Good evening
first I would like to say:
I was looking for a answer to my problem but I found nothing.
I have Windows Vista 64bit (german version). A Geforce 9800GTX and the newest drivers my pc.
Also I have BF2142 v1.50 and FS v1.25.

Now to my problem.
When I decide to start FS the .exe chrashes with the following crash diag:

Problemsignatur:
  Problemereignisname:    APPCRASH
  Anwendungsname:    BF2142.exe
  Anwendungsversion:    0.0.0.0
  Anwendungszeitstempel:    4833ed6d
  Fehlermodulname:    RendDX9.dll
  Fehlermodulversion:    0.0.0.0
  Fehlermodulzeitstempel:    48164122
  Ausnahmecode:    c0000005
  Ausnahmeoffset:    0000a22a
  Betriebsystemversion:    6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
  Gebietsschema-ID:    1031
  Zusatzinformation 1:    27fc
  Zusatzinformation 2:    fd9e4236c670e75d9e27607acc8d8ba9
  Zusatzinformation 3:    b234
  Zusatzinformation 4:    87dd745687d69fa331dc7fa08cb79b01

I have tried to fix this problem with tips who helped by the shader problem but it wont work.
Can someone help me please?

p.s.
Sorry if I wrote in bad english. It's not my motherlanguage.

I have the exact same problem as above with Vista 32-bit and a Geforce GTX260.

Do you have any way of checking that the executables only actually use 1 core?

Yes, i can check Taskmamanger and CPUcontrol windows on my 2nd screen during start procedure.

Taskmanager confirms FirtsStrikeLauncher.exe and FirtsStrike.exe running on a single core.

Its also possible to set cpu affinitys via taskmanager, but it wont save the settings *doh*

I noticed the BF2142.exe never shows up in both tool windows when launching FS

Now i am trying to find some sort of start parameters in the FSLauncher folder...

Aye.....thats what i wanted to hear

Assuming this is my last post for '08 i whish you all the best for the next year and specially for FS project team many years to come

unless there is someone here confirming hes running FS 1.4 on a vista 64bit rig without problems or someone else who makes a miracle fix ^^

I confirm it, infact, I was the test subject

Somehow sad to hear about the coder...hopefully his studies will help solving problems like these in future....so i wish him all the best for it

However, i assigned with CPUcontrol the BF2142.exe, FirstStrike.exe, FirstStrikeLauncher.exe to a single core (1).....no change

If there is anything i can do what would help please let me know...

I am getting quite despereate now so i think about the virtualXP thingy.....unless there is someone here confirming hes running FS 1.4 on a vista 64bit rig without problems or someone else who makes a miracle fix ^^

The usual place for entering "commands" in the launcher is under File -> Properties.  Arguments is where you put things like "+Widescreen 1" or "+ szy 800 +szy 900".  However, considering this involves using a .bat file, its probly totaly different way of inputting it.

Tbh, I doubt you will be able to play FS any time soon.  Imperial (the launcher coder) has just moved over to Germany for studying, and until he settles down and gets access to the 'net, I can't see any launcher problems such as this being fixed.

So since 1.4 i experience a persistent crash when launching FS (via launchpad of course

as soon as the screen goes black loading the game, it crashes with an similar report as shown in the first post....the RendDX9.dll report^^

Note: BF2142 (no FSmod) still works fine!

Searching around in this forum i found several solutions describing similar or identical (RendDX9.dll) problems..none solved the prob so far, unfortunately the most promising solution is not clearly described.

The "start /affinity 1" solution(?) found in this thread (respectively also in these:  this and this (german)

....but since i start FS only via launchpad i dont know where to add the command or how to create a .bat file for this...or whatever i have to do to play FS againnnnnnnn...

Please give me a super-noob newby the beginner lvl1 description xD

Of course i tried out alle usual approaches: updating vista, video drivers and dx, reinstalling fs 1.4 (full) checking for .bak, reverting launcher and data to v1000, starting via Admin, using XP compability mode etc etc

Then i assinged the bf2142.exe with the tool "CPUcontrol" to a single core (which should have the same effect as the command i guess)....no change, still crash

This makes me doubt about the core solution in general now but i can say then, i tried everything from my side and i welcome any help 8)

Apart from all this....until 1.4 i already enjoyed FS a lot, my big thanks and respect for the devs

Ah..and my specs:

Vist Home Premium x64 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1 Build 6001 (german language)
Mainboard: ASUS P5E3 Premium X48
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E8400  @ 3.00GHz, 2997 MHz
BIOS-Version/-Date    American Megatrends Inc. 0402, 21.04.2008
Nvidia GTX 280 (driver: 7.15.11.8048)
RAM 4,00 GB
pagefile 2,00 GB

greetz
Daf

Very special thanks.

But I had to write start /Affinity 1 in the FS.exe by Target.

But it works and this is the best message I got the last "dont know how long :-D"

You are running a Quad Core processor, and BF2142 doesnt even support Dual Cores.

All you need to do is set the affinity to 1, 2, 3 or 4. 1 will use CPU 1 and 2 will use CPU 2 and so on. So you can make it so that 1 runs the game and other 3 will run other programs on the background. The easy way to do this is to open up notepad or what ever you want to use and enter the following:

CD "C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Battlefield 2142"
start /AFFINITY 1(or what core you want to use) BF2142.exe +menu 1 +fullscreen 1

Then save the file as BF2142.BAT where ever you want it.

I'm not 100% this will help, but I hope so.

http://www.filedropper.com/dxdiag_5  (64bit dxdiag version)

Does anyone know why I can run dxdiag in 32bit and 64bit? As a 64bit system I think windows should have only 64bit dxdiag.

If you havent: Run it in Adminstrator mode and/or compleatly disable User Account Control.

It is disabled and I have tried to run it in administtrator mode too