Game problem

And I'm getting a Fatal Error message.

im having the same issue

Same for me crashes within 3 seconds of launch

This worked for me! Thanks

Just wanted to post the same issue.

System:
W11 22H2, 7800X3D, RTX 4090, launching via EA App

What happens:
I launch the game, the easy anti cheat banner appears: "initializing game", game launches into full-screen, crashes almost immediately (during Respawn logo).

This is what I've tried:
- Verified Game File Integrity (via EA App)
- Enabled Windows Compatibility settings: Disabled "Fullscreen Optimizations" and forced "Run as Admin" (on r5apex and r5apex_dx12.exe) [I couldn't get the dx12 version to run. Because I got a "settingsdx12.json couldn't be found"-error, I tried this argument: "-eac_launcher_settings Settings.json" in the EA App but couldn't get it to work and deleted the argument again.]
- Clean Re-installed latest GPU driver (via new NVIDIA App; performed clean install which reset all settings)
- Ran Windows Update: Since it's Patch Tuesday and stable B-week updates are available I installed all available updates, restarted, installed another update that became available after the first batch and restarted the PC one additional time)
- Updated DirectX
- Fixed Shader Caches: Disabled caching via NVIDIA App, deleted the windows folders for the DirectX and OpenGL Shader Caches, additionally I used the Windows Disk Cleanup tool "cleanmgr" and restarted the PC. Just to be safe I also cleared my Steam cache)
- Closed Overlays: Discord, Steam and YoloMouse (via Task Manager)
- Windows Firewall: Allowed all Apex and EA App instances on both public and private networks (I did not find the Easy Anti Cheat software to whitelist it!!)
- Ran Windows Drive Optimisation
- Asked ChatGPT, checked Reddit and the EA Forums
- Deleted all Game files and am currently re-downloading the entire game

What I have not done (yet) [waiting for the game re-downlaod to finish]:
- Resetting BIOS to default: Might be useful cause it could include Overclocking settings even though I am fairly confident I my reset my BIOS fairly recently without applying overclocking settings afterwards (I also did not overclock during the NVIDIA App)
- Disable NVIDIA overlay: Honestly this shouldn't cause any issues but I might disable it nevertheless just to try after the re-install.
- Clean Boot: Haven't yet performed a clean boot or safe boot to start Windows with a minimal set of drivers and startup programs. This could help identify background applications that might cause the crashes. I think the only ones I did not close yet were: Chrome, Spotify and OneDrive.
- Potential Hardware Issues: I am unaware of any hardware issues
- Windows Compatibility Mode: Haven't tried these yet because i did not know which settings to choose. I heard Windows 7 is recommended but that seemed strange to me since it is so outdated at this point.
- Graphics Driver Roll Back: Haven't performed one because the game was stable on my current driver yesterday before the update.
- Launching via Steam: Wasn't able to do that because my EA Account used to be linked to a Steam account I am no longer using. I reached out to EA Support before but apparently you are unable to link an EA Account to a new Steam Account once it was linked to another Account under any circumstances whatsoever?? - Has this changed since the cross-progression update??)

F - no I didn't. Was working on a detailed bug report for almost an hour and didn't refresh or see your post either. Now I need to re-download and try that. F. Anyway thanks man!

Perfect!  Thanks!