How to get Battlefront 2 to work on Vista

[SilvaDalek]

First ZE, then modtools, now I can't even run stock maps. I have Nvidia 8800 which should be able to handle BF2 any day. I also have vista, which is skrewing up everything.

I open up BF2, go to instant action, lower bots to 0, and try to run any stock map. I press launch and crash. I look in my BF2log and no severity 3.

Help?


Edit
I finally found the problem and it was sound. So:

-Open up control panel
-Go to Hardware and Sound
-Press sound
-Go to recording
-Right-click and press show disabled devices
-Activate Stereo mix and CD audio

This allowed me to play maps instead of just getting menus and then crashes.

[obiboba3po]

i have vista and mine has always worked fine. but i do know that sound is the number one thing for bf2 to malfunction on vista

[SilvaDalek]

mine has always worked fine

Why is it always me?

[obiboba3po]

mine has always worked fine

Why is it always me?

lol i ordered my comp so it could run bf2 (got right soundblaster, graphics, etc. ) but hey, at least you fixed it

[Darth Revan]

its not just you it happened to me and EraofDesaan to begin with

[[RDH]Zerted]

Wait... You didn't just create a topic asking how to fix your SWBF2 then create another topic saying how you fixed your SWBF2?


Merged 1st post of other topic into the 1st post of this topic and deleted other topic -Staff

[Nova Hawk]

Yeah, I have a vista and BF2 works great for me! Runs better than my old PC which was a Windows. Plus I have the DVD version.

[obiboba3po]

Yeah, I have a vista and BF2 works great for me! Runs better than my old PC which was a Windows. Plus I have the DVD version.

yea thats the good thing about vista it runs fast (because hes telling us how he fixed this problem, should this be locked or not?)

[Fluffy_the_ic]

Yeah, I have a vista and BF2 works great for me! Runs better than my old PC which was a Windows. Plus I have the DVD version.

...Vista is windows...
At least you got it to work, yay! More maps!

[SilvaDalek]

Eh, munge is still broken...

[Fluffy_the_ic]

Scratch what I just said, then...

[Thire]

Alright, I apologise for bumping this thread as well, but I'm having some problems with me SWBF 2 and Vista Compatibility. I can play the game when audio is off, but I'm crashing to the desktop whenever audio is on. I tried turing Stero Mix on, however, I checked my recording disabled devices, and no such device even exists on my laptop. Help would be much appreciated.

[Fusion]

Yeah, I was stumped as well as to why it wasn't there.

Also, I thought it would be better if we just necromancer'd this thread instead of making a new one, seeing as it does have the tutorial on how to fix BFII.

[Frisbeetarian]

If this were all in one topic, we wouldn't have this problem. The topics are barely a month apart.

http://www.gametoast.com/forums/viewtop ... 99#p261599

The link in Era's first post has a possible solution on the second page of its topic.