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Battlefield 6Battlefield 6 · Not stated · version Season 5 (Update 2.1.1.0)

Frequent crashes and black-screen crashes mid-match

UnconfirmedReported as unpatched

Updated

Several players say the game keeps crashing, in some cases every match, and one wants a refund. A reply points to an EA Forums thread where rolling back an AMD graphics driver fixed black-screen crashes.

Lifecycle

Acknowledged · stage 3 of 5

16days open

Since first report

  1. Reported (reached)
  2. Confirmed (not yet)—
  3. Acknowledged (reached) · now
  4. Partial (not yet)next
  5. Patched (not yet)—
Report → ack 0dIn current stage 16d
Workaround available
Game
Battlefield 6
Platform
Not stated
Affected version
Season 5 (Update 2.1.1.0)
Kind
Bug
Confirmation
Unconfirmed
Patch status
Reported as unpatched
First reported
Last updated
Latest fix or workaround
Workaround, : Oct 26: a third player says turning off Razer's HapticService stopped the crashes. Source
How we label issues

Kind

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Patch status

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  • Partially patched: Official patch notes list a fix, but credible later reports say it still happens, or the notes only cover part of it.
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Estimated impact runs from 0.1 to 9.9 with one decimal. xploitr sets it from the rubric below. Factors: advantage to other players, reach, play blocked or progress lost, frequency, and whether a reliable workaround exists. Patched issues keep their historical impact.

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Impact bands

  • 0.1–2.9 Low: Cosmetic, audio, text and UI glitches with no effect on play.
  • 3.0–4.9 Moderate: Narrow gameplay bugs or small exploits, rare or with a workaround.
  • 5.0–6.9 Elevated: Bugs most players in a mode notice: hit registration, desync, balance-breaking damage.
  • 7.0–8.4 High: Widely abused competitive or economy exploits; crashes many players hit.
  • 8.5–9.9 Severe: Launch blockers, widespread progress or item loss, exploits that break the game for everyone.

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Estimated impactEstimated impact 6.0 out of 9.9, ElevatedOur estimate from how many players it reaches and what it costs them.

Updates · 46

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  1. Workaround

    Oct 26: a player says a clean reinstall of the older NVIDIA driver 610.88, with Windows Update paused, stopped their crashes.

    Community report · Steam · Forum reply ·
    “I downloaded driver version 610.88 from the Nvidia website.”
    Community report · Steam · Forum reply · Open source
  2. Workaround

    Oct 26: another player with random crashes to desktop says closing Razer Synapse/HapticService stopped them.

    Community report · Steam · Forum reply ·
    “closing Razer Synapse/Haptic seems to have worked. Played several games now today without issue.”
    Community report · Steam · Forum reply · Open source
  3. Workaround

    Oct 26: a third player says turning off Razer's HapticService stopped the crashes.

    Community report · Steam · Forum reply ·
    “Its the HapticService. Deactivate it in you task manager tab. i feel sorry, but it helped me.”
    Community report · Steam · Forum reply · Open source
  4. Report

    Oct 26: the thread's original poster still crashes after reinstalling.

    Community report · Steam · Forum reply ·
    “I did just try uninstalling and reinstalling it but had the same issue today.”
    Community report · Steam · Forum reply · Open source
  5. Report

    Oct 26: a player says the crashes to desktop came back after several stable days.

    Community report · Steam · Forum reply ·
    “played for several days after doing this but sadly it started to crash to desktop again last night”
    Community report · Steam · Forum reply · Open source
Sources · 466 Official40 CommunityEA_BarrySteam · Forum threadOfficial+ 40 similar community reports and 5 official postsShow all →
Steam · Community discussionEA_BarryOfficialBattlefield 6 · Steam app 2807960
“Thanks Outfox. PinkBunny, from the patchnotes linked below: Black screens after a match ends should now be less frequent. Game Update 2.1.1.1 Let us know if the game update and/or Outfox's suggestion helps with this. Thank you. EA_Barry.”
  • EA_mplsnowSteam · Forum replyOfficialOpen
    “Sorry to hear that the new event came with CTD. Were you able to try any of the troubleshooting steps above? Particularly verifying your game file integrity through Steam to see if that lead to any improvement?”
  • EA_BarrySteam · Forum threadOfficialOpen
    “WyleECoyote, it may be worthwhile testing out lower graphics quality settings and a very slight downclock of your GPU. Let us know your results if you try these steps, thanks. EA_Barry.”
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