Speeding up BF2 loading time

[Heenalu]

Clearing Shader Optimizations: When you change the graphical settings BF2 attempts to optimize the shaders used in the game for the best performance on your particular hardware. These optimized files are stored in your \Documents and Settings\[username]\My Documents\Battlefield 2\mods\bf2\cache\ directory. If you've changed your settings several times, I recommend you finalize your changes, close BF2, go to the above directory and delete everything under the \cache\ directory. The next time you start the game and play single or multiplayer, your shaders will be optimized again. Close BF2 one more time, defragment your hard drive, and now things should be much smoother and load much faster the next time you go to play BF2.

I found this and other tips at http://www.tweakguides.com/BF2_1.html

[odrater]

tweakguides should be a link on our site or be stickied. Lots of good stuff. Good find Heenalu.

[CaptCoolio]

I am giving it a try right now, and as mentioned above good find Heenalu.