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IMPORTANT NOTE! If you encounter errors or issues with Chaos Rising 2 that are not included in the list below, issues which the solutions listed does not resolve, Tell us about it by Posting it in the comment box at the bottom of this page (No registration required). Include details about the Dawn of War Chaos Rising 2 error and the specifications of the system you are running Chaos Rising on. It doesn’t have to be a fullblown dxdiag log, just the Video Card, Processor and amout of RAM and of course the Operating System (and service pack versions) you are playing DoW 2 CR on. REMEMBER to check the comments at the bottom of this post.

Can your PC handle Dawn of War 2 Chaos Rising? Here are Dawn of War 2’s System qequirements and Recommended system specifications
Chaos Rising Minimum requirements:
OS: Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista SP1
Processor: P4 3.2 GHz (single core) or any Dual Core processor
Memory: 1 GB RAM (XP), 1.5 GB RAM (Vista)
Graphics: A 128MB Video Card (Shader Model 3) – Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT / ATI X1600, or equivalent
Hard Drive: 6.5 GB of uncompressed Hard Drive space
Other Requirements: Online play requires log-in to Games For Windows – Live

Chaos Rising Recommended specs:
OS: Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista SP1
Processor: AMD Athlon 64×2 4400+ or any Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 2 GB RAM (XP and Vista)
Graphics: A 256MB Video Card (Shader Model 3) – Nvidia GeForce 7800 GT / ATI X1900, or equivalent
Hard Drive: 6.5 GB of uncompressed Hard Drive space

List of Known Battlefield Dawn of War 2 Chaos Rising errors and solutions/workarounds
Note : List will be updated as problems and solutions are posted in the comments

1. CRASH PROBLEMS
Update : A patch has been released that addresses some of the crashing concerns. check it out here
Problem #1 Dawn of War 2 Chaos Rising Crashes in-game / before a map gets loaded
Solution #1: Disable Anti Aliasing in the game menu
Solution #2: Edit the configuration.lua file, find the antialiasing setting and set it to ‘0′
Solution #3: For ATI Users, after doing the steps above, open the catalyst control menu then set AA settings to ‘Application Managed’
Credits : SuperSkyray@DoW2forums

Problem #2 Dawn of War 2 Chaos Rising crashes after cinematics
Solution
1. Changed Anti-aliasing on my Nvidia 3d settings to application controlled.
2. disabled family protection with start/run/services.msc
3. control panel/add-remove programs/ uninstall Windows live essentials/continue/family protection uninstalled.
4. went into steamapps/dow2/renamed DOW2.module **pre mods could screw up the game**
5. right click DOW2.exe /properties/compatibility/windows vista service pack 2/ also check run as administrator box.
6. opened steam/dow2 chaos rising properties/local files/verify integrity of cache to add a new DOW2.module
Credits : BiOHaTe@Hersesy-online

2. RETARDED ERROR MESSAGES

Problem #1 Dawn of War 2 Chaos Rising Parental Control Error message “The current user does not have permissions to play Dawn of War II”
Solution
The controls feature I had issues with was Windows Live Family Safety which is installed by default w/ Windows Live Essentials (even if you just want to install Messenger or whatnot, if you don’t do a custom install it will insert itself).

• To get rid of it, open up your Services panel (Start -> Run -> services.msc) and scroll down until you see Windows Live Family Safety.
• Right click the entry and select Properties. Do the same for the Parental Control service
• click the Stop Button, and in the drop down list above the stop/start/restart buttons select ‘Disabled’. Click Ok to apply.
• Next, go into Add/Remove Programs and select Windows Live Essentials and select ‘Uninstall’
• Click Continue and check the Windows Live Family Safety checkbox, click continue to remove this from your machine.

For some odd reason this particular parental control ’suite’ is completely separate from the standard Windows Parental Controls, and they don’t give you a warning that it is going to be installed with Live Essentials. It irritated me to no end when it happened to me – and made sure I remembered to do a custom install for any Essentials apps I wanted to use.
Credits : carlosjuero@steam

Problem #2 : Dawn of War 2 Error “xlive.dll not found error”
Solution #1
1) Go to Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs -> Uninstall the “Microsoft Games for Windows LIVE Redistributable” if it is installed
2) Download and install the latest LIVE Redistributable from microsoft
Solution #2 If you encounter this error right after installing Warhammer Dawn of War 2, try to restart your computer first because there are known issues with Games For Live not working properly when it has been installed from a previous title (especially Steam titles)
source : GNL DOW2 (non CR) fix guide

3. DAWN OF WAR 2 / CHAOS RISING VIDEO/GRAPHICAL PROBLEMS
Problem #1 : Dawn of War 2 / Chaos Rising missing or corrupted textures
Navigate to C:\MyDocuments\MyGames\DawnofWar2\Settings. You see a file called configuration.lua, all you have to do is delete it and start up DoW2.
Credits : Firespray

4. DAWN OF WAR 2 / CHAOS RISING SOUND PROBLEMS

Problem #1 : Dawn of War 2 chaos rising sound is out of sync
no solutions yet
Encountered by : Koudelka919

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IMPORTANT NOTE : If you encounter errors or issues with Battlefield Bad Company 2 that are not included in the list below, issues which the solutions listed does not resolve, Tell us about it by Posting it in the comment box at the bottom of this page (No registration required). Include details about the Bad Company 2 error and the specifications of the system you are running Battlfield 2 Bad Company on. It doesn’t have to be a fullblown dxdiag log, just the Video Card, Processor and amout of RAM and of course the Operating System (and service pack versions) you are playing BFBC 2 on. REMEMBER to check the comments at the bottom of this post.

First thing’s first, ensure that you’re PC can handle Battlefield Bad Company 2. Here are Bad Company 2’s system specs :

BAD COMPANY 2 Minimum System Requirements
OS: Windows XP
Processor: Core 2 Duo @ 2.0GHz
Memory: 2GB
Graphics: 256 MB Video Card (GeForce 7800 GT / ATI X1900)
DirectX®: DirectX 9, 10, and 11 support
Hard Drive: 15 GB

BAD COMPANY 2 Recommended System Specs
OS: Windows Vista or Windows 7
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad or higher
Memory: 2GB
Graphics: 512 MB Video Card (GeForce GTX 260/ ATI Radeon 4870)
Controller Support: Support for Logitech G15 and G19 keyboard LCDs in multiplayer

List of Known Battlefield Bad Company 2 errors and solutions/workarounds

NOTE : I am still in the process of compiling this list, yeah there are still too many problems with no known solutions
NOTE #2 : Updated the guide with tips from bad company 2 forums, but we’re not quite there yet. still a long way to go, you can post solutions at the comments if you want to help out

1. BAD COMPANY 2 CRASHING PROBLEMS
Problem #1.1 : Bad Company 2 Crashes during cutscenes
Solution: No known solution

Problem #1.2 : Bad Company 2 crashes to desktop after the “updating stats” display
Solution: No known solution

Problem #1.3 : Bad Company 2 crashes when accessing the server browser
Solution: Disable the “Software protection” services from services.msc. to get there, go to “Start > Run > “Services.msc”
For windows 7 users, it’s in:
“go to your control panel.. for me I have windows 7… under System and Security click Administrative tools, it will bring up a new windows with Event viewer.
under the same windows for Admin tools go to services from that window and Software Protection will be in that list.”
Credits : Avengersoul@steam bad company 2 forum

Problem #1.4 : Bad Company 2 crashes with a “Data Execution Prevention(DEP)” error message
Solution: Open up your system folder(right click on my computer, go to properties), click on the ‘Advanced’ tab, find the
performance settings button, another window opens up and then you must click on ‘Data Execution Prevention’ tab, in there you will want to select ‘Turn on
DEP for all programs and services except those I select:’ Then click ‘Add’ and locate your .exe for Badcompany2 in your game’s directory in steam. Click OK
and restart your computer. This should solve some people’s CTD’s, but I can’t guarantee it will work for everyone.
Credits : Socal@steam bad company 2 forum

Problem #1.5 : Bad Company 2 White screen of death (crashes to white screen)
Solution: No known solution yet

2. BAD COMPANY 2 FREEZING PROBLEMS
Problem #2.1 Bad Company 2 freezes (recoverable and unrecoverable freezes)
General Solution #1: “Unplug any voice input you have connected to your PC (i.e. microphones etc.) – you will be able to play the game
without it hard freezing. It’s some kind of sound hardware conflict”
General Solution #2: “turn ‘Hardware Acceleration’ for sound from ‘Full’ to ‘Basic’. This option is available by selecting
‘Start’ and then ‘Run’ – type in ‘dxdiag’ and press Enter; select the ‘Sound’ tab and then just move the slider to the appropriate setting.”
General Solution #3: If you have a dedicated sound card, make sure your onboard soundcard is not selected as the default
Credits : Alexey Zverev@steam forums for solutions 1,2 and 3

3. BAD COMPANY 2 MULTIPLAYER/INTERNET CONNECTION PROBLEMS

Problem #3.1 : Bad Company 2’s server list takes too long to load
Solution: Let the game search for servers for at least 3 seconds then click cancel. Wait for another 5 seconds then a list of servers will appear

Problem #3.2 : PB Init Failure in Bad Company 2
Solution:“there is a conflict between client PB and Server PB ever since the EA Master Server came back online a while ago after a short outage. Fix is… Update PB on your servers manually if you are a server Op.”
Credits : TimSad@EA Bad Company 2 Forum

Problem #3.3 : Bad Company 2 cannot login to EA’s authentication servers
Solution: None at the moment

Problem #3.4 : Frequently kicked by Bad Company 2’s PB (punkbuster)
Solution: Try to update your punkbuster http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=pbsetup.php

Problem #3.5 : Bad Company 2 intermittent/frequent “Connection lost” errors
Solution: None at the moment

Problem #3.6 No servers appear in Bad Company 2’s server lobby
Solution: If you have the Bad Company 2 ports open, then this is probably not a fix-able problem from the client side as the Master server could be down

Problem #3.7 : The ping is not displayed in Bad Company 2’s multiplayer lobby
Solution: Right click on the Battlefield Bad Company 2 icon (on desktop or in dir, doesn’t matter) then choose run as administrator.
Credits : Shivan Dana @comment #1 for this guide

Problem #3.8 : Bad Company 2 says the server is the list says there are still a lot of slots
Solution: None at the moment

Problem #3.9 : My Unlocks in Bad Company 2 disappeared
Solution: Get in the game, play for a couple of minutes, die then check your unlocks, it should be there again.

Problem #3.10 : Getting kicked off Bad Company 2 by Punkbuster with a “RESTRICTION: Multiple Direct3d loaded” message
Solution: Update punkbuster with http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=pbsetup.php

4. BAD COMPANY 2 SETUP/INSTALL ERRORS
Problem #4.1 After installing, Bad Company 2 won’t start from steam
Solution: Check local file cache integrity for BFBC2
Solution: Re-install PB using the manual installer from http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=pbsetup.php
Credits : Grotbags

Problem #4.2
Solution:
Credits :

5. BAD COMPANY 2 IN-GAME GRAPHIC GLITCHES/BUGS/GENERAL PROBLEMS
Problem #5.1 Battlefield Bad Company 2’s Field of Vision is too low, how do i adjust Bad Company 2’s field of vision?
Solution:“To change you FOV you will have to navigate to the BFBC2 folder under your My Documents folder and edit the “Settings.ini” file. You should see a default setting for the FOV, which would read “FOV = 55″. Make sure the game isn’t running when you change this setting.”
Credits : zerk16@EA Bad Company 2 forum

Problem #5.2 Map loads too slow (it takes minutes to load a Bad Company multiplayer map)
Solution:Open up your ‘my games’ tab in steam, right click on the Bad Company 2 selection, go to ‘properties’ and then click
on the tab for “local Files” and then click the button for “verify integrity of game cache” it will take a little while but once this is completed the game
should start loading properly as it was originally
Credits : Socal03@steam bad company 2 forum

BAD COMPANY 2 PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION / TWEAKS
Tip #1 Downgrade the soundcard frequency sample rate to 44khz at 16bit and uninstall AC3 filter if you have it installed
As posted by TylerCiggy@Steam
@To Win 7 users
1.- Go to control panel
2.- Go to SOUND option
3.- Doble click in your audio current output
4.- Go to advanced options
5.- Change your sample rate to the lowest.

@To XP users

1.- Go to control panel
2.- Go to Sound & Audio Devices
3.- Click the Audio Section Propierties
4.- In the Sound Play section, click in the “Advanced Properties” button
5.- In performance tap, downgrade the “convertion quality sample rate” or something like that

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Added support to display the game rating information on the F10 in-game menu within the beta.

• TERRAN
  • Engineering Bay
    • Infantry Armor: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
    • Infantry Weapons: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
  • Armory
    • Vehicle Plating: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
    • Vehicle Weapons: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
    • Ship Plating: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
    • Ship Weapons: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
• PROTOSS
  • Zealot’s Maximum shield capacity has been decreased from 60 to 50
• BUG FIXES
  • Fixed a bug where the Infestor’s Neural Parasite ability could cause Reapers to lose the ability to move.
  • Fixed an issue that could use an incorrect HDR format on some ATI cards.
  • Fixed a crash that could happen on some ATI cards.

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