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UP_Hawxxeye
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3 years ago
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Something is wrong between BF2042 and Nvidia's Instant replay

The last 2-3 months it seems like I need to restart the nvidia instant replay after I launch BF2042 in order to be able to record/save my gameplay.

Originally I saw it as a nvidia issue but it only happens with BF2042 (the other games are fine) and even clean reinstall of  nvidia game experience did not changed it

Is anyone else who uses shadowplay having that issue in BF2042?

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  • UP_Hawxxeye's avatar
    UP_Hawxxeye
    3 years ago

    @DeggTSK@Ice_@ScHeLiE-NeLiE@blitzkrege@EA_Atic@InZanity@Orifter@Whitefish21
    I think I may have found the fix!
    Follow the instructions in this video
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr70WGybLbM

    Basically the problem is what @DeggTSK said and it is the EA APP that is messing everything up and not BF2042.
    Somehow Shadowplay sees it as a videogame and tries to record the EA APP instead of games like BF2042.

    This fix requires to download that Nvidia profile inspector and do as the video say in order to remove the .exe of the EA App from the executable it sees as games to track.

    The only problem is that according to a comment, we need to repeat that each time new drivers are installed.

    Let me know if that fixed it for you too so that @EA_Atic  can pass on the report on people who might be able to fix the EA app issue.

    Also if it helps go thank the one who made that video too. They deserve it.

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  • ScHeLiE-NeLiE's avatar
    ScHeLiE-NeLiE
    New Adventurer
    3 years ago
    @UP_Hawxxeye same here and a friend of mine has also same thing after game booted need to turn it off and on again to get it working
  • blitzkrege's avatar
    blitzkrege
    3 years ago

    I can also confirm that a clean reinstall and even a GPU swap and it doesn't fix the issue. This is BF2042 specific.

  • InZanity's avatar
    InZanity
    3 years ago

    @EA_AticI have the same issue and have been in contact with Nvidia support and did everything they suggested including; different Nvidia drivers (including Nvidia experience), safe boot, making a different windows accounts, turning off every startup on boot among many things, apart from the last suggestion, a Windows reinstall.

    I have noted that after pc boot, if i turn Nvidia ingame overlay off and on again in Nvidia Experience Shadowplay will work untill i reboot no matter how many times i reopen the game, if i turn Shadowplay off and on again using the Nvidia ingame overlay while in Battlefield 2042 it will only work as long as the game is open, if i close and launch the game the bug returns.

    This issue started for me after i went over to the EA app from Origin

    Short video showing that Shadowplay is indeed turned on when starting the game but saving does not work unless i turn it off and on again: https://youtu.be/L8ylaBHtjqM

    And just for the record, here is my Dxdiag,

  • Whitefish21's avatar
    Whitefish21
    3 years ago

    Same issue.

    As others have said, I turn it off and then on again after I load the game but before the round starts. 

    It is annoying but it works.

  • UP_Hawxxeye's avatar
    UP_Hawxxeye
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    3 years ago

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    2nd of April 2023

    The instant replay issue is still ongoing.

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