Battlefield 2142 wont start

mecoatwar · 01-14-2007, 08:51 PM

Ok so battlefield 2142 was working perfectly, then I uninstalled my sound drivers and reinstall new ones. Then battlefield 2142 would not start. !!! I tried uninstall then reinstalling it. And i got the latest patch for it. All it would do is show the splash screen and crash to the desktop. I went through the nine steps you guys have and have the latest drivers, although I have a soundblaster fatal1ty Pro series and tried getting new drivers for it here http://us.creative.com/support/downl...inCategory=1&n

and it didn't have anything as you can see.

So i reinstalled my old drivers and now battlefield 2142 wont get past the splash screen . Any suggestions??!!

mecoatwar · 01-14-2007, 10:38 PM

ok well I fixed it just needed a reinstall but now whenever I try to switch from software sound to X-Fi it crashes to the desktop. any suggestions?

Tiber Septim · 01-15-2007, 03:09 AM

Sometimes drivers can just be naturally buggy, not much you can do about that except wait for a better revision and hope it fixes your problem. In my experience Audio drivers are usually your worst nightmare (if you are a gamer), as they may work with certain games but not others.

Having said that, try these steps, as there is a certain Windows update that conflicts with BF2142 and it may be the source of the problem.
Go to Start-> Control Panel-> Add/Remove Programs-> Check the "Show Updates" box at the top.
Find the Windows security update number 917422, if you can see that update there then simply go to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924867
You should find a set of fixes for the relevant operating system and it's a simple matter of installing those.

At the very least it should improve your performance a tiny bit.

mecoatwar · 01-15-2007, 09:17 AM

it just makes me mad how battlefield 2142 was workin perfectly like no bugs at all. I had everything working working perfectly. Then I tried to update my sound drivers to get battlefield 2 to stop crashing and well that didnt fix anything.

Tiber Septim · 01-15-2007, 09:44 AM

Yeah, EA can be annoying like that.
So, is it still crashing when you switch to Hardware Sound (the X-Fi)?

mecoatwar · 01-15-2007, 06:57 PM

ok I fixed the problem, just needed a reinstall, everything works now, sound no crashes or bugs, everything. so far battlefield 2142 works perfectlly as do battlefield 1942 and all the expansions. I do keep having a ping problem though any suggestions on how to lower that? oh and im going to try out battlefield 2 tomorrow cuz that would just randomly crash. I reinstalled everything battlefield related and reinstalled my sound drivers. so yeah ill be back with info on battlefield 2.

Tiber Septim · 01-16-2007, 04:41 AM

Thanks for the update. Let us know if you have any more problems.

deathcypher · 12-10-2007, 05:02 AM

OH MAN IS THIS FRUSTRATING :) I've read through just about every forum on the 2142 vista fopaw. Still nothing. So...i'm running the 32bit vista, 3g ram, 8800GTX, 3.8p4, 500w psu..... yada yada yada. I have installed, uninstalled, reinstalled etc. and same for the 1.4v patch. I have tried to run as an admin, i have changed the video settings back so it refreshes at 60hz, taken the widescreen settings off. So what is happening is when I double click on the .exe my computer shows (on my g15 keyboard screen) that my CPU spins up to about 50% usage for 3 seconds, then drops back to zero. The screen doesn't even change. So basically nothing about battlefield 2142 runs. Any ideas? ;) ps. my computer runs other graphic intensive games great ie: World in Conflict.

01-14-2007, 08:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
mecoatwar Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 262 OS: xp My System	Battlefield 2142 wont start Ok so battlefield 2142 was working perfectly, then I uninstalled my sound drivers and reinstall new ones. Then battlefield 2142 would not start. !!! I tried uninstall then reinstalling it. And i got the latest patch for it. All it would do is show the splash screen and crash to the desktop. I went through the nine steps you guys have and have the latest drivers, although I have a soundblaster fatal1ty Pro series and tried getting new drivers for it here http://us.creative.com/support/downl...inCategory=1&n and it didn't have anything as you can see. So i reinstalled my old drivers and now battlefield 2142 wont get past the splash screen . Any suggestions??!!

01-14-2007, 10:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
mecoatwar Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 262 OS: xp My System	ok well I fixed it just needed a reinstall but now whenever I try to switch from software sound to X-Fi it crashes to the desktop. any suggestions? Last edited by mecoatwar; 01-14-2007 at 10:45 PM.

01-15-2007, 03:09 AM	#3 (permalink)
Tiber Septim Asst Manager, Games Team Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 2,862 OS: Fedora 11 / Windows 7 My System Blog Entries: 5	Sometimes drivers can just be naturally buggy, not much you can do about that except wait for a better revision and hope it fixes your problem. In my experience Audio drivers are usually your worst nightmare (if you are a gamer), as they may work with certain games but not others. Having said that, try these steps, as there is a certain Windows update that conflicts with BF2142 and it may be the source of the problem. Go to Start-> Control Panel-> Add/Remove Programs-> Check the "Show Updates" box at the top. Find the Windows security update number 917422, if you can see that update there then simply go to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924867 You should find a set of fixes for the relevant operating system and it's a simple matter of installing those. At the very least it should improve your performance a tiny bit. __________________ First Steps - System Specs - SIW Help TSF beat Cancer and other serious Illness.

01-15-2007, 09:44 AM	#5 (permalink)
Tiber Septim Asst Manager, Games Team Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 2,862 OS: Fedora 11 / Windows 7 My System Blog Entries: 5	Yeah, EA can be annoying like that. So, is it still crashing when you switch to Hardware Sound (the X-Fi)? __________________ First Steps - System Specs - SIW Help TSF beat Cancer and other serious Illness.

01-16-2007, 04:41 AM	#7 (permalink)
Tiber Septim Asst Manager, Games Team Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 2,862 OS: Fedora 11 / Windows 7 My System Blog Entries: 5	Thanks for the update. Let us know if you have any more problems. __________________ First Steps - System Specs - SIW Help TSF beat Cancer and other serious Illness.

01-15-2007, 09:17 AM	#4 (permalink)
mecoatwar Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 262 OS: xp My System	it just makes me mad how battlefield 2142 was workin perfectly like no bugs at all. I had everything working working perfectly. Then I tried to update my sound drivers to get battlefield 2 to stop crashing and well that didnt fix anything.

01-15-2007, 06:57 PM	#6 (permalink)
mecoatwar Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 262 OS: xp My System	ok I fixed the problem, just needed a reinstall, everything works now, sound no crashes or bugs, everything. so far battlefield 2142 works perfectlly as do battlefield 1942 and all the expansions. I do keep having a ping problem though any suggestions on how to lower that? oh and im going to try out battlefield 2 tomorrow cuz that would just randomly crash. I reinstalled everything battlefield related and reinstalled my sound drivers. so yeah ill be back with info on battlefield 2.

12-10-2007, 05:02 AM	#8 (permalink)
deathcypher Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 13 OS: Vista Business 32bit	Re: Battlefield 2142 wont start OH MAN IS THIS FRUSTRATING :) I've read through just about every forum on the 2142 vista fopaw. Still nothing. So...i'm running the 32bit vista, 3g ram, 8800GTX, 3.8p4, 500w psu..... yada yada yada. I have installed, uninstalled, reinstalled etc. and same for the 1.4v patch. I have tried to run as an admin, i have changed the video settings back so it refreshes at 60hz, taken the widescreen settings off. So what is happening is when I double click on the .exe my computer shows (on my g15 keyboard screen) that my CPU spins up to about 50% usage for 3 seconds, then drops back to zero. The screen doesn't even change. So basically nothing about battlefield 2142 runs. Any ideas? ;) ps. my computer runs other graphic intensive games great ie: World in Conflict.