Online Gaming Prob
#1
Posted 18 August 2005 - 12:32 PM
#2
Posted 18 August 2005 - 01:30 PM
Let me know what it is set on.
-Limp
#3
Posted 18 August 2005 - 02:00 PM
i'm not really clear what you mean by settings.
I have bf2 set for an exception to the firewall
#4
Posted 18 August 2005 - 04:16 PM
Does this crash only happen with BF2 ? You say you can play HL2 ok right ?
Since its a New computer - Do you have the latest drivers for your video card & the latest patches for BF2 ?
If you have the latest drivers & such then perhaps try turning down some of the graphics effects to see if one effect is causing the problem.
-S
#5
Posted 18 August 2005 - 05:10 PM
#6
Posted 18 August 2005 - 10:58 PM
Nvidia 6600 256Mb
a gig of ram
i have the latest updates for the graphics card
this problem doesn't happen with CS:S, it happen to BF2 and Bf42 but only playing online. It works perfect in single player mode
#7
Posted 19 August 2005 - 01:02 AM
#8
Posted 19 August 2005 - 10:57 AM
Are you using your schools bandwidth or do you have your own ISP ? In other words who provides your internet connection. You should also check out your network card to make sure its configured & operating properly.
Also realize that CS and battlefield are different games in that one is opengl and the other is directX. It could just be that your directX drivers are corrupted. Perhaps try reinstalling them.
-S
#9
Posted 20 August 2005 - 05:06 PM
#10
Posted 23 August 2005 - 11:35 PM
#12
Posted 24 August 2005 - 02:22 PM
1) What are your system specs? ---> Answered
2) Are you running Win XP Home with SP2? or Sp1? or None
3) Do you have the Windows firewall turned on? Do you have any other firewalls?
4) What anti-virus do you use, if any?
5) When is the last time you updated sound or video drivers? Do you know the driver version numbers?
This is what I would ask you to do. Go to Start then Control Panel, If it says "Pick A Catagory" Select "Performance and Maintance". Then click on "System Propertiers" If not then just click on "System Properties". Click on the "Advanced" Tab on the top. Click on "Settings" under "Start and Recovery". Look for "Automatic Restart" under system failure and remove the check. Click "OK" on all the windows. Now go play bf2, now instead of restarting you should get a BSOD (or Blue Screen of Death). Now it should give you an error number or code (sometimes looks like 0x0e000001). If you get that, then post it here and I will look it up.
#13
Posted 24 August 2005 - 04:45 PM
You said you updated your video card drivers, did this include updating directX as well? BF2 uses directX and HL2 uses OpenGL so don't be surprised that you can play one and not the other. Perhaps try updating directX as I suggested before.
The reason I asked about the school bandwidth is your school's firewall could be blocking you. Are other people in your dorm having this problem too ? If your running a personal firewall then turn it off just to see if the game runs. You can turn it back on after that.
If you want to answer Grims questions about driver versions and such, then simply type dxdiag from the START-->RUN taskbar. Click the display tab and everything will be listed.
hope this helps a bit
-S
#14
Posted 24 August 2005 - 11:07 PM
i'm running XP with Service Pack 2
I have a firewall, i've turned it off, tried, no difference still restarts
i have McAfee, but was installed after problem was found
i have directx 9c
no one else in the dorm has my prob
i turned off automatic restart, bsod didn't show, it either restarted or went to a black screen and just stopped
the md5 thing never worked right
#15
Posted 25 August 2005 - 01:28 PM
Go to your Control Panel, click Administrative Tools, then click Event Viewer. If you get that far then you will have an Event Viewer window. The Event Viewer window has 3 choices: Application, Security, & System.
I would click on Application and see what messages display in the right window pane. You can click on these messages and one of them should be related to your system crashes. I would also click Security and System to see what is displayed there.
Let us know about any messages that are displayed as errors.
This way we can stop guessing... Btw, did you reinstall the directX drivers?
-s
#16
Posted 25 August 2005 - 01:35 PM
#17
Posted 25 August 2005 - 06:53 PM
#18
Posted 25 August 2005 - 07:13 PM
the only errors where under the system, there were 2 (7036 & 7035)
where is the system clock located at?
#19
Posted 26 August 2005 - 08:29 AM
#20
Posted 26 August 2005 - 08:53 AM