Win XP pr.exe has stopped working

[gazcroxford]

Ok i have been trying differnet htings for months and keep getting pr.exe has stopped working. I have played pr 0.85 and 0.86 fine and can play bf2 vanilla fine. I have installed correctly with patch 1.5 checked shortcuts evrything. I have found that when i click on a server it crashes to desktop and creates a dmp folder saying dmp bf2_v1.5.3153-802.0 then the current datehat does this mean, also in program files in the pr folder i have a pr notepad saying
C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2
PR command line args sent to BF2: +modPath mods/pr +menu 1


gloryhoundz.com directory not found, deletion confirmed

Error in MovingSplashScreen: --> System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file 'C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\00000000.256'.
File name: 'C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\00000000.256'
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.File.InternalCopy(String sourceFileName, String destFileName, Boolean overwrite)
at System.IO.FileInfo.CopyTo(String destFileName, Boolean overwrite)
at System.IO.FileInfo.CopyTo(String destFileName)
at FileMover.CopySplashScreen()
at Launcher.Run(String[] args)

Copy PR Splash screen 00000000.256 to main BF2 directory

Launching BF2
BF2 Exiting

PR Splash screen stored at C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2/mods/pr/00000000.256 , moved copy deleted

Error in ReturningPRSplashScreen: --> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at System.IO.FileInfo.CopyTo(String destFileName, Boolean overwrite)
at System.IO.FileInfo.CopyTo(String destFileName)
at FileMover.ReturnSplashScreen()
at Launcher.Run(String[] args)

Deleting news ticker directory: Deleted C:\Documents and Settings\GILL\My Documents/Battlefield 2/LogoCache/www.gloryhoundz.com

and i also have a file wich is called "file 000000000.256 256 file 1,250kb"

i am clueless as to what to do what these mean and would reall appreciate some help i have searched online and on these forums but i am still stuck

Can any1 please help thanx big kiss

[Mad-Mike]

can you join a normal bf2 server?

[Twisted Helix]

Can any1 please help thanx big kiss

Hi there can you tell me what directory your BF2.exe is in and what your system OS is ?

[gazcroxford]

Hi there can you tell me what directory your BF2.exe is in and what your system OS is ?

My os is windows xp professional version 5.1.2600 service pack 3 build 2600 i think is right im not very good with computers.
I have a bfd exe in C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2 is that what you mean or do you mean using regedit to look in there?
Oh and i can run play bf2 online no problems

Thanks for the help

[gazcroxford]

Just used regedit thing to look about in the directory i have a folder saying Electronic arts and in this file i have 3 more files 1 saying battlefield 2 patch 1 saying EA Core and 1 saying EA Games.
In the battlefield patch file is another file saying 1.5
In the EA Core file i have files saying installed games then eagames then bf2 2006 then online content then BF2-EP1 wich contains the following
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Electronic Arts\EA CORE\INSTALLED GAMES\EAGAMES\BF2-2006\ONLINE_CONTENT\BF2-EP1]
"GameLauncherParameters"="+menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +modPath mods/xpack +ignoreAsserts 1"
"GameLauncherPath"="C:\\Program Files\\EA GAMES\\Battlefield 2\\bf2.exe"
"DisplayName"="Battlefield 2 Special Forces"
"Version"="1.1"
Sorry if this is garbled but i have no clue what im doing what day it is what my name is i have lost all will to live trying to fix this please help me before suicide becomes a real option

[Twisted Helix]

Well your OS is the same as what the pr.exe was created on, so that makes life easier , and it appears that your .NET installation is working as you would not have even got this far otherwise.

First .... look inside your C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\ , do you have a folder in there called "mods" and do you have a folder inside there called "pr" ?

Can you look again in your registry for somewhere like

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\EA GAMES"

or

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Electronic Arts"

and in the directories that you find in there, look for a key called "install dir" and tell me the path.

For example mine is in .... "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Electronic Arts\EA Games\Battlefield 2"

and make sure that the directory is set to the same place that your BF2.exe is installed to (which for you is C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\ ")

Then can you tell me what your path to your profiles directory is, which should be in your "My Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles" directory. What do you have in there ?

[gazcroxford]

Well your OS is the same as what the pr.exe was created on, so that makes life easier , and it appears that your .NET installation is working as you would not have even got this far otherwise.

First .... look inside your C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\ , do you have a folder in there called "mods" and do you have a folder inside there called "pr" ?

Can you look again in your registry for somewhere like

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\EA GAMES"

or

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Electronic Arts"

and in the directories that you find in there, look for a key called "install dir" and tell me the path.

For example mine is in .... "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Electronic Arts\EA Games\Battlefield 2"

and make sure that the directory is set to the same place that your BF2.exe is installed to (which for you is C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\ ")

Then can you tell me what your path to your profiles directory is, which should be in your "My Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles" directory. What do you have in there ?

I have looked in program files and i do have a folder called mods with pr in it.
The path for "install dir" says C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2
Im sorry i dont understand what you mean by make sure the directory is set to the same place that bf2.exe is installed to ( where should bf2.exe be installed to?) and i also dont understand what you mean by can you tell me what your path to your profiles directory is, which should be in your "My Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles" directory. What do you have in there
sorry for being a nob but i do appreciate the help

[gazcroxford]

I have looked in program files and i do have a folder called mods with pr in it.
The path for "install dir" says C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2
Im sorry i dont understand what you mean by make sure the directory is set to the same place that bf2.exe is installed to ( where should bf2.exe be installed to?) and i also dont understand what you mean by can you tell me what your path to your profiles directory is, which should be in your "My Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles" directory. What do you have in there
sorry for being a nob but i do appreciate the help

I apologise again ive read agin i do understand , the directory is set to the same place that bf2.exe is and in my profiles document i have a file saying 001 a file saying default a file saying battlecommodefaultusersettings and 1 saying global.con

[Twisted Helix]

I have looked in program files and i do have a folder called mods with pr in it.
The path for "install dir" says C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2
Im sorry i dont understand what you mean by make sure the directory is set to the same place that bf2.exe is installed to ( where should bf2.exe be installed to?)

That should be correct. You can check it is by looking in your C drive >> Program Files >> EAGames >> Battlefield 2 , and make sure that that is where your BF2.exe is.

Then inside that folder, look for a folder called "mods" and inside that look for a folder called "pr" ... are they there ? Is the pr.exe inside the "pr" folder ?

and i also dont understand what you mean by can you tell me what your path to your profiles directory is, which should be in your "My Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles" directory. What do you have in there
sorry for being a nob but i do appreciate the help

If you open your file explorer, and look in the folder called MyDocuments, there should be a folder called Battlefield 2 with a folder called Profiles inside it. Is this the case ? (ah just read your next post ... thats fine, all is good there)

However I am thinking its something else, because you say ...

I have found that when i click on a server it crashes to desktop and creates a dmp folder saying dmp bf2_v1.5.3153-802.0

If you have actually managed to log into your BF2 account after launching PR ... then you have got past all the stuff that the pr.exe is doing and you are now inside "BF2" .. so if it is crashing at this point, then there is a different reason.

How much RAM do you have installed in your machine, and what is your video card ? Can you post that crash dump file up please ... I probably wont be able to glean anything from it, as it will be of relevance only to DICE I imagine ... but I might be able to figure something out about it.

[gazcroxford]

That should be correct. You can check it is by looking in your C drive >> Program Files >> EAGames >> Battlefield 2 , and make sure that that is where your BF2.exe is.

Then inside that folder, look for a folder called "mods" and inside that look for a folder called "pr" ... are they there ? Is the pr.exe inside the "pr" folder ?



If you open your file explorer, and look in the folder called MyDocuments, there should be a folder called Battlefield 2 with a folder called Profiles inside it. Is this the case ? (ah just read your next post ... thats fine, all is good there)

However I am thinking its something else, because you say ...



If you have actually managed to log into your BF2 account after launching PR ... then you have got past all the stuff that the pr.exe is doing and you are now inside "BF2" .. so if it is crashing at this point, then there is a different reason.

How much RAM do you have installed in your machine, and what is your video card ? Can you post that crash dump file up please ... I probably wont be able to glean anything from it, as it will be of relevance only to DICE I imagine ... but I might be able to figure something out about it.

ok that dmp file i cant open i dont know how to do it plus i was playing about with it and where it says opens with it said unknown application so i changed it to pr now i cant change it back again.
My memory says Total physical memory 2,048.00mb, available physical memory 1.59gb , total virtual memory 2gb, available virtual memory 1.96gb, page file space 3.61gb
video card is 128mb ATI Radeon x1300

[gazcroxford]

ok that dmp file i cant open i dont know how to do it plus i was playing about with it and where it says opens with it said unknown application so i changed it to pr now i cant change it back again.
My memory says Total physical memory 2,048.00mb, available physical memory 1.59gb , total virtual memory 2gb, available virtual memory 1.96gb, page file space 3.61gb
video card is 128mb ATI Radeon x1300

launched pr clicked on server and it crashed launched bf2 clicked ona server and it worked then launched pr and smae thing crashed when i clicked on a server

[gazcroxford]

ok that dmp file i cant open i dont know how to do it plus i was playing about with it and where it says opens with it said unknown application so i changed it to pr now i cant change it back again.
My memory says Total physical memory 2,048.00mb, available physical memory 1.59gb , total virtual memory 2gb, available virtual memory 1.96gb, page file space 3.61gb
video card is 128mb ATI Radeon x1300

i have just installed a debugger application to open the dmp file and now im in way over my head i havnt a clue what to do now but i have found a small handgun wich i know is illegal but i am going to shoot either myself or the computer

[gazcroxford]

ok that dmp file i cant open i dont know how to do it plus i was playing about with it and where it says opens with it said unknown application so i changed it to pr now i cant change it back again.
My memory says Total physical memory 2,048.00mb, available physical memory 1.59gb , total virtual memory 2gb, available virtual memory 1.96gb, page file space 3.61gb
video card is 128mb ATI Radeon x1300

I have just created a server on pr and drove round fallujha in a apc and running things over for 10 minutes then disconnected tryd connecting to a server and got a microsoft visualc+++ runtime error saying program bf2 exe cauesed it to end in an usual way or something like that

[Twisted Helix]

First things ... to put your file association back to what it was ...

Reset file associations in XP - Cyberwalker.com

I have a thought ... what resolution are you trying to run PR in ?

Do this .... right click your pr shortcut and choose properties. Then in the target text box , copy and paste the following ...

"C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\pr\pr.exe" +fullscreen 0 +szx 1024 +szy 768

and try joining a server then.

[gazcroxford]

Twisted Helix;1196343']First things ... to put your file association back to what it was ...

Reset file associations in XP - Cyberwalker.com

I have a thought ... what resolution are you trying to run PR in ?

Do this .... right click your pr shortcut and choose properties. Then in the target text box , copy and paste the following ...

"C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\pr\pr.exe" +fullscreen 0 +szx 1024 +szy 768

and try joining a server then.

Thanks ill try the file association thing im running file resolution on medium with 1024 678 i think , also been rummaging on the internet and found that the 256 file in my pr folder could mean basicly my directorys fubar but im gonna try your suggestion.
thanks for the help may many virgins ride your joystick

[Twisted Helix]

also been rummaging on the internet and found that the 256 file in my pr folder could mean basicly my directorys fubar

No no no no no no ... don't believe everything you read on the internet

The 256 file should be in your pr folder AND your BF2 folder. Its just the splash screen. One is BF2s and one is ours. The log file entries refer to the fact that when you launch PR that our splash screen replaces the bf2 one so that you see it at launch , and then it puts it back the way it was, so that if you launch vanilla BF2 you get the BF2 splash screen.

Nothing sinister or startling

Your resolution is correct so thats not the problem. I am wondering what it might be now to be honest ... its definitely a bf2 problem ... but its puzzling that bf2 plays normally. That VisualC++
runtime error is unfortunately one that has plagued many games ... it is possible that its an out of memory issue .. and this would explain why it happens with PR and not BF2 ... because our maps use way more memory.

Try increasing your virtual memory to 4GB, then if that doesn't work ... try and let windows manage it. How much disk space do you have on your C drive ?

[gazcroxford]

No no no no no no ... don't believe everything you read on the internet

The 256 file should be in your pr folder AND your BF2 folder. Its just the splash screen. One is BF2s and one is ours. The log file entries refer to the fact that when you launch PR that our splash screen replaces the bf2 one so that you see it at launch , and then it puts it back the way it was, so that if you launch vanilla BF2 you get the BF2 splash screen.

Nothing sinister or startling

Your resolution is correct so thats not the problem. I am wondering what it might be now to be honest ... its definitely a bf2 problem ... but its puzzling that bf2 plays normally. That VisualC++
runtime error is unfortunately one that has plagued many games ... it is possible that its an out of memory issue .. and this would explain why it happens with PR and not BF2 ... because our maps use way more memory.

Try increasing your virtual memory to 4GB, then if that doesn't work ... try and let windows manage it. How much disk space do you have on your C drive ?

ill try that tommorow im glad youre puzzled cause ive been puzzled for months but i think its basicly not enough memory but if it is how come 0.86 worked fine.
Anyway thanks for the help ill keep u posted

[Twisted Helix]

i think its basicly not enough memory but if it is how come 0.86 worked fine.

That is indeed also puzzling. The pr.exe has not changed either between those versions (at least not something that would cause that), and I think we actually did some memory optimization so 0.87 used LESS .....

Did this just start happening when you patched to 1.5 BF2 ?

[gazcroxford]

That is indeed also puzzling. The pr.exe has not changed either between those versions (at least not something that would cause that), and I think we actually did some memory optimization so 0.87 used LESS .....

Did this just start happening when you patched to 1.5 BF2 ?

I dont know how you make the virtual memory go bigger
This has happened since i patched to 1.5
I have loads of disk space
From what i remember when i had 0.86 i patched to 1.5 then installed 0.87 and everything has been fubar since then i have tried installing 0.86 but thers no servers to see if its a memory thing .
I think either my directorys fubar or ive not enough memory or but the 1 thing doin my fckin head in is why did you have to make 0.87 i was happy blowing stuff up on 0.86.
Anyway i have my royal navy tests next week and if i pass i dont need to worry about that anymore i wil be able to blow stuff up for real , first on the list is this computer
Thanks for the help though if you think of anything else let me know or you could show me your folders and directory settings so i can see if mine match

[Ghost_1ll1]

Maybe one of the fixes listed in my post w/ same message generated by vista might help :/