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http://forum.eagames.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=112373#112373 said:

"I found solution that worked for me (with 1.3GB free space on system
drive Wink ).

It is advised that you create backup of system registry before proceeding.

Run regedit

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CurrentVersion

Do not expand CurrentVersion node, just highlight it.
Find ProgramFilesDir variable in the window on the right side of the screen.

It will point to your program files directory (usually "C:\Program Files").

Change that path to folder on a drive that has enough space to patch
BF2. Close regedit (this will save changes) and run the patch. After the
patching is finished open regedit again and restore the previous value
to the ProgramFilesDir (don't forget to do it - your system may become
unstable if you won't).

This worked for me. I hope it will help at least some of you too."

Here's another mirror for both the server and the patch:

http://www.playwhat.com/GameDetails/digitalillusions/battlefield2.html

enjoy!
Todd

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This comment was edited on Nov 23, 17:58.

Dirty Robot (nice name): We're not alone. See http://forum.eagames.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=112054#112054
... Join us there.

Ok, now I have the crash problem as well.

I had the same problem...How many thousands of employees does EA have and they can't even put out a proper installer? Anyway, thanks Ant for the solution.

Did anyone else get this diag.exe file installed from the patch? Look in your updated BF2 folder/directory. View its files properties:

SafeDisc SRV Tool APP
Macrovision Corporation, Macrovision Europe Limited, and Macrovision Japan and Asia K.K.

I only had 1 GB free on my Windows system drive (C:). I could not increase the disk space any more even after setting %temp% and swap file to another drive. The patch required 3 GB/3,000 MB. I found a way to upgrade BF2 (don't have Special Forces expansion) with the instructions from http://forum.eagames.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=21245&sid=26cc7cbfec04b9e5c604728070eb41d0 steps. ... Here is what I did (based from my memory) after trying it:


1. Clear your temporary folder/directory (%temp%; mine is g:\temp\) as much as you can to keep it clean and simple. Don't want to get confused with other stuff.

2. Download and run the big bf2_v1_12update.exe file. This will extract its compressed data to your Windows' temporary folder (%temp%) like my g:\temp\. When you get the lack of disk space error, then do NOT continue.

3. Go to %temp% and look for something like: G:\temp\bye2E.tmp\Disk1\ that shows:
C:\>dir G:\temp\bye2E.tmp\Disk1\ /s /o:n
Volume in drive G is foolbar7

Directory of G:\temp\bye2E.tmp\Disk1\

11/22/2005 07:16 PM <DIR> .
11/22/2005 07:16 PM <DIR> ..
11/22/2005 07:52 PM <DIR> bf2
11/22/2005 07:15 PM 1,457,886 data1.cab
11/22/2005 07:15 PM 25,461 data1.hdr
11/22/2005 07:15 PM 470,174 engine32.cab
11/22/2005 07:15 PM 515 layout.bin
11/22/2005 07:15 PM 118,736 setup.exe
11/22/2005 07:15 PM 464,834 setup.ibt
11/22/2005 07:15 PM 634 setup.ini
11/22/2005 07:15 PM 210,005 setup.inx
11/22/2005 07:16 PM <DIR> xp1
8 File(s) 2,748,245 bytes

Directory of G:\temp\bye2E.tmp\Disk1\bf2

11/22/2005 07:52 PM <DIR> .
11/22/2005 07:52 PM <DIR> ..
11/22/2005 07:15 PM 237,098 PATCH.RTD
11/22/2005 07:15 PM 281,344,442 PATCH.RTP
2 File(s) 281,581,540 bytes

Directory of G:\temp\bye2E.tmp\Disk1\xp1

11/22/2005 07:16 PM <DIR> .
11/22/2005 07:16 PM <DIR> ..
11/22/2005 07:15 PM 33,752 PATCH.RTD
11/22/2005 07:15 PM 8,544,325 PATCH.RTP
2 File(s) 8,578,077 bytes

Total Files Listed:
12 File(s) 292,907,862 bytes

Copy G:\temp\bye2E.tmp\Disk1\ to another location. Once that is done, then continue on the failed upgrade. We don't need EA's patch extractor anymore.

4. Go back to %temp% (g:\temp\) and go to G:\temp\{E882D684-E075-43F2-A93F-696E6CAF062D}\{F317E784-F31C-4F26-A610-2D7BD89FEC5F} or something similar. You should see something like:
C:\>dir G:\temp\{E882D684-E075-43F2-A93F-696E6CAF062D}
\{F317E784-F31C-4F26-A610-2D7BD89FEC5F} /s /o:n
Volume in drive G is foobar2
Volume Serial Number is 1234-1234

Directory of G:\temp\{E882D684-E075-43F2-A93F-696E6CAF062D}\{F317E784-F31C-4F26
-A610-2D7BD89FEC5F}

11/22/2005 08:12 PM <DIR> .
11/22/2005 08:12 PM <DIR> ..
10/22/2004 01:48 AM 548,964 _IsRes.dll
11/09/2005 02:13 PM 90,112 BF2CDKeyCheck.exe
09/16/1999 08:24 AM 1,168 default.pal
11/09/2005 02:16 PM 40 FontData.ini
10/22/2004 12:18 AM 413,696 isrt.dll
02/18/2004 05:04 PM 11,493 license.rtf
11/07/2005 03:42 PM 35,328 patch.exe
11/07/2005 03:42 PM 205,824 patchw32.dll
11/08/2005 05:03 PM 210,005 setup.inx
11/09/2005 02:15 PM 4,240 StringTable-0009-English.ips
10 File(s) 1,520,870 bytes

Copy patch.exe and patchw32.dll (patcher core program files) and copy them to BF2 folder/directory (I:\winstuff\BF2\).

5. Go to you the copied folder/directory and go to \Disk1\bf2\ (for me, E:\dl\Disk1\bf2\). Copy patch.rtd and patch.rtp to BF2 folder/directory (I:\winstuff\BF2\).

6. Run setup.exe (InstallShield Wizard) in the copied folder (E:\dl\Disk1\), pick language (English for me), and don't continue at the lack of disk space error.

7. Open a Command Prompt (cmd.exe) and go to that location (I:\winstuff\BF2\). Run patch.exe and it should patch for a few minutes with a bunch of debugging information. The ending result should be a success like this:

----- Patch File Processing Complete -----
-----------------------------------------------------
- Results of Application of Patch File -
-----------------------------------------------------
File Patches Applied ......................... ( 107)

Files Modified .................. ( 68)
Files Renamed. .................. ( 0)
Files Added ..................... ( 39)
Files Deleted ................... ( 0)
Temporary Files Processed........ ( 0)

File Patches Skipped: New Files Up-To-Date.... ( 139)

File Patches Ignored: Old Files Missing....... ( 26)
Old Files Invalid....... ( 1)
-----------------------------------------------------
Total File Patches Processed ................. ( 273)
-----------------------------------------------------


9. You're done! Hopefully, the game is patched correctly. It should be upgraded. I assume this trick works for Expansion part too. Don't forget to delete the files and folders/directories you copied and extracted.


Now, I have a new problem. The game crashes back to desktop after it is launched. I wished I could read these dmp files I see in C:\Documents and Settings\JohnDoe\My Documents\Battlefield 2\dmp\ ... Is there a tool to read them?

WTF!? I patched my BF2 game with this patch I launch the game connect to my account and all my stats are wiped out, I still got my last 3 medals I got but my time played is 0 and I have no stats everything is erased WTF? Wow ea good job.

Zephalephelah: Actually, that is at home. At work, I even have less but that's for testing only.

I am a Sr. SQA Analyst/Tester

With 175gb? I think not.

My %temp% is not on C: drive. Same for pagefile.sys. I just need a way to tell the patch not to dump in C: drive. I can't believe EA/DICE still haven't fixed this.

This would be considered a bad usabilty design (I am a Sr. SQA Analyst/Tester).

I am assuming that you need to have 3GB of space on your C: drive because the installer is extracting the files to the windows default temp directory. If you have set up a small partition on your C drive (like myself) I suggest you change your default windows Temp directory. This is easily done by following the instructions below...

Right Click -> My Computer -> Properties-> Advanced-> Environmental Variables

Change the User Variables and the System variables for TEMP and TMP to a new Temp directory on another partition.

It's that easy...



I don't play video games... I play murder simulators.
http://bf2tracker.com/bf2_userprofile.php?bf2id=43526450

All you have to do is hit the 'update server list' twice for it to take effect.

And I've done everything short of foreplay and sacraficing a neighbors kid to get this to work, no go.

But worked fine before the first patch... go figure.

But plainly it is not good enough.

It tells me I don't have 3 GB free like the previous patch because C: drive only has 1 GB free! Duh! Dang it. What was the trick for this patch? Extract files to somewhere and then what? I have 36 GB free on my other drive!

Bah! I have 175 GB HDD total. That's good enough!

The '3d downloads'download page linked from the story has the patch dated at the 16th. Surely it hasn't been out that long? Blues couldn't be so slow as to write a story a whole week late?

Had that same problem. If I engage "not full" and "occupied" at the same time, I get zero servers found. The only way I can get it to work without having to refresh 3000 servers every update is to choose "occupied" by itself as the vast majority of the servers out there are empty.

I'm still waiting for them to fix the unresponsive browser after changing an option. Only way I can get it to refresh is quit and restart the game.

All you have to do is hit the 'update server list' twice for it to take effect.

Any idea how to get it to recognise your filters again after it's decided they aren't important anymore..?

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I'm still waiting for them to fix the unresponsive browser after changing an option. Only way I can get it to refresh is quit and restart the game.

All you have to do is hit the 'update server list' twice for it to take effect.

LOL @ Ant. I've got nearly a terrabyte of harddrive space. Dude, get with the program. Harddrives are cheap!