Yep, just looked down at my watch and 2 hours already went by. Dammit! It’s both annoying and addicting. Must… walk… away…. dammit!

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just had to post this in case someone else runs into the same prob. recently my buddy bought a brand new laptop and being the Battlefield 2 nut he is… wanted to install BF2 on it as soon as possible. he ran into a stopping block during load on the 3rd CD. he and i searched high and low trying to find a fix. we knew the problem had something to do with the type of CD not working properly with the CD Reader but didn’t have an external CD Reader on hand. he did find a fix searching EA Customer Support. it took a few hours to find because EA Support isn’t very Google friendly. hopefully my blog post is.

EA Customer Support Article

Question

How do you manually install the game if a normal installation does not work?

Answer

Be sure that you have completed proper troubleshooting before attempting a manual installation of the game. Typically conflicts with the installation can be remedied by preparing your system for the process. The following steps should help to clear any conflicts that can cause the installation to fail.

1. End background tasks before installing to close any programs that may conflict as well as free up computer resources.

2. CD/DVD-ROM troubleshooting steps will help to avoid read conflicts.

3. Installation troubleshooting steps should prevent conflicts with the installation program itself.

If none of the above steps have resolved your issue, you may perform a manual installation of the game to bypass use of the disk drive and verify integrity of the disks.

Make sure to follow the steps below exactly as they read, or else the install may not work.

1. Double-click My Computer.
2. Right-click on the Local Disk C and choose Open.
3. Right-click inside the window and select New, and then Folder.
4. Name the folder Disk Images it is important that the name has a space in it.
5. Double-Click the new Disk Images folder to open it.
6. Right-click inside the window and select New, and then Folder.
7. Name this folder Disk1.
8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 while substituting Disk1 for Disk2 and Disk 3. It is important to note there must not be a space between “Disk” and the number. If you have the DVD version you will only need the Disk1 folder.
9. Insert Disk 1 of Battlefield 2 into your disk drive and if the autoplay starts, cancel it.
10. Double-click My Computer to open it.
11. Right-click on your disk drive and choose Open.
12. When you see the contents of the disk in the Window, click on Edit at the top of the window and choose Select All.
13. All the contents of the disk should now be highlighted, click on Edit at the top of the window again and choose Copy.
14. Open the Disk1 folder you created under C:\Disk Images; click on Edit at the top of the window and choose Paste. This will copy the contents of the disk into the Disk1 folder.
15. Repeat steps 9 through 14 for Disk 2 and Disk 3 until you have copied each disk into its appropriate folder. If you have the DVD version, you will not need to perform this step.
16. Once the disks have been copied, remove ALL disks from any drives.
17. Open the Disk1 folder under Disk Images and double-click on autorun.exe to start the installation.
18. To save disk space, you can delete the Disk Images folders after the installation has completed.

If you receive an error whilst copying the files this means the disk is either damaged or defective. If the disk is clean with no visible scratches/damage, you should exchange your copy for a new one through the store of purchase or our Warranty Department.

you’ve got to be freakin kidding me. another one from korea. these guys are way too hard core. i play battlefield 2 every now and then but to go days without sleep is phenomenal. if i play for more than 2 hours i feel like my eyes are about to fall out.

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i’m no way the online gamer type but a few months ago a few folks got me hooked on a new FPS (first person shooter for the n00bs) called Battlefield 2. i’ve played Counter Strike a couple of times and really liked it but still wasn’t motivated to play as many hours as i have with BF2. as of writing this entry i’ve played 264 hours… 264 hours wasted out of my life that i’ll never get back. i’ve killed an ass load of people, have a pretty decent score/ rank, and my stats are pretty decent but still 264 hours wasted. this is the reason why i haven’t been able to keep up my blog. when i’m on the home computer the ole fingers start to itch and it won’t stop until i’m killing enemy soldiers on the battlefield. i don’t want to call myself a dork but this is really starting to be “dork” behavior.

i think this game is addictive because of the vast of amount of vehicles, planes, and choppers that can be driven during the game play. you can take command and directly command up to 31 other people on a 64 player server. gun upgrades and making rank are also plus’. when a round starts the action doesn’t stop. experience playing this game can really reap rewards because being able to go on the battlefield and kill people from around the world like there’s no tomorrow can make a depressing day 10 times better.

well, i’m not going to play tonight. it’s sad but i have to prove to myself that i am not being controlled by a stupid game…. *chuckles*

here’s my stats if anyone wants: