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IneffableZA
2 years ago

BF2042 Not Launching

I've tried literally everything I've seen on the this forum as well as reddit and YouTube such as

-Updating windows (Windows 10 22H2)
-Updating Geforce GPU Drivers (531.26 the hotfix one)
-Uninstalling and Reinstalling EA Games
-Uninstalling and reinstalling BF2042

-Validating integrity of game files for BF2042

-Launching BF2042 in administrator mode
-Lunching steam in administrator mode with compatibility with windows 8

-Clearing game cache of EA games

-Uninstalling and Reinstalling EAC
-Running EAC repair tool
-Deleting the cache for BF2042 within the documents
-Moving BF2042 onto a different drive (Both of which are SSDs)

-Using CCcleaner to get rid of all regedits of EA Games after ive uninstalled the application
-Multiple Restarts of my PC

I bought the Gold Edition through steam when it first came available, yesterday the game ran perfectly fine but now it wont even launch. I get 0 error codes or anything from EA Games or Steam. I'm losing my mind here trying to fix it.

PC SPECS:

CPU: Ryzen5 5600x
GPU: Pallat RTX3060-ti
RAM: 32GB DDR4 3200Mhz
Storage for the game: Samsung 970EVO SSD

technical issues

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  • chap_0n's avatar
    chap_0n
    2 years ago

    @FLLSilva Tried it, it doesn't work. I already have a new clean Windows 11, still won't start the game

  • FLLSilva's avatar
    FLLSilva
    2 years ago
    @chap_0n I'm sorry, I know how frustrating it is that you can't get into your game, I spent weeks in this same situation.

    I'll leave the link below, of the topic where we were dealing with my case. There were several types of tests, all frustrated, none worked, until I managed to make it work through Windows compatibility mode. It didn't work on your machine, but maybe some of the tests performed earlier didn't help in solving my problem either.

    https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Can-t-launch-BF2042-and-BFV-via-Steam/m-p/12458263#M45712

    One thing I say: the problem is the EA App, try to focus on any tip about it.

    PS: I'm playing all day, and scared to death that I'll turn off the machine and tomorrow it won't work anymore. hahaha
  • Tunupa-Tarapaca's avatar
    Tunupa-Tarapaca
    2 years ago

    I guess the last time I was able to play this game was like 5 or 6 months ago. I've tried absolutely everything during this time. nothing works, not one bit.

    all I know is that the EA app is doing some weird looping and closing itself.
    if I use steam is because I expect not to deal with rubbish like EA application.

    it sucks, I really enjoyed BF2042 while it lasted, but the lesson here is to avoid future EA games at all cost.


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