Vista OFFICIAL CTD Thread AKA- Crash to Desktop

[[R-COM]SnipingCoward]

thank you for replying so thoroughly, that also helped clear up the situation

it just came to my mind that i never read anything about you reinstalling BF2 and/or PR
1.a) please try reinstalling since there might be corrupted files
1.b) if you find the time and can spare bandwidth redownloading (using a download manager) the BF2 patches or md5-sum-checking the old ones would help eliminate the possiblity of a corrupt download
2. check in your "System" control panel how much ram is being recognized, what is your page file size, what is the overall memory size and usage when testing?
3. earlier i was refering to nvidia settings - you have not responded to that yet, right click on the desktop and click "nVidia Control Panel" - there you will see "Manage 3D Settings" - please check both General and App specific for BF2.exe (generally setting to "Application controlled" is adviced esp. for testing purposes)

edit: 4. looking at your specs again I was surprised to see "M" versions of gfx cards in SLI-mode
I suggest you try a different video driver from here: http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/ (search their forum for suggestions which one might be optimal)

[maarit]

i got this problem.
i got some random ctd`s after hours play,30 min play.
so i started to find the problem with windowed mode but all ground textures was vanished.
i never get ctd when run in windowed mode.
graphigs setting all low,all off.still i get ctd with fullscreen.
i lowered my ingame resolution...no ctd anymore,even windowed mode has now textures.

works fine now...allthough,i cant play lashkar,beirut,etc cos frames per second is just too low
but i can play just fiine yamalia and old maps exept fallujah.

[Hawkx]

Originally Posted by SnipingCoward

thank you for replying so thoroughly, that also helped clear up the situation

it just came to my mind that i never read anything about you reinstalling BF2 and/or PR
1.a) please try reinstalling since there might be corrupted files
1.b) if you find the time and can spare bandwidth redownloading (using a download manager) the BF2 patches or md5-sum-checking the old ones would help eliminate the possiblity of a corrupt download
2. check in your "System" control panel how much ram is being recognized, what is your page file size, what is the overall memory size and usage when testing?
3. earlier i was refering to nvidia settings - you have not responded to that yet, right click on the desktop and click "nVidia Control Panel" - there you will see "Manage 3D Settings" - please check both General and App specific for BF2.exe (generally setting to "Application controlled" is adviced esp. for testing purposes)

edit: 4. looking at your specs again I was surprised to see "M" versions of gfx cards in SLI-mode
I suggest you try a different video driver from here: NVIDIA & Laptop News | Latest NVIDIA drivers and related news | laptopvideo2go.com (search their forum for suggestions which one might be optimal)

1a. Reinstalled numerous times...no help
1b. Where can i get that? If possible can you give me a link please. And if i reinstalled battlefield 2 what would be the point?
2. all 4 GB are being recognized.
3. All the options that give application controlled are selected

New error is that when people try to hit you your motion blur becomes black in 1920X1200 Resolution with Medium settings



Nvidia control pannel...

[Spinkyone]

For how to MD5 check your files see this: http://www.realitymod.com/forum/f10-...t-corrupt.html as I cba typing all that out.

Honestly though the ground texture issue is about as old as one can get in that it's been about for 3 years now and has NOTHING to do with PR CTD's that I know of once it's been solved as I said previously.

If you do have a moblie or laptop version then yes that can affect how some of the overlays work, as to the solution I really don't think there is one. But the main thing for all overlay modes is it is never helped by running windowed. Other people have had issues in the past with the bleed effect, hell there one a few topics down. It is either a result of SLI or Nvidia control panel settings getting in the way. Disabling them all or setting "let the application make up it's own god damn mind" normally works.

[Hawkx]

Originally Posted by Spinkyone

For how to MD5 check your files see this: http://www.realitymod.com/forum/f10-...t-corrupt.html as I cba typing all that out.

Honestly though the ground texture issue is about as old as one can get in that it's been about for 3 years now and has NOTHING to do with PR CTD's that I know of once it's been solved as I said previously.

If you do have a moblie or laptop version then yes that can affect how some of the overlays work, as to the solution I really don't think there is one. But the main thing for all overlay modes is it is never helped by running windowed. Other people have had issues in the past with the bleed effect, hell there one a few topics down. It is either a result of SLI or Nvidia control panel settings getting in the way. Disabling them all or setting "let the application make up it's own god damn mind" normally works.

The default is already like that i cant set the other options because there is no such option to let the program choose. Disabling SLI also doesn't fix the ground texture problem.

SumChecks are-
513a415dbca69f995e866a9dc7cbd305 *BF2_Patch_1.50.exe
a0d2f0e6733a3eab524d65588a04dc40 *pr_0909_full_part1of2_setup.exe
88b8fb0c60e5688f69ea5f5e4a56ab55 *pr_0909_full_part2of2_setup.exe

[[R-COM]SnipingCoward]

ok, thanks again for the screen shots

as for the md5-crcs: you can get them from download sites (some of them are providing them), since you have got the exact md5 sum you can also simply google it - you will find something like this
Games On Net File Library :: Battlefield 2 Patch v1.5 - BF2_Patch_1.50.exe
if your md5 matches with their md5 that means your file is OK


from what I have seen the cards use ~1.2GB as shared memory
you reporting that the 4GB were recognized doesn't add up
either you are having more overall RAM in that maschine or vista is not showing the actual ram available

please make a screen shot of the "performance" tab from the task manager (while having the ground texture bug)

[Hawkx]

Heres the Task Manager snap shot

[[R-COM]SnipingCoward]

very good, from the screen shots i can see that your ram is hitting its limit (with only 8kb left, which is virtually none) but the page file should make up for it since its 6GB in size and 1.8GB are used
all that together makes a ram usage of 1.8+3 = 4.8 GB when running PR (while having 3 GB available RAM)
that is quite alot

from your previous screen shots i can see that you are using some visual effects by vista and for testing purposes i suggest turining them all off - see this guide on how to: Follow these tips to boost Vista performance
go to the section "Adjust visual effects settings" - as recommended setting i suggest "best performance" (it will look like win98se though xD

also kill all unneeded background processes (messengers, quick launchers etc. - "Process Explorer" Process Explorer and "Resource Monitor" can help you identify the nasty resource hogs [order by "private bytes"])

you might not see an instant improvement when testing with the max resolution but maybe you can get one step higher then when it worked last time (i.e. go from 1024xXXX to 1200xXXX)

the high ram usage also explains why there is such a high "disk usage" in the resource monitor

[Hawkx]

Originally Posted by SnipingCoward

very good, from the screen shots i can see that your ram is hitting its limit (with only 8kb left, which is virtually none) but the page file should make up for it since its 6GB in size and 1.8GB are used
all that together makes a ram usage of 1.8+3 = 4.8 GB when running PR (while having 3 GB available RAM)
that is quite alot

from your previous screen shots i can see that you are using some visual effects by vista and for testing purposes i suggest turining them all off - see this guide on how to: Follow these tips to boost Vista performance
go to the section "Adjust visual effects settings" - as recommended setting i suggest "best performance" (it will look like win98se though xD

also kill all unneeded background processes (messengers, quick launchers etc. - "Process Explorer" Process Explorer and "Resource Monitor" can help you identify the nasty resource hogs [order by "private bytes"])

you might not see an instant improvement when testing with the max resolution but maybe you can get one step higher then when it worked last time (i.e. go from 1024xXXX to 1200xXXX)

the high ram usage also explains why there is such a high "disk usage" in the resource monitor

That Made it worse

[[R-COM]SnipingCoward]

1. interresting, but a pitty, in what ways exactly did it make it worse?
i see that you gained 200MB ram (less usage as before)
however i dont see you running the game (in task bar)
are you using the steam version?

as you say there is no improvement at all i think we can drop the idea of insufficient RAM causing the CTD/texture bug

2. let's try this:

Originally Posted by http://www.surreallyinsane.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=23505&sid=b53fd5541889115d09c9586d 05e11435#p23505

Under compatibility "disable desktop composition

- in compatibilty tab of your short-cut properties tick "disable desktop composition"
- clear the bf2 cache too (yes, again )


edit:
3. when using a widescreen resolution append "+widescreen 1" to your shortcut's target line
4. use the 196.21 drivers, i have a friend confirming to have no probs with them (v196.21 Windows 7/Vista 32bit | NVIDIA Desktop - LaptopVideo2Go Forums)