Hi all,Was wondering if anyone else has this issue.Every time I play, I assume during play 3 files get corrupted. The result of this is that the next round, the game loads very slowly and the screen fades to black with the loading + in the middle. After some time the game times out and you are back at the main menu. From this point forward you cannot join any online game until you fix the files.It does not matter if you verify game files and fix the 3 files or reinstall the game completely. After 1 round the files are corrupted again and you need to leave the game to verify gamefiles before you can continue playing.Any ideas what this might be?Anyone else with a similar issue?I'm playing on PC through Steam.Edit:Added DxDiag for good measure.

@Guinishir One of the game developers said it's normal for 3 files to be repaired.https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Unable-to-connect-to-the-EA-servers-Battlefield-2042/m-p/13846857#M60411

Here's an easy one to try.Relaunch the EA app (even if you got the game on Steam or the Epic Games Store) as an admin by right-clicking on it and choosing Run As Administrator. Then, relaunch the game from the EA app directly.https://help.ea.com/en/help/pc/ea-anticheat/

@VipoMcBoogerball Did ya do any troubleshoot ?Checked windows for errors? Did also check drives for any errors?Update us please, Cheers

@Rokebo73This is since the latest update. However I did install a new application with ring 0 integration on my PC (VeraCrypt).There are no drive errors, nor am I missing any updates (Windows and drivers). FSC did not find any errors or corrupt files in Windows.Will try today without Veracrypt installed.Edit:After uninstalling VeraCrypt and rebooting the problem got worse. Now I am unable to joining a game anymore. The files become corrupted before I am even able to join a match making the game unplayable. After verifying, again 3 files are corrupted and retrieved but to no avail.I checked the steam forums, there are several other people also having this issue and being unable to join any match.Still no errors in Windows or other corrupt files.

@Rokebo73 Hi Man, Do you have any idea why this is happening to me. My FC 25 when I opened it always stuck on the menu with this black colour screen. Do you know what to do?

Match loading timeout - 3 corrupt files

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Rokebo73
Seasoned Ace
8 months ago
@VipoMcBoogerball Did ya do any troubleshoot ?
Checked windows for errors? Did also check drives for any errors?

Update us please, Cheers
VipoMcBoogerbal
8 months ago
@Rokebo73This is since the latest update. However I did install a new application with ring 0 integration on my PC (VeraCrypt).

There are no drive errors, nor am I missing any updates (Windows and drivers). FSC did not find any errors or corrupt files in Windows.

Will try today without Veracrypt installed.
Edit:
After uninstalling VeraCrypt and rebooting the problem got worse. Now I am unable to joining a game anymore. The files become corrupted before I am even able to join a match making the game unplayable. After verifying, again 3 files are corrupted and retrieved but to no avail.
I checked the steam forums, there are several other people also having this issue and being unable to join any match.
Still no errors in Windows or other corrupt files.
Keping
8 months ago
@Rokebo73 Hi Man, Do you have any idea why this is happening to me. My FC 25 when I opened it always stuck on the menu with this black colour screen. Do you know what to do?
VoidsCypher
8 months ago
No updates here! I cant play because of this
Vanko99955
8 months ago
@VoidsCypher Any updates .
VipoMcBoogerbal
8 months ago
@VipoMcBoogerball
I haven't had the time to test further.
Will try to see if I can find out which files get corrupted an if they are the same 3 files every time. Additionally and depending on the files, I will try and make them read-only to see if that helps. But as it seems they have to do with some element of match making/joining, I think that making them r/o will break more than it will help.

Anyway, will update more when I have time to play around with this. Full time jobs/kids and life and stuff.
Rokebo73
Seasoned Ace
8 months ago
@VipoMcBoogerball Still issues ?
Vanko99955
8 months ago
@Rokebo73 yea .
Rokebo73
Seasoned Ace
8 months ago
Ok lets delete files and check drives again:
Steam,
Open your Steam app.
Click on the “Steam” menu in the top left corner.
In the drop-down menu, select the “Settings” option if you’re using a Windows PC or “Preferences…” if you’re using a Mac.
Select “Downloads” from the left sidebar.
In the “Clear download cache” section, find the “Clear cache” button and click on it.
In the next window, click “Confirm.”
Once you confirm deletion, your Steam account will shut down, do not log in again to play games.

EA APP,
Go to the EA app’s menu.
On Windows, select the three dashes in the far-left corner of the EA app.
On macOS, click Help at the top of the screen, then choose App Recovery.
Scroll to Help.
Click App recovery.
Select Clear cache.
do not log in to play games.
Now delete EA AC files and folders,
delete content at:
C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\AppData\Local\BattlefieldGameData.kin-release.Win32\cache
C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\AppData\Local\D3DSCache
C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\EA
C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\EAAntiCheat.Installer.Tool
C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\EasyAntiCheat
C:\ProgramData\eaanticheat
C:\Program Files\EA
C:\Program Files\EA Games\Battlefield 2042\EAAntiCheat (<-- install location can be different at youre system, check for install location !!!!)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Battlefield 2042\EAAntiCheat (<-- install location can be different at youre system, check for install location !!!!)
Now lets check windows for any errors:
SFC - Windows Health Check
Press Windows key + 'R' ,typ CMD
Press and hold down CTRL + SHIFT and press ENTER.
When User Account Control shows up, click Yes.
Use the following command lines, pressing Enter after each
(make sure you wait till each of the commands is executed properly):
sfc /scannow
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

Now reboot your system
Start EA APP and/or steam , Repair the game or Run the game (start BF2042), it will download and update to latest Game and EA AC.
Restart app/game maybe needed.
Check if your issue is solved, update us please !
Guinishir
Rising Traveler
8 months ago
@VipoMcBoogerball still no fixes i have the same 3 corrupted files too