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driftmotionaaron
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3 years ago
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BF2042 lags really bad on 1st startup, after recent updates.

After the last update when they made me switch from Origin to EA, (maybe 2 weeks ago?) when I startup my PC and run BF2042 for the first time, it lags badly on the first animated menu screen (selecte...
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    driftmotionaaron
    3 years ago
    @Kielbasa_yerassa I ended up uninstalling EA and BF2042 after first deleting the cache files, then I reinstalled EA and then BF2042, and the issues went away completely. Something must have installed incorrectly when the EA switchover happened.
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driftmotionaaron
New Rookie
3 years ago
@Kielbasa_yerassa I ended up uninstalling EA and BF2042 after first deleting the cache files, then I reinstalled EA and then BF2042, and the issues went away completely. Something must have installed incorrectly when the EA switchover happened.
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Kielbasa_yerass
3 years ago
@driftmotionaaron Thanks, I will just have to live with it for the moment, can't be bothered downloading the whole again lot over this 3rd world internet connection. Glad you found a fix.
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    Rokebo73
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago
    @Kielbasa_yerassa delete the content of folder CACHE from bf2042 !
    Its possible this cache (shaders) arent update/corrupted or something else.
    Cache will update during game play, so with a low connection it could "lagg" , beaware of it , cheers !

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