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thebigmarz
New Novice
6 months ago

(PC) Battlefield 1 disconnects after ten minutes of gameplay.

I have tried: Ethernet connection, different DNS, Reinstall game, Reinstall EA Play, Repair game files, Port forward the usual ports, firewall rules, uPnP on, Restart computer, Different hard drive....
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Dmuoio's avatar
Dmuoio
Seasoned Novice
5 months ago

Here's what fixed the issue for me.

I'll go in order of priority. For steps 3 and 4, I'm not entirely sure they contributed to the fix, but I'm including them here just in case.

  1. Redownload EA anticheat to make sure you got the latest version. Installation details are in the link
  2. Allowing EA Anticheat and Javelin to your firewall
    1. Go to Windows Control Panel and check "Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Windows Defender Firewall\Allowed apps"
    2. Hit Change settings and Allow another app 
    3. Hit Browse and add EAAntiCheat.GameServiceLauncher.exe    C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Battlefield 1\EAAntiCheat.GameServiceLauncher.exe
    4. Add EAAntiCheat.GameService.exe located in     C:\Program Files\EA\AC\EAAntiCheat.GameService.exe
    5. Now, tick the boxes that say Name, Private, and Public for EA Anticheat and EA Javelin Anticheat
  3. Give both Anticheat executables admin permission
    1. Navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Battlefield 1\EAAntiCheat.GameServiceLauncher.exe
    2. Right-click the EAAntiCheat.GameServiceLauncher.exe and hit properties
    3. Under Compatibility, tick the box that says "Run this program as an administrator"
    4. Do the same steps to EAAntiCheat.GameService.exe located at   C:\Program Files\EA\AC\EAAntiCheat.GameService.exe
  4. Re-enable DNS Client if the process is switched off
    1. You can follow this step-by-step tutorial here and use the Automatic option for DNS Client   
    2. Basically it's just going into cmd as an admin and entering     REG add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\dnscache" /v Start /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f

 

Hope that helps 👍

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gresternandes
Rising Rookie
5 months ago

You sir are the real MVP!
I did try the first steps first, but it was definitively the fact I had DNS Cache deactivated in windows that was constantly disconnecting me (not from BF, but Skate but same servers/developers.)
I'll add an extra suggestion for future visitors, if you use hosts file filters, they are prone to stall DNS Cache when you start windows and freezing the computer entirely (which is why I had it deactivated.)
However I found a solution to continue using hosts filters while keeping DNS Cache activated, compressing the hosts files with this tool.

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    Dmuoio
    Seasoned Novice
    5 months ago

    Glad to hear that it solved the issue. 👍

    Also helps me out knowing that the DNS cache may have been the main culprit, as mine was also set to disabled for some reason. 

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