This happened whenever we would try to play Apex and now it's happening in Battlefield 2042. To be honest, crossplay is the main reason I would want to buy the game since my brother and cousin both play on PC while I play on Xbox Series S. We are friends on Origin and on Xbox. When I log into Origin on my PC, I can see that they are online. However none of us can search for each other (they can see each other but not me and I can't see either of them from Xbox) in Battlefield 2042 using EA ID's.My EA ID: jimbojangles27My Xbox gamertag: Jimbojangles27My brother's EA ID: Wilbot2000My cousin's EA ID: Conseqns_Of_Sin-Also, to add, none of us live together or are using the same internet.-None of our EA accounts are sharing an email address.-My Xbox account is not a child account.-Crossplay is enabled on my xbox network settings.-Crossplay is enabled in-game for all 3 of us.-We tried removing each other as friends on our EA account and refriending each other.I'm sure we have tried and checked more ways but I'm blanking. Please help.We have tried joining a 3rd party player's game but it's always the same where one of us can find/see the person and the other can't.

@jimbojangles27 You need to add them as EA friend in game and not on Origin. /Atic

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26 Replies

cofmann
DICE Team
4 years ago
@jimbojangles27 You need to add them as EA friend in game and not on Origin.

/Atic
maniac91
4 years ago
@EA_Atic this doesn't work for me. I play PC and my friend on xbox. I dont find him over the game, Origin, Ea or whatever.
Customrider004
4 years ago
Similarly I have a friend on PS5 who has loaded the PS4 version as I'm on xbox one playing with another friend who's on PS4.
So the 2 friends can find each other on PSN but when I search for my friend via his GT I can't find him.
He's not sure of his EA ID as that was previously linked to his old xbox account which he no longer uses.
@EA_Atic wrote:
@jimbojangles27 You need to add them as EA friend in game and not on Origin.
/Atic
YuhboiGarsha
4 years ago
Very similar issue here on PC. Can't play with a friend who's on Xbox One. We couldn't find each other on EA for a long time eventually I had to sign into his origin on my PC and add myself from his account via email search. When we're both online it appears on BF2042 that he's offline and I can't invite him under the EA friends list. When we try to search each other's EA ID's under the invite tab nothing comes up for either of us. And then we can't add each other in game, we don't appear in game under the friends tab, and we can't play together. If I had known this would be and issue I would've bought the game on PS4 but I have friends on gen 4 consoles and PC and I can't play with both at the same time. Nor am I trying to pay and additional $60 for the game on PS4. Origin needs to fix this because the gen 5 consoles are hard enough to get. Maybe don't require the 128 person lobbies if you're trying to play together. I've wasted so much time trying to troubleshoot this that I don't even want to play anymore if I have to play solo.
cofmann
DICE Team
4 years ago
Recommend logging into https://myaccount.ea.com/cp-ui/aboutme/index to see what your EA ID is.

@Customrider004

/Atic
Ellis_Da_Mf_G
3 years ago
This is why I'm on this thread currently and seeking answers. I can't find anyone through the EA id search .
Ellis_Da_Mf_G
3 years ago
I've tried everything above and nothing works.
Adding via EA search seems to be the common reply here and trust me I've searched for countless people to play the game with and can't ever find them!. Doesn't matter of it's PSN or PC they never appear. Xbox of course I can find them it's the same console otherwise your EA search is dog 💩.
Lemur225
3 years ago
Atic, I like the OP am having the same problem. But I get to that screen you SS'd in 2042 (PC) and press left click to add friend. Nothing happens at all. Same screen, no friends nothing. Solutions?
Both of us are on PC. I can find him on the friend search IG but nothing I do will add him. We are friends on EA but don't see him in game friends. Not to mention EA play doesn't show whether or not he is playing 2042 or not. Useless app never bloody works!!!
Oh, also I dont know if this makes a difference or not. We are both using the game from XBOX Game pass for PC, which downloaded the game through EA Play.
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Impermeable_Mem
2 years ago
So What worked for me and my friend was to block confirm that they show up as a blocked user, and if they do then add as friend from the blocked user list, then join party. let us know if it works for you.
18uprofen
2 years ago
That worked. Block and then unblock, and then add as friend. EA please fix.