Did you really need to force us into a Nvidia driver update?
Come on, what could possibly require 2042 at this stage to need a driver update first?
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- @BigShottt bye felicia -
Again, im running the 528.49 - 02/08/23 release drivers, and my buddy is running the 527.56 - 12/08/22 - game launches just fine. this is obviously something platform specific.
Unless your specific drivers are THAT outdated, but you said 527.32, well those released just 7 days prior to 527.56 on Dec 1, `22
Going over the release notes, nothing significant changed between those two minor revisions and mentions a hot fix for a codec. - @EA_Leeuw FYI - 02/28 right after 4.0 update released, Nvidia released the 531.18 driver, like only a mere hours after.
but I'm not understanding this topic at all. I still run the 02/08 drivers, and as i said before, my good friend still runs the 12/08/22 527.56 driver. and the game runs just fine.
so this is something very platform specific to these people saying the game won't run on slightly dated drivers. Since BF forced me to update, I keep getting some NvidiaContainer.exe I've never seen pop up, destroy my performance in game, crash.
My old drivers were fine.
I can't play anymore.- @Smoke-Monster-G
The best thing I could suggest is that you roll back the drivers causing the problem and then choose a different driver to download which may work ok. Since the new update for season 4 when i laucnh the game it say i need a certain driver update for my grafhics card even though i have been playing the game quite probaly good since launch and 3 season now i cant enter the game without that update and my pc is quite old and has a bug where i cant update my driver unless i want my pc to crash så why cant i play the game without the driver as an option or do i need to pay many money for new pc just to play Battefield 2042.
Sounds like DICE has something in the Season 4 release that requires a certain driver update.
The check is actually a good thing - tells users to fix what will likely be an issue, instead of users having to figure out they have an incompatible driver.
I suggest you attach a DXDIAG report.
- @GrizzGolf My problem is that i cant update my driver cause that will literally crash my graphic card and open my pc in 640*480 and maybe not open my pc at all.
- @Itzan If you google/youtube the issue for your GPU there are ways to get around the driver check and start Battlefield with your current driver. I agree that a refusal to start is unnecessary if your hardware meets the requirements.
I have an 2080Ti running DX12. My problem is that any driver dated from Dec 2022 to present would crash the game when initially loading the screen where you choose your spawn. I had to work my way back from the latest drivers all the way to 528.02 trying each version. 528.x was the only version to run the game in stable.
So, that was the fix for me until forcing me to use the latest driver. So, I installed 531.18 and of course, the game crashes with DX errors, however now, I have no option since I'm force to use the latest drivers, game-over, literally.
I see a lot of comments flippantly stating what is the issue, just install latest drivers, done...That's no help, just because it works for you doesn't mean it will for other players.
That said, I believe I have solved my issue and can run the latest driver. What I did was to delete the files in the documents > Battlefield 2142 > Cache folder. What I suspect happened is that the manifest file was not updating, the time stamp was earlier than the latest cache files, so what could have been happening is that the base file or some other process was loading the latest cache files (dated today), while the manifest was referring to cache files from 2/28.
The game runs fine now, (fingers crossed for the future), but I wanted to put this out there if helpful to other players who can't run the latest drivers rather than stating non-helpful flippant responses.
Hi @ragnarok013, can you link the video on Youtube, please? I don't find any solution to bypass this. I can't use any driver newer than 512.95 on my RTX 3080, since Destiny 2, a game I play most of the time, has serious texture flickering issues with ANY driver newer than 512.95. I could play BF 2042 without issues a week ago, but all of a sudden, I can't anymore. Thanks!
