3 files are causing crashes in game

Update: so i did a little digging into the installation directory, after having verified my files several times and steam having to reacquire them,  i noticed the only 3 files that were recently "modified" (windows way of saying updated/touched) were the "EAAntiCheat.GameServiceLauncher.dll_b", "EAAntiCheat.GameServiceLauncher.exe_b", and the "preloader_l.dll_b". so something with these files is causing steam to fail validation and the game to crash in the middle of matches. i don't believe that it'd be my driver version either because i redownloaded and played this game literally a few days ago and day one of playing it for hours had no problems. so these files have to have been updated very recently and maybe even corrupted since they can't seem to succeed verification on steam. hope this helps to locate the problem to fix, but god **bleep** i hope i'm not wrong because that would suck if this got fixed and i still kept crashing.

Does it just crash to the desktop or do you have other funky things happening?

For example mine is crashing as well but causing both my screens to go black, discord VOIP continues to work while my entire PC is frozen.

I was able to spot an error code (Dumping Failed) that mentions the anti cheat.

I pretty much have to pull the power cord out to be able to do anything.

nah it just freezes for a second (sometimes unfreezes then audio stops for a few seconds then crashes) then HARD crashes to desktop. No popup error nothing just closes.

Exactly the issue im having. no error just hard crash to desktop, tried to reset my pc but even that is saying error now.

I have the EXACT same issue and pretty much the same timeline as you. I’ve gone done the rabbit hole on fixes to the point that I actually wiped and clean installed Windows 11 and only have Steam, EA and Razer Synapse installed. Still crashes after trying to load a map almost every time now. Rolled back NVIDIA drivers on new install — same thing. 

My issue is different to yours but I was able to actually FIX my game by disabling windows "Real TIme Protection" .

For some reason EA anti cheat doesn't like Windows Defender on my PC, I have added a file exclusion for BF 2042 and it is no longer killing my PC.

I’ll give that a shot tonight, thanks 

I'm also having this exact problem. It only started after the most recent patch. I'll try the Windows Defender thing tonight

I have been having this same issue.  3 files missing during the validation system puts it back together get into the game then some amount of time later same issue and again 3 files again unknown to me what files.  I was going through the 2 year old thread no fix other than network or something.  You posted the three files and got me thinking is it my anti virus system and low and behold my antivirus system logged ea anticheat as a virus and threat.  So I opened up where my folder should be in steam and watched once I said ignore the folder that it was quarantining appear.  sooo not sure this is a fix I have to test it by playing the game but wow is that frustrating.  

Update for me this has been running flawless since I posted.  Been a few hours of game play hope this helps you all.

Have the same issue as the 3 files missing as you and sometimes its 168 or 166 mb missing and game has been crashing for 3 days straight without any solutions