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Instant crash on map load

Posted: 2015-06-03 00:13
by baddude1337
Hey there, got 1.3 today, I only play coop so I went straight to that. However, every single time I click launch, the game instantly crashes with the usual cleaning up resources window coming up. I have no idea what's wrong or could be causing this, I played 1.2 absolutely fine, but 1.3 refuses to load any maps and does this instea. :/

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Re: Instant crash on map load

Posted: 2015-06-03 01:20
by baddude1337
I fixed it in a rather bizarre way - I coped any loose DLL files from the Battlefield 2 install folder into the PR folder (not replacing those already there) it now works absolutely fine, even passes the file validation check.

It might of been the 32bit specific DLL files that did this, as despite having Windows 8 64 bit, 64 bit specific applications never seem to work well for me.

Re: Instant crash on map load

Posted: 2015-06-03 01:48
by Arab
Welcome and thank you for the report :D

Glad you got it working. Which map is it so I can add it to our bug tracker including the fix?

Re: Instant crash on map load

Posted: 2015-06-03 06:43
by baddude1337
It was all the maps, actually. None of them worked. It was only when I copied the DLL files over it worked. Perhaps some more DLL files from BF2 are needed for the PR installer?

Posted: 2015-06-03 10:04
by Mineral
You were missing directx9 ddls. Properly installing directx9 also solves it.

Re: Instant crash on map load

Posted: 2015-06-03 10:54
by baddude1337
[R-DEV]Mineral wrote:You were missing directx9 ddls. Properly installing directx9 also solves it.

I have tried reinstalling DX9 for numerous games in the past, unfortunately it rarely works. I did try manually installing the provided distributable too, but had no dice there.

Fortunately adding the missing DLL files from my BF 2 install worked fine, although I admit it's a bizarre solution. It was also odd it didn't initially work, as I have played quite a lot of 1.2 with no such issues.

Re: Instant crash on map load

Posted: 2015-06-05 18:34
by xambone
[R-DEV]Mineral wrote:You were missing directx9 ddls. Properly installing directx9 also solves it.
And how does one do this as my pc is doing the same thing

Re: Instant crash on map load

Posted: 2015-06-05 20:05
by DC_K
xambone wrote:And how does one do this as my pc is doing the same thing
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downloa ... aspx?id=35

or googling Direct X download from Microsoft, in case you don't trust my link.

Re: Instant crash on map load

Posted: 2015-06-06 22:41
by xambone
yes that has fixed it thanks now my 4 year old can crash hueys and no one cares