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N1Marc
10 years ago
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"Waiting for game to exit"

Since the update i have the problem that i can't connect to any server at all. Everytime i try to join a server i just get the message "Waiting for game to exit" even though it didnt start yet. Yeste...
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    TapouTony420
    10 years ago

    If you are using Chrome, this is your issue.  Chrome does not support plug-in launching anymore, and the "Plug-in free launching" option is a bit buggy.  You will have to stick with Firefox for now, as I have seen many with issues in IE and Edge. If you like those browsers, and they happen to work for you, go ahead and use them, its just my recommendation for now is Firefox.  When you do switch browsers, make sure you install the latest plug-in.  Also, to fix the "Waiting for game to exit" when a server fails to join, you need to kill the program in task manager.  If it is not appearing in the task manager, simply log out of Battlelog and log back in.

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KupoCrunch
9 years ago

I have the same problem with Battlefield 3. I've tried Chrome, Edge, and Firefox. However, I did figure out a way to get it to work (though it doe not fix the problem).

Steps:

 1) Try to join a game. Let it say "Waiting for game to exit" until it gives up and says "ERROR Could not launch game. Please make sure it's installed correctly" or "ERROR Could not communicate with BF3. Please use the Task Manager to close it down."

 2) Once you get one of those messages, hit the yellow "Reconnect" button and then immediately click the "Servers" button that will appear in the same area where the reconnect button was. 

After you follow those steps it should say Joining Server > Connecting and let you in. 

Hope this helps. Though if someone knows how to fix the problem all-together, that would be great. 

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Bullet1962
5 years ago

I don't know what the file name is in the task manager. Nothing looks like BF4?

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    EA_Atic
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    5 years ago
    I'm closing this thread to stop it being necroed.
     
    If you have any issues with Battlefield 4 please make a new topic about the issues you are having and what kind of steps you have tried to solve it.
     
    /Atic

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