BF2042 Black Screen & Return to Menu After Update (Solo/TDM Work)
After the latest Battlefield 2042 update, I started having a strange problem on PC. When I try to join large multiplayer modes like Conquest 64/128, the map starts loading, then the screen freezes for a few seconds and the game sends me back to the main menu without any error message. Important details: - Solo/Co-op works perfectly - Team Deathmatch multiplayer works - I can also join some servers through the server browser - The problem mostly happens on large Conquest matches/maps - Before today's update everything worked perfectly - The game runs very well on Ultra settings, often above 180 FPS, but I manually capped it to 100 FPS - Temperatures are normal - Other games work normally - No BSOD, no GPU crashes, no overheating What I already tried: - Reinstalled EA Anti Cheat - Verified game files - Disabled overlays - Restarted PC - Cleared cache - Tested low graphics settings System: - ASUS TUF A16 - RTX 4050 Laptop GPU - 16 GB RAM - Windows 11 Is anyone else experiencing this after the latest update?
What happened with the bullet drop on 2042?
So decided to play with a friend of mine and he does not have bf6 yet so we play 2042, mid game we both quit because we got bored due to fact it seems now like CoD, no bullet drop, players don't die when shot multiple time with sws, and even at 1200+ meters I hold my crosshairs dead on and still hit my target when I use to have to compensate for bullet drop, please dice, ea and other developers DO NOT TURN BATTLEFIELD IN TO CALL OF DUTY!!!!!!, yall already gave bf a CoD vibe with all those dumb add ones, and battle passes, steer clear from CoD vibes, 90% of the community hates it.Matchmaking not working.
Yes that's about 20 days. We all understood matchmaking is not working properly or can't play what he want to play. What about EA support? What did they do and is there any info for us ? When will the problem solved? Is there any official patch soon? Or all the players must pay for the BF6?
Appeal to EA developers/moderators
Hello everyone! I'd like to address the EA moderators. I know there are such people here. This is a topic that's been discussed for a while, but the developers haven't responded. And this is Secure Boot. My PC is fairly new, and I know how to enable it, so please don't waste your time by telling me I need to press two buttons. That's not the issue. The problem is, I bought this BEFORE this "protective" feature was introduced. This is completely unfair and unjust to players. I don't understand what the problem is?! No one says anything or complains about newer games (BF6), since everything was spelled out in the system requirements from the very beginning. Why are they taking away what I paid for? I would have already written to Steam support about this behavior, but unfortunately, that's not possible. Please remove this requirement and return everything to the way it was! After this introduction, the technical condition of the project has significantly deteriorated. There have been many discussions and complaints about this. For those who don't know or have no idea what secure boot is and think it will instantly solve their cheating problems. An engineer's response: This issue in requiring secure boot is first off it was never designed as an anti-cheat tool or to even remotely aide anti-cheat tools. The purpose of secure boot is to stop unauthorized software from running at boot time and to only boot from authorized sources. It also helps in preventing some malware from being installed in certain places without your knowledge. Some malware is rootkits. However the question that has to be asked in regards to this fanciful secure boot is what exactly is an authorized software? Does that mean the owner themselves of the system doesn't make the decision what is or is not authorized? The answer is yes the owner does get to decide what is or is not authorized its the whole point of secure boot. It is to secure it from unauthorized software. By default without doing any changes secure boot uses the keys that were provided with it. However, you can remove these pre-configured keys and just put your own, sign the kernels and software with your own keys and everything will pass the secure boot checks because all secure boot does is checks that the software is digitally signed and that the key used to sign is one that is recognized as being trusted. Whether it be microsoft's or your own if you added your own into the list. As you can see secure boot is not a mechanism for a third party to use to validate anything, rather for whoever owns or is using the system to validate that nothing outside of what you authorized can be installed especially in sensitive areas. Secure Boot is more useful to organizations then it is for some individual however some individuals may like the added protection. However it is a hindrance to PC builders or even those who simply have no issues upgrading their hardware as certain configurations of hardware may not allow for secure boot to be enabled or you may be forced to downgrade the bios version which may mean losing out on any functionality or fixes that an updated bios version offered. If you dual boot you may not be able to have secure boot enabled. As for secure boot being enabled by default is actually not the common practice because microsoft requires OEM's that secure boot being able to be disabled in order to have that microsoft logo on their computers they are selling and for good reason too as secure boot was not designed for everyone. Windows 11 requiring Secure Boot is just that. It only requires that the system be compatible with secure boot not that it must be enabled. This is why cheaters will still exist and the reason anyone is seeing cheaters more is not because it is working rather the majority of the legitimate users simply are not playing due to this change preventing them from one reason or another. This will not stop cheaters from using root kits simply because they can tell windows that its legitimate software and trusted and thus passes the secure boot checks and we are back to the original problem and if anything it will be worse since now the Anti-Cheat can't say the rootkit is untrusted or whatever else and must accept that it is since the system itself said it was. In conclusion it makes no sense for any game to require secure boot as it was never designed as a validation check for a third party rather it was only designed for whoever was running the system or organization to ensure what is running at boot is what was approved and you could just allow cheat software to be on that approved list and it doesn't make it any more easier for an anti-cheat tool to do anything nor does it make it more difficult for someone to cheat if anything it makes it easier to pass the validation checks. Overall this change just made it harder for legitimate player base to play the game or at all. So many people are disillusioned that they can no longer access BF2042. Previously, there were a stable 6,000 to 12,000 players, but now there are barely 1,500. So, I'd like to address this to the moderators. Please pass these thoughts on to the developers. These aren't just one person's thoughts. They represent the views of over 6,000 players.
Once again EA has done it ...
So here we go again .... Today I got an update when launching BF2042 and after that I entered the game and started playing and then I started unlocking things and went to look and nothing was there and my level is shifting from my current level 625 to 999 and it says I have BF coins to use in shop but yeah you guessed it I can´t spend it because it´s not really there ... EA ffs when the game is running fine don´t change anything ... If you want people to buy BF6 then stop doing stuff like this .
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
