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LMS5100
3 years ago

Can't launch titanfall2 from Steam

Product: The EA app
Platform:PC
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Which client functionality are you experiencing this bug with? Launch Game
When did this happen? (dd.mm.yy hh:mm) Sept 5
Summarize your bug Can not launch Titanfall 2 from Steam
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Launch TF2 from steam
What happens when the bug occurs? Game does not start
What do you expect to see? "Failed to launch game" from EA Desktop

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When I try to launch Titanfall 2 via Steam, I get "Failed to launch game" "An error on our end caused the launch to fail. Try again a little later"

Okay, I cleared the cache, then reinstalled TF2 in steam, then reinstalled EA Desktop, then tried to install the original Origin client but that didn't work for win 11 and so I asked EA support and they said they cant help me.

In any case. I have another copy TF2 installed an working on my PC with another EA account. This version runs directly from EA Desktop. I wanted to make a second account with new stats so I bought a copy on steam for $3. Problem is, it won't launch. I would have just bought it through EA directly but the game was $20 vs $3 on steam which also makes no sense to me.

Anyway, this is really annoying and I'm not sure how to get this game launched. I will also mention I can launch other EA games via Steam.

Note: I am not running TF2 in admin mode. 

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  • EA_Poppy's avatar
    EA_Poppy
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    3 years ago

    Okay, no worries at all, @LMS5100! 🙂

    Our teams are currently also collecting some error reports to further look into these kinds of issues.

    Check this thread on the Titanfall forum here: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Titanfall-Games/my-titanfall-2-wont-launch/m-p/12917107#M55900

    If you get any further issues with this further down the line, please check the above-mentioned link for further information and post your error report there if necessary.

    -Poppy

  • 666slayar's avatar
    666slayar
    2 years ago
    @LMS5100 me too i bought and DLed the game through ea app and then ea app bugs immediately, when i spoke to my surroundings everybody told me EA APP is so trash nothing will work, go buy it on steam instead so i asked refund for the game then got myself a steam account and DLed again TTF2 there and guess what...it still requires the EA app to run but this time it goes into an infinite cycle of preparing the game - validating the game, but the game just won't launch. when the refund was approved TTF2 in my EA library just vanished so i couldn't uninstall it 'properly' i had to do it manually, and that might be causing it, which brings me to the next big question: is there no QA testers in EA ? nobody tests anything before releasing ? ever since origin became EA app, the bugs never stopped. i'm tired of this incapable company

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