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1 year ago

F1 24 3 files failed to validate

I verified the files on steam and says 3 files failed to validate, last time I played it and it ran fine, now it doesn't start, it just shows me the splash screen and it disappears and shows a black ...

mainseeker1486

Rising Novice

1 year ago

same issue here, jsut created a thread about it. in my case it is the anti cheat. in event viewer you can see the details. in my case it is failed to obtain origin directory for the ant cheat service. check like this i know i am not alone in this. it happens every single time i play.

TheRagebeard

Hero+

1 year ago

@mainseeker1486 The most common solution has been to reinstall the game. For some reason the 3 files become corrupted, but when steam attempts to validate them, it doesn't view them as corrupted and therefore does not repair them correctly.

mainseeker1486
Rising Novice
1 year ago
Unfortunately for me this is not the case, tried numerou time and no luck same isue and crash because of the anti cheat.
- EA_Barry
  Community Manager
  1 year ago
  @mainseeker1486
  
  Reinstalling Anti-cheat from a fresh download may be the way to go:
  
  https://help.ea.com/in/help/pc/ea-anticheat/
  
  Thanks.
  - mainseeker1486
    Rising Novice
    1 year ago
    i tired numerous times, also tried doing it with a fresh install of the game. tried alo cleaning all EA related files and settings. no succes though. something i wrong with the anti cheat and windows11 apparently...