I also have these problems. Either directly at the start of BF2042 short blackscreen then crash to the desktop,
or slow motion until it crashes shortly after (Alt F4 only solution), or immediately a complete freeze.
Strangely, always when I start to play. 2-3 times. When I then restart the PC, it suddenly stops and I can play some
rounds (1-2 hours) without problems.
However appears to me BF2042 overall since the update a bit tamer and not more as "snappy" as before the update.
Win11 22H1 by the way.
What I've noticed for a long time, in the BF2042 store is usually the item is not loaded into the preview.
I have to select the store several times until the item or skin is displayed.
Somehow the game seems to have problems to "reload" new content or always display it quickly.
All very strange and certainly just in the store a severe problem for EA / DICE.
The Frostbite engine still seems to be a huge construction site.
Solution? EA DICE should consider whether it makes sense to continue working with it.
Because apparently the programmers are not able to master the Frostbite engine and thus ruin the best game series.
Why is this thread marked as "solved", is this a bad joke !?