Vista - Battlefield 2142

I have just upgraded to Vista Ultimate, no when I have finished playing a map
in multiplayer mode online , windows shuts down exe file and closes the game.
Has anyone got any suggestions/ answers.

Think this is a 64 bit bug, i know a few with vista 64 that have this error.
as far as i,m aware microsoft are aware of problem.

roll on the service pack eh?

i have a different problem with 32 bit vista

"Jack" wrote:

> I have just upgraded to Vista Ultimate, no when I have finished playing a map
> in multiplayer mode online , windows shuts down exe file and closes the game.
> Has anyone got any suggestions/ answers.

"FreddieFlint" <FreddieFlint@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Think this is a 64 bit bug, i know a few with vista 64 that have this
> error.
> as far as i,m aware microsoft are aware of problem.

How's it a Microsoft issue?

> roll on the service pack eh?

Roll on EA actually supporting x64.

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How is it a Microsoft issue??????

Simple - they released a new OS and have no support for popular games that
are not compatible. Sure - it is easy to blame EA but the problem is I
didn't buy a new game from EA, I bought a new Operating System and now my
game doesn't work.

Well, actually it DID work and then Vista did an auto update and now it will
not work anymore. I am so tired of the "poor microsoft - it isn't their
fault" rant. If you are going to release a "cutting edge" new OS then it is
your responsibility to make sure you have fixes for issues that don't involve
pointing the finger. All it does is piss people off even more.

If you knew EA WAS NOT COMPATIBLE then why didn't you tell us before we
bought your new OS? So yeah - I see it is a microsoft problem. The problem
is they talked me into this new software and failed to tell me my favorite
programs were not compatible with it.

Spin that blame around and tell me how it is someone else's fault MVP
Paul.........

"Paul Smith" wrote:

> "FreddieFlint" <FreddieFlint@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B18BD722-0544-497E-870B-8933BAB7C779@microsoft.com...
> > Think this is a 64 bit bug, i know a few with vista 64 that have this
> > error.
> > as far as i,m aware microsoft are aware of problem.
>
> How's it a Microsoft issue?
>
> > roll on the service pack eh?
>
> Roll on EA actually supporting x64.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>
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>

Paul, lets be honest here shall we. EA released BF2142 before MS released
vista. I have played 2142 with no worries on xp and now it don't want to
know on vista and i am on vhp 32 bit not 64 bit.

now 32 bit? hmmmm

"Paul Smith" wrote:

> "FreddieFlint" <FreddieFlint@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B18BD722-0544-497E-870B-8933BAB7C779@microsoft.com...
> > Think this is a 64 bit bug, i know a few with vista 64 that have this
> > error.
> > as far as i,m aware microsoft are aware of problem.
>
> How's it a Microsoft issue?
>
> > roll on the service pack eh?
>
> Roll on EA actually supporting x64.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>
> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>
>

"FreddieFlint" <FreddieFlint@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Paul, lets be honest here shall we. EA released BF2142 before MS released
> vista. I have played 2142 with no worries on xp and now it don't want to
> know on vista and i am on vhp 32 bit not 64 bit.

I picked up Battlefield 2142 myself when it was released, installed it on my
then pre-release 32-bit Windows Vista box and experienced no issues with it.

The only thing I think I had to do was run it with administrative rights as
Punkbuster would implode otherwise.

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"Zero" <Zero@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> How is it a Microsoft issue??????

This is how compatibility flows on a computer.

Hardware <- Operating System + Drivers <- Applications.

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"Jack" <Jack@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have just upgraded to Vista Ultimate, no when I have finished playing a
>map
> in multiplayer mode online , windows shuts down exe file and closes the
> game.
> Has anyone got any suggestions/ answers.

If your install was an upgrade over a previous Operating System, try
uninstall and reinstalling Battlefield.

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I can play BF2142 and BF2 and even BF1942 all day long on Vista64

I don't see how you can blame Microsoft for this, when EA themselves will
not offer any Vista updates for BF2 or BF2142. If you have the ability to
look through the newsgroup archives, you will see the people who had
problems, called EA and EA's answer is. We released the game before Vista,
we don't not support vista, but we will refund your purchase.

How can you blame Microsoft ?

Plus, I can play it all day long, so maybe some people need to take a harder
look at their systems ? In fact, there are XP users that can't get BF2142 to
work right ? Is that Microsoft's fault to ?

I'm not Microsoft lover and I don't have any love for Vista. But we can't
blame Microsoft for every game that doesn't work, when the publisher
themselves don't offer any support

"FreddieFlint" <FreddieFlint@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4B4B3A8C-C7E1-46B7-8468-7DD826A0DFDD@microsoft.com...
> Paul, lets be honest here shall we. EA released BF2142 before MS released
> vista. I have played 2142 with no worries on xp and now it don't want to
> know on vista and i am on vhp 32 bit not 64 bit.
>
> now 32 bit? hmmmm
>
> "Paul Smith" wrote:
>
>> "FreddieFlint" <FreddieFlint@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B18BD722-0544-497E-870B-8933BAB7C779@microsoft.com...
>> > Think this is a 64 bit bug, i know a few with vista 64 that have this
>> > error.
>> > as far as i,m aware microsoft are aware of problem.
>>
>> How's it a Microsoft issue?
>>
>> > roll on the service pack eh?
>>
>> Roll on EA actually supporting x64.
>>
>> --
>> Paul Smith,
>> Yeovil, UK.
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
>> http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
>> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>>
>> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>>
>>

Sorry Zero, has I noted below. I can play BF2142, BF2, BF1942 on Vista64
until the cows come home. So this isn't a Vista\Microsoft issue. EA\DICE is
responsible to make their game compatible with the new OSes and if they
refuse to that, what do you expect Microsoft to do ? re-write the OS, just
for BF2142 ?

I can play Warcraft 3 and Quake 2 under Vista64, Stalker came out after
Vista, yet they didn't have any Vista support until patch 1.003 and even
now, they don't claim official Vista support (unless they recently updated
their web pages)

I'm sure if you visit the BF2142 fourms you will find quite a few people
playing under Vista, So how can you blame your problem solely on Microsoft ?

How do you know your problem isn't because of the video drivers ? Sound
drivers ? Motherboard drivers ? Or does all those problems automatically
fall on Microsoft ?

Again, I hardly use Vista anymore since XP is still better, but there isn't
anything I can play on XP that won't run well enough on Vista. Time to
examine your hardware ? Or consider a format-reinstall



"Zero" <Zero@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> How is it a Microsoft issue??????
>
> Simple - they released a new OS and have no support for popular games that
> are not compatible. Sure - it is easy to blame EA but the problem is I
> didn't buy a new game from EA, I bought a new Operating System and now my
> game doesn't work.
>
> Well, actually it DID work and then Vista did an auto update and now it
> will
> not work anymore. I am so tired of the "poor microsoft - it isn't their
> fault" rant. If you are going to release a "cutting edge" new OS then it
> is
> your responsibility to make sure you have fixes for issues that don't
> involve
> pointing the finger. All it does is piss people off even more.
>
> If you knew EA WAS NOT COMPATIBLE then why didn't you tell us before we
> bought your new OS? So yeah - I see it is a microsoft problem. The
> problem
> is they talked me into this new software and failed to tell me my favorite
> programs were not compatible with it.
>
> Spin that blame around and tell me how it is someone else's fault MVP
> Paul.........
>
> "Paul Smith" wrote:
>
>> "FreddieFlint" <FreddieFlint@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B18BD722-0544-497E-870B-8933BAB7C779@microsoft.com...
>> > Think this is a 64 bit bug, i know a few with vista 64 that have this
>> > error.
>> > as far as i,m aware microsoft are aware of problem.
>>
>> How's it a Microsoft issue?
>>
>> > roll on the service pack eh?
>>
>> Roll on EA actually supporting x64.
>>
>> --
>> Paul Smith,
>> Yeovil, UK.
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
>> http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
>> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>>
>> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>>
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