So I reinstalled BF2 and I can barely join any servers because it keeps pulling this shit with punkbuster.



How do I make it stop shitting itself and start shaking hands with punkbuster?

Also, it takes forever to join servers and when I'm in a game it twitches like it's laggy but I'm pinging less than 100. How would I fix that? (I was thinking just get more RAM.)

lol handshanking failed?!?! srry I dunno what that means can't help you there did u try re-installing it? And if you get it working yell me we can play together.

It sounds like it may be a firewall/port issue, but I'm no expert.

Well I didn't have my firewall up when I was playing it oddly enough. I can only play on like 2 servers because the game goes all twitchy. Like I said before I think I need more RAM.

2gb min for BF2 preferably 4gb least when i was playin... might have to reinstall that tho... i was actually "good" at that game :P

Question: wtf is that gif from?

lol charlies angels :P

Ok I got Punkbuster to F*CK off for most servers but some other shit is getting annoying. I'll be playing and every once in a while the game will twitch then freeze up and the current sound effects will loop for a few seconds. Sometimes it skips to the current frame, sometimes it continues where it left off as if everyone was lagging. I see my ping is below 50 and the minimum requirements when I bought the game was around 6600 Geforce which is the video card I have. Sometimes it just freezes up and then the whole game shuts off and goes to the desktop. WHAT THE F*CK IS WRONG WITH MY COMPUTER/GAME? Someone tell me please. I'm enjoying playing it again but the twitching problem is making me want to break things.

I had the same problem with punkbuster.I tried to fix it and i still could not join any servers.So then i just reinstalled bf2 and now it goes splash screen then black.Tried reinstalling several time and googled hell out of the problem and came up with a million fixes and none worked.

I had this problem before and i fixed it but for the life of me i cant remember how i did it.And bf2 will run fine with 1 gig and smooth as silk with 2 gigs.In not saying 4 gigs would not be better but the game just doesnt require that much.I played it maxed out at 1280 1024 with a x800xl and 2 gigs when it first came out and never dropped below 85 frames.In your case it could be a heat issue.Check to see if your card is nasty as hell and try running some benchmarks like http://www.futuremark.com/download/3dmark05/ to see if you have similar issues.If so then your card may be biting the big one.

Bf2 system requirments


Windows XP (32 Bit Version)

- CPU
Battlefield 2 supports the following processors:
Intel Pentium 4
Intel Xeon
Intel Pentium Extreme Edition
Intel Celeron D
AMD Athlon XP
AMD Athlon 64
AMD Athlon 64-FX
AMD Sempron processor

- Minimum Specification:
CPU: 1.7 Ghz
RAM: 512 Mb
Video Card: NVidia GeForce FX 5700, ATI Radeon 8500 or ATI Radeon 9500
with 128 Mb of RAM

- Recommended Specification:
CPU: 2.4 Ghz
RAM: 1 Gb
Video Card with at least 256 Mb of RAM

- Video Cards
Battlefield 2 only supports the following video cards:
Radeon X700 (PCIe)
Radeon X600 (PCIe)
GeForce 6600 (PCIe)
GeForce PCX 5900 (PCIe)
GeForce 5800 Series (AGP)
ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition
ATI Radeon X800 PRO
ATI Radeon 9800 Series
ATI Radeon 9600 Series
ATI Radeon 9550 (RV350LX)
ATI Radeon 9500 / 9700 Series
ATI Radeon 8500 Series
ATI Radeon X300 Series
NVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra
NVidia GeForce 6800 GT
NVidia GeForce 6800
NVidia GeForce FX 5950 Series
NVidia GeForce FX 5900 Series
NVidia GeForce FX 5700 Series

I'm here for the C*CK.

I haven't seen punkbuster in forever.

Consult steam?

punkbuster is used in COD4 also.. but he says he got that fixed.. you should try
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

LEARN TO SHAKE HANDS CORRECTLY. REMEMBER: IT'S RIGHT HAND TO RIGHT HAND.

GOD DAMNIT.

I've got 512 DDR RAM and I'm needing to get to frys to buy some more I just haven't gotten around to it. I fixed the punkbuster issue for MOST servers. I can't get into some and I've given up on it for now I just want to get my comp running nice. I'm planning on getting maybe 2 gigs then see how it works.

Also, you mentioned overheating methinks, and everyonce in a while maybe less than once per day/once every couple or three days the computer will make this sound like a squeaky metal brake for a second and I know it's the fan I just don't know which one. I hope to god it's not my heatsink fan cuz I just bought that shit a little while ago. It hasn't caused any problems and I think maybe I just need to oil it?

NO OIL.The dust will just stick to the oil and gum it up.If you think you got a fan that needs cleaning and it wont blow clean with air then wash the sucker.Thats right blast that mother with a hose,as long as you let it dry it will be fine.

It's OK to remove a wired, electrically powered computer fan from your computer and blast it with a garden hose and then just let it dry?

Yes,as long as you let it dry first.Dishwasher is great.But dont use the heat to dry.

This is like the time my brother asked me to clean his pc and I told him to wipe the insides down with a wet rag.

And you're saying it won't foul up or rust the connections? I usually just painstakingly clean all the dust off it with a paper towel lol.