Topic: disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam

[NoNacK]

I cant connect my PC directly on my modem. I dont have enough of cable ^^

I hope the first patch will fix the problem !

[NoNacK]

I dont know what happen exactly but my problem desapear. My Father buy a new piece for the Cable in the electric boxe of the house, and now, I can play the time I want to BFV.

I know it is very strange, but I dont want to know what happen... Thx for the help all !

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[Bako]

Glad to hear that your problem is solved ... Happy gaming

[kenred]

I just hope the patch comes in the near future.  This is beyond frustrating.

[Doc Nyar]

As you have an onboard sound card, it may be worth while to try and disable it in the BIOS.

Also, try going to the following site and do a connection test:

http://bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/

Kenred, did you try the above yet ?

[kenred]

yes I did thanks,
    my connection is fine.  Had the tech at my cable company streamline it.  I rarely ping over 50 at the sites I play.

      Turning off sound in bios doesn't help.  Same results as when I turn sound off in game.

            ugh

[Doc Nyar]

What ingame resolution do you run ?

Next to that, does your video card, sound card or Network controller share an IP address with anything ?

[gryphon]

not shure if a sound card and a video can have an IP address.. let alone share it with anything...

[Doc Nyar]

What was I thinking.... I'm to busy work I guess..





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I meant sharing IRQ's....

[mrgoodcheese]

Hello all, new to the forum, but old timer / experienced with computers.


Anyhow, I have the exact same problem as kenred, and unfortunately haven't found the solution yet.  Maybe my stats will assist in some way.  

The disconnect problem started for me about a week ago, when it also started for my brother-in-law who lives in the same town, 1/2 mile away.  We both are using Charter highspeed as ISP.  

Previous to a week ago, BF:VN ran perfect online, never disconnecting, since the day the game came out (about 1 month), and never had disconnections with BF1942 for 1.5 years.  

We don't get the yellow warning message at all now, the game just freezes for 2 seconds then it's dumped back to the BF:VN page, with a message of: "error: disconnected from server".  Sometimes that will happen 4 times an hour, while other times I can play for an hour with no problems.  It doesn't seem to happen an any particular servers nor at any particular time.  

My internet and email performance seem to be fine.  Pinging servers in the command prompt brings back normal good times (less than 40 usually).  I put my OCs back to normal speeds, and taken my router out of the picture, but the problem is still there.  Unlike kenred, I am running an nVidia 5900non-ultra.

I've tried everything kenred said he tried in his posts, with no luck..... except I haven't had the ISP out to check things out yet.

[number6]

not shure if a sound card and a video can have an IP address.. let alone share it with anything...

That had me wondering as well.

.... Back on topic

You may also want to try swapping out your ethernet card or reinstalling the drivers for your network card.  Sounds like a hardware problem to me more than software.  Do other games have problems online now?

[Doc Nyar]

Hi mrgoodcheese, welcome to our humble forum

I'm not sure what the exact thing is that causes these problems. A lot of people are suffering these problems. I had them too with BF:V and 1942. I solved it, as it was due to a setting I changed in my registry to increase performance (LargeSystemCache should be set to 0).

However, there could be many things that could cause this issue. In your case, it may be something completely different as you're not getting the Connection warning message. Are you sure your system is virus free ? Lately, there have been many virusses released on us hardworking men (and women). Looking at your post, I assume your friend has the same problem ? If so, it may well be an ISP issue, as your both with the same ISP and I think you both connect to the same access server from your ISP (looking at the fact your only 1/2 a mile away from eachother).

Apart from that, if possible, try swapping cables. Try lower ingame resolution settings, try to play without sound. Make sure the temp inside the pc ain't to high. Exclude routers and firewalls. Make sure no background programs are running. Make sure your drivers are up to date (I have the 5950Ultra and am using the 56.xx drivers from Nvidia).

I really doubt this is a game issue. I think we all may be missing a setting somewhere, but I'm sure we'll find it

[Doc Nyar]

Battlefield Vietnam update coming soon.

[KE_sweden]

I Had that problem, its was our hub that was bad.

[mooingchicken]

yer i have the same problem re-installed viet deleated everything out of registry all that crap the first day i had it re-intalled it didnt d/c at all 2 days later and it does.
could it be something to do with punk buster?

[Doc Nyar]

I doubt it has to do with Punkbuster. I had the problem too, but after some changes, I fixed it. I now do not have the issue anymore.

As a couple of posts already indicated, it could be various things, from ISP to a bad hub.
Also, especially with the recent virus attacks, it could well be that a server gets overloaded. Although I doubt that would happen on all servers.

Is you PC directly connected to the internet ? Is there any firewall installed ? If so, try taking them off and make sure you're pc is directly connected to the internet.

Feel free to reply back if your problem remains.