bf4 won't launch via steam and ea app

[wiki2077]

Today I bought Battlefield 4. After installing it on Steam, the ea app started to install.
I've installed everything. I launch it via Steam, then it goes to EA launcher and says that the game is running, but then nothing happens... silence. I tried using the launcher itself - the same story.

[Slamscape]

i had this exact issue 2 days ago when i redownloaded the game. I had to restart the PC and try again, and made sure the punkbuster checks completed before it would start.

[wiki2077]

Originally posted by Slamscape:

i had this exact issue 2 days ago when i redownloaded the game. I had to restart the PC and try again, and made sure the punkbuster checks completed before it would start.

There "punkbuster" always writes that everything was successfully completed

[kocken12]

Same here, and I was just playing it yesterday. Verified all the files etc and still crashes at startup. wtf Have tried every way to start it and it still crashes.

[usa423]

If one has access to a game both on Steam and on Origin / EA app, Is still forces both clients to be open though?

[Madar al Fakar]

Yup, game is unplayable for me since around 25th December. Reinstalling the game and the EA app didn't help.
It's been reported to official EA forums but apparently only a minority of us are experiencing this so it's not a high priority for them and they have no idea what's causing this or how to fix it.
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/Games-wont-start/m-p/14345402#M7228

Maybe if we spam their forums enough after a month they might fix it.

[76561199799728775]

bro just tell how to run the game??? and also i havnt downloaded all the dlcs ill download them maybe then it will work btw if any of you have found the solution then plz tell me plz

[Madar al Fakar]

I even tried downloading the previous version of the EA app but unfortunately it doesn't help at all since the install process of the app includes instantly downloading the latest version and you can't go around it! -_-
There's nothing to do except hope that maybe EA will one day fix this on their own...
Honestly, they don't deserve for us to ever buy any of their games until they remove this idiotic condition to launch over that crap app!

[Madar al Fakar]

Source: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Battlefield-V/Battlefield-V-Won-t-Launch-Stuck-In-A-FIle-Validation-Loop-That/td-p/13229495
Thought this might also work for BF4...

UPDATE: Nevermind, this ♥♥♥♥ DOESN'T WORK for me! -_-
Waste of time trying to play EA games I guess!

[Gepards]

Installed game (with punkbuster), installed visual 2013, restarted PC . It works (even with MSI Afterburner and RivaTuner)

[logicdat]

I played normally 2 months ago, but now I can't run the game anymore, both on steam & EA App

[smokerob79]

its beyond funny in 15 plus years of playing this series i never have these problems......

step one.....NEVER BUY EA GAMES ON STEAMING PILE........

there is no step 2........