If you purchased this game from steam, go into steam and then Library and select Battlefield 2042. Perform a verification of game files.
If you see it repair 3 files, the game will run and be fine again for a while - but this problem will likely repeat.
It appears that somehow 3 files associated with the EAAntiCheat are being corrupted while playing the game.
Its been happening to me now since July 15, 2024.
The files I see this happening to are:
"EAAntiCheat.GameServiceLauncher.exe"
"preloader_l.dll"
"EAAntiCheat.GameServiceLauncher.dll"
The log of corrected files will be in your "content_log.txt" in the Steam log directory.
I have repaired eaanticheat without success, I have uninstalled and reinstalled eaanticheat, uninstalled and reinstalled bf2042, verified that my system is current with all patches, updates, drivers, etc., checked and verified dxdiag is clean with no problems detected, etc.
My system is running Windows 11 Pro, Intel 14900K CPU, Nvidia 4070 TI etc.
BSOD always pointing to eaanticheat file ending in ".sys"
I've played the game since day 1 without issue, so I don't know if this is something to do with steam or eaanticheat or a combination of both.
dxdiag does show the following crash dumps:
+++ WER1 +++:
Fault bucket , type 0
Event Name: AppHangB1
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0
Problem signature:
P1: EADesktop.exe
P2: 13.275.0.5788
P3: 66bce690
P4: 0f4b
P5: 67246080
P6:
P7:
P8:
P9:
P10:
+++ WER2 +++:
Fault bucket 1957323830145769750, type 4
Event Name: APPCRASH
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0
Problem signature:
P1: EAAntiCheat.GameService.dll
P2: 0.0.0.0
P3: ab998ec1
P4: EAAntiCheat.GameService.dll
P5: 0.0.0.0
P6: ab998ec1
P7: c0000005
P8: 00000000014ab7e3
P9:
P10: