Might seem an obvious question, but have you tried reinstalling the game?

Sometimes things just go corrupt on a computer, with no real explanation. The answer is usually just to uninstall, make sure the folders are actually gone, reinstall, update to v1.25, and update PunkBuster.

BTW-- this is forum meant for FirstStrike related discussions. You're having a common Battlefield 2142 problem, and in the future, things like this should be posted at the official 2142 forums:
http://forums.easports.com/mboards/cate … egoryID=70

I am having the same problem, it doesn't do it on BF2142, just on First Strike, I click the "deploy" button and the screen flashes a few times and takes me back to the desktop.

What I am running:
XP SP2 updated with mod for DX10
intel E6600 w/ asus mobo
8800 GTS OC
2 Gig memory
Sata II 250 GB hard drive
500 watt power supply

My guess is that it is a software conflict somewhere but I cannot find it. I would love to be able to play this game so if anybody figures it out PLEASE tell us!

EDIT:

I have tried this with BF version 1 , 1.1 something and 1.25, with the updated punkbuster. also trying version 1.0 and 1.1 of First Strike on each.

hi there...I too am having this problem.  I found this post that acknowledges a problem with Vista and how it uses memory.....involves downloading c++ visual studio express, installing it, going to Tools within that app, going to Dos from there and running a specific command.  If you want to try it, here goes.  I applied it but have not yet confirmed if it really works.
I reads as follows:
I will try to remember what I did :-
After downloading and installing Visual C++, I went to Start, All programs,scrolled down to find Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition, Visual Studio Tools, Visual Studio 2005 Command Prompt. Then I applied the fix.

The path to the BF2142.Exe file on my system was :-
cd c:\Program Files (x86) Press Enter
cd Electronic Arts Press Enter
cd Battlefield 2142 Press Enter
Then type in,
editbin.exe /LARGEADDRESSAWARE BF2142.exe Press Enter
Should come up with a Microsoft copyright or trademark thingy. This means success.
I think at some stage I was asked to update the program, which I downloaded and applied. But I think it was actually after the above fix that I applied the update.
Hope this helps, I had another totally crash free BF2142 day yesterday so it thas definitely cured my problem, good luck.
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Last edited by raydun : 04-25-2007 at 06:24 AM.