• From: Belgrade, Serbia
  • Registered: 2014-02-07
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Topic: Issues with starting FirstStrike

Hey there, I went to moddb to get some help from the devs. The main issue came from the game both crashing and telling me that there was an error in the error log. The new update did not fix the issue with the error but the new launcher did. The problem now lies when I start First Strike, it starts like bf2142 with the black screen, except the game crashes to the desktop. I never had this sort of problem, and irregardless of the resolution (windowed or not) I cannot run the game. BUT... The amazing thing happens when I start the vanilla game (which run perfectly fine) and run FS from custom games. I noticed it's reporting the 1.55 version but I played yesterday on one of the servers, I even asked a fellow player for their version, to which he responded "1.6".
I hope this gives you some insight on my issue smile

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Re: Issues with starting FirstStrike

Hmm. Ok, can I ask where you got the new launcher from? Is it the one linked to in the news post at moddb, or from a link I posted to help a few people?

As for the reported version, don't worry about that, just an oversight on our part wink

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  • From: Belgrade, Serbia
  • Registered: 2014-02-07
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Re: Issues with starting FirstStrike

Hey twigs,
It was one of your posts "http://forums.fsmod.com/viewtopic.php?id=11072"
If you need any pics of the problem, do let me know...

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Re: Issues with starting FirstStrike

Ok, so just to clarify, the problem you now have is that it crashes to desktop when you start using the new launcher?

Sorry for the questions, I just want to make sure I fully understand what is happening.

When you open the new launcher, have you clicked file, preferences and selected your native monitor resolution from the drop down list? then made sure you click save?

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  • From: Belgrade, Serbia
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Re: Issues with starting FirstStrike

Yes, I did all of that. I'd expect you to ask all these questions big_smile
Anyway, the problem was present even with the older launcher as I mentioned before, and it still crashed regardless of the resolution. I had it on my native 1366x768, even changed it to windowed 800x600, still same crash to the desktop.

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Re: Issues with starting FirstStrike

Thanks for understanding wink

Ok, lets try this then. Go to:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\Battlefield 2142

And locate BF2142Pace and FirstStrike and let me know what the file sizes are for those two items. While you are in that directory, right click on the FirstStrike.exe, select properties and then the compatability tab. Select run as administrator and see if that helps.

Don't forget to tell me the file size for the exe files I mentioned above.

Thanks

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  • From: Belgrade, Serbia
  • Registered: 2014-02-07
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Re: Issues with starting FirstStrike

Thank you, tho I'll check it tonight...
I'll report back as soon as I can smile