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6 years ago

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Titanfall 2 for Steam not launching (Origin says it's not installed)

I got TTF2 for Steam, but I can't launch it as Origin says it is not installed. I have reinstalled the game several times through both Steam and Origin (though Origin just opens Steam and installs th...

RPKn_69
6 years ago
Okay, good news, finally, I got the game running, and it was the simplest thing. I closed both Origin and Steam and then ran the Origin client as administrator (I didn't set it in the executable properties, I just right-clicked it and chose the option). Makes me wonder why I didn't think of this earlier, but what prompted me to do it was a line in the logs that mentioned Origin couldn't elevate a process because UAC prevented it... Let's hope this is all we need to do, and that no other issues show up.

RPKn_69

6 years ago

So, a lot of people (mostly on steam) seem to suggest using the "Locate Game" feature, but in my case (and I believe everyone here) this is NOT an option. The button simply isn't there unfortunately, but I really wish it was. There seems to be no "easy" way to tell Origin where the game is. My game is stuck in the "Download" state, with no options beyond setting up cloud saves, favoriting/unfav, hide, and download.

Having said that, I have resorted to digging around Origin's files and folders to figure out if there is a way to force it to locate the game outside the application interface.

So far I have found out that, after installing, regular Origin games (like the Battlefield 4 I have) create entries in the Windows Registry (press "Windows key+R" and type "regedit") which contain data such as their name and installation folders, among other types of information. Titanfall 2 didn't create one such entry, not only that, it creates an entry with the Steam application ID (ID:1237970, it's located in the same group of entries that regular Steam games use (which makes sense to be fair). I couldn't find a Titanfall 2 entry in anything related to Origin in the registry, but I'm not sure this is supposed to be like that since Steam handles the installation, maybe if someone who got the game to run properly could test this out and tells us what they find.

I also checked the %appdata% folders looking Origin log files and found out 2 logs that shed some light into what happens behind the curtains, the log files are located at:
1 - EALink log: %AppData%\Local\Origin\EALink\EALink_Log.txt
2 - (Origin) Client Log: %AppData%\Local\Origin\Logs\Client_Log.txt

The first log seems to show how Origin calls the EALink application with some parameters (Steam client and game app ID), and seems to be successful (maybe it's just an online component). It does seem to manage account linking or somesuch.
The second log shows Origin performing a download request for the game, but with missing name parameters (it just says "Unidentified Game"), but I don't know if this is on purpose (since Origin seems to refer to TTF2 by its app ID), and it seems to forward the download request to Steam (which had already downloaded the game beforehand). During the launch process, there is an "RTPFlow:attemptGameLaunch" step which comes up with an error which prompts Origin to display a dialog (which I believe is the error window with the "game not installed" message). The error it reports is "R2P error", and I tried googling that up but I couldn't find anything useful. I guess that's probably too internal, and something that only EA support or someone of the sort could answer.

Anyways, I attached screenshots of both logs below, and I'll keep digging around for a fix. I'll post again if I find anything interesting or useful.

RPKn_69

6 years ago

Okay, good news, finally, I got the game running, and it was the simplest thing. I closed both Origin and Steam and then ran the Origin client as administrator (I didn't set it in the executable properties, I just right-clicked it and chose the option). Makes me wonder why I didn't think of this earlier, but what prompted me to do it was a line in the logs that mentioned Origin couldn't elevate a process because UAC prevented it... Let's hope this is all we need to do, and that no other issues show up.

RPKn_69
6 years ago
Okay, bad news is someone on Steam I talked to previously, who had the same issue, tried this fix and it did NOT work for them. Guys, if anyone else manages to fix it by running Origin as administrator, please report it here, and tell us what you did to get it working.

I'll summarize my current setup here so others can try as well:

After all the attempts I tried, I uninstalled both TTF2 and Origin, installed Origin itself on drive E, and in the settings, I pointed the Library Location settings to the same library I used for Steam to download TTF2 (here, in my case: E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common). Then I had Origin open and cliked the Download button, which opened Steam and downloaded the game as usual.

After it all finished, I closed both Steam and Origin up and ran only Origin as administrator (specially since Steam throws a popup telling you that running it as admin isn't recommended). Then I tried clicking the Download button in the Origin library and it opened Steam, and a few seconds later, the game opened up as well. I did get a prompt for firewall permissions and all that, but not the account linking prompt some say we get (maybe I linked my account in the past, idk, both my accounts are rather old by now, I don't remember).

Anyways, that's it, let's hope this works for everyone.
- vSum520
  6 years ago
  @RPKn_69 This worked for me! Thanks a ton.
- Bubbatron06
  6 years ago
  Nothing I do seem to work for me, it sucks.
- Finshuffleri
  6 years ago
  @RPKn_69 Hi!
  I did everything you told and did not get it to work :/ still giving me the same errors as for you in the first place...
GahtDamn
6 years ago
This worked for me!
- CapitaineNOODLE
  6 years ago
  will try. have to same problem
SlurpeeCat
6 years ago
I tried something like this I guess.
- Downloaded the game from steam
- launch the game (connect origin and steam profiles)
- in the origin Lite client the game says is not downloaded
- start downloading the game from origin Lite (in the same folder as the steam game)
- then closing both clients steam and origin Lite
- launch Origin (normal client) with Run as administrator option and steam as regular
- the game by itself started "repairing" and it took 5 minutes to recognize the game
I hope the way I did this helps someone.
This game is best multiplayer and I'm so happy that now there's large base of people playing
JetMarrow24421
5 years ago
bro i did the same thing as you but origin just keeps resseting its so frusterating
boondockbrutha
5 years ago
@RPKn_69 wrote:
Okay, good news, finally, I got the game running, and it was the simplest thing. I closed both Origin and Steam and then ran the Origin client as administrator (I didn't set it in the executable properties, I just right-clicked it and chose the option). Makes me wonder why I didn't think of this earlier, but what prompted me to do it was a line in the logs that mentioned Origin couldn't elevate a process because UAC prevented it... Let's hope this is all we need to do, and that no other issues show up.
This solution worked for me
racconito__
5 years ago
Legend, finally I can play this gd game.
Data125MB
5 years ago
For me when I ran Titanfall 2 as admin I had to right click and run as admin, not go into properties, and set to run as admin every time.