Persistent Servers in BF 2042, where are they?We were told they would be available last October 2022 and here it is in March of 2023 and no persistent server option available.I paid for Premium so I could create persistent servers, only to find out they are no available!!I can only assume this is another Money Grab trick by EA!IMO, the Portal is doomed as is.

@GrrRumblebee you have to activate it in the options, afterwards if you create a portal server it will stay persistent for 7 days

Persistent Servers in BF 2042, where are they?

31 Replies

TickTack121
3 years ago
In BFV, or BF1 or BF4 or BF3...
GrrRumblebee
3 years ago
Sorry, BF 2042
sk1lld
Legend
3 years ago
@GrrRumblebee

Never played a Portal game, If it was a love letter to fans it started with Dear John.

Just saying.
direct3r
3 years ago
@GrrRumblebee you have to activate it in the options, afterwards if you create a portal server it will stay persistent for 7 days
GrrRumblebee
3 years ago
Thank you direct3r!!
Such and easy answer, yet so hard to find. Thank you again!
creepnpeep
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@sk1lld You should create a server just to have a look see.
You might like it 👍🏼
Adamonic
3 years ago
@EA_Atic @EA_Leeuw
Any updates on Portal Persistent Servers? There are NONE, every day. I create one, and it is not visible in the Portal Server Browser. It is enabled, I have Persistent Servers enabled, but I can't find any.
If they were enabled, you would see a lot with 0 players, I don't see any.

Can someone comment on this?
creepnpeep
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@Adamonic Hi mate,
If you create a server and make it persistent, you should find it in the browser by tabbing across to “custom” using the filter at the top.
Your server should be there.
Adamonic
3 years ago
@creepnpeep wrote:
@AdamonicHi mate,
If you create a server and make it persistent, you should find it in the browser by tabbing across to “custom” using the filter at the top.
Your server should be there.

Hi, thanks for the reply. I have tried that, looked at all the tabs to make sure I wasn't missing anything. I can create a Custom Experience with Persistent Server enabled, then check the Custom tab and the instance is not visible. Also, there are no visible servers/instances with 0 players persisting for 7 days like they said they would. Once it goes empty, the server disappears from the list.
Can you do me a favor and create a custom experience of anything, then label it EA Forums Test Server. Then leave it after you spawn once, then go to custom tab and look for it. Take a screenshot of your custom server listed with 0 players.
creepnpeep
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@AdamonicYo,
I have done this and my server is staying up after I leave and even if there are no players in it.
My server is custom.
I have set my servers to be persistent.
I host/ open the server and wait for the first map to load up (it’s not unusual for a map to fail to load!)
Then I select “leave game”.

I go to the browser screen, tab across to show custom servers.
Scroll down the list of servers and I will find my server with 0 players in it (unless someone had joined since I opened it).

I never used persistent servers because there are usually frequent server crashes. Or maps wouldn’t load properly, requiring the admin (me) to restart the map.

But I have used persistent servers recently so my friends can jump in when I’m not online.