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Rising Novice

1 year ago

3 files are causing crashes in game

So i made a post on steam but just in case i'm also posting here. So first i'll start with i redownloaded this game earlier this week and started playing it because of the BF6 rewards (which the incendiary weekly mission is criminal since you need to be lvl 42 to unlock it btw) and i've had no crashes for a bit, next day i played a bit and first crash, next day crashes became a little more frequent, next day (yesterday) was able to play a bit before crashes started becoming a problem so i started validating my files and 3 failed to validate, tonight crashes are starting to become every match which again kept validating my files and 3 still fail to validate. So logically i believe that these 3 files are just perma corrupted, every time they fail to validate and are reacquired to still fail to validate i wish i knew which files they were to make it easier but the best i got is that it's just 3 files that seem to be released corrupted and is causing random crashes mid match. this need to be fixed asap cause this is just unplayable. oh yea, these crashes are just purely random, not really anything done in game that seems to cause it.

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17 Replies

Musashi-Q8
Seasoned Newcomer
1 year ago
i only have windows defender and nothing is showing as a threat, event viewer is showing
EAAntiCheatService
The game bf2042.exe exited unexpectedly, exit code: 0xC0000005
validating shows the 3 files being downloaded and every time it crashes i verify and it downloads the 3 files again, i am simply about to give up the bf6 rewards and i am not fearing i will have the same issue with bf6 so i am not sure i should buy it as long as EAAntiCheat behave like that.
Musashi-Q8
Seasoned Newcomer
1 year ago
i think i found a solution i went to battlefield 2042 folder in Documents to the crashdumps folder by using WinDbg program to read MDMP files i found the cause of crashes in my case, it is amdxc64.dll basically The game tries to compile shaders or initialize pipeline states, and something in the AMD GPU driver doesn't handle the data properly—possibly a race condition, bad memory access, or internal null pointer.
so the solution is finding a stable AMD driver i installed the latest 25.8.1 driver although it is not the best version i completed my first match in days, so it is not EAAntiCheat like even viewer makes you believe.
DeepFriedBunny1
Rising Novice
1 year ago
Have you tried completely turning real time protection off?

I also didn't notice any files being blocked but suddenly after turning the protection off and "repairing" my game the issue I was having with my PC was resolved and i've had a week of no problems since adding BF2042 folder as an exception.
DeepFriedBunny1
Rising Novice
1 year ago
You need to add BF 2042 folder as an exception in the windows defender anti virus.

Disabling real time protection works too but you'll have to keep disabling it (windows is annoying and turns it back on)

If the crash happens again, make sure Windows Defender is disabled and then "repair" your game files, double check defender is disabled again and run the game.
SnowyNightsWolf
Rising Novice
1 year ago
how do i do i find the cause in WinDbg?
mitcharf
Seasoned Scout
1 year ago
The Windows Defender solution did not work for me. I tried disabling it, and also adding the 2042 folder to the exceptions list. I'm still crashing regularly. Often it is after getting rewards or unlocks after a round, but not always
mitcharf
Seasoned Scout
1 year ago
I'll investigate this angle on my PC. I am using an Nvidia card for the game, but I do use the AMD graphics from my CPU to run a second display (just used to look at Discord, OBS, etc). It would be weird if 2042 was doing anything with the driver for that display, but that doesn't mean it's not possible.