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Forum Archive 2023 => Games of old that no longer float our boat........ => dMw Gaming => Gaming Archive => Battlefield 2 => Topic started by: R@ng3R on May 03, 2008, 05:04:27 PM

Title: need help
Post by: R@ng3R on May 03, 2008, 05:04:27 PM
decided to reinstall bf2,to join in the monday night fun,but every time i start the game it keeps minimizing back to desktop,anyone know how i can fix this please,all help much appreciated
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Title: need help
Post by: Anonymous on May 03, 2008, 05:25:16 PM
BF2 is such a pile of pants :(

You may end up having to reinstall and repatch but before that ensure that your monitor can run in 800x600 at 60Hz as that is what BF2 needs to have to start up the first time. Your monitor may be defaulting to 800*600 @ 75Hz or even 80Hz which will cause a crash.
Title: need help
Post by: delanvital on May 03, 2008, 05:50:27 PM
Aye be sure that the settings are set to 800x600@60Hz

I am trying to find the file to edit in...

Edit: Hm, that depends on how your profiles are setup. To be sure try and run the BF2.exe with the size added, i.e. like this:

C:\Program Files\EA Games\Battlefield 2\BF2.exe" +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +szx 800 +szy 600

If that does not work, then you need to find the file video.con (here the tricky part, be sure to find the one the game uses) and add/change

"VideoSettings.setResolution 800x600@60Hz"
Title: need help
Post by: R@ng3R on May 03, 2008, 07:19:22 PM
just installed cod4 and it is doing the same,so may not be a bf2 prob:help:
Title: need help
Post by: delanvital on May 04, 2008, 12:27:20 AM
Quote from: R@ng3R;230560just installed cod4 and it is doing the same,so may not be a bf2 prob:help:

Reinstall gfx drivers perhaps?
Title: need help
Post by: DuVeL on May 04, 2008, 12:54:49 AM
F@H (F@H) running? Close it down!!!
F@H (F@H) doesn't work in either BF2 and CoD4 but does work with CSS and other Steam games (unless you have CoD4 through Steam).
Title: need help
Post by: delanvital on May 04, 2008, 10:22:55 AM
Quote from: DuVeL;230587F@H running? Close it down!!!
F@H doesn't work in either BF2 and CoD4 but does work with CSS and other Steam games (unless you have CoD4 through Steam).

Aye could be :doh: (well, for me f@h just runs fine in the background)
Title: need help
Post by: R@ng3R on May 04, 2008, 12:16:03 PM
Cheers guys seems to be ok after closing F@H:clap::thumbsup:
Title: need help
Post by: DuVeL on May 04, 2008, 07:00:59 PM
Quote from: R@ng3R;230621Cheers guys seems to be ok after closing F@H:clap::thumbsup:

Thought that was the problem as I have the same thing when F@H (F@H) runs.
Just remember to put it on again after the games. :flirty: