BF2S Forums Crash to desktop after installing Catalyst 6.2

Do you have the .net 1.1 framework installed? You have to have this installed before you install 6.2. if you have done this, rollback the driver to 6.1 and then try a reinstall....

quick suggestion - ensure that VPU Recover is NOT running, its an ATI killer with BF2.  Look for ATI tweaks at www.tweakguide.com for more information.  Took me a long time to get my ATI to behave, this was an excellent resource.

Hmm i tried out the Omega drivers (ver 6.1) now but the problem is still there.

Seems pretty much like the 6.2 drivers corrupted something.

Fuck! I wanna play BF2!

Not sure if this will help ya - but I seriously spent far too much time tweaking my system - mostly related to the fact that I'm running an ATI.  Here are my settings, and I'm seriously happy with what I see in game:

Expect your system to be a bit different - they all are, and power and performance system wide will have an impact:

ATI Settings:
I'm runnign Dual LCDs, both set to 1280 X 1024, 32bit color - 60Hx refresh
3D Refresh Rate Override - Disabled
Anti-Aliasing : Application Controlled
Anisotropic Filtering : Application Controlled
Catalyst AI: Advanced
MinMap Detail Level : High Quality
SmartShader : None
Direct3D Settings:
  Enable geometry instancing : On
  Support DTX Texture formates : On
  Alternative Pixel Center : Off
OpenGL Settings
  Triple Buffering : On
  Force 24-bit Z-buffer depth : Off
AGP Settings:
  AGP Speed : 8X
  Fast Write : Off
  AGP Write : On
  AGP Read : On
PCI Settings
  PCI Write : On
  PCI Read : On
VPU Recover : Disabled

BIOS Tweak:
  I Opened my AGP Apeture to 128 from 64 - setting it to 256 seemed to hinder stabliity

BF2 Settings:
  Display resolution : 1280x1024  (Important to match desktop resolution)
  Terrain : Medium
  Effects : High
  Geometry : High
  Texture : Medium
  Lighting : Medium
  Dynamic Shadows : High
  Dynamic Light : High
  Anti Aliasing : 2X
  Texture Filtering : Medium
  View Distance : 100%

For the most part, its really difficult to see the difference between a Medium & High video setting.  Load FRAP and play with these settings to set your preferences. 

One additional item I started using was ATI Tool (http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool/) to overclock my ATI - I don't push it much, and only during the game.  I push my standard Core/Memory rates from 425/432 to 475/491.

If you are running a Dual Core processor, be sure to do the folowing:
Launch BF2
Alt-Tab over to Task Manager
Locate the BF2.exe Process entry, Right Click and 'Set Affinity', uncheck your second core.

This binds the game to a single CPU - much more stable - especially on very low ping servers and LAN games.

I truly hope this helps...after all, you may be worth 2 points some day, but only if you can get in the game.

Last edited by DeadJim (2006-02-11 13:33:10)

have you tried contacting ati for technical support, and which card are you using anyways, i had no trouble with 6.2

I just installed the cat 6.2 on my X1900 and it runs flawlessly. 

I did remember seeing on the ati site in the 6.2 release notes under "known issues" that there was a problem with crash to desktop during the load screens.  There was a link to further info about the issue which I didnt read.  Odds are you'll find your answer there.

EDIT:

Here is the actual item from ATI:

Battlefield 2: The game may exit to the Windows desktop after the game logo is displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21660

Last edited by ShotYourSix (2006-02-12 11:14:46)

I normally do so and i never experienced any bugs with ATI's drivers before. That's why I felt save and just installed them though I knew there was such a known issue.

@ShotYourSix did you read sixshot's post? The search on that ID is not giving any results, trust me i tried that!

Last edited by YXAndyYX (2006-02-12 14:13:35)

Just a note: the URL given above should be at tweakguides.com, and not tweakguide.com which is just another parasitic, useless fucking ad portal.

Specifically it should be http://www.tweakguides.com/ATICAT_1.html