Fondor: The Dauntless campaign mission will not start. Shows 'loading' graphic in the corner but nothing happens just stays on splash screen, I have to Alt+F4 to close the game and cannot continue in campaign mode.I've tried replaying the previous Endor mission twice but that didn't fix the problem.I've tried repairing the game, but that didn't work either.Please help.

I had this problem and I ended up fixing it by switching from borderless back to fullscreen. That fixed it.

Fondor: The Dauntless campaign mission won't load

11 Replies

Anonymous
8 years ago
Did you fix it somehow? I'm having the same problem!!
BrokenObjective
8 years ago
Iv'e had this problem too, since shortly after the game launched. Thought I'd play some campaign now while the servers are down for the patch, and Dauntless mission still gets gets stuck on the loading screen? Tried game repair several times with no luck. Playing on pc.
Carbonic
Hero+
8 years ago
There's a chance this could be caused by outdated drivers of some sort.

Try making sure your graphics driver is updated.
FancySugarPants
8 years ago
I had this problem as well. The game would start the initial animation then would crash to desktop on this map every single time when I was the rebels(worked when I was the Empire though). I right clicked on the game icon in Origin and clicked, "Repair". Now it loads fine. Not sure if it will work for you but it did the trick for me. Good luck with yours.
Malkus74
6 years ago
Guess what? Here in July of 2019, this same thing still happens! Days-old install of Windows 10, game's fresh installed on a SSD, 4790k and a brand new 5700 XT. DX11 or 12 doesn't matter. I got so fed up with it, I uninstalled. Glad I only paid $4.50 for it on sale.
Unreal how this AAA game is so buggy this far into it's life. DX12 is still experimental and unsupported? How old is this game now? Yeah, 1.5 years! I should have researched the game before buying, but I figured a game this huge would have to be good this far in.
EA_Atic
DICE Team
6 years ago
When loaded up the game @Malkus74 did you use the cloud save or what was on the PC?

/Atic
turtlewind
6 years ago
I'm having the same issue. The previous two missions worked fine but I've tried to load the Fondor: The Dauntless mission three times now and haven't got it to work yet. The first time was coming straight after the previous mission. I timed it the second time and it was loading for more than 10 minutes before I gave up.

The third time I tried disabling cloud saves based on the reply from @EA_Atic but it doesn't make any difference, still nothing loaded after over 5 minutes.

If it helps, the loading thing (Death Star?) in the top right corner went away after about 1 minute - at least the most recent time. I wasn't paying attention before so I can't say for sure about the previous 2 times. The hint keeps changing though so it's not completely frozen.

i5 8300 (laptop), 1050 Ti, 8 GB RAM, SSD. Not exactly an amazing PC but the game plays fine when it loads.
Malkus74
6 years ago
Well, whatever the default setting is. I assume the save was in the cloud.
Malkus74
6 years ago
3 weeks and nothing? I uninstalled.
NebraskaGeek2
6 years ago
I had this problem and I ended up fixing it by switching from borderless back to fullscreen. That fixed it.