games menu in vanilla BF2. It goes to the PR menu like it should but all it says is this:

You must use "pr.exe" to run Project Reality.

Please update you shortcuts as required.

Exapmle:

"C:\Program Files\EA Games\Battlefield 2\mods\pr\pr.exe"

Instead of :

"C:\Program Files\EA Games\Battlefield 2\bf2.exe"

Help is greatly appreciated and somebody PLEASE REPLY TO THIS PR IS THE BEST MOD/GAME EVR AND I REALLY WANT TO PLAY IT AGAIN INSTAED OF WATCHING VIDS IN YOUTUBE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Battle360]

Originally Posted by Battle360

I downloaded and installed PR .91 but it doesn't work! This has been happening since version .86 came out and I haven't been able to pay PR since then!! It's like this, I attempt to start PR from its shortcut and it starts up. The screen flickers black and shows the cursor for PR. Then it reverts back to the desktop!!?? I then try to start the game from the custom games menu in vanilla BF2. It goes to the PR menu like it should but all it says is this:

You must use "pr.exe" to run Project Reality.

Please update you shortcuts as required.

Exapmle:

"C:\Program Files\EA Games\Battlefield 2\mods\pr\pr.exe"

Instead of :

"C:\Program Files\EA Games\Battlefield 2\bf2.exe"

Help is greatly appreciated and somebody PLEASE REPLY TO THIS PR IS THE BEST MOD/GAME EVR AND I REALLY WANT TO PLAY IT AGAIN INSTAED OF WATCHING VIDS IN YOUTUBE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Every problem is just another gatway to the solution."

[shutdo]

Originally Posted by Pappsen

Hi

I got this problem on my laptop (asus G50V GF 9700M GT driver: 197.16) after being away abroad for 5 weeks. (I only playe here where I got enough speed on the broadband)

I cant even get the game to start! Black screen for a sec. then back to desktop. Same for BF2 and so on. (only who cares for BF? :b )

Blackscreen-crash makes me suspect grafic-card issue, but latest driver and all set as last time I played.. I dunno what else?

Anyways, I have googled the issue but cant find any adwice that I could apply on this.

Plz advice me.

Ps. I did play 0.9 a lot before i went abroad...no crashes no probs. Ds

Kindly

Pappsen

Your laptop should be capable if not more than enough to handle PR. so the problem may be simply the result of trying to run the game with setting different from the default monitor refresh rate setting. In another words, BF2 first launch with a 60 Hz screen refresh rate setting, and your default monitor refresh rate is either higher or lower than 60 Hz, which results in a black screen followed by a crash to desktop when attempting to run the game.

The solution is simple, you should check your monitor's refresh rate.
Go to: Control Panel-->personalization-->Display Settings-->Advanced settings
under "monitor tab", you can see refresh rate of your monitor.

Under the directory "C:\Users\[User name]\Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles\default"
there is a "video.con" file, open it with notepad, and edit the line "VideoSettings.setResolution 800x600@60Hz"
replace "60Hz" by whatever value your monitor supports.
for example, if your monitor has a refresh rate of 61Hz, the line becomes
"VideoSettings.setResolution 800x600@61Hz"

when you're done, save it and you may now try to run the game.
For more info, visit http://www.tweakguides.com/BF2_7.html
Hope this solves your problem.

[Sgt.Desert Tiger[TR]]

My pc:

gtx295
ddr3 1333mhz 3x1gb ram
MSI x58 pro motherboard

Crash times depends one time 10 min after playing on time 1-2 hour.How can I fix it?

Also 30 pages odf pll sent dxdiag to ea bf2 forum but ea dont answer -_-

Battlefield Crashing to Desktop (Multiplayer) - Battlefield 2 Members Helping Members - Battlefield 2: EA Forums

[guru951]

My issue is this,

I'm having problems at

1. Map switch-while switching maps from one round to the next it crashes to desktop 95% of the time.

2. during game play-gets a loud error ding sound, crashes and gives me a memory error, it reads "memory.dll.all alloc attempts failed for size 262602"

I'm running PR, xfire, ventrilo and mumble in admin mode, Vista Home Premium

[Pancakes805]

I Have a solution to the SHORTCUT PROBLEM.......you have to restart after you have finished installing PR
oh and 1 more thing you have to run PR as administrator