crashing to desk top

Subject: crashing to desk top Sat Nov 12, 2011 12:28 pm

after about 25 minutes of play my game crashes and takes me to desk top. i have updated punk buster, and it is not my computer.this has only been going on for about a week, not sure what else to do....very frustrating

Subject: Re: crashing to desk top Sat Nov 12, 2011 1:08 pm

check and see if a program is running in the task manager.thats an easy start.

Subject: Re: crashing to desk top Wed Nov 16, 2011 9:51 pm

it happens to me alot also and i got pb updated and nothing extra running in back ground

Subject: Re: crashing to desk top Tue Nov 22, 2011 4:31 pm

This worked for me in a Windows 7 64 bits.
You need to do it everytime you run BF2.

"start the game, press Ctrl + Alt + Del and bring up Windows task manager.

Be sure you have a checkmark on "show processes from all users".

Next you right click on BF2.exe in your task manager then select "Set Affinity" Then click off "All Processors"
An select "CPU 0" only.

It seems to be caused by having multiple CPU's trying to run BF2.

Then Alt Tab back to your game."

Subject: Re: crashing to desk top Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:07 pm

thanks blanco

Subject: Re: crashing to desk top Sun Dec 25, 2011 9:58 pm

I made some tests and finally I found a solution.
I created a file with name BF2.BAT and saved it on folder \Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2
Inside the file BF2.BAT I wrote....
start /affinity 1 BF2.exe +menu 1 +fullscreen 1
And I created a shortcut in my desktop for the BF2.BAT file and it is working.
Now, everytime I click on BF2.bat I dont need to change the affinity in task manager.

Subject: Re: crashing to desk top Mon Dec 26, 2011 12:34 pm

I haven't made that bat file, but setting bf2 to one cpu solved my crashing also. What's weird is it must be a win7 update at some point that created this problem in the first place. I ran bf2 for a long time with out crashing.

Subject: Re: crashing to desk top Mon Dec 26, 2011 3:15 pm

I did it totaly wrong....turned 0 down and let all the other numbers be. lol
Works fine now sins i did it right Very Happy

Subject: Re: crashing to desk top Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:40 am

gblanco wrote:: start /affinity 1 BF2.exe +menu 1 +fullscreen 1

You should leave cpu 0 free for windows.
In my case, I have 6 cores, so, I am using cpu 5 for BF2.

Change the number after /affinity accordingly.

1 for cpu 0 <- which you should not use
2 for cpu 1
4 for cpu 2
8 for cpu 3
10 for cpu 4
20 for cpu 5
40 for cpu 6
80 for cpu 7

Subject: Re: crashing to desk top Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:59 pm

I can see 7

Subject: Re: crashing to desk top Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:56 pm

Steff wrote:: I can see 7

Use cpu 7.

Subject: Re: crashing to desk top Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:57 pm

rapidfx wrote:: What's weird is it must be a win7 update at some point that created this problem in the first place. I ran bf2 for a long time with out crashing.

Agree

Subject: Re: crashing to desk top Tue Dec 27, 2011 3:42 pm

gblanco wrote:

rapidfx wrote:: What's weird is it must be a win7 update at some point that created this problem in the first place. I ran bf2 for a long time with out crashing.

Agree

Ahaa....thats why it started 2 messin up.

I use 0 wiout problem....ill try seven next time.

Subject: Re: crashing to desk top Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:08 pm

Steff wrote:: I use 0 wiout problem....ill try seven next time.

You can use cpu 0 without a problem, but cpu 0 is used by the windows for the regular operation of the operating system, so, it is better to use another free cpu not being used.

Subject: Re: crashing to desk top Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:09 pm