HI @EA_Jason, sorry it took so long for me to try your resolution steps. I have got around to this today.
Changing the overlay or starting EA Desktop as admin did not change anything, however performing a clean boot (turning off all services and startups) did fix the issue.
So I extensively tested each service and start up app one by one and can confirm this issue was due to one service: "Nahimic service".
I mean, I'm not shocked, as this is well memed to be basically malware, but comes packaged with pretty much all Asus sound driver software which cannot be removed if you want to use their drivers. As another user pointed out in this thread "Rivatuner" is also known to cause this issue, but in my case I do not have Rivatuner as a service.
So for everyone in this thread, the steps to resolution are as follows:
- Type msconfig in your windows search press enter
- Go to services tab
- Check the box to "Hide all Microsoft Services" (this just makes it easier to find the services we want to stop)
- Look for "Nahimic Service" and/or "Rivatuner" and uncheck those boxes
- Click "OK" and confirm a restart in the pop up window
- Once restarted, load EA Desktop app normally and load "It Takes Two"
- You will now get the overlay in Online mode when pressing invite a friend (you'll know it's working on start up of the game as you get the "Shift + f1" pop out which never appears when broken)
- Play and enjoy your game.
- Optional - turn back on services you disabled if you ever need to use either Nahimic or Rivatuner, or if you get system issues.
Guess it would be great if this could be patched so people don't have to stop services at all, but this issue is just as much on Nahimic as EA in the way whatever their software does in the background conflicts.
Thanks for the support Jason.
EA SPORTS FC™ Team
