Thread: need help

:8 my pc crashed on me few days ago and required full format... so i did
so i load up everything get this baby going again, load up battlefield and.... the music starts skipping and then the game freezes i can get pas the login screen. the only diffrence this go around is i was able to get service pack 2 going for xp. please if any one has had this problem or has an idea please help :8

Yeah, the windows firewall seems likely, especially since it's a new Windows install. Also update punkbuster.

This happens to me when I have the 60% loading issue with the radial file. Try renaming it.

Originally Posted by Benandorf

From my reading on EA's forums, I've found this:

This problem started to occur when 1.40 beta came out and it effected ALOT of people I am not sure how it is related but I had to do this:

Follow these steps:
1. right click your 2142 icon and go to properties

2. click on the "find target" button

3. in the window that jsut came up go to Tools -> Folder Options -> View

4. now, find the box that says "show hidden files and folders" click it so it is checked.
Now scroll jsut a litte below that and find the box that says "Hide protected operating system files [recommended], uncheck that box and then hit ok.

5. now find the folder named 'radial.cdb' and re-name it to oradial.cdb

that will fix the problem where the map will stop a little past half-way.

You can delete radial.cdb instead of renaming it if you're not worried about backing up the file.

But a bunch of people started having it all at once, so it's an EA problem (even if this does fix it, EA fucked something up).

Note: This is for 1.25, he just put in the bit about 1.4 as a reference to when it started for some people. *shrugs* Try it if you so wish, but I'm still looking for anything more official.