Launch game. No lobby - just takes me to Daisy Drive Ops Mode.

Having an issue with Plants vs Zombies Battle for Neighborville Deluxe Edition.

When loading up the game it will only take me to the Daisy Drive Ops Mode instead of the expected Giddy Park lobby.

I don't get any lobby or option to jump into multi player, swap sides or change skins etc. that everyone else seems to get. Also, when loading it doesn't seem to connect me to any EA servers as i have seen online, just lands me in Daisy Drive to battle Zombies. No sign of a lobby entrance or a Question mark.

I am just stuck in the ops mode with no option to go anywhere via the Game Menu either - very frustrating.

Anyone know why i don't get any options for the Lobby and instead forced to the on op in Daisy Drive?

Please help, its doing my head in - even deleted game and re-installed too. Purchased from the PS Store so no game disc.

Playing on PS4.

Jack

iluminatethesky
6 years ago
Hey @vonbeeblehoffen

Sorry to hear about this.

As far as I know, this only happens when you try to play the game before it's fully downloaded.

Can you try restoring the licenses in your PS4 settings, and doing a hard reset on your Console?

Select Settings > Account Management > Restore Licenses, then fully turn off your Console for 30 seconds or so, and turn it back on.

You can also try these connection steps, if you're having troubles connecting:

https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/console/connection-troubleshooting-advanced-playstation/

Thanks 🙂

- iluminate

12 Replies

iluminatethesky
Legend
6 years ago
Hey @vonbeeblehoffen

Sorry to hear about this.

As far as I know, this only happens when you try to play the game before it's fully downloaded.

Can you try restoring the licenses in your PS4 settings, and doing a hard reset on your Console?

Select Settings > Account Management > Restore Licenses, then fully turn off your Console for 30 seconds or so, and turn it back on.

You can also try these connection steps, if you're having troubles connecting:

https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/console/connection-troubleshooting-advanced-playstation/

Thanks 🙂

- iluminate
vonbeeblehoffen
6 years ago
@iluminatethesky thank you so much!! Renewing license worked!
didn't even know that was a 'thing' but jumped into game and hey presto IN THE LOBBY!
Two happy sons (and one received dad!) so thanks!
HERO indeed.
Jack
iluminatethesky
Legend
6 years ago
@vonbeeblehoffen,

Hey Jack, glad to hear it all worked out for you, and everyone is happy! 🙂

Let us know if you run into any other issues.

- iluminate
Beauttyy5
6 years ago
Unfortunately this did not work for me. I’m still stuck and I do not want to delete the game and loose my progress... what else can I do
TheSprinter85
Hero
6 years ago
Is your game updating at the moment or is it up to date?
EA_David
Community Admin
6 years ago
@Beauttyy5 Hey, deleting your game shouldn't lose progress, for BFN that progress is stored on the game's servers.

Can you details the specifics of the issue you're encountering.
Beauttyy5
6 years ago
@TheSprinter85 It's up to date
Beauttyy5
6 years ago
@EA_David Hey, so it goes straight to Daisy Dr and in the left corner it has downloading 81%. I actually deleted the game last night and it took 4 hours to download, it skips pass the intro to the game and straight to Daisy Drive.
EA_David
Community Admin
6 years ago
OK, thank you,it sounds like the game hadn't finished downloading/there was some damage to the install.

. If the issue is still persisting today, can you check how much space is left on the hard drive you're installing the game to?
Beauttyy5
6 years ago
@EA_DavidGood morning, thank you for responding back!! So it downloaded again and now its at 80% and still going straight to Diasy Drive, I have 77.23GB of free space left on a PS4.