CTD once I join Game(ONLINE)

[666planer]

I usually play SP, but that can get very annoying because of the lach of team work through stupid bots. So I try PR multiplayer and it dosn't work because it crashes after I finish loading and when I click "play". I do mod SP, but never normal PR. So some help please?
My computer runs Normal BF2 good, PRSP good(Except when you have 50 bots over), but it's just the PR multiplayer that it can run.
I also run other games like COD 2 and BF2142, 1942 and a couple others and they all work fine. Online works for these other games too.


System specs...
System:
Microsoft Windows XP
Media Center Edition
Version 2002
Service Pack 3
Dell XPS DXP051
intell(R)
Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz
2.79 GHz, 3.50 GB of RAM - It dosen't read my 4.00 RAM

Any helpfull post will be greatly appreciated.

[thepalerider]

Check and make sure the PRSP install went inside it's own folder inside the 'mods' folder.

[666planer]

Yeah, Pr and PRSP are two seperate folders both located in the "mods" folder. That's not the problem.

[thepalerider]

Trash your BF2 cache files
Path:
C:\Users\'your user name here'\Documents\Battlefield 2\mods\bf2\cache

Throw EVERYTHING inside the folder named cache away.
don't worry the files will be replaced with new ones when the game restarts.

What does your PR shortcut 'target' look like?

[666planer]

I did it, what does it do? And I don't think it was a problem, but my computer had different folder path names for some reason. The PR shortcut? It just looks the two dogtags with the first one saying, "PR". Normal, I belive.
And it still crashes at the end of load... :'(

[thepalerider]

It forces the game to recreate the cache files (you see it as optimizing)
corrupt cash files can cause strange graphics and even CTD.
So we delete them to rule that out as your problem.

PR(PRMP and PRSP) must be started by using a desktop shortcut to work properly.Each will have their own.
The 'target' window I referred to can be seen by right clicking the shortcut, then choose 'properties' from bottom of list
Choose the 'shortcut' tab from the top of the window that opens.
You should see the 'target' window and below that the 'start in' window.

You should see something like this in target:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\pr\pr.exe" start +modPath mods/pr +menu 1 +fullscreen 1

You should something like this in start in:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\pr"

Please copy and paste what you have in yours here in a post. Be careful not to erase your originals.

[666planer]

Odd, I can access the properties of every icon on my computer except the ones dealing with PR. I right click then click properties as usual, but nothing happens when I click properties.