Battlefield 1942

[scotsman]

I have an AMD2500+ computer with 256 Ram and an nVidia GeForce4 MMX440 video card running on XP Home edition

The problem I have is when I play in single player campaign mode. At the end of the first battle that I win my computer crashes and reboots, it does not bring up the honours board etc.  However when I loose the first battle it allows the next screen to appear with the option of replaying the battle. I have no issues when playing single player instant battle or hosting or joining in multiplayer.

I installed a friends version of the game on my computer with the same problem at the same time (thinking there might be something wrong with my discs).

I did notice that my ram usage is 179Mb with XP running and it jumps to 444Mb when running battlefield 1942, is this the problem.

Has anyone had this problem before?  Any help would be appreciated.

All the best

[Nyarlathotep]

Did you install any mods (like DC) ?

[scotsman]

No mods, only the patches from the easports site taking the version to 1.6

[Nyarlathotep]

Has the problem always been there ? If not, what changed ?

What programs do you have running while playing ?

[scotsman]

Nyar

The problems has always been there. I installed the program as per instructions, ie no firewall or virus programs running during installation. When playing I shut down all applications and leave the processes (as outlined in task manager) well alone.

I'm not at the game machine but is it worth listing the 27 processes that my machine runs, check for conflict and perhaps outline what I could shut down?

Its just a thought and I will include them in the next post if it's worth while.

Something else, I installed the game while my system was configured in FAT32 format. The problem was there, no other issues.

I was told by workmates that NTFS was the better format so using the built in conversion with XP I converted to NTFS. I then re-installed 1942. The problem was still there, and again everything else works.

[Nyarlathotep]

You could try re-installing...

[Cyborg]

I did notice that my ram usage is 179Mb with XP running and it jumps to 444Mb when running battlefield 1942, is this the problem.

That is the virtual memory usage. It always increases while playing a game.

[scotsman]

I'll try re-installing as you suggested.

I also handed the problem to EA technical support, but have not heard back yet.

All the best