Unable to open game

[Pizzaplate]

I click on the button to start playing, Steam says its running, then my mouse snaps to the center of the screen and Steam acts like I've just closed the game by syncing.

Any help?

[El Detpacko]

Verify file integrity

[Pizzaplate]

Originally posted by William:

Verify file integrity

Would that work? I've uninstalled and reinstalled the game multiple times.

[Pizzaplate]

all files succesfully validated

[Pizzaplate]

didn't work

[El Detpacko]

Turn off syncing for bf2

[Pizzaplate]

Originally posted by William:

Turn off syncing for bf2

How does one do that?

[Myrrh]

My brother was having this problem and after searching everywhere I might have a solution for you. Try this:

1. Open Control Panel
2. Click 'Uninstall a Program' under 'Programs'
3. Scroll down and find 'Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable'. You might have one labelled (x64) and one (x84). Do the below steps for both of them.
4. Right click on the program and click 'Change'
5. A dialogue box should appear asking you to either 'Repair', 'Uninstall', or 'Close'. Click 'Repair'
6. After it completes click 'Close'. If you have another MSVC 2013 program, repeat steps for that one as well.

Now try running it. If it still doesn't work, follow these steps:

1. Find Star Wars Battlefront 2 (2005) in your steam apps by going to 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Star Wars Battlefront II'
2. Enter the folder labelled 'GameData'
3. Right click on BattlefrontII.exe and click 'Properties' at the bottom
4. Click the tab 'Compatibility' at the top of the window
5. Check the box marked 'Run this program in compatibiliy mode for' and from the drop down menu select Windows XP (Service Pack 2)

Now run the game from Steam.

I hope this helps!

[Pizzaplate]

Originally posted by Dread Wing:

My brother was having this problem and after searching everywhere I might have a solution for you. Try this:

1. Open Control Panel
2. Click 'Uninstall a Program' under 'Programs'
3. Scroll down and find 'Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable'. You might have one labelled (x64) and one (x84). Do the below steps for both of them.
4. Right click on the program and click 'Change'
5. A dialogue box should appear asking you to either 'Repair', 'Uninstall', or 'Close'. Click 'Repair'
6. After it completes click 'Close'. If you have another MSVC 2013 program, repeat steps for that one as well.

Now try running it. If it still doesn't work, follow these steps:

1. Find Star Wars Battlefront 2 (2005) in your steam apps by going to 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Star Wars Battlefront II'
2. Enter the folder labelled 'GameData'
3. Right click on BattlefrontII.exe and click 'Properties' at the bottom
4. Click the tab 'Compatibility' at the top of the window
5. Check the box marked 'Run this program in compatibiliy mode for' and from the drop down menu select Windows XP (Service Pack 2)

Now run the game from Steam.

I hope this helps!

Unfortunatly it didn't. I got close (it came up with a "do you want this to make changes to computer?" menu), but it still doesn't run

[Pizzaplate]

So running it as administrator CAN work, but it adds horrible visual glitches
Oh well

[Pizzaplate]

So the glitches disappear if my volume indicator is on screen, or if my touchscreen is being used... what the ♥♥♥♥