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I keep crashing after i launch the game. I get the first loading screen then my screen goes black for a second or two then i am back at the desktop screen. I have tried launching from shortcut and the pr.exe thing inside the bf2 folder.

I have windows XP i first downloaded the patch from v.966 to the current and had this issue. I then tried uninstalling and getting the full install and i still have the same issue. Any help would be appreciated.

ckeck ur video settings in users documents bf2 profiles and so on...

forgive me but i am not the most savy of computer guys so bare with me. I have gone to my bf2 folder in my documents but i cannot find anywhere to change my settings in there. Is there any more information you can give me to help me find where i can change these settings?

In there "Profiles", then "0001" for example (if u have several profiles) and open video.con with editor...

i don't have an editor but it let me open with notepad This is what i have.

rem Optimal setting for CPU > 1400 MHZ
game.setGameDisplayMode 800 600 32 0
game.setDetailTexture 4
game.setShadows 1
game.setEnvironmentMapping 1
game.setGraphicsQuality 3
game.setLightmaps 1
game.setRenderWhenSpawnMenu 1
game.setMenuViewdistance 100
game.setEffectsQuality 3
game.setPerformance 3

Hmm..can you post you PC specs?

CPU-
RAM-
VGA-
OS-

From what Ive seen there looks like you are running it on some old PC ( 1400Mhz? )

CPU - Inter core 2 quad 3.00 GHZ
RAM - 4 gigs
VGA - sorry i have no clue what that is
OS - this might be the prob Windows XP 32 bit
video card is EVGA GTX 460 superclocked

and the only thing that i have changed on it is having my TV as my monitor now.

Yes, VGA is Video Graphics Array (Videocard). U got a good enough one... ^^ 4 gigs also enough, quadcore? Also great. But Win XP is getting too old shit... Try to get Win 7 (Home Premium 64 bit)!

damn so i guess i won't see you guys on til i can afford the upgrade. Thanks for the help guys

You should be able to run PR on Windows XP. Have you tried running vanilla BF2? Try that and set your video settings to all medium with no anti-alias. Start up a multiplayer game of vanilla and see if it crashes. Then try PR again. Another option is to set everything to low, but sometimes other issues pop up when you do that so try medium first since you have enough RAM for it. Lastly, make sure your computer has set a large enough page file.

I'm having the same issue in vanilla. I click the shortcut screen goes black for a second or two then i am back at the desktop. I can't get to where i can change the settings.

It sounds like it's a BF2 problem then, and not a PR-specific problem. I would recommend doing a Google search. BF2 has been out for 6 years so I'm sure you'll find a solution posted somewhere.

wow its fixed... and i dont even understand how it fixed it but owell as long as it works now haha. I had to move my bf2 folder my documents to the desktop then click the shortcut and it worked. Well thanks guys i will see you on the battlefield

Seems to me that bf2 was not able to find its profile directory or it was corrupted in the process. In no way I was not suggesting to you to upgrade to Win7. It may be better for compatibility but my support is not dependent on that. If you can afford for an upgrade that would be nice, as your system right now has no support for 4gb of ram. No matter what you do it will see only up to 3,25 Gb, rest is wasted. If you go with it, I suggest you go with Ultimate 64bit version.

Good luck