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xCMDR_Kane
4 years ago

Unable to connect to friends

I am unable to connect to my friend or even send him a friend request through the bf2042 in game system.

We are friends on origin and both have our respective accounts linked to our systems.

Notes:

Cross play is enabled.

Game is running on current version.

Have tried using EA id and gamer tag in bf 2042 to no avail.

Tried hosting an empty experience server so he could join and i could add him as a recent player but he was unable to find the experience and the same result for myself when we switched roles.

Tried finding the same custom filters by having the save filter settings in hopes we could join the same game.

Is there any fix to this? just spent an hour trying various things and not one works.

technical issues

10 Replies

  • EA_Leeuw's avatar
    EA_Leeuw
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    4 years ago
    Hey @xCMDR_Kane,

    So you mention that one of you guys plays on the PC and one of you plays on either an Xbox Series S|X or PS5, right? And for the person who plays on PC, have they tried using EA Desktop already? That program has a feature to import console persona friends, Origin doesn't.

    Can you maybe check if it works via EA Desktop?
  • xCMDR_Kane's avatar
    xCMDR_Kane
    4 years ago

    i downloaded the EA desktop app, but the game refuses to launch from it and instead is defaulting to origin, which in turn is needed to launch the game. If i purchased the game through steam am i unable to view the game in my "collections" tab without buying the game again?

  • xCMDR_Kane's avatar
    xCMDR_Kane
    4 years ago

    i have also migrated the game files over from steam, so i am able to launch the game from the desktop app. I am still unable to connect to my friend as i can see he is online through the app, but in game there is no one being shown as online. His and my settings are set to online as well/

  • EA_Leeuw's avatar
    EA_Leeuw
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    4 years ago
    @xCMDR_Kane, ah alright you bought the game via Steam, no Origin. Good to know.
    Either way; when you search for the EA ID (Origin username) in-game, are you then still unable to find each other?
  • xCMDR_Kane's avatar
    xCMDR_Kane
    4 years ago

    using the origin and EA desktop app i can see him as being online and even send messages, but in game i am always shown that i have no friends online nor will it give me any results should i look his EA ID up in game through the social function. i even made a custom experience for him to look up and find so we could add each other like that but despite looking up that specific experience, nothing will appear. 

  • Teebleton's avatar
    Teebleton
    4 years ago

    @EA_Leeuw I'm also having almost this exact same problem. I'm on PC, bought the game through Steam, but I use Origin as well. I can't find my PS5 friend. His PS5 username is exactly the same as his Origin name, so it should be easy. Worse is that he also can't find my username, yet cross-play is enabled for him. I have no issues playing with Xbox friends of mine, but I've yet to play with my PS5 friend :/ . Hope this can be resolved soon, as he and I have enjoyed cross-play on other titles and we were very excited to play BF2042.

  • EA_Leeuw's avatar
    EA_Leeuw
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    4 years ago
    Hey @Teebleton,

    One thing to make sure of as well for your PS5 friend is that your friend needs to have the dedicated PS5 version installed/launched if he wants to play with PC players via cross-play. Are you sure of this?

    @xCMDR_Kane, very strange indeed. It could also be a setting on your/their EA or console account that prevents you from seeing/invite each other. For your EA account, make sure that the options are correctly selected here: https://myaccount.ea.com/cp-ui/privacy/index.
  • uglyface15's avatar
    uglyface15
    2 years ago

    I'm having this same issue with PC and Xbox versions of the game. When we are both online we both don't appear in the friends list in game or EA application to invite each other to the game. I attempted to make a game in the portal and have them connect but they couldn't find the portal game. They also attempted to make a portal game and have me join and I couldn't find that ether. We then attempted to find the same portal server that was already running and we couldn't find one with a matching name. 

  • blue5055's avatar
    blue5055
    2 years ago

    Having the exact same issue as well. I've linked my PS5 account to EA APP and my friend doesn't even show up on the "import friends list"

  • ElliotLH's avatar
    ElliotLH
    Hero+
    2 years ago

    Since this thread hasn't been active since 2021 until recently, I'm going to have to lock it.

    If anyone wants to open a new one, feel free.

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