Re: Battlefield 2 crashes on startup

None of that worked. However, I guess I can give Google a shot. I'll report back if I turn up anything that works.

Everything I've found revolved around that profiles folder. Everything they've suggested has done nothing. Opening the video.con files in notepad does nothing. Deleting just the video.con file does nothing. deleting the whole damn folder does nothing.So, I dunno. I'm stumpted and supremely frustrated.

Other things you can try:

Run game as administrator.

Update or reinstall GPU drivers

The reason for this is either incompatible hardware (make sure you meet all of the minimum specs for the game), or more usually the fact that you're not running at the default refresh rate of 60Hz. By default the game tries to launch at 800x600@60Hz initially, so your system must be able to run that same resolution and refresh rate, otherwise the game will abort. If you are using any other refresh rate, or a refresh rate override program/method, disable it (e.g. if you're using Refresh Force, click the 'Restore Original Settings' button and apply) or set it back to 60Hz for both 800x600 and your chosen gaming resolution. Alternatively, see the Advanced Tweaking section of the guide for details on how to set a different startup resolution, in case your graphics card/monitor simply cannot do 800x600@60Hz resolution. Once you've got the game running, you can then change the resolution to suit your taste in the in-game settings, and importantly you can select a higher refresh rate. Then you can reapply any refresh rate override and the game will launch without any problems.

Source -> http://www.tweakguides.com/BF2_3.html

Running the game as administrator was one of the first things I tried, along with checking for driver updates. As for that, 800x600@60Hz is certainly possibly on my monitor and pc, as it typically sits at 1920x1080@60Hz. So that's not the issue it seems.

Okay, I managed to get the game to run in windowed mode and upon trying to get the game to start, I got this error message: http://i.imgur.com/6mZgGtb.jpg

This baffles me, as there's no such thing as a dice folder on my C: drive. *bangs head on keyboard

sorry cant help with that error ☹️

I think this would be good time for EA stuff to start give a f**k about where players !

I did end up getting in contact with EA through their chat system, but even though the rep was perfectly fine, they couldn't help me. But hey, thank you for at least trying. I really appreciate it. You certainly didn't have to.

For anyone searching for a resolution to the error in the screenshot, I believe you resolve this by updating DirectX 9 runtimes.

Notice it refers to "Module:RendDX9". Give the DirectX 9 runtimes a try first before messing with profile issues.