BF4 Steam: Error Code 1 Can't Join Servers + Launch Issue
Hi everyone, I just got into Battlefield 4 and have been trying to play with some buddies but I've run into some weird issues.
When I start the game and try to join anything from the server browser, I have issues similar to this thread about BF4 Error Code 1 where I try to join any server via the server browser, wait awhile, then it says I lost connection to the session. It freezes in the top right saying "Joining Server" afterwards and won't let me try to join another server from that state. I could try to queue again by starting a Quickmatch search, cancelling it, then trying to join again via the server browser but it ends at the same result. Quickmatch does work after 5-7 attempts but usually places me in a completely empty DICE server.
A solution that worked for a little bit was to join servers exclusively through Squad Join with my friends, but that doesn't work anymore.
Following the solutions that EA_Atic posted in the linked thread, I've tried:
- Verifying game files via Steam
- Launching BF4 + Origin as administrator
- Reinstalling via steam
- Reinstalling and playing via Origin in a different SSD
- Joining from the Battlelog webapp
- Port forwarding UDP 3625
- Clean booting from EA's instructions + reinstalling (after which my steam install won't launch anymore)
- Making a different windows admin account and playing through there
The only one that got me into a match was when I made a different windows acct. I was able to join into a server but as I typed to my friend that finally my solution worked... I got kicked by Punkbuster (???) and now I can't join on that Windows account either. It's stuck on the "joining server" problem that I originally started with.
Soo... I'm completely stumped. Does anyone have any other solution under the sun to try? I can post files or screenshots if you guys think it would help. I'm running on Windows 10.
