Vista 64 - "pr.exe stopped working" message

[nd23rin]

Guys-

I see a lot of threads on this "type" of problem but none like what I am experiencing.

Heres what I did

1. Installed BF
2. Upgraded to 1.41
3. Restarted
4. Installed core .86 w/ framework
5. INstalled levels .86
6. Restart

Everytime I click on the short cut I get the vista error blurb that says "pr.exe stopped working" and the details are:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
Problem Signature 01: pr.exe
Problem Signature 02: 0.0.0.0
Problem Signature 03: 4a066ac7
Problem Signature 04: mscorlib
Problem Signature 05: 2.0.0.0
Problem Signature 06: 4889dc80
Problem Signature 07: 343f
Problem Signature 08: 119
Problem Signature 09: System.IO.DirectoryNotFound
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033


What did I miss????

I tried running in admin mode and xp compatibility...nothing, and myu shortcut directories are:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\pr\pr.exe

Start in is "C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2"

No previous PR installed

HELP! Thanks

[paulthenoob]

exactly the same issue with my computer down to the last detail .... I think it closes PR and the say PR.exe has stopped working and the details are
Description:
Stopped working

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
Problem Signature 01: pr.exe
Problem Signature 02: 0.0.0.0
Problem Signature 03: 4a066ac7
Problem Signature 04: ProjectReality
Problem Signature 05: 1.0.3417.10467
Problem Signature 06: 4a066ac7
Problem Signature 07: c4
Problem Signature 08: a6f
Problem Signature 09: System.NullReferenceException
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 2057

[Jvanherwaarden]

the only difference i can think of between my install and yours(also vista 64) is where I have installed the game, try a reinstall fresh, IE delete the folder after you do an uninstall then install BF2+PR to folder off of your C: drive(or whatever your drive you play games off is0.

I have mind setup like this C:\games\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2

also Is your UAC(user account control) disabled?

[paulthenoob]

Well my Project reality folder is C:\Program files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\pr
So are you saying that I should move my pr folder into battlefield 2 directly as I would rather not reinstall as I have already fixed multiple other problems

[[R-DEV]Twisted Helix]

Originally Posted by nd23rin

Everytime I click on the short cut I get the vista error blurb that says "pr.exe stopped working" and the details are:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
Problem Signature 01: pr.exe
Problem Signature 02: 0.0.0.0
Problem Signature 03: 4a066ac7
Problem Signature 04: mscorlib
Problem Signature 05: 2.0.0.0
Problem Signature 06: 4889dc80
Problem Signature 07: 343f
Problem Signature 08: 119
Problem Signature 09: System.IO.DirectoryNotFound
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033


What did I miss????

I tried running in admin mode and xp compatibility...nothing, and myu shortcut directories are:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\pr\pr.exe

Start in is "C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2"

No previous PR installed

HELP! Thanks

OK nobody go crazy and start reinstalling stuff yet (I just want to save people going through needless hoops).

This problem that you are reporting nd23rin is because your profile directory is not in the place it is expected to be, can you tell me where it is located ? (and if you do uninstall BF2 to try and install it again, then make sure you delete your profiles and all the details in your profiles directory).

If you are trying to recover your profiles, it might help if you actually recover them through BF2 vanilla first and then run PR. So try these things.

Originally Posted by paulthenoob

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
Problem Signature 01: pr.exe
Problem Signature 02: 0.0.0.0
Problem Signature 03: 4a066ac7
Problem Signature 04: ProjectReality
Problem Signature 05: 1.0.3417.10467
Problem Signature 06: 4a066ac7
Problem Signature 07: c4
Problem Signature 08: a6f
Problem Signature 09: System.NullReferenceException
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 2057

This is because it cannot find your BF2.exe, have a look at this thread here ... http://www.realitymod.com/forum/f27-...-problems.html

[paulthenoob]

Thanks R-Dev sorry if I wasted any time ... I ain't really a computer person person, I couldn't really understand what was being displayed in my error message.. so thanks (Y)

[[R-DEV]Twisted Helix]

Originally Posted by paulthenoob

Thanks R-Dev sorry if I wasted any time ...

No you are not wasting any of my time , I wrote the exe file ... therefore it is my responsibility to make sure it works for people

But do try to keep these things focused in a few threads, as it makes it easier for me to find to reply and try and help you.

[zlzgrom86]

are you guys running BF2 from a disk image on a virtual drive? i was doing that and i had problems.

[CmdUnknown]

I've got more or less the exact same problem as nd23rin.

It's a new OS Vista 64 setup and after the first installation of BF2 and PR .086 I was able to access the game and join a server - got stuck at 16% on the map-loading screen and since then I cant load the game any further than the spash screen. Same problem signature as nd23rin. I've updated the OS completly - netframework 3.5 sp1 is installed such as the newest directX9 and drivers. I tried installing the whole thing bf2 and pr in several different ways mentioned in the forums, tried starting in admin mode with and without XP SP 2 compatibility; all with the same result:
bf2.exe *32 stops loading any further than 43.xxx kb into the RAM and the cpu usage is stable at 50-60% no matter how long I glare at the taskmanager.

bf2 nor pr or any other mod load further than the spash screen, which is really odd.
Everything else seems to work fine.

My system specs:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ @ 2.42GHz
4 GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce 9800GT 512MB
Creative X-Fi Fatality chamions series

[[R-DEV]Twisted Helix]

OK a couple of things might be your problem. First and foremost, the crash while loading might have buggered your profile directories, so it might be an idea to delete them all , then use BF2 vanilla to recover them. Then try PR again.

IF you are consistently getting this problem where you cant load the maps, then it might be a memory issue. You could try patching your BF2.exe so that it can support more than 2GB (there is an official BF2 patch available, and Travis has a thread in a sticky in this forum section that explains how you can do it yourself.)

Failing that try, if you cant even get BF2 vanilla working properly, then you should probably try an erase , clean your registry of battlefield2 entries, and then reinstall.