BF2 crashes in multiplayer.

[burnzie]

the ****er keeps crashing.

i can play for about 5 - 15 mins online then it locks up and i have to restart. no bsod or error message... just frozen screen and sound repeating. I can play single player for aslong as i bloody like.

anyone else have this problem?... i have the latest drivers im pretty sure of everything.

Amd Athlon 64 3200+
1gb Ram
GeForce 6600GT

this also happend with the demo, but i had the demo for a week and ran fine before it started. the the game kept logging me out because of punkbuster, so i updated it then it started happening. got rid of it... still does. i figured when i got the full version it would be fixed but no.

ideas/thoughts would be great.

 

[J_Tweedy]

Does it get laggier and laggier before it crashes, or do you experience much lag at all at anytime?

 

[burnzie]

well occasionally before it crashes it gets jumpy... but thats only when it crashes when i just log in... (its happening alot, as i just get into a game now). but when i can play for a bit i get good stable gameplay.

its not a cooling problem because i checked temps and even had covers off and a little aircon fan sitting there with the open case when i booted the game up... without the fan it sits on 43-45 gpu core temp and got it as low as 32 with the covers off and fan on it.

 

[CyberPitz]

hmmm, you mentioned punkbuster. tried pb_security 0?

*edit* nice flashy avatar

 

[J_Tweedy]

Yeh sounds like a PB problem.

 

[burnzie]

hmmm well im updateing pb... i'll see if it changes anything... tho i dont think there has been an update between when i last did tho....

 

[burnzie]

nothing...

now the past coupla times i can even get in 15 seconds of game time


sigh it appears there is no fix yet.... nor any idea what causes it.

 

[Unfocused]

hmmm well im updateing pb... i'll see if it changes anything... tho i dont think there has been an update between when i last did tho....

No, what CyberPitz meant is type pb_security 0 in console. I'm not sure if this will help but sometimes I was being throwed out of some servers when I had that one set to 1.

 

[burnzie]

ohh
but it wouldnt crash would it? just kick me yeh?

 

[burnzie]

;(

is there no hope....

 

[CyberPitz]

;(

is there no hope....

Did you try pb_security 0?

Like stated, it would constantly kick some people out of the server if the Server had not yet updated PB, and you had a newer version. Maybe it just has a weird idea on to yours.

 

[burnzie]

I renamed the movie files so that start up would not be so long and it actully ran for a good half hour...

i have a feeling it might be a memory issue... tho its all brand new memory... with a brand new mobo and gfx card...

nah i havent tried that... i figured if it was kicking me it wouldnt just lock up... but anything is worth a shot

 

[J_Tweedy]

Yeh, doesnt renaming your movie files start kicking you after a couple of days? Thats what I heard- I just sit through them.

 

[burnzie]

dunno i only just tryed it. i was told it free's up memory.

i just installed it on my other machine and it runs fine... just not as flashy as this one... ohwell atleast i can play it till ea sort this out... it seems lots of people having the same issue... on other boards.

 

[CyberPitz]

dunno i only just tryed it. i was told it free's up memory.

i just installed it on my other machine and it runs fine... just not as flashy as this one... ohwell atleast i can play it till ea sort this out... it seems lots of people having the same issue... on other boards.

I had my videos disabled for a long time, thats not it.

But now I use BF2 AutoLoader to disable my videos for me

..but yeah...I dunno, maybe motherboard incompatibilites with a game?!?

/shrug

 

[burnzie]

Even the new patch didnt help... ive had this game for over a year and i cant play the damn thing...

 

[Kyorisu]

But now I use BF2 AutoLoader to disable my videos for me

Or delete the .bik's themselves and save some HDD space.

Fully uninstall the game and remove all traces from your my docs folder. Reinstall and install any addons ie special forces. Then apply the full 1.4 patch. That should solve any software related issues.

 

[AiM]

Or delete the .bik's themselves and save some HDD space.

Fully uninstall the game and remove all traces from your my docs folder. Reinstall and install any addons ie special forces. Then apply the full 1.4 patch. That should solve any software related issues.

^

That's what I would do, at the very least you'll know if it's a software or hardware problem.