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Alright so I have just switched my computer from XP to windows 7 and upon redownloading PR I am now having random crashes after a few minutes of gameplay. The screen turns black and goes to the desktop with no error messages or reasons why. The computer never had any issue with PR when I was on XP but when I switched to Windows 7 this thing just constantly crashes on me.

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Welcome to PR
"Project reality, it's all about the teamwork."

I read the stickies and they helped me fix my previous issue of Pr.exe but that was it. Did a search and the only one that related had no responses.
Here are some specs

Processor: AMD Athlon? 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+ 2.50 GHz
Installed memory: 4.00 GB (2.75 usable)
System type: 32-bit

The CTD tends to hit maybe after 30 minutes to an hour of gameplay? Most of the time it just crashes right to the desktop with no error messages. But just recently while playing on a Co-Op server th whole bloody screen froze and I had to reset the whole computer. This is odd because all my other games work fine (Half-life 2, Left 4 Dead 2).





Previous info:

I played this game for well over a year on this computer using XP and it worked perfectly. Then I had a virus and had to flatten my computer and had to switch to Windows 7. Now there has been one issue I found which was that the computer can?t read anything on the disk driver. I put in a CD or DVD and the damn thing freezes on me every time. Also I have had 2 pop ups for when I start PR with windows asking me about the .exe being safe but that should have nothing to do with it.

Also I did attempt to move PR over via the family network but this flopped and I had to remove and reinstall the program.

I honestly have no clue why the CD/DVD driver is going nuts but it could be linked to PR in some way?

I've got the same problem and I don't know how to fix it , too. Moreover I've got a second issue that occures sometimes instead of this one without an error message. The other one is memory.dll error. I dont know if this two issues are connected to each other in any way but maybe you could help me with both of them.

OP: Win 7 Ult 32- bit
CPU: AMD ATHLON X4 640 Processor 4 x 3.00 GHz
Ram: 4GB (3,25 GB useable)

I think I found the error just I have no idea how to fix the bloody thing.


Wednesday, April 20, 2011 3:43:46 PM
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Error in writing screen aspect ratio file: c:\program files\steam\steamapps\common\battlefield 2\mods\pr\

System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path 'c:\program files\steam\steamapps\common\battlefield 2\mods\pr\'.
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options)
at k.a(String A_0)

Wednesday, April 20, 2011 9:00:07 PM
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An error occurred while parsing video controls
System.IO.IOException: The process cannot access the file 'C:\Users\jeff\Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles\Default\Video.con' because it is being used by another process.
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options)
at System.IO.StreamReader..ctor(String path, Encoding encoding, Boolean detectEncodingFromByteOrderMarks, Int32 bufferSize)
at System.IO.StreamReader..ctor(String path)
at System.IO.File.OpenText(String path)
at c.g()

I played a few other times but the error messages are the exact same as these 2

kingofthreads wrote:I think I found the error just I have no idea how to fix the bloody thing.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011 9:00:07 PM
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An error occurred while parsing video controls
System.IO.IOException: The process cannot access the file 'C:\Users\jeff\Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles\Default\Video.con' because it is being used by another process.
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options)
at System.IO.StreamReader..ctor(String path, Encoding encoding, Boolean detectEncodingFromByteOrderMarks, Int32 bufferSize)
at System.IO.StreamReader..ctor(String path)
at System.IO.File.OpenText(String path)
at c.g()

I played a few other times but the error messages are the exact same as these 2

This, I have the same problem.

Firstly it astounds me that people pay for 4 gb of ram then decide to use only 3gb of it by using a 32 bit os. That goes for both kingofthreads and spear (and many more but they aren't in this thread). This relates to memory out of bound errors.

Now that's out of the way, what troubleshooting steps have you taken thus far, so no one wastes time suggesting things to try that you've done already?

What settings are you running?

My first suggestion would be running pr in windowed mode and as an admin to see if it is one of the more standard errors or if we have to start looking at steam and such.

Psyrus wrote:Firstly it astounds me that people pay for 4 gb of ram then decide to use only 3gb of it by using a 32 bit os. That goes for both kingofthreads and spear (and many more but they aren't in this thread). This relates to memory out of bound errors.

Now that's out of the way, what troubleshooting steps have you taken thus far, so no one wastes time suggesting things to try that you've done already?

What settings are you running?

My first suggestion would be running pr in windowed mode and as an admin to see if it is one of the more standard errors or if we have to start looking at steam and such.

win7 uses 4gb except for basic win7 (at least thats what MS says), but 32 bit only allows 2gb of usage per program.

try doing this, it helped me somewhat, just make sure to run as admin.
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it would completely fix it if you did it on BF2.exe but then you get kicked by PB for MD5 tool mismatch

Psyrus wrote:
What settings are you running?

My first suggestion would be running pr in windowed mode and as an admin to see if it is one of the more standard errors or if we have to start looking at steam and such.

I've pretty much done everything a normal gamer would do except edit the files directly.

Running in admin, I disabled my windows theme, turned off steam, downloaded and reinstalled every client and patch even went and grabbed a different version of BF2.

I didn't buy this PC btw or I wouldv'e gotten the 64 bit version.

karambaitos wrote:win7 uses 4gb except for basic win7 (at least that's what MS says), but 32 bit only allows 2gb of usage per program.

try doing this, it helped me somewhat, just make sure to run as admin.
ED Forums - View Single Post - Crash in MP
it would completely fix it if you did it on BF2.exe but then you get kicked by PB for MD5 tool mismatch

Ill try it.

EDIT: I did all that and I still get the crash with no error; Looked in my PR error file and found the same configuration problem as I posted above.

Edit2: Could it be our BF2 client?

I'm getting the same problem. It used to work completely fine on my computer, just restored it in factory settings, and I'm getting the same black screen with no reason. I'll try admin mode.

Let me know if you find how to fix it.

Robskie.

Running as Admin doesn't work.

This is discouraging.... about to just quit trying.

Wait! It works for me

Just uninstalled everything, and I mean EVERYTHING BF2-PR related.

Than I ran the installation again and thought fuck the booster-packs and just installed BF2 with the 1.41 patch whilst cancelling Special Forces, Operation Armor. . whatever it's called etc.

And it worked Run it in administrator like I did and you'll hopefully get it working. Inshallah.

Hope it works bud.

Well I would do that... but...

yay for torrents.

but. . .

And my bad you need the 1.5 patch.

I've been kinda broke... and BF2 costs money.. I also I have the 1.4 and 1.5 patches.

You can get a good deal on amazon, maybe even buy a used one, won't cost you more than $10.

Pooling all my money to affording BRINK atm so my extra cash is low, I really need to find a job but no-one is hiring.

Global Recession,

Well it isn't as expensive as it used to be, good luck with everything. Refer back to the here if you need some help or PM me

Ill try to get it off the website sometime.

Whatever. Guess its time to die for a while... again...