BF2 Maps taking forever to load.

[Joe_A]

Recently Ive noticed my computer is taking forever to load maps and I have no idea why. It will take almost 15min for one map ?? The kicker is I havent changed anything on my computer its all be the same ?? Anyone got any ideas ??

[=VG= BLuDKLoT]

Try reinstalling, it sucks but sometimes it's the only way.

PITN may have more ideas, ask him.

[Helldiv3r]

It seems that sometimes Xfire can greatly reduce the speed at which BF2 loads, try disabling that while playing and see :)

[IHarryXx]

Or Firewall, It took me ages to load maps till I disabled it.

[Joe_A]

Thanks guys ima try that and see what happens

[Joe_A]

Ok so i uninstalled PR and now trying to reinstall it hopfully soon ill be back on the battlefield

[IHarryXx]

Okay, Can't wait to have you back

[PITN]

Try these steps. Stop at the first step that corrects the problem. Step 5 - 8 are really one step and very extreme.

1. Reinstall PR and do a play test. Is it only PR that experiences this problem?
2. Do a MEMORY TEST of your RAM.
2. Recover Windows to an earlier time.
3. DISKCHECK AND DEFRAG HARD DRIVE.
4. Reinstall BF2 and PR.
The following is simplified with a second hard drive.
5. Backup stuff you can't lose.
6. Download the Service packs for windows for IT professionals and the Drivers for your hardware.
7. Reinstall Windows and patch. Once you have installed Win and get a solid foundation make MIRROR image of the drive if you can.
8. reinstall your other software and enjoy.

I have a few theories on your issue. Corrupt game files. Corrupt Windows Install. Possible impending hardware faliure (RAM -not likely or the HARD DISK -liikely).

[Joe_A]

Ok so i just got PR Reinstalled and if dont take nearly as long to load maps as it did before but its really choppy ... as if my ping was like at a 1000 or sum thin but its at a normal level ....

[PITN]

It sounds like your having read/write problems. Is this just for PR? Or has it affected other games?

[-WCC-B0zZz3]

I have the same problem. Added PR.exe to the firewall now. Gonna see the results later.

[Pvt. Pirate]

i have the same problem, but its not upto 15 minutes, but rather 5 minutes to load a map. i hope someone can lend me an external HDD so i can backup some data to have 15% free space on my 500GB drive and be able to defrag then.
it also was the same issue with BF2 without PR.

[Joe_A]

Its just in PR the other mods i have arent as bad

[=VG= CCCode]

Turn down the geometry to low or medium and it should load a lot faster

[Pvt. Pirate]

i have turned everything to lowest already :(
well, i have an AMD Athlon 64 3200+ and 1,5GB DDR RAM
winXP SP2 (SP3 wont install)

[PITN]

You guys need to increase your pagefile or get some more ram. And defintaly make some space of that HD. 5-10 %