BF2 PR Crash on startup

[Firespray]

It is quite difficult to explain what happens since there is no error message at all. However, what I can say, when I launch BF2 PR from the shortcut , then to mod, the game starts up. has a black screen, and then just takes me back to my desktop. I have tried installing, and reinstalling PR too. I am updated to BF2's patch 1.5 and have no other mods or enhancements installed. So, does anyone got a idea on what can cause this and a possible fix for this?

EDIT: Oh yes, my punkbuster is also updated.

EDIT2: Ever since I installed PR I can't even start up BF2 now...

[SnipingCoward]

to get an error msg from bf2 you can start it in windowed mode:
change your shortcut's parameters to "+fullscreen 0" ie:

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"C:\Program Files\EA Games\Battlefield 2\mods\pr\pr.exe" +fullscreen 0

try reproducing the error and
then google the error message you get from bf2 if you do not find a solution post back here


make sure to run pr as admin


if you have got a new monitor the frequency might still be set to that of the old one and your new monitor is incompatible with that one (esp. when changing from a CRT [usually 60 to 120Hz] to an LCD/TFT [usually 60 to 75Hz] monitor)

in "My Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles\000x" is a file named "Video.con"
it could look something like this:

VideoSettings.setTerrainQuality 2
VideoSettings.setGeometryQuality 2
VideoSettings.setLightingQuality 2
VideoSettings.setDynamicLightingQuality 2
VideoSettings.setDynamicShadowsQuality 2
VideoSettings.setEffectsQuality 2
VideoSettings.setTextureQuality 3
VideoSettings.setTextureFilteringQuality 2
VideoSettings.setResolution 800x600@85Hz
VideoSettings.setAntialiasing Off
VideoSettings.setViewDistanceScale 0.9
VideoSettings.setVideoOptionScheme 1

you should change the red marked frequency to what the monitor supports (consult manual) for example 60Hz is supported by all regular monitors afaik:

VideoSettings.setResolution 800x600@60Hz