Unable to join multiplayer FH2 server - new computer running Windows 10

[Norman Rockwell]

I just built a brand new gaming system. Specs:

Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz quad-core CPU
ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer ATX LGA1150 motherboard
8GB DDR3-1600 RAM
256GB SSD
Radeon R9 390 8GB video card
650W PSU
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (clean install, obviously)

I installed BF2, the latest patches (1.41 & 1.5), and the latest version of FH2 (2.46), (EDIT) then updated through the game launcher. FH2 runs great in single-player mode, but in multiplayer, when I click the "Join Server" button, the game closes instantly and I'm back at the Windows desktop. I've tried connecting to multiple servers. I've tried setting compatibility mode to Windows XP SP3 and running as administrator. There is no option to "Disable desktop composition" as discussed in this thread: http://fhpubforum.warumdarum.de/index.php?topic=6599.0
I've tried disabling the Windows firewall completely, to no effect. I've also tried the CPU affinity trick, as shown here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGIAvrPYL6c

Help?

[Roughbeak]

Hey

The latest public build of FH2 is 2.48. Did you run FH2 by its launcher?


I suggest you read through this:
http://fhpubforum.warumdarum.de/index.php?topic=20214.0


It has helped some people, hope it does for you!

[Nerdsturm]

Have you tried running in windowed mode? It will sometimes throw more useful error messages in that mode than when full-screened.

[Norman Rockwell]

Hey

The latest public build of FH2 is 2.48. Did you run FH2 by its launcher?


I suggest you read through this:
http://fhpubforum.warumdarum.de/index.php?topic=20214.0


It has helped some people, hope it does for you!

Sorry, forgot to mention that I did run the launcher, which updated FH2 to the latest version. The linked thread didn't help, unfortunately  but thanks, anyway

[Norman Rockwell]

Have you tried running in windowed mode? It will sometimes throw more useful error messages in that mode than when full-screened.

Thanks, just tried that - no error messages at all, just instant close to desktop. I also just tried the update/repair function in the launcher, and also tried disabling my anti-virus software, just in case. Same results 

[|30+|Air]

A couple of things you might try.  Run in windowed mode and see that will show any errors when it crashes.  The other thing is you might want to look at your host.etc file to see if changes have been made to allow it point to the server.  Good luck.

[Roughbeak]

You might as well try reinstalling everything, that's a solution to some people here.

[Norman Rockwell]

I looked into a few other things, with no success. I ended up completely uninstalling FH2 & BF2. This time when I installed, I made sure that everything was run as administrator, and also installed Gamespy during the BF2 setup (I cancelled it before, don't know if this matters or not). I'm happy to report that everything appears to be working great, including joining a multiplayer server 

Thanks everyone for your suggestions and help.

[Roughbeak]

That's great to hear!

See you on the servers!