BF2 stability for everyone?

[saymyname]

I like the game but I have never seen anything like this before. With my old system it never crashed but I didn't play with the 1.3 patch. With my new E6400, DS3, 2GB patriot system it crashes constantly!

It crashes to the desktop, it restarts the computer, it restarts the computer when I quit, etc etc.

Is it the patch? Is it the servers I'm playing on? Is it my new hardware?

This is ridiculous. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[CVSiN]

rock solid here.. can play for 6 hours at a time..

 

[DannyLove]

It started to crash on me the moment I upgraded my system.. Apparently there is a Dual Core issue. You need to alt tab del out of BF2 once signed in and set your affinity to only have 1 Core running.

1.3 introduced many CTD buggs. Computer restarts is a whole different story, I would check my temps for that.

 

[ta8689]

Oh yeah, crashes all the time for me. Usually its just the server though. Ive even counted how many times its crashed. Its a solid 3 zillion times.

 

[saymyname]

Originally posted by: DannyLove
It started to crash on me the moment I upgraded my system.. Apparently there is a Dual Core issue. You need to alt tab del out of BF2 once signed in and set your affinity to only have 1 Core running.

1.3 introduced many CTD buggs. Computer restarts is a whole different story, I would check my temps for that.

How do I set it to single core? Is that on a per-application basis?

My temps on the CPU are in the 40's. I'm pretty sure it's not the videocard since I've used two different ones. I could have sworn it was having issues with both.

BF2 is the buggiest game I've ever played but I still like it. I should be shot.

 

[skace]

In task manager, right click on the process and go to 'set affinity...' and you can select it. If you can't set affinity I believe you are missing a patch although I won't be much help in tracking it down (because I can't remember which one it was). But, I'd like to add that I've never had to turn off dual core support before.

 

[dfuze]

You don't need to set the affinity to single core. I have a dual core. Just be sure to have the AMD dual core fix and the MS Dual Core Hot Fix (sorry, I don't have the links, but they should be easy to find with google). I have a dual core and I only CTD once every few months. Loosing the server connection, that's another issue! LOL

If you do want to still set it, it is set in the task manager.

 

[clamum]

It crashes maybe 5% of the time when I click Join Game, otherwise fine.

 

[saymyname]

I saw that thread at {H} about dual core gaming fixes for AMD systems. There are specific patches for that, but what about for Intel systems? Setting the affinity for a AMD system appears to be a last resort.

 

[nova2]

personally, I'll remember it as one of the games that can crash quite a lot - it can be very touchy, but hey, thats just BF2 .. every project has its own pros/cons which affect people differently.

 

[DannyLove]

Originally posted by: saymyname

Originally posted by: DannyLove
It started to crash on me the moment I upgraded my system.. Apparently there is a Dual Core issue. You need to alt tab del out of BF2 once signed in and set your affinity to only have 1 Core running.

1.3 introduced many CTD buggs. Computer restarts is a whole different story, I would check my temps for that.

How do I set it to single core? Is that on a per-application basis?

My temps on the CPU are in the 40's. I'm pretty sure it's not the videocard since I've used two different ones. I could have sworn it was having issues with both.

BF2 is the buggiest game I've ever played but I still like it. I should be shot.

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=983781

You may want to read this. I've done all steps. So far, it just solves the dual core problem, but I still get random CTD's, but that's because its 1.3 and 1.3 SUCKS.

If 1.4 doesn't solve my CTD problem, I will probably throw in the towel.