weird texture crashes my game

[karambaitos]

well on some big maps when i run PR i get these textures on guns and vehicles that look like static and my PC starts lagging when i look at them shortly after it crashes back to desktop after that everytime i play it crashes again
I'm running Vista homepremium 32bit
and i have an ATI 3650
i cant get any screen shots fr some reason

[Snares]

Most people won't do it when I tell them to do it, but if you actually do this, it will probably solve the issues you are having.

Originally post by R.J.Travis, modified to update a few dependencies and to improve clarity:

(You'll need to be an Administrator)
First, you'll need to grab and install Visual Studio C++ Express Edition from Microsoft.
It's free so don't worry.
Once installed, you'll need to update it, also make sure you have latest game
patch installed.

Backup the bf2.exe file, just in case.

Now, click
Start ->Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition ->Visual Studio Tools ->Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt
(dont left click on VS 2008 command prompt though, right click on it and then click "Run as Administrator"
**If you don't run it as Administrator the fix will not work**

Then, once the black Command Prompt box is open, navigate to your Battlefield 2 directory.
If you don't know how to navigate in DOS, follow this:

In Vista 32: cd c:\Program Files\ ENTER **or** In Vista 64: cd c:\Program Files (x86)\ ENTER

then usually it's "cd EA GAMES" ENTER

then "cd Battlefield 2" ENTER

NOW WRITE THIS

editbin.exe /LARGEADDRESSAWARE BF2.exe hit ENTER

It should then come up with a "Microsoft copyright or trademark" type thingy, this means it was successful.
Type "exit" and hit ENTER, and it's fixed!

64 bit Vista users can now restart and play, 32 bit Vista users follow the next step...

In a command prompt and once again **Run your command prompt "As Administrator"**

Type this command:
BCDEDIT /set increaseuserva 2900 ENTER
Now exit out of that box, restart and you're done!

[Priby]

So is this for Vista only or does it work with XP too?

[Snares]

So is this for Vista only or does it work with XP too?

I have heard that it can work on XP. It's worth a try; you won't damage anything.

[karambaitos]

thank you dude but my game is installed in D partition and it wont let me access it

[SnipingCoward]

Most people won't do it when I tell them to do it, but if you actually do this, it will probably solve the issues you are having.

taking it from the changelog since the 1.5 patch bf2 should be "large address aware"

Allowed BF2.exe to use more than 2Gb RAM

so your fix probably worked with 1.41 but not with the current PR/BF2 (1.5)