I would want to ask is there any solution to solve the following problems.....
1. It is "lag" when choosing type of weapons (in Desert Shield map only)
2. after playing a while (about 2-3 minutes) whatever I did anything (include firing MLRS, using AC-130)
it creashed to desktop.......also said that BF2 has error.....
3. When I using Masada update provided by :
- Grab Masada from here:

http://desert-conflict.org/forums/showthread.php?t=8001
The map cannot found in Single Play Map List
What should I do?

PS: I installed DCON v0.16, v0.01 minimod & v0.03 update
It works properly in other maps exclude DCON Desert Shield

Thanks for your kindly attention!

im facing the same lag in desert shield...i dunno wht is the problem....why is only this map lagging and others are running perfectly fi9 without any lag...i m pretty sure tht there is something with its client file ...maybe its too big (perhaps).....and im also trying to find a cure for this !

Yep, I think most of us have experienced performance issues with Desert Shield. Will run it through the debugger and see if that reveals anything. Unless winterhilf has any other ideas, we'll probably have to give some feedback to the DCon devs and see what they say.



Strange - never had a CTD on Desert Shield. Post the error and we'll try to figure out the cause.



Did you only copy the Client.zip file from that download or the whole directory? You should only overwrite the Client.zip, otherwise the SP version will be overwritten by the MP version (and therefore won't show up as an SP map).

The palm clusters are painted as Overgrowth with very low density, but thats a common practise by mappers and was also done by DICE on their maps. Do you think this has something to do with the lag? I doubt it.

Another thing I was thinking about is that maybe the surrounding terrain is in the wrong format or size.
Hard for me to test these issues myself, since I almost never get lag on DS on my comp.

Or is the map using too many ambient effects perhaps?
Is there a limit in the number of dustclouds and stuff you can use on a map?

// =tGA=Harry
DCon Mapping Department

Hi Harry,


The more you use the more lag lower-end systems will suffer I guess.
Not sure about an upper-limit, there doesn't seem to be an excess of these on DS.
I've recently got a new system, specs:

Processor: AMD Athlon 64X2 4200+ 2.2GHz
RAM: 2048MB DDR2
Hard Drive: 320GB .
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE 256MB
Optical Drive: DVD±RW Super Multi Dual Layer
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium

With the new PC Desert Shield runs smooth as silk.*scratch head*

Hello fellas,

Desert Shield runs like a high speed train, no lags or ctd's for me.. never
Even no lags with the C130 Gunship and MRLS in action.
Playing it online at our dedicated server, no lags whatsoever.

Do you have enough DDR RAM in pc ?
How many bots are you running ?

I hope this map won't be stripped of all awesome goodies because this map is perfect.


Scorpius