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You have been disconnected by PunkBuster:

To play on our server you may need to enable PunkBuster. If you were kicked from server with this error message, that means you havent installed it, or its not enabled in your game. 
To get PunkBuster installer please navigate to our Downloads page and grab the PunkBuster version that we provide. If you are trying get PB from some other source –  that may cause version mismatch and you may get kicked out again. 

1) Delete "pb" folder from location where your game is installed.
2) Get PunkBuster installation from our Downloads  page and unpack the archive.
3) Right click mouse on setup file and select “run as administrator”.
4) Finish the setup and you must be good to go.
To make sure that PunkBuster is enabled, check your multiplayer menu in game. You will find a little checkbox for PunkBuster at the bottom of your screen. Just make sure its enabled. 

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Your CD-Key is not valid:

Our server is using CD-Key verification, so every player must have unique key. If you get this error that means someone on server is playing with key like yours. To solve this issue please use KeyChanger from our Downloads page. 
1) Get the file and open it with administrator privileges by clicking on it with right mouse button and select “Run as Administrator”.
2) Now when software is opened hit couple times on “Random” button and you will see the keys are generated. One for Battlefield2 and the other for Special Forces mod. Dont worry if you dont have SF installed – the key for BF2 should work fine. 
3) Now hit the “Apply” button. The key should be changed and you should be ready to play.

And remember do not share your key with anyone , this key should be unique for each player !!!

 

Check your network connection: - some reasons why this error may pop out:

• Our Server is running on game version 1.5, if your client version do not match with server - you get this error. So to solve this problem you need to patch your game till correct version. Download and install patches from>here<
  If you do not know  which version of game you have, check these:
  1.When u join the game in main page, in lower right corner there are orange numbers :
  if its : 1.1. ..... it means you have version 1.0  &  if its:  1.5. .....  it means you have  version 1.5 
  2.In multiplayer page, when u click on server name, it should be white . if you see its red, it means you do not have version 1.5 . 

• Look carefully at your nickname when you join the GameRangers room - if its typed like "Italic Style" this means you have some problems with GameRangers port 16000 UDP. Firstly you can try restart all your network devices like router, modem and PC. If this dose not help, then try disable firewall or make port forwarding in your router.  (Port forwarding may prevent you to play  on GR servers if you have multiple PC's on your network with GameRanger client on them) Thats why its even better if you can enable UPnP protocol on your router. That will automatically forward ports for all your network devices who use GameRanger in your local network.

• You have played on Revive or Hub network before. In this case please exit from their launcher and replace your bf2.exe with the one we provide as Weapon unlocks.zip from our Downloads page.

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Please insert install disk and retry:

This error usually pops out if you have game v1.4. To solve this you need to patch your game with Patch 1.5. Some guys reporting that they have patched game till v1.5, but they still have this error - in this case please try replace your bf2.exe with the one we provide on downloads page called "Weapon Unlocks".

 

Black screen and crash to desktop:  This may happen for many reasons. But before you brake your keyboard over monitor try this simple setups.

• You try launch the game, screen goes blank and you get kicked back to desktop?  In this case you can:

  • First of all open location where your game is installed and look for bf2.exe file. Open properties for bf2.exe and navigate to "Compatibility" tab. Mark checkbox to "Run this program as Administrator" Apply and Close.

  • try add CD-Key for your game (Sometimes players not even know, that normally the CD-Key must be installed with game). Actually this is very common issue for many players, but its very easy to check is this the real reason for crash - simply try launch your game in singleplayer mode (without GameRanger) and see is it starting or not. If the game is working fine in singleplayer, but crashing only when you try launch it in multiplayer or via GameRanger - that means you dont have CD-key in your pc registries) So to fix this crash simply follow instructions from above about "Your CD-Key is not valid".

  • your game is crashing back to desktop even if you try launch it in singleplayer. Check the lowest avaiable resolution for your display and refresh rate(Hz) in your windows "advanced display settings". Put same values in your ...\Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles\Default - Video.con file. For example>"VideoSettings.setResolution 1366x768@60Hz"

  • try launch your game in windowed mode. This will help you understand reason of crash, atleast it will show you some error message and you can start look for some fixes. (Search on Google how to launch BF2 in windowed mode)

  • try use Weapon unlocks archived file (the one we provide on Downloads page).

  • try install DirectX (this one usually helps for Win10 users)

  • try set compatibility mode for your BF2.exe (this one usually helps for Win10 users)

  • try update your graphic card driver.

• Server crashed – this may happen from time to time, but dont worry – admins will restart server as soon as possible. (We will be thankful if you give us some msg to our Discord server) 

• GameRanger error – simply try restart your GR.

• Crash to desktop without any reason while you are playing. If your PC/Laptop is on multicore CPU you can try set BF2 to use only one core for BF2 process.
  >Turn on game
  >Hit Alt+Tab
  >open Task Manager
  >Select “Processes” tab
  >Find and right click BF2.exe
  >Select “Set Affinity”
  >Chose which core will be used for BF2.exe
  >Close Task Manager

In most cases when your game dont work as it should be – deleting “Battlefield 2” folder from your “My Documents” folder, can help. This will clear your game profile to default. Before you do it make sure that there is no favorite demo or some screenshot in it :)​

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You can't create multiplayer account and Log In:

Yes, you can't create multiplayer account because GameSpy account servers were shutdown long time ago. But thanks to GameRanger platform we are still able to play this great game online. Normally GameRanger automatically creates account for you with same nickname you have on GameRanger.

• If its first time you are trying play on GameRanger and you stuck on Login screen, then here is the things you must do to fix this issue: 

> Navigate to our Downloads page and download file named "Weapon Unlocks"

> Replace your existing bf2.exe with file from "Weapon Unlocks" archive.

> Open properties for bf2.exe file and navigate to "Compatibility" tab.

> Mark checkbox to "Run this program as Administrator"

> Apply and Close.

> Delete Battlefield2 folder from your MyDocuments (thats just to make sure nothing interrupts GameRanger to create new account).

> Try join to our server again.

• You played via GameRanger before, but you accidentlly loged out from your in game profile and cant login back, because of  password is required?

>So default password for GameRanger automatically created accounts is simple small:    " x "

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This server allows players with unmodified content to join:

This error usually pops out on map loading process. If your BF2-client loads the map faster than the BF2-server, you will be kicked from the server
This is what BF2mld is for: it provides a more reliable and comfortable way of artificially delaying the map load so that players do not get kicked. BF2mld is designed to run in the background, even if the BF2-client is not running. As soon as the BF2-client is started, BF2mld will watch for map changes and delay them according to the configuration. BF2mld was alpha-tested by a few people but it’s still possible that it contains bugs. BF2mld does not need an internet-connection (works in LAN as well), probably works for mods too (not tested) and does not alter any BF2-files (thus does not influence the stability of BF2). 
Get BF2mld from our Downloads page.
Watch video tutorial how to set it up >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=X290Qm8Zu60

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Also this error may pop out if you are using some language addons like Russians usualy are trying using "Rusifikator"to translate their game. Please remove any language addons and use default English version.

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Some other tips might be handy:

• You have lost Sound or Mouse control in game:​​ In this case you need to delete Battlefield2 folder from your MyDocuments. This folder contains all your in game profile settings. By deleting it, you will restore your profile to defaults. (WARNING: before deleting it make sure you backup your favorite screens or some demos, this folder contains)

• You want make some Screenshots from game: Open location  ....\Documents\Battlefield 2 on your pc and create New Folder. Rename it to "Screenshots". Congratulations - now all your screenshots from game will be stored in this folder :)

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