Unable to launch Battlefield Bad Company 2
I haven't played this game in a while. When I try to launch now either from Origin or the executable I get a black screen with a windows activity circle. Then it drops back to desktop and nothing h...
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Hi lokilaugh55,
since you updated the drivers and have not played for a while it could be the games settings are colliding. You
could try to remove settings.ini (make backup first or rename) from "your Documents"\BFBC2
When you start the game it should create a new settings.ini
You will need to reconfigure your settings but if it works at least you can start it up again.
InSmithereens,
Unfortunately that didn't work either. Now I get a white screen that drops me back to the desktop. 😕mileyfrustrated:
Ok, still a little change is there.
I searched for some other things to try as it could aslo be related to Directx or Visual c++
1.
Forcing directx 9.
If you set back the settings.ini or a news one was created open it and findDxVersion=auto
change to
DxVersion=9
and save
try to run the game
2.
uninstall microsoft visual c++ and then then reinstall them.
They can be downloaded from the microsoft site. There are multiple versions, start installing
2005 (32+64 bits) and go up to 2012
I hope it is of help to you.Tried the DX9 solution. No joy. Not sure I want to uninstall C++ as there is quite a bit to delete and not sure what effects this might have on other programs.
It was working a couple of months ago although I've had trouble with the game ever since I installed it. I checked to see if there are any installs relating to C++ recently since that might be the issue. Last MS update didn't contain any so I'm pretty sure that's not the issue since the game worked before. I tend to think it might have something to do with updated Nvidia drivers. Anyway your suggestions are appreciated.😕mileyhappy: If you have any other suggestions please let me know.
Hi,
Indeed it could also be the new Nvidia drivers. After some reading/searching the net I encountered more problems
that showed up after installing newer Nvidia drivers. To test it you could go back a version.
Another thing, that might seem odd, is to check punkbuster. Strange indeed, but In my case it prevented MOH from
from running and I have seen punkbuster named as the source of the problem for BFBC2 too.
Now that I think of it, I tried updating punkbuster after trying to reinstall vc++.you can download pbsetup here: http://www.evenbalance.com/?page=pbsetup.php
After downloading, upzip the file and run the program. Add BFBC2 as game and check for updates.
This goes pretty fast so this can be done in 1-2 minutes.
Sometimes it's just trial and error when it comes to computers.
