The prevailing opinion on the net that i've seen is to update every single driver, even stupid ones that have nothing to do with gaming, and then try installing.
Printable View
The prevailing opinion on the net that i've seen is to update every single driver, even stupid ones that have nothing to do with gaming, and then try installing.
Can you point me to any sort of discussion of this problem?Quote:
Originally Posted by Error
Because I haven't seen it anywhere, and EA's non-toll-free hotline is stupidly open only from 8-5, Mon-Fri.
God I hate EA.
Wow, I can't wait to see the backlash in sales because of this shit. It isn't just a few people having the issue, but the majority of purchasers.
Theyre not shocked, theyre pissed that they spent $50 on a set of coasters.Quote:
Wait, EA released something buggy? please people, stop being so shocked.
As much as I can hope this would be true, its not. People dont care when PC publishers and developers screw them like this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
I bought it today and just had a 6 hour marathon with the game. Lots of fun. Sorry to hear about some of your bad luck.
Why do you guys accept this? I went through this with Darklands, back in '92, and I think that was the last time I stood for any game that didn't work properly the second I tried to installed it.
http://www.forumplanet.com/planetbat....asp?fid=13392
Thats where i've been going for all my tech updates. but i got the install all new drivers bit was actually from 8-bit theatre, and when i went back and re-read it he had managed to install but then it wouldnt boot. but who knows, it might work for you.
I'm really not surprised that DICE released another game that is going to be unplayable in some form or another until one or two patches have been released. I just got fooled by how well the demo ran. Still, i'm going to keep working on it, hoping in vain i get it to work.
One suggestion i see that worked for somebody that had a problem similar to yours was defraging their hard drive.. heres his post:
"Well, I had done everything but defrag the HD. I didn't think it would do anything, but I'd tried it all so I set it up. Defrag complete and the install....
W O R K E D !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for all the help!
Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you"
http://www.forumplanet.com/planetbat...92&tid=1680658 is the thread
This game is the best thing I've played for a really really long time. All you guys have to do is get PC's that are up to spec, a good broadband connection and stay away from ranked servers(random drops). I really don't understand all the problems , but I'm sure that there'll be a patch soon.
Put it this way, I would go out and buy a new PC just to play this game. It is that good. When you get some good people in your squad (like Destro 777) and you have a competent commander, this game is fucking unstoppable. There is so many more strategic aspects to this game, its unreal. Don't be fooled by thinking that there's only 12 maps. They are immense. Being able to scale them down is great as well.
Once everyone actually gets up to speed, we NEED to all get together and play this game. Don't let these little problems scare you off. Get your PC's up to snuff. Get the game!
This game really is something amazing. The squad feature forces people to play as a team, even total strangers - that is just about a first for an online game. The maps are really good too. They are so huge that its literally going to take months to learn every nook and cranny, and with 12 of them, its almost overwhelming. Me, changeling, and a few friends have been tearing this game up for past few days, and once you get a good squad going, videogames are rarely THIS fun. If you got the hardware to run it, you owe it to yourself to buy it.
Its funny all the features in this game (the commander role, character classes, vehicles, and required teamplay aspect) are almost all the features and overall setup of the TeamFortress2 showed at E3 all those years ago that suddenly dissappeared. This basically IS that version of TF.
Not even valve could get away with something as buggy as Battlefield 2 though. That really sucks for those who cant get it running. I helped my uncle get his up and running and he had alot disk install and audio/video problems. You really do have to update your drivers to the very latest to have it work. (unless youre using nVidia - see below). Im sure all of that mess with be sorted out soon with patches, but still alot of that stuff is unacceptable.
Lastly, a funny bit that may or may not be related to valves's siding with ATI with HalfLife2. nVidia sided with DICE for BF2. When you install BF2 it comes with an nvidia driver update and it asks if you want BF2 to update the driver for you. Funny thing is, the driver came out on the day of BF2's release, and IF you install it - you can't run HalfLife2 or any of its mods! The only way to play HL2 is to roll back your driver. Now you dont NEED this new driver to play BF2 mind you, but the general public isn't going to mess with rolling back drivers and crap. nvidia and DICE taking a jab at valve?
That is some serious bullshit. They have to stop that garbage right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Destro777