Battlefield 2042 refusing to launch.

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Used to launch fine. Tried all the troubleshooting steps I could find including clearing the steam download cache, reinstalling the game, uninstalling Onedrive, verifying game files, using DDU, stopping iCue from running, having a clean boot, and so on. Nothing works. I start the game on steam, EA asks for admin, and I (reluctantly) allow, the easy anti-cheat window pops up, it also asks for admin, I allow, and poof nothing happens. Eventually steam will say it's not running and the play button reappears.

System specs;

CPU: R5 5800X3D
GPU: RTX 2060 6G
RAM: 2x16GB 3600mhz CAS 16
MB: Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Impact

Windows 10 Pro Version: 21H2 Build: 19044.1889
NV GR Driver: 516.94

atcleeghoofd · Answer

@ETHREAL1 I think you have a windows issue, why does it ask the admin question? Anti-Virus?

ethreal1 · Answer

Tried that. the only game affected is BF 2042. even installed it on a VM with an extra GPU passed to it and it does the same thing. It's making me think a save or config file is corrupted or something that causing the game to break. Had a similar thing happen with DS3. The cloud save was broken and it was a real hassle to delete my save (sigh) just so the game launched....... At this point, I've uninstalled everything EA... If EA can't be arsed to even have support and broken games that can't detect corrupted save files... I may never buy another EA game... This is totally ridiculous...

atcleeghoofd · Answer

normally in Origin you have the repair option

ethreal1 · Answer

Yup, does not help, the steam verify Files does not help either.

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