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ShurikenStorms's avatar
2 months ago

PC EA App - Battlefield 6 Updates Failure

I have an EA Pro membership which I'm about to cancel.  Every time there's a BF6 update it takes a minumum of 3 hours to update the game, and I cannot consistently recreate a method of success for getting the game to update either.  I've Tried:
• Clearing cache through App repair 
• Deleting EA Folder in %AppData%/Local/Electronic Arts
• Deleting everything in %ProgramData%/EA Desktop except the folder iteself
• When seeing download icon within game UI (for multiplayer or Redsec) initiating download from there
• Repairing App
• Reinstalling game

EVERY SINGLE TIME I employ any of these methods, a reboot leaves me at EA App screen which either shows a downloding progress zero status which eventually times out, or loads showing that I don't even have BF6 installed.  It will clear after I reboot, but often it DOES NOT DOWNLOAD CONTENT.  Sometimes it will install one batch (like RedSec) but not the rest queued.  So I reboot and try again.  Sometimes it works, sometimes not

I've been playing BF ever since BF3 and have remained loyal to the brand (even after 2042 debacle, which says a lot).  After this absolute GoatF**ked update issue and the epically horrific customer support at EA (these people send emails asking if their tickets have been resolved despite never reaching out to troubleshoot the issue and then auto close the tickets) I'm wondering if I should just delete the game and move on to another franchise.   I've enjoyed the content but it seems pretty anemic. Given the dropping player counts and the fact it takes me a day to update 15 gbs worth of content when it would take 3 minutes on steam, maybe I should be back to Arma?  Has anyone found a fix for this issue?  If so please share, as EA simply asks their tech support to recycle their worthless troubleshooting FAQS. Had any of the solutions ever worked, I wouldn't be complaining here. 

Thanks in advance for advice. 



1 Reply

  • HowlinWolf_PL's avatar
    HowlinWolf_PL
    Seasoned Newcomer
    5 days ago

    I'm with you brother on that, the download speed (as still slow as they can be) are nowhere near terribly slow as updates after does downloads !!!!

    All below methods of trying to improve that are a no go, clearing cache etc. ---> no improvement 😡 no matter if it's on Crucial BX500 1TB 2.5" SSD or even better Samsung 970 EVO 500GB NVMe M.2

    I read somewhere that with updates, if only certain parts of the game files being updated, process still might go through the whole game files in relation to integrity

    Any other experiences like that guys ?

    Win 10 / 11 any difference ?   

     

     

     

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