Re: pvz battle for neighborville won't open

@iluminatethesky 
For me when I open it, it does the blue loading bar, then opens the EasyAntiCheat thing with a black screen and the game closes and opens Origin. What can I do?

Hey @III_MrRam_III

Have you tried repairing the "Picnic" file in the Easy Anti Cheat folder?

Make sure you're fully closed out of Origin, including in Task Manager.

Go to where you have Battle for Neighborville installed, open the EasyAntiCheat Folder, and open the "EasyAntiCheat_setup.exe" File.

You'll see "Picnic" in a drop down box, and click Repair.

Then, run Origin as Administrator, and try launching the game again.

Let us know if this works, thanks 🙂

- iluminate

@iluminatetheskydidn't work.. Could it be related to a non-ASCII character in user name on my PC (seen on one other thread)? If so, how can I fix it? (I also tried clearing cache, and doing all other stuff. My PC also meets all the requirements for the game)

Or maybe I'm an idiot. Do I need to enter any activation code in order to play if I bought the game from EA directly via credit card?

@III_MrRam_III,

If you purchased the game through Origin, you don't need to enter any codes to play.

Have you disabled the Origin in-game Overlay in the Launcher? Go to Origin, Application Settings, More, and Origin in-game to make sure it's disabled.

I would also try doing a clean uninstall/reinstall of the game, if possible.

- iluminate

@III_MrRam_III,

If you're having issues with Origin, try uninstalling/reinstalling the client.

https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/origin/origin/manually-uninstalling-origin/

- iluminate

@III_MrRam_III

Thanks for the heads up.

So Origin works, and you're able to launch Battle for Neighborville now?

- iluminate

@III_MrRam_III 

Glad to hear, I'll mark your answer as the solution 🙂

- iluminate