Battlefield 4 doesn't launch

[CxnnorH]

@imacross001 Yeah I don't think it's worth formatting haha, but yeah I understand the frustration. This is happening on Battlefield 1 and 5 too.

[imacross001]

@CxnnorH I don't own any other Battlefield on PC so I can't test this, I will keep checking in on these 2 threads and hope someone has a solution for it

[CHAlVlELEOlV]

And I am dumbfounded, because after I repaired the game on the ea app, I didn't see any changes, still no launch, but immediately after I installed Microsoft visual c++ 2013 v12.0 x64... well it just worked, what I can't remember is if I after installing it, restarted my pc, this I'm unsure of 

[CHAlVlELEOlV]

I suggest you check which Microsoft visual c++ version you have currently installed, if you don't see 2013 x64, then you did not install it obviously 

This is how you check

Link: https://www.androidphonesoft.com/blog/how-to-check-c-version-in-windows-10-cmd/#:~:text=To%20check%2....

[imacross001]

These are all the ones I have installed, also, yes I did restart the computer after installing it and it still didn't work...

[CHAlVlELEOlV]

Honestly I have no clue then, with me it did work. The moment I installed that version of visual c++, it just worked. 

On the other hand I did mess around with battlefield 4s files, someone told me to go in the files of battlefield 4 and install the visual c++ that is located on the battlefield 4 game files. It is the first file you see from the top, just search in the first file till you find something that says visual c++2013. 

Note: after I installed the x64 version of the visual c++ on the battlefield 4 game files, it didn't work, but perhaps doing so and then after installing the one from Microsoft, it somehow did something. Worth a try if all else is failing.

[imacross001]

@CHAlVlELEOlV That sounds like a plausible solution, however it unforturnately didn't work either. Interestingly the x64 installer in the bf4 files was not installed previously, but even after installing and restarting it still doesn't work :/

As it was mentioned in another thread this may be a windows problem, are you using win10 or 11?

[CHAlVlELEOlV]

Yes I have windows 11, supposedly the worst Windows yet for gaming compatibility.

Here is a rundown of how I acquired battlefield 4:

1) bought premium edition from EA site directly

2) installed EA app for desktop as suggested by them

3) installed battlefield 4 

4) after installation battlefield 4 would not only launch, but would show this error SMVC120.dll 

5)Repaired battlefield 4 in the "manage" tab in the EA app 

6) error message went away

7) clicked to start battlefield 4 from EA app, didn't launch, would just go back to the EA app homepage

8) Was told to install Microsoft visual c++ 2013 x64, they didn't specify the version (12.0)

9) installed the visual c++ 2013, wasn't version 12.0. Battlefield didn't launch and yet again was taken back to EA app homepage

10) installed the visual c++ 2013 x64 from battlefields game files, it still didn't work

11) Finally after deciding to search Microsoft visual c++ 2013 on Google chrome, I was taken to the site where I had the option to download v12.0 and installed it.

12) it worked after installing it.

[CxnnorH]

@CHAlVlELEOlV Would you mind telling me what version of Windows 11 you are currently running?

[CHAlVlELEOlV]

Windows 11 22h2. It is the latest windows 11 update