Re: Titanfall 2 installed on steam but EA wont detect it being installed
I bought Titanfall 2 on origin after having moved over to PC from PS4, and I've had the origin version of the game installed ever since. I've since bought the game again on steam in the hopes of not having to interact with EA's launchers. I went through my files today because I realized that after origin was replaced by their new EA launcher, Steam wasn't tracking my playtime after I get sent through the EA Launcher. I found my old Origin install of the game, and deleted it to save some space. But now I can't launch the game from Steam, as when I get redirected to the EA Launcher it tells me that I don't have the game installed. I have other Origin/EA games on Steam, notably, Plants vs Zombies GW2, and it launces and runs just fine. I believe this is because the EA app doesn't recognize that I own the Steam version of Titanfall 2, as the game on the EA Launcher doesn't have the Steam logo in the top left corner, but it still tracks DLC-packs I've bought for the game on Steam. I have the Steam version of the game installed, and I am able to run it just fine with the use of the Northstar Launcher, but I can't seem to play on the official servers without downloading a separate but identical version of the game just to make the EA Launcher happy.
I would like to play on my years old save, and on the official servers with friends who don't want to go through Northstar, but I don't want to have to download two different versions of the same game. Either a way to make the EA app check (because I have my EA and Steam accounts linked). Or, preferably, to remove the EA infrastructure from the equation and make Titanfall -and the other games available after the hail mary to move back to Steam- execute straight from Steam, like with Apex, would be appreciated.
A sarcastic thanks to the ones behind the decision to create- and those behind the upkeep of the EA Launchers.
And a sincere thanks to anyone who comes with a fix to my issue.
