BF2 / PR is FUBAR

[Sars99]

well i was playing PR fine for days, went to play tonight and it loaded up fine, but CTD the second that i tried to join a server.

so i reinstalled PR thinking the problem just lied with that, same problem. Loaded PR in windowed mode to try and get an error box, no luck there

then thought, well i wonder if BF2 works... nope exactly the same problem, plus no error box

unistalled everythnig BF2 from my PC, restarted my PC then went on to install

now this is the final "extracting the urine" for tonights events

auto-play comes up perfectly and i get the little menu... click on install and the preparing of the software blah blah comes up... then everything stops dead

check task manager and nothing BF2 related is running

i've never heard of this before, but if anyone has and has an answer to this then PLEASE tell me as i am going to get withdrawal symptoms without PR!

[thepalerider]

Read kilroy0097s post on reinstall get it here:

The long fool proof way to fix most BF2 and PR mod Errors

It's from this post:
Solution and Fixes by Kilroy0097
Lots of good stuff

Hope it helps

[SnipingCoward]

fyi ctds still happen b/c bf2 is still buggy
so you do not have to reinstall on every ctd - if they happen occasionally

as for not being able to install: are you talking about a freez? and if so, which: the ones where you can move the mouse but nothing will happen if clicked
or the one where not even the mouse will move?
or the one where your pc will reboot automatically (after a BSoD (which appeared for a split second))?

Originally Posted by Sars99

i am going to get withdrawal symptoms without PR!

welcome to my world

[Sars99]

Originally Posted by SnipingCoward

fyi ctds still happen b/c bf2 is still buggy
so you do not have to reinstall on every ctd - if they happen occasionally

it was every server i clicked on, tried restart of reouter and PC thinking it was connection but it beared no fruit

as for not being able to install: are you talking about a freez? and if so, which: the ones where you can move the mouse but nothing will happen if clicked
or the one where not even the mouse will move?
or the one where your pc will reboot automatically (after a BSoD (which appeared for a split second))?

my PC doesn't freeze at all, the install wizard just stops dead, nadda, nothing... no signs of BF2 in any form on the task manager.

been browsing through that thread link and can't as of yet seem to find something similar to this.

[thepalerider]

I think if you can't reinstall you might have registry issues.

Using CCleaner which is a driver, file and registry cleaner program may help. But "if you do not feel comfortable messing with registry entries you may want to skip this step as messing up here may screw up other applications and Windows in general" and go back to a restore point before the problem started.

When I first switched over to Vista with a clean install(no upgrade with the cheep OEM Vista) I uninstalled bf2 by just tossing the ea file folder out...big mistake. I found I couldn't reinstall it.
Using add remove programs didn't fix it after the fact AND as it was a new install in my hurry to get PR running I didn't leave any bread crumbs on the upgrade path by setting RESTORE POINTS.I did not feel comfortable messing with registry entries on a new system I had 0 experience with so I was forced to reinstall Vista from scratch.I now set restore points after each software installation I do.

The next time you crash in game run battlefield cleaner to clean out your cache files that may have become corrupted before you restart.

Hope it helps

[Sars99]

brilliant

forgot all about restore points, so managed to get one before everything went tits up

all sorted and i'm ready to rock and roll on PR again

thanks alot thepalerider