Random crash to desktop with no error report

[POLAR]

I have PR 1.0 updated to the latest version.

I was playing the other day and the game worked fine for a few hours, good fps, no problem at all.

But today when I try to play, the game works good for a few minutes and then randomly closes, leaving me at the desktop, with no error report.

I have GameBooster, but I've tried with/without it and I am still having the problem. My antivirus (AVG) is disabled.

I've tried lowering all video settings and screen resolution, but that doesn't help. Besides, I was playing with medium-high settings the other day with no problem at all.

After searching Google, I found a solution to this for PR 0.97 by using shortcut start parameters - something to do with the monitor refresh rate. But that doesn't seem possible with PR 1.0 since it uses the launcher.

Please help!

[SnipeHunt]

The proper way to reset video settings and start windowed mode(to see the errors at crash)

1. Go to MyDocuments\Battlefield 2\Profiles and just delete that entire directory.

2. Start the launcher and go to Video options, select to start windowed mode, with 1280x720 resolution. Start PR.

If you start in windowed mode and it CTDs, a Message will pop up telling you the problem. Take a screenshot or write this down and post it to this thread.

[POLAR]

The proper way to reset video settings and start windowed mode(to see the errors at crash)

OK, so I followed these instructions, but the game closed again in windowed mode. This time it had the standard Windows "PRLauncher has stopped working" send-error report dialogue, but no actual error report from PR. Mumble continues running, but the game closes.

To me it seems completely random - I haven't noticed any specific reason that causes it to crash...

Also, it seems I only have this problem since I updated to the latest patch.

So unless there's a fix, PR is pretty much unplayable for me now

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System Information
------------------
  Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium  (6.1.7601)
      Architecture: 64-bit
          Language: English (United Kingdom)
       Motherboard: Dell Inc. 05VX4C
         Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2350M CPU @ 2.30GHz (Physical: 2, Logical: 4)
            Memory: 4.00 GB
      DIMM Modules: DIMM_B: 4.00 GB @ 1333 MHz
         Page File: 3.91 GB
    .NET Framework: 4.5

Display Information
-------------------
 Display Device(s): Generic PnP Monitor on Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
   Display Mode(s): 1366 x 768 (32 bit) @ 60 Hz
    Driver Version: 8.15.10.2361
    Display Memory: 1.77 GB
     Multisampling: 2, 4, 8
               DPI: 96 (100%)

Audio Information
-----------------
  Primary Playback: Creative Labs Inc. Software
 Primary Recording: Microphone (High Definition Aud
               EAX: True
           EAX 1.0: False
           EAX 2.0: True
           EAX 3.0: False
           EAX 4.0: False
           EAX 5.0: False
             X-RAM: False

Disk Information
----------------
      Install Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2
                    Free: 44.02 GB, Total: 214.74 GB, NTFS
          Mod Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\pr
                    Free: 44.02 GB, Total: 214.74 GB, NTFS
     Profiles Path: C:\Users\Rob\Documents\ProjectReality\Profiles
                    Free: 44.02 GB, Total: 214.74 GB, NTFS
    Update DL Path: C:\Users\Rob\AppData\Local\Project Reality\Project Reality BF2\Downloads
                    Free: 44.02 GB, Total: 214.74 GB, NTFS
   Update Log Path: C:\Users\Rob\AppData\Local\Project Reality\Project Reality BF2\UpdateLogs
                    Free: 44.02 GB, Total: 214.74 GB, NTFS

Game Information
----------------
      CD Key Valid: True
    Installed Mods: bf2, pr, xpack
       Current Mod: pr
       BF2 Version: BF2 1.5
        PR Version: 1.0.34.0
          Language: english
   Debug Available: False
     Large Address: True
Supported Hardware: None

Profile Information
-------------------
      Profile 0001: |UBP|Polar94
              Type: Online
 Last Used Profile: True
        View Intro: False
        Fullscreen: False
      Display Mode: 1280x720@60Hz
Display Mode Valid: True
   Graphics Scheme: Custom
     Multisampling: Off
             VSync: False
   Terrain Quality: Low
   Effects Quality: Medium
  Geometry Quality: Low
   Texture Quality: Medium
  Lighting Quality: Low
   Dynamic Shadows: Medium
    Dynamic Lights: Low
 Texture Filtering: Low
    Audio Provider: Software
    Provider Valid: True
     Audio Quality: Medium
               EAX: True

[GeorgRavioli]

I saw some thread with the same issue, and one person said that disabling his anti-virus (in his case and mine AVG) worked, and it worked for me too. You might try that, and hopefully the DEVs can eventually find a workaround so we can keep our anti-virus running.

EDIT: Sorry, I'm dumb and didn't even read. Disabling AVG worked for me, sorry if it didn't for you.

[SnipeHunt]

Check the Windows Event Viewer to see if it caught any errors during the crash.

[POLAR]

Check the Windows Event Viewer to see if it caught any errors during the crash.

This was all I could find.
It doesn't mean anything to me.

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Log Name:      Application
Source:        Application Error
Date:          09/08/2013 16:48:53
Event ID:      1000
Task Category: (100)
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      Rob-PC
Description:
Faulting application name: PRLauncher.exe, version: 1.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x52025c40
Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0xc00000fd
Fault offset: 0x000007fe90dc9ad7
Faulting process id: 0xba0
Faulting application start time: 0x01ce951576cc6550
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\pr\bin\PRLauncher.exe
Faulting module path: unknown
Report Id: 307f8c88-010b-11e3-a5b1-e4d53de75862
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Application Error" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>100</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-08-09T15:48:53.000000000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>49367</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>Rob-PC</Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data>PRLauncher.exe</Data>
    <Data>1.0.0.0</Data>
    <Data>52025c40</Data>
    <Data>unknown</Data>
    <Data>0.0.0.0</Data>
    <Data>00000000</Data>
    <Data>c00000fd</Data>
    <Data>000007fe90dc9ad7</Data>
    <Data>ba0</Data>
    <Data>01ce951576cc6550</Data>
    <Data>C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\pr\bin\PRLauncher.exe</Data>
    <Data>unknown</Data>
    <Data>307f8c88-010b-11e3-a5b1-e4d53de75862</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>

[cheapman44]

https://www.realitymod.com/forum/f27-pr ... x-ctd.html
Refer to this thread. It is mine and how I fixed my problem which is similar to yours. Hope it helps!

[POLAR]

I got another error, it's probably related:

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Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:	CLR20r3
  Problem Signature 01:	prlauncher.exe
  Problem Signature 02:	1.0.0.0
  Problem Signature 03:	52025c40
  Problem Signature 04:	SharpDX.DirectInput
  Problem Signature 05:	2.4.2.0
  Problem Signature 06:	50d47bc2
  Problem Signature 07:	5a
  Problem Signature 08:	22
  Problem Signature 09:	System.StackOverflowException
  OS Version:	6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
  Locale ID:	2057
  Additional Information 1:	16c7
  Additional Information 2:	16c7e46738e2a1e14db7ff94381545c4
  Additional Information 3:	1a6e
  Additional Information 4:	1a6efedf1df424e41ffa1c16f20b7921

[POLAR]

https://www.realitymod.com/forum/f27-pr ... x-ctd.html
Refer to this thread. It is mine and how I fixed my problem which is similar to yours. Hope it helps!

I have AVG turned off while gaming and Windows Firewall is always disabled.

[cheapman44]

I have AVG turned off while gaming and Windows Firewall is always disabled.

My firewall was turned off also. I turned it on and wrote the inbound rules for PR, then closed out of windows firewall and it ran fine after that. I have left it on since and had no problems.

[POLAR]

After updating to 1.0.35.0, I played for a few hours today with no problems at all.

Not sure whether the update or enabling Windows Firewall which stopped the CTD's, but for now it seems good.

[SnipeHunt]

Did you do everything cheapman said? Set the exceptions in the firewall? Or just turn it on?

[Raklodder]

Today was worse than ever (never crash to desktop before) had like six until I decided to play no more and go to bed.

]CIA[ Kokan & Hookers 20:00 (GMT+1) map change while loading = CTD.
]CIA[ Kokan & Hookers 22:37 (GMT+1) map change while loading = CTD.
]CIA[ Kokan & Hookers 23:10 (GMT+1) alt + tab = CTD.
]CIA[ Kokan & Hookers 00:56 (GMT+1) map change while loading = CTD.
]CIA[ Kokan & Hookers 00:58 (GMT+1) join server = CTD.
]CIA[ Kokan & Hookers 01:02 (GMT+1) join server = CTD.

[POLAR]

Did you do everything cheapman said? Set the exceptions in the firewall? Or just turn it on?

I went Control Panel > Advanced Settings > Inbound Rules > New Rule and added PRLauncher.exe and PRBF2.exe, and set both to allow all connections.

[cheapman44]

I went Control Panel > Advanced Settings > Inbound Rules > New Rule and added PRLauncher.exe and PRBF2.exe, and set both to allow all connections.

Ok, if you did that. Then you should be good. As long as it is allowed in Inbound rules, you should be fine.

[cheapman44]

Today was worse than ever (never crash to desktop before) had like six until I decided to play no more and go to bed.

]CIA[ Kokan & Hookers 20:00 (GMT+1) map change while loading = CTD.
]CIA[ Kokan & Hookers 22:37 (GMT+1) map change while loading = CTD.
]CIA[ Kokan & Hookers 23:10 (GMT+1) alt + tab = CTD.
]CIA[ Kokan & Hookers 00:56 (GMT+1) map change while loading = CTD.
]CIA[ Kokan & Hookers 00:58 (GMT+1) join server = CTD.
]CIA[ Kokan & Hookers 01:02 (GMT+1) join server = CTD.

Yes, I used to have the same problems. Even as much as you. If not more often. Try my fix that I have posted here--->https://www.realitymod.com/forum/f27-pr ... x-ctd.html

Feel free to PM me if needed! Hope this helps!