Portal or Servers Broken and Chat is Broken, Wi-Fi Driver Issue
I’m experiencing several issues with Battlefield 2042 on Steam that appear to match what other players have previously reported in the EA forums: BF2042 Portal - Totally broken.. no Portal "game session is not available" | EA Forums - 13203199 Connection failed battlefield 6 Error code 0:85008S:468882297O:0Q | EA Forums - 13203169 Game session undavailable 11:3401j:1106i:7748441280:131076q | EA Forums - 6978401 1. Player count not updating on portal The player count appears to be stuck and does not change I first noticed this yesterday and again today; the numbers have remained exactly the same on both days 2. Can't Choose Maps? On the official matchmaking options, there is no way to choose specific maps Please add a map selection option, and provide better visibility of available servers so players can choose where to play, including for Quick Play Additionally, the matchmaking queue often takes a very long time while waiting for a game to start on this only 1 option, so the alternative solution is to look on portal servers 3. In‑game chat not working or broken The in‑game chat is not appearing, I cannot see other players’ messages? I initially thought this was a settings issue on my side, but after checking my settings and testing, the problem persists, last 2025 mid - year -> I have no issues on this, so I was wondering why it is not showing and I thought it was a new feature or something, but it seems to be broken I tested Battlefield 6 on the same system, and chat works there normally. This issue seems specific to Battlefield 2042 on Steam 4. "Game session not available" error & Wi‑Fi driver issue My Wi-Fi Driver is on the latest and the Ethernet/LAN Driver, but we are focusing on the Wi-Fi Driver at the moment: MediaTek MT7925/7927 WiFi Driver v5.7.0.4669 for Windows 11 64-bit Version 5.7.0.4669 2026/01/02 SHA-256 ：8A41FA06CDF14033E4D88D5A87AB3B64F20DD97019223FD1BD41A7E3FD4AEE35 I can't join servers nor play on the official servers? also, when the "Game session not available" error occurs on PCs that are using Wi‑Fi (or have Wi‑Fi enabled), it appears to cause the Wi‑Fi driver to become unavailable After this happens, the only way to restore the Wi‑Fi functionality is to restart the computer It renders, cannot play BF2042 because of this problem Also, it seems there are cheaters and bots on the servers as usual? when will it be fixed and auto-detection for these accounts to be banned or hardware banned I tried "Verify Integrity of game files", Re-download the game -> no fix on it, so I think this is on the game problem System Specifications: CPU: Intel® Core™ i9‑14900KF (Not overclocked and optimized) GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4080 SUPER GPU Driver Version (Latest at the moment) NVIDIA App: 11.0.6.383 Game Ready Driver: 591.86 RAM: GeIL ORION V 32GB 5200MT/s Storage: WD Blue™ SN580 NVMe™ SSD 2TB (Latest Firmware Version: 281050WD) Motherboard: ASUS Z790 GAMING WIFI7 (BIOS Latest: Version 1825) Intel ME Version (Latest) Intel Serial IO Software (Latest) Intel Management Engine Interface (Latest) Intel Chipset Driver (Latest) Microcode (Latest) Windows Version (Latest at the moment): 25H2 (OS Build 26200.7840) Lastly, this only happens on this game, I have no issues on other games or PC general usage, so I am reporting this problem here for it to be fixed hopefully I really thought the in-game chat is just like that on 2026 but it seems not as there is no chats from players be it squad, team or all (both sides) so this is a problem too, last year it did not have an in-game chat issue, i don't know why it has this and if this has been going for a bit long time now
Losing Connection to EA servers
I've been having an issue where I get disconnected from matches after playing for 5-10 minutes (usually 8 minutes exactly). I've been having the issue for the past 2 years and it has occurred on every Battlefield game I own on my PC (BF4, BF1, BF5, BF2042, BF6). I've tried every solution I could find and haven't had any luck and I was wondering if anyone else is still having this issue or better yet if anyone has found a fix for it. I've tried everything I could find online or think of on my own, except wiping my PC and restarting with a fresh install of windows (I've seen posts where people have tried that and it still didn't work). I've also had three different ISP's and the issue has occurred with all of them. I'll attempt to provide an exhaustive list of everything I've tried, but if anyone has any recommendations or experience with this issue and wants to comment that'd be great. Things I've tried in no particular order: Reinstall network drivers (ethernet and WIFI) Reinstall Nvidia drivers and all Intel Drivers Port forwarding Clean install of Steam, EA, and game Allowing anti-cheat and game through firewall Disabling firewall and Virus Scanning Manually updating DNS address (DNS Cache is running) Updating adapter settings to not use Dualband Disabling IPv6 Running EA, anti-cheat, steam, and game as Administrator Disabling .NET 3.5 Disabling .NET 4.8 Upgrading to Windows 11 Downloading the game on different hard-drives Ensuring Secure Boot is on and working Clearing EA and Steam cache consistently Repairing Anti-Cheat and EA App with App Recovery Cleaning out old drivers/programs that are unused Tried Ethernet and WIFI with each ISP (tested disabling the driver for the one I wasn't using as well) Disabling Overlays Enabling Overlays Creating fresh EA and Steam accounts That's all I can think of right now but if I try new things or remember other things I've tried previously, I will update the thread.
New bugs in 2026
After renewing my EA Play subscription, I returned to Battlefield 2042, but since then, I haven't been able to enter a single 2042 session. Every time I try, my network card crashes. I've tried updating my network card driver, motherboard BIOS, clearing the cache, updating and fixing anti-cheat measures, updating my NVIDIA graphics card driver, and using my phone's hotspot, but without exception, I get the same error message. I'm starting to believe that DICE is trying to drive players to Battlefield 6, but this will only drive players away. My IP address is in the US, so I'm sure it's not a VPN issue.Splahscreen crashing and games not launching
After 6 months i finally managed to find a way to fix my EA app. If anyone is having issues when launching a game and after the splashscreen the ea app just pops back up and the game doesnt launch, i juts found a fix. I used Windows key + R then typed services.msc and went into properties on the EA Anticheat service and changed the mode from manual to automatic.
EA AntiCheat has detected an incompatible driver.
I been trying to play 2042 for the past week almost but get hit with this. I tried uninstalling, reinstalling, repairing files, updating anti-cheat and nothing. I only realized after that if I rename this SPECIFIC file to, "msio64.sys.old" will it let me finally launch. I'm posting here and asking if doing this will somehow flag or put me at risk for a potential ban? Apparently this file is SPECIFICALLY for RGB lighting software which is insane to think that they care about that, but anyways I'm just asking if this will result in me possibly being false banned by doing this rename work around? I'd really not risk red game ban text on my Steam account over RGB file...Connection failed battlefield 6 Error code 0:85008S:468882297O:0Q
Looking for some help problem solving an intermittent error I'm getting 0:85008S:468882297O:0Q I'll be mid game and I will suddenly disconnect from the server and then reconnect but booted from the game about 15/20 seconds later. Sometimes it causes discord to go out, sometimes it does not. My internet connect monitor records no loss of internet connection and as noted sometimes I can keep a perfect discord connection. Other times I can quickly tab out and load up a youtube video or other webpage no problem so I don't think its my internet connection. Some days it doesn't happen at all. Often its just once a session. Today it happened like 4 times in 2 hours. No other impact on play. So far I have tried restarting my computer when it happens but that does not always solve the problem like today. My nvidia drivers are up to date and have a relatively new PC with a i7 14700k and an RTX 4060Ti. Any help troubleshooting would be greatly appreciated. After I post this I will likely start a reinstall.
EA Anti-Cheat Crashing Wi-Fi on Launch – Windows Troubleshooting Job Instead
This is honestly ridiculous.. I paid full price for Battlefield 2042 (and also own Battlefield V), expecting a working game – you know, the basic thing you get when you buy a title in 2026. Instead I’m sitting here dealing with my Wi-Fi completely crashing / network adapter dying every single time the game launches or tries to connect to a server. It’s clearly an EA Anti-Cheat issue (Javelin or whatever it’s called now) conflicting with Wi-Fi drivers – tons of people are reporting the exact same thing for months already. And what do I get as a “solution”? Reinstalling network drivers, running repairs, turning off features in Windows, adding exceptions everywhere, or – my personal favorite – “just use a cable bro”. Are you serious? I bought a game, not a second job troubleshooting Windows for a multi-billion dollar company. This level of paranoia from anti-cheat is insane – it’s breaking legitimate players’ internet connections instead of actually catching cheaters. Fix your **bleep** anti-cheat already. People shouldn’t have to waste hours tinkering with their OS just to play a game they already paid for. Absolute joke.
