EA Games can go bite the big one.

[skeedo]

Is Battlefield 2 like the first game ever made that only works on XPee and not 2k?

Two middle fingers up for this one.

 

[Amplifier]

Really? What's the point of not making it 2k compatable?

 

[AntiEverything]

The demo ran on 2k. Can't speak for retail though.

 

[mryellow2]

I'm running BF2 on Win2k. Except for the occassional crash every few hours it ran fine all weekend.

 

[40Hands]

Looks like you might need to update your graphics drivers. Why are you still using 2k anyway?

Edit: XP Pro here and has not crashed at all so far.

 

[Schadenfroh]

crashes all the time in xp 64bit for me

 

[lozina]

XP Pro and it has crashed a few times, though luckily never actually in game- it has only crashed in transitional times (like about to load next map)

 

[otispunkmeyer]

EA have that magic ability to code games that produce un-repeatable errors.

ive never had it crash to desktop but today it did, and i cant get it to do it again..........its like they have some random "LETS FVCK THIS SHIZ UP!!" code that is executed by another random piece of code, just to keep you guessing

 

[akubi]

works on my 2k.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
crashes all the time in xp 64bit for me

Runs pretty well for me, no crashes in the demo so far.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
crashes all the time in xp 64bit for me

Runs pretty well for me, no crashes in the demo so far.

funny thing was, mine also did not crash in the demo, but my retail version does

 

[skeedo]

It wouldn't install for me...got some error 'There was a problem installing start over from the beginning'

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
funny thing was, mine also did not crash in the demo, but my retail version does

Aw nuts! /lenny

I never even played this type of game before but all the commotion on AT got me interested. There's always x32 I guess

 

[Acanthus]

Retail works fine on 2k on rig in sig.

 

[Concillian]

Originally posted by: BroeBo
Why are you still using 2k anyway?

That isn't the question. 2k and XP are SO similar I think the question for 2k users is "Why pay for XP when it adds no features you'd actually use when 2k works just as well?"

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
EA have that magic ability to code games that produce un-repeatable errors.

ive never had it crash to desktop but today it did, and i cant get it to do it again..........its like they have some random "LETS FVCK THIS SHIZ UP!!" code that is executed by another random piece of code, just to keep you guessing

:laugh:

I found that hilarious, but it sadly it's true.

Someone i know can't get the game to install with his TI4600...apparently that video card is not compatible with BF2.

EA < * :roll:

 

[Concillian]

Originally posted by: n7

Someone i know can't get the game to install with his TI4600...apparently that video card is not compatible with BF2.

That's true, and it even says so on the box in the SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.

You can fault EA for a lot of things, but your friend cannot fault EA when he bought a game for old hardware without looking at the system requirements.

 

[skeedo]

Welp I got it to install, but she crashes out a lot but I think thats a problem on my end (video card overheat).

 

[Jeff7]

Well I notice that you've got an Epox 8RDA motherboard. I know from experience that they were among the many many boards afflicted with bulging capacitors which can cause any number of problems, including mysterious crashes.
It might be totally irrelevant here, but hey, might as well pop open the case and have a look at the larger capacitors around your motherboard - there are a bunch near the CPU, some around the DIMM slots and near the southbridge chip, as well as next to the AGP slot. Check for leakage (like on the second one down in the pic) or bulging.

 

[VIAN]

Win2k SUCKS!

 

[Stuxnet]

Originally posted by: Concillian

Originally posted by: n7

Someone i know can't get the game to install with his TI4600...apparently that video card is not compatible with BF2.

That's true, and it even says so on the box in the SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.

I'll pretty much hop on any hate bandwagon that's careening toward the offices of EA, but Concillian is right: the system specs are pretty tight and rigid, but they ARE printed on the box... In fact, you have to CUT THROUGH THEM to open the game.

Of course, there's also the matter of the free public demo...

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: jbourne77

Originally posted by: Concillian

Originally posted by: n7

Someone i know can't get the game to install with his TI4600...apparently that video card is not compatible with BF2.

That's true, and it even says so on the box in the SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.

I'll pretty much hop on any hate bandwagon that's careening toward the offices of EA, but Concillian is right: the system specs are pretty tight and rigid, but they ARE printed on the box... In fact, you have to CUT THROUGH THEM to open the game.

Of course, there's also the matter of the free public demo...

And the slower, inferior, 8500 does..... damn PS1.4 specs

 

[imported_obsidian]

Originally posted by: skeedo
Is Battlefield 2 like the first game ever made that only works on XPee and not 2k?

Two middle fingers up for this one.

Blame Dice you moron. They made the damn game.

 

[Stuxnet]

Originally posted by: obsidian

Originally posted by: skeedo
Is Battlefield 2 like the first game ever made that only works on XPee and not 2k?

Two middle fingers up for this one.

Blame Dice you moron. They made the damn game.

Actually, historically you can fault the publisher for results such as these. I don't know the specifics of the relationship between DICE and EA, so if you do, please tell me as I'm quite interested.

That aside, the publishers typically lay down the deadlines and milestones, and they have quite a bit of say in what there's time/money for and what there's not.

Most software developers would MUCH rather take whatever time and money is necessary to make a quality product. It's about personal pride and a sense of accomplishment... but it's the publishers that typically put those kinds of ideas down as a distant second priority to "let's make the money NOW".

If this were the case with DICE and BF2, it certainly wouldn't be the first time it's happened, and DEFINITELY not the first time it's happened at the hands of EA. They're notorious for taking amazing products and ideas and buttfvcking them into oblivion with a rusted steel pole. It's at that point that they slap a pricetag on it and say "here ya go".

Sorry to be so graphic, but I wanted to be as accurate as possible.

This is why I can't stand the whole concept of publishers and really like the concept of a digital delivery solution like Steam. Granted, I don't think Valve impelemented the concept in the best manner, but it did open the door to cutting out a now-unecessary middleman. The only catch is that these studios need to be privately funded to accomplish this. The moment they have a publisher and/or stockholders to answer to, they're farked.

 

[remagavon]

Originally posted by: Concillian

Originally posted by: BroeBo
Why are you still using 2k anyway?

That isn't the question. 2k and XP are SO similar I think the question for 2k users is "Why pay for XP when it adds no features you'd actually use when 2k works just as well?"

The one and only answer is: Cleartype.