Noob install questionq

[SSG-Martin]

Okay I downloaded the PR 087 bundle from file planet with the download manager and put them on my desktop. I click open and nothing happens just the hard drive starts running. This is very frustrating to me and yea I am a noob so sorry but am I doing this all wrong? Some help would be greatly appreciated.

SSG Craig M Martin
United States Army (Ret)
1st Cav Division, 1st Brigade Combat Team

[Tiny]

Windows Vista? Cause if it is, it does take a while to pop up.

Welcome to the forums & to PR.

[SSG-Martin]

Okay well I waited like 30 mins? Should I reboot or keep waiting? Should I extract it into the bf2 folder? Just want to make sure I am good to go here. And thank you for the reply my friend.

[Lemon]

30 minutes should be enough, try running it as an administrator or in XP compatibility mode.

[Rudd]

welcome mate

try lemon's suggestion, right click and run as admin or go to properties, compatibility and select xp

I have vista and I've always regretted it

[rampo]

Let it run. After starting the setup just stand-by whit patience, It's the same whit the other setups in vistaant it should ask you for authorization in a while

But after 15min's of running you should consider other options

[SSG-Martin]

Thanks guys and hope to you on the virtual battlefield soon!!

[SSG-Martin]

I have that windows security program running should I disable that as I install it? Any suggestions are good ones I am running 32 bit Vista with 4 ghz processor, 3 gigs of ram and an ati 5770 video card. I may not have a ferrari system but it's better than a YUGO

[SSG-Martin]

worked like a dream when I went into xp compatibilty mode. Should I change my BF2 game to that also?

[Rudd]

if you experience problems, yes do it

cya ingame

[SSG-Martin]

Okay I got it installed and patched but I get a pr.exe error any suggesttions to fix this?

[bosco_]

Can you right-click on the PR shortcut and take a look at the properties?

The target line should read something like this

"C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\pr\pr.exe"

[SSG-Martin]

Yes it states that but I have tinkered with it but clicked on open location not sure if that messed it up I am tired here.

But the line states this "C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\pr\pr.exe"

[bosco_]

Do you have the Steam version of BF2 by any chance?

[SSG-Martin]

No sir from an origional disc I didnt install patch 1.4 I just did 1.5 then the mods then patch

[bosco_]

You need to install Patch 1.41 before you install 1.5, there is no full version unfortunately.

So the install order after uninstalling BF2+PR would be:

BF2 -> 1.41 Full (536 MB) -> 1.5

A bit of a hassle but don't give up yet!

[SSG-Martin]

I am up and running thanks guys!!!

[killonsight95]

great, now a couple of things:
-read the manuAL FOR GODS SAKE!
-don't fly or be SL or commander untill you know exactly what you are doing and have played alot of rounds on each map
-check on forums for latest updates at least every 2-3 days
-train trian train
-do what SL's tell you to
and ask questions we arn't afraid to teach you things just make sure it isn't in a hectict moment like in the middle of a firefight because that can annoy people
-don't be afraid to report to admins bad behavior , if you are wrong and its not against the rules no problem just try to avoid this