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I play battlefield 1942 in winxp pro, and when I join a multiplayer server,
it connects fine but 1-3 seconds after the game actually loads and I'm in
the game, bf 1942 crashes back to the desktop.

Here's the kicker: I can play bf 1942 just fine in single player mode
against the computer, and it doesn't error or crash out. I was playing the
game fine for almost a year before the problem started 2 weeks ago. When it
first started, I uninstalled and re-installed the game and it worked fine
for 1-3 games, then started crashing again and needing a reinstall. After a
few reinstalls it just stopped working. I even formatted and reinstalled the
game and after 1 game online it began crashing again.

I updated my video drivers, all drivers actually. No firewall is blocking
me. Everything was working AOK for a long time then this started
happening... Is it possible I have hardware issues and something is starting
to go bad? I think its very weird its only if I join an online server...
everything is up to date and proper and this just started happening out of
the blue!

Any ideas what might be going on here, given the conditions?

Thanks all!

On Apr 10, 7:36 am, "Brian" <nos...@thanks.com> wrote:
> I play battlefield 1942 in winxp pro, and when I join a multiplayer server,
> it connects fine but 1-3 seconds after the game actually loads and I'm in
> the game, bf 1942 crashes back to the desktop.
>
> Here's the kicker: I can play bf 1942 just fine in single player mode
> against the computer, and it doesn't error or crash out. I was playing the
> game fine for almost a year before the problem started 2 weeks ago. When it
> first started, I uninstalled and re-installed the game and it worked fine
> for 1-3 games, then started crashing again and needing a reinstall. After a
> few reinstalls it just stopped working. I even formatted and reinstalled the
> game and after 1 game online it began crashing again.
>
> I updated my video drivers, all drivers actually. No firewall is blocking
> me. Everything was working AOK for a long time then this started
> happening... Is it possible I have hardware issues and something is starting
> to go bad? I think its very weird its only if I join an online server...
> everything is up to date and proper and this just started happening out of
> the blue!
>
> Any ideas what might be going on here, given the conditions?
>
> Thanks all!

Graphics card on it's last legs?

Is there a way to test all my hardware to see if anything is going out?

It's peculiar because I can play just fine in single player mode.


"sandy58" <> wrote in message
news:ada677df-3633-4ee5-88db-...
> On Apr 10, 7:36 am, "Brian" <nos...@thanks.com> wrote:
>> I play battlefield 1942 in winxp pro, and when I join a multiplayer
>> server,
>> it connects fine but 1-3 seconds after the game actually loads and I'm in
>> the game, bf 1942 crashes back to the desktop.
>>
>> Here's the kicker: I can play bf 1942 just fine in single player mode
>> against the computer, and it doesn't error or crash out. I was playing
>> the
>> game fine for almost a year before the problem started 2 weeks ago. When
>> it
>> first started, I uninstalled and re-installed the game and it worked fine
>> for 1-3 games, then started crashing again and needing a reinstall. After
>> a
>> few reinstalls it just stopped working. I even formatted and reinstalled
>> the
>> game and after 1 game online it began crashing again.
>>
>> I updated my video drivers, all drivers actually. No firewall is blocking
>> me. Everything was working AOK for a long time then this started
>> happening... Is it possible I have hardware issues and something is
>> starting
>> to go bad? I think its very weird its only if I join an online server...
>> everything is up to date and proper and this just started happening out
>> of
>> the blue!
>>
>> Any ideas what might be going on here, given the conditions?
>>
>> Thanks all!
>
> Graphics card on it's last legs?

On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 23:36:19 -0700, Brian wrote:

>I play battlefield 1942 in winxp pro, and when I join a multiplayer server,
>it connects fine but 1-3 seconds after the game actually loads and I'm in
>the game, bf 1942 crashes back to the desktop.
>
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"Brian" <> wrote:

>Is there a way to test all my hardware to see if anything is going out?
>
>It's peculiar because I can play just fine in single player mode.

I use it to set up games, but directx can be used to test your network
and show game file/registry errors.

Start | Run <type in>
dxdiag
<enter>

Goto network.

To test directplay you need another computer to connect to.
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"Brian" <> wrote in
news:EziLj.82196$:

> I play battlefield 1942 in winxp pro, and when I join a multiplayer
> server, it connects fine but 1-3 seconds after the game actually loads
> and I'm in the game, bf 1942 crashes back to the desktop.
>
> Here's the kicker: I can play bf 1942 just fine in single player mode
> against the computer, and it doesn't error or crash out. I was playing
> the game fine for almost a year before the problem started 2 weeks
> ago. When it first started, I uninstalled and re-installed the game
> and it worked fine for 1-3 games, then started crashing again and
> needing a reinstall. After a few reinstalls it just stopped working. I
> even formatted and reinstalled the game and after 1 game online it
> began crashing again.
>
> I updated my video drivers, all drivers actually. No firewall is
> blocking me. Everything was working AOK for a long time then this
> started happening... Is it possible I have hardware issues and
> something is starting to go bad? I think its very weird its only if I
> join an online server... everything is up to date and proper and this
> just started happening out of the blue!
>
> Any ideas what might be going on here, given the conditions?
>
> Thanks all!
>
>
Have you run dxdiag to check to see if Directplay is behaving properly
(or any part of directx. running:dxdiag will allow you to check. *Any*
problems point to a possibility here).

Have you tried disabling your startup programs? start->run
msconfig<enter>.

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I found the perp. I was running a kernel level debugger, and it was causing
Punk Buster (anticheat program) to go bizzerk and error the program. I
closed the debugger and it finally works again! Thanks!


"chuckcar" <> wrote in message
news:Xns9A7CB02138FC1chucknilcar@127.0.0.1...
> "Brian" <> wrote in
> news:EziLj.82196$:
>
>> I play battlefield 1942 in winxp pro, and when I join a multiplayer
>> server, it connects fine but 1-3 seconds after the game actually loads
>> and I'm in the game, bf 1942 crashes back to the desktop.
>>
>> Here's the kicker: I can play bf 1942 just fine in single player mode
>> against the computer, and it doesn't error or crash out. I was playing
>> the game fine for almost a year before the problem started 2 weeks
>> ago. When it first started, I uninstalled and re-installed the game
>> and it worked fine for 1-3 games, then started crashing again and
>> needing a reinstall. After a few reinstalls it just stopped working. I
>> even formatted and reinstalled the game and after 1 game online it
>> began crashing again.
>>
>> I updated my video drivers, all drivers actually. No firewall is
>> blocking me. Everything was working AOK for a long time then this
>> started happening... Is it possible I have hardware issues and
>> something is starting to go bad? I think its very weird its only if I
>> join an online server... everything is up to date and proper and this
>> just started happening out of the blue!
>>
>> Any ideas what might be going on here, given the conditions?
>>
>> Thanks all!
>>
>>
> Have you run dxdiag to check to see if Directplay is behaving properly
> (or any part of directx. running:dxdiag will allow you to check. *Any*
> problems point to a possibility here).
>
> Have you tried disabling your startup programs? start->run
> msconfig<enter>.
>
> --
> (setq (chuck nil) car(chuck) )

Chuck just reads this sort of **** because up in CanaDUH we can't play any
online games thanks to something called FROGthrottle boxes. We get
FROGthrottled down to 30 kilobytes per second or less so instant disconnects
when even trying to attempt to play any online games.

Brian wrote:

> I found the perp. I was running a kernel level debugger, and it was causing
> Punk Buster (anticheat program) to go bizzerk and error the program. I
> closed the debugger and it finally works again! Thanks!
>
> "chuckcar" <> wrote in message
> news:Xns9A7CB02138FC1chucknilcar@127.0.0.1...
> > "Brian" <> wrote in
> > news:EziLj.82196$:
> >
> >> I play battlefield 1942 in winxp pro, and when I join a multiplayer
> >> server, it connects fine but 1-3 seconds after the game actually loads
> >> and I'm in the game, bf 1942 crashes back to the desktop.
> >>
> >> Here's the kicker: I can play bf 1942 just fine in single player mode
> >> against the computer, and it doesn't error or crash out. I was playing
> >> the game fine for almost a year before the problem started 2 weeks
> >> ago. When it first started, I uninstalled and re-installed the game
> >> and it worked fine for 1-3 games, then started crashing again and
> >> needing a reinstall. After a few reinstalls it just stopped working. I
> >> even formatted and reinstalled the game and after 1 game online it
> >> began crashing again.
> >>
> >> I updated my video drivers, all drivers actually. No firewall is
> >> blocking me. Everything was working AOK for a long time then this
> >> started happening... Is it possible I have hardware issues and
> >> something is starting to go bad? I think its very weird its only if I
> >> join an online server... everything is up to date and proper and this
> >> just started happening out of the blue!
> >>
> >> Any ideas what might be going on here, given the conditions?
> >>
> >> Thanks all!
> >>
> >>
> > Have you run dxdiag to check to see if Directplay is behaving properly
> > (or any part of directx. running:dxdiag will allow you to check. *Any*
> > problems point to a possibility here).
> >
> > Have you tried disabling your startup programs? start->run
> > msconfig<enter>.
> >
> > --
> > (setq (chuck nil) car(chuck) )

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