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PhoenixRDV
3 years ago

Battlefield 2042, Not able to load into games.

I had this issue a little while ago however it got patched and now it's back. Whenever i try to load into a playlist, it does the countdown then I'm hit with a black screen with the loading symbol in...
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EA_Leeuw
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3 years ago
@430_Matthewd wrote:

To summarize, is it really worth my time to go through this clean boot process and test individual background applications one by one to potentially find a culprit, or is that just you giving advice on a whim without any real idea what could be causing this?

@430_Matthewd, well, yes, if you want to find the possible cause of the issue. 🙂 PC troubleshooting unfortunately can take quite the effort sometimes if the cause of the issue isn't 100% clear immediately.

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430_Matthewd
3 years ago

Hi again!

Quick update:

My issue was solved. I am a college student and I recently returned home with my PC for break. Magically, Battlefield 2042 works now. I am forced to believe that the reason it wasn't working is because it is blocked on my college's WiFi. This should NOT have been the case because my PC is registered on their gaming network AND I play with an ethernet cable 24/7. The WiFi is extremely powerful and does not conflict with any other games this way. 

Regardless, thank you all for the help!

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    EA_Leeuw
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    3 years ago
    Hey @430_Matthewd,

    Appreciate the update.

    I already had the feeling that it was something like this. Unfortunately, there are a number of other threads on the forum discussing similar situations, which show that their school is blocking some ports/connections that Battlefield 2042 needs to function. These problems were indeed also solved when playing on a different, normal network.

    Maybe it is worth to try to get in touch with the administrators of the network to see if they can whitelist BF2042?

    Either way; I am glad to read that you have found the cause of the issue. 🙂

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