DBD is BROKEN and saying I am OFFLINE

[Pluto]

I can't with this game. I really can't.

I don't even play this trash game anymore but decided to start it up again because my friend wanted to play. But the game won't go past the loading screen. Says Steam is offline. The message I get every time I open the game is:

"Steam offline. Your steam status is currently offline. All game functionality is unavailable under these circumstances. Please make sure your internet connection and Steam connection is active"

And that's it. Also, when I launch the game, I am automatically shown the intro cinematic and CAN'T skip it. It's as if my mouse and keyboard don't work because clicking doesn't skip it, pressing spacebar doesn't skip it, pressing esc doesn't skip it. I can't skip it. But it only plays for like 3-4 seconds before skipping on its own and then taking me to the error message.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!DO NOT TELL ME TO DO THE FOLLOWING BECAUSE I HAVE ALREADY DONE IT AND IT HASN'T SOLVED ANYTHING! IF YOU TELL ME TO DO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING, I WILL SIMPLY SPAM THIS DISCUSSION BY REPOSTING THIS THREAD AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!

I have quit the game and restarted it.
I have quit steam and restarted it.
I have restarted my computer.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled DBD.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled steam.
I have repaired EAC.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled EAC.
I have verified the game files.
I have run the game as administrator.
I have edited my anti-virus and firewall to allow DBD.
I have tried launching DBD on my second account.
I have gone offline then back online on steam.
I have deleted the easyanticheat.sys file.
I have launched other games that use EAC to see if they work (they do).
I have cleared my steam download cache.
I have launched DBD via the executable file.
I have launched the game then waited to see if the error would fix itself.
I have changed my steam download region.
I have reconnected to my internet.
I have opened task manager and force-ended all tasks that start with Dead By Daylight, Steam, and Easy Anti Cheat, and then relaunched the game.
I have updated windows.
I have updated steam.

And then I did all of this at least a second time (some of these I have done over 5 times). And none of it fixed the issue. The problem lies specifically with DBD because, as I've said, I have launched other games that use EAC and those worked perfectly fine (i.e. Apex). I have also launched other games via the steam platform to see if steam was effecting steam-based games only, and those worked perfectly fine as well. It's only DBD I am having issues with.

I've had issues with DBD servers in the past (because DBD sucks and the servers are just as bad) where the game wouldn't launch. But I've never had THIS SPECIFIC issue where it's saying I am offline when I am not.

Is this a new bug with DBD that everyone is experiencing? Or is there something I can do to fix it on my end?

[j0nathan800]

Something with DBD's EULA that you have to accept?

[Minerva]

It's definitely not a new bug from what I can tell, or at least if it is it's incredibly rare.

[Studsy]

I just get the game failing to load after the (unstoppable) opening cinematic.
it still randomly works 20% of the time but damn.
I have done all the crap others have suggested but I am on Windows 7. and I do not planning on upgrading for this stupid game - I believe the problem likes with anti-cheat but who the hell knows.
Anticheat also sees DBD as "game 98" or something as opposed to the actual game title and no attempts at deleting and re-installing or running repair does nothing.
It started about 2 1/2 months ago and I am tired of this.

[Crabman]

Decided to see if any of the bug fix patches since this started did anything but I guess not. Bumping in case someone out there discovered a fix.

Also fix your ♥♥♥♥ BHVR.

[Youshisu]

Originally posted by Plutotarium:

I can't with this game. I really can't.

I don't even play this trash game anymore but decided to start it up again because my friend wanted to play. But the game won't go past the loading screen. Says Steam is offline. The message I get every time I open the game is:

"Steam offline. Your steam status is currently offline. All game functionality is unavailable under these circumstances. Please make sure your internet connection and Steam connection is active"

And that's it. Also, when I launch the game, I am automatically shown the intro cinematic and CAN'T skip it. It's as if my mouse and keyboard don't work because clicking doesn't skip it, pressing spacebar doesn't skip it, pressing esc doesn't skip it. I can't skip it. But it only plays for like 3-4 seconds before skipping on its own and then taking me to the error message.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!DO NOT TELL ME TO DO THE FOLLOWING BECAUSE I HAVE ALREADY DONE IT AND IT HASN'T SOLVED ANYTHING! IF YOU TELL ME TO DO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING, I WILL SIMPLY SPAM THIS DISCUSSION BY REPOSTING THIS THREAD AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!

I have quit the game and restarted it.
I have quit steam and restarted it.
I have restarted my computer.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled DBD.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled steam.
I have repaired EAC.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled EAC.
I have verified the game files.
I have run the game as administrator.
I have edited my anti-virus and firewall to allow DBD.
I have tried launching DBD on my second account.
I have gone offline then back online on steam.
I have deleted the easyanticheat.sys file.
I have launched other games that use EAC to see if they work (they do).
I have cleared my steam download cache.
I have launched DBD via the executable file.
I have launched the game then waited to see if the error would fix itself.
I have changed my steam download region.
I have reconnected to my internet.
I have opened task manager and force-ended all tasks that start with Dead By Daylight, Steam, and Easy Anti Cheat, and then relaunched the game.
I have updated windows.
I have updated steam.

And then I did all of this at least a second time (some of these I have done over 5 times). And none of it fixed the issue. The problem lies specifically with DBD because, as I've said, I have launched other games that use EAC and those worked perfectly fine (i.e. Apex). I have also launched other games via the steam platform to see if steam was effecting steam-based games only, and those worked perfectly fine as well. It's only DBD I am having issues with.

I've had issues with DBD servers in the past (because DBD sucks and the servers are just as bad) where the game wouldn't launch. But I've never had THIS SPECIFIC issue where it's saying I am offline when I am not.

Is this a new bug with DBD that everyone is experiencing? Or is there something I can do to fix it on my end?

Is your steam online tho? Can you see friendlist? :P

[Sm1le]

Try uninstalling Steam, or installing it on a different SSD
Try creating a new account on your windows and try again

[Pluto]

Originally posted by Wrum Wrum:

Originally posted by Plutotarium:

I can't with this game. I really can't.

I don't even play this trash game anymore but decided to start it up again because my friend wanted to play. But the game won't go past the loading screen. Says Steam is offline. The message I get every time I open the game is:

"Steam offline. Your steam status is currently offline. All game functionality is unavailable under these circumstances. Please make sure your internet connection and Steam connection is active"

And that's it. Also, when I launch the game, I am automatically shown the intro cinematic and CAN'T skip it. It's as if my mouse and keyboard don't work because clicking doesn't skip it, pressing spacebar doesn't skip it, pressing esc doesn't skip it. I can't skip it. But it only plays for like 3-4 seconds before skipping on its own and then taking me to the error message.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!DO NOT TELL ME TO DO THE FOLLOWING BECAUSE I HAVE ALREADY DONE IT AND IT HASN'T SOLVED ANYTHING! IF YOU TELL ME TO DO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING, I WILL SIMPLY SPAM THIS DISCUSSION BY REPOSTING THIS THREAD AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!

I have quit the game and restarted it.
I have quit steam and restarted it.
I have restarted my computer.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled DBD.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled steam.
I have repaired EAC.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled EAC.
I have verified the game files.
I have run the game as administrator.
I have edited my anti-virus and firewall to allow DBD.
I have tried launching DBD on my second account.
I have gone offline then back online on steam.
I have deleted the easyanticheat.sys file.
I have launched other games that use EAC to see if they work (they do).
I have cleared my steam download cache.
I have launched DBD via the executable file.
I have launched the game then waited to see if the error would fix itself.
I have changed my steam download region.
I have reconnected to my internet.
I have opened task manager and force-ended all tasks that start with Dead By Daylight, Steam, and Easy Anti Cheat, and then relaunched the game.
I have updated windows.
I have updated steam.

And then I did all of this at least a second time (some of these I have done over 5 times). And none of it fixed the issue. The problem lies specifically with DBD because, as I've said, I have launched other games that use EAC and those worked perfectly fine (i.e. Apex). I have also launched other games via the steam platform to see if steam was effecting steam-based games only, and those worked perfectly fine as well. It's only DBD I am having issues with.

I've had issues with DBD servers in the past (because DBD sucks and the servers are just as bad) where the game wouldn't launch. But I've never had THIS SPECIFIC issue where it's saying I am offline when I am not.

Is this a new bug with DBD that everyone is experiencing? Or is there something I can do to fix it on my end?

Is your steam online tho? Can you see friendlist? :P

!!!!!!!!!!!!!DO NOT TELL ME TO DO THE FOLLOWING BECAUSE I HAVE ALREADY DONE IT AND IT HASN'T SOLVED ANYTHING! IF YOU TELL ME TO DO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING, I WILL SIMPLY SPAM THIS DISCUSSION BY REPOSTING THIS THREAD AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!

I have quit the game and restarted it.
I have quit steam and restarted it.
I have restarted my computer.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled DBD.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled steam.
I have repaired EAC.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled EAC.
I have verified the game files.
I have run the game as administrator.
I have edited my anti-virus and firewall to allow DBD.
I have tried launching DBD on my second account.
I have gone offline then back online on steam.
I have deleted the easyanticheat.sys file.
I have launched other games that use EAC to see if they work (they do).
I have cleared my steam download cache.
I have launched DBD via the executable file.
I have launched the game then waited to see if the error would fix itself.
I have changed my steam download region.
I have reconnected to my internet.
I have opened task manager and force-ended all tasks that start with Dead By Daylight, Steam, and Easy Anti Cheat, and then relaunched the game.
I have updated windows.
I have updated steam.

And then I did all of this at least a second time (some of these I have done over 5 times). And none of it fixed the issue. The problem lies specifically with DBD because, as I've said, I have launched other games that use EAC and those worked perfectly fine (i.e. Apex). I have also launched other games via the steam platform to see if steam was effecting steam-based games only, and those worked perfectly fine as well. It's only DBD I am having issues with.

[Pluto]

Originally posted by HUH?:

Try uninstalling Steam, or installing it on a different SSD
Try creating a new account on your windows and try again

!!!!!!!!!!!!!DO NOT TELL ME TO DO THE FOLLOWING BECAUSE I HAVE ALREADY DONE IT AND IT HASN'T SOLVED ANYTHING! IF YOU TELL ME TO DO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING, I WILL SIMPLY SPAM THIS DISCUSSION BY REPOSTING THIS THREAD AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!

I have quit the game and restarted it.
I have quit steam and restarted it.
I have restarted my computer.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled DBD.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled steam.
I have repaired EAC.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled EAC.
I have verified the game files.
I have run the game as administrator.
I have edited my anti-virus and firewall to allow DBD.
I have tried launching DBD on my second account.
I have gone offline then back online on steam.
I have deleted the easyanticheat.sys file.
I have launched other games that use EAC to see if they work (they do).
I have cleared my steam download cache.
I have launched DBD via the executable file.
I have launched the game then waited to see if the error would fix itself.
I have changed my steam download region.
I have reconnected to my internet.
I have opened task manager and force-ended all tasks that start with Dead By Daylight, Steam, and Easy Anti Cheat, and then relaunched the game.
I have updated windows.
I have updated steam.

And then I did all of this at least a second time (some of these I have done over 5 times). And none of it fixed the issue. The problem lies specifically with DBD because, as I've said, I have launched other games that use EAC and those worked perfectly fine (i.e. Apex). I have also launched other games via the steam platform to see if steam was effecting steam-based games only, and those worked perfectly fine as well. It's only DBD I am having issues with.

[Amy Immernacht]

To be fair, this may not help at all but this happens in FiveM too.
Sometimes when your game launches but your Steam doesn't properly relay the fact that you are indeed a steam player, it may cause you to tell you that you aren't online.

Do you have any other instance of DBD installed that may start instead of the Steam version, causing it to overlap with Steam thinking "This is a steam user trying to start Epic Games DBD"?

Oh yeah, also if you have Valorant installed (Which automatically includes Vanguard Anticheat) disable that garbage.

My god that Anticheat bricks more than it helps.

[Youshisu]

Originally posted by Plutotarium:

Originally posted by Wrum Wrum:

Is your steam online tho? Can you see friendlist? :P

!!!!!!!!!!!!!DO NOT TELL ME TO DO THE FOLLOWING BECAUSE I HAVE ALREADY DONE IT AND IT HASN'T SOLVED ANYTHING! IF YOU TELL ME TO DO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING, I WILL SIMPLY SPAM THIS DISCUSSION BY REPOSTING THIS THREAD AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!

I have quit the game and restarted it.
I have quit steam and restarted it.
I have restarted my computer.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled DBD.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled steam.
I have repaired EAC.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled EAC.
I have verified the game files.
I have run the game as administrator.
I have edited my anti-virus and firewall to allow DBD.
I have tried launching DBD on my second account.
I have gone offline then back online on steam.
I have deleted the easyanticheat.sys file.
I have launched other games that use EAC to see if they work (they do).
I have cleared my steam download cache.
I have launched DBD via the executable file.
I have launched the game then waited to see if the error would fix itself.
I have changed my steam download region.
I have reconnected to my internet.
I have opened task manager and force-ended all tasks that start with Dead By Daylight, Steam, and Easy Anti Cheat, and then relaunched the game.
I have updated windows.
I have updated steam.

And then I did all of this at least a second time (some of these I have done over 5 times). And none of it fixed the issue. The problem lies specifically with DBD because, as I've said, I have launched other games that use EAC and those worked perfectly fine (i.e. Apex). I have also launched other games via the steam platform to see if steam was effecting steam-based games only, and those worked perfectly fine as well. It's only DBD I am having issues with.

do you want help or not? xD
I dont want to insult your stupidity but I still dont see answer to my question XDDDDDDDDDD

[Youshisu]

ciao, try solving by yourself

[Pluto]

Originally posted by ChiruChiru TTV:

To be fair, this may not help at all but this happens in FiveM too.
Sometimes when your game launches but your Steam doesn't properly relay the fact that you are indeed a steam player, it may cause you to tell you that you aren't online.

Do you have any other instance of DBD installed that may start instead of the Steam version, causing it to overlap with Steam thinking "This is a steam user trying to start Epic Games DBD"?

Oh yeah, also if you have Valorant installed (Which automatically includes Vanguard Anticheat) disable that garbage.

My god that Anticheat bricks more than it helps.

No, the only DBD versions I have are steam versions. And I also don't have Valorant, so that's not effecting anything either.

[Pluto]

Originally posted by Wrum Wrum:

Originally posted by Plutotarium:

!!!!!!!!!!!!!DO NOT TELL ME TO DO THE FOLLOWING BECAUSE I HAVE ALREADY DONE IT AND IT HASN'T SOLVED ANYTHING! IF YOU TELL ME TO DO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING, I WILL SIMPLY SPAM THIS DISCUSSION BY REPOSTING THIS THREAD AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!

I have quit the game and restarted it.
I have quit steam and restarted it.
I have restarted my computer.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled DBD.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled steam.
I have repaired EAC.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled EAC.
I have verified the game files.
I have run the game as administrator.
I have edited my anti-virus and firewall to allow DBD.
I have tried launching DBD on my second account.
I have gone offline then back online on steam.
I have deleted the easyanticheat.sys file.
I have launched other games that use EAC to see if they work (they do).
I have cleared my steam download cache.
I have launched DBD via the executable file.
I have launched the game then waited to see if the error would fix itself.
I have changed my steam download region.
I have reconnected to my internet.
I have opened task manager and force-ended all tasks that start with Dead By Daylight, Steam, and Easy Anti Cheat, and then relaunched the game.
I have updated windows.
I have updated steam.

And then I did all of this at least a second time (some of these I have done over 5 times). And none of it fixed the issue. The problem lies specifically with DBD because, as I've said, I have launched other games that use EAC and those worked perfectly fine (i.e. Apex). I have also launched other games via the steam platform to see if steam was effecting steam-based games only, and those worked perfectly fine as well. It's only DBD I am having issues with.

do you want help or not? xD
I dont want to insult your stupidity but I still dont see answer to my question XDDDDDDDDDD

Do you want to be helpful or not? xD
I don't want to insult your stupidity but if you actually read what I posted you'd see answer to your question XDDDDDDDDDD

[Pluto]

Originally posted by Wrum Wrum:

ciao, try solving by yourself

Well I'm gonna have to because you contributed j@ck sh!t to this discussion.

[Sm1le]

try reinstall your windows