Game crashes almost immediately on startup
EVGA ACX 3.0 FTW1050ti (4gb) AMD FX-8350 8 (4 hyperthreaded cores) cores @ 4.2ghz 8gb DDR3 RAM Windows 7 Ultimate SP 1 I'll launch the game either from Origin or the .exe, doesn't matter, and a w...
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Try a clean boot - if that allows the game to launch, then it may be AV/Firewall software not allowing the game to start, and maybe also port forwarding needs done.
*From the AV/Firewall software - remove the game, reboot and re-add the game/origin to whitelist.
See additional instructions in these posts from @EA_David
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/ERROR-770-Battlefront-2/m-p/6417912#M361
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Forcing-Restart-of-PC/m-p/6419593#M395
*Any time you do an uninstall and reinstall, reboot after the uninstall, before you start reinstall. Also, make sure to;
Move the "STAR WARS Battlefront II" folder from "C:\Users\UserName\Documents\STAR WARS Battlefront II", to the desktop.
The uninstall doesn't remove it (This will reset your in-game settings also, fyi).
You can also if it's not working, Move the "STAR WARS Battlefront II" folder from "C:\Users\UserName\Documents\STAR WARS Battlefront II", to the desktop. then reboot, then run the game repair tool.
To run as admin forever and not right click it each time;
C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin\Origin.exe right click, properties, compatibility tab, run as admin (select box at bottom)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\STAR WARS Battlefront II\starwarsbattlefrontii.exe right click, properties, compatibility tab, run as admin (select box at bottom)
*Connection, Port Forwarding and Additional Troubleshooting Tips - https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/faq/connection-troubleshooting-basic/
I've already done all of this, too. I also did all of this back in beta.
Did a clean boot. Reformatted my hard drive. No dice.
I've done what you recommended with the SWBFII folder in \Documents\. No dice.
Origin and SWBFII are whitelisted in my firewalls and AV. Running the game with both of those flat-out disabled doesn't work, either.
I would open chat support then, and link this page to them and tell them you did all this already.
When you did the reinstall, was the reinstall from the trial version? If so, it is missing files and they suggest redownload from the actual preload/download now.
I added a couple things to the post above.
Here is the link to chat support; https://help.ea.com/en/contact-us/?product=star-wars-battlefront-ii
Somebody else that had this problem did steps in a specific order and was able to get the game to work, and hadn't been able to previously, the post is linked below,
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/The-game-will-freeze-and-crash/m-p/6422497#M558
@Dreambluezzz Oh and one thing to try first haha - switch off DX12, to other version
To switch off DX12, if I can't get in the game and have never been in the game, I know I need to access \Documents\SWBFII\settings and alter a value in two different files here. The problem is, I don't have a \settings\ folder in that directory, just the three other folders (CrashDumps, RimeTemp, and Screenshots).
Ideally, to see if that works, I'd need to download someone else's SWBFII settings files. The problem is, the only place I've been able to find where someone uploaded their settings has since removed the files.
Big thanks for helping out @c2a2f2b7f1ca3466, even if this problem wants to stubbornly persist <3
