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Hi, first post on these forums...i just tested and wrote a procedure that might allow 9200 series run the game without massive lag and invisible buildings. (i posted this on the totalbf2 forums and planetbattlefield forums already)

if you have any questions please email me at conscriptvirus@gmail.com

I rewrote the procedure in steps
[This is meant for users who are experiencing the "invisible building problem"]
ok this time im pretty sure about this solution:
The problem: Game doesnt like rendering in 1.4 shaders anymore and the 9200 series only supports up to 1.4 shaders...

so here's what i did:
Goal: Use optimized shaders from previous versions of Bf2 that worked with the 9200 or other 1.4 pixel shader video cards. (copy and paste the shader files from older versions that worked and replace the new ones)
1) Download and install the Battlefield 2 demo. (You can use previous versions of Battlefield 2. I just find using the demo a lot easier and more organized.

2) Run the demo and set your video settings / other options to your liking.

3) Exit out of the demo and go to
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name\My Documents\Battlefield 2 Demo\mods\bf2\cache and delete everything in there.

4) Go back into the demo and join a server and let the game optimize your shaders. If the game runs fine (ie to your liking) then continue to step 5. If not, repeat steps 2-4).

5) Afterwards, exit out of the game and go to
C:\Documents and Settings\Your name\My Documents\Battlefield 2\mods\bf2\cache
And delete everything in there. (this is not the demo folder)

6) Run the actual game and make sure the video settings / other options are exactly the same as the one as you had in the demo.

7) Join a server and you should see the game optimizing shaders. When you start playing..the buildings are going to be invisible / messed up and you will get massive lag. This is normal. Exit out of the game now.

Cool Go into the demo folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name\My Documents\Battlefield 2 Demo\mods\bf2\cache and you shall see a folder with a really long name. Go inside the folder and you should see about 55 files. Select ALL of the files and copy. (crtl+c).

9) Now go into your BF2 directory:
C:\Documents and Settings\Your name\My Documents\Battlefield 2\mods\bf2\cache and go inside the folder with the really long name. DELETE EVERYTHING IN THERe (leave none alive).

10) Now paste the files you had from the demo cache folder into this folder. Now run the game and hopefully you shouldnt see a optimizing shaders for best performance when loading a server& Good luck and have fun

NOTE: I do not accept any responsibility for destruction (there should be none btw)
NOTE: I dont have an ati 9200 card, but I have looked into this serious problem with my 5200 and the problem with the 9200 is that it doesnt support 2.0 shaders, and when I force 1.4 shaders on my 5200, I get the same invisible building problem.
NOTE: If this is confusing...please ask questions

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Originally posted by Exaequo
Im getting the message :'Please enter your username and password to log in.'

Maybe you could copy the solution to this problem ? I think it would help a lot of ppl.

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Originally posted by King_Musicman
I' gonna try this on other machine. The download is taking ages so I will inform you of whether it works or not. Finally at least someone has made a bit of a breakthrough.

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Originally posted by King_Musicman

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Originally posted by thenumbernine

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Originally posted by King_Musicman
I' gonna try this on other machine. The download is taking ages so I will inform you of whether it works or not. Finally at least someone has made a bit of a breakthrough.

You don't have to download the demo really.

You could just do it as I did. Copy the contents of your current cache from 1.12 then place that in a folder somewhere else. Upgrade to 1.2 run the game. Then go into the new cache folder and delete all. Then place your old ones into that.

I don't have the old settings though thats why I need it.

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Originally posted by ][V][olten
A million thnx 4 this fix my friend......i am a 9200 ati user and this fixed me immediately.............just a couple questions,Why is it called a temporary fix and will it conflict with the 1.21 patch, as they say they are adressing the radeon users in that patch.Wouldnt want to fix it just to have them go and mess it up again with the new patch.


Again....many thanks for this fix......i was beginning to have a social life again,...phew.. dodged a bullet there....lol