Bloodavenger 0 Posted January 22, 2019 (edited) I require some assistance. So 7-8 months I moved to an apartment in Canada and ever since I have been unable to join any Arma 3 servers with battleye getting the error Battleye Initialization Failed. I have tried all the "Fixes" I could find on the internet to the point of reinstalling windows to no avail. The one issue that I have come across is when people tell me to go to the local files and delete the battleye file, there is no file there even with all hidden files showing (Might be causing the issue) Just for reference, it worked on the same computer before I moved. My assumption is that my apartments network is somehow messing with the anti-cheat and if this is the case I am completely unable to play any Arma 3 server with battleye again until I move. Fixes i have tried -Verify game cache -Reinstall game -reinstall WINDOWS -updated game drivers -I don't have an anti-virus -uninstall and reinstall battleye -Apartments internet was restarted -changed player account (grasping at straws at this point) Please send help I've been without my favorite game for around 8 months and can't take it! PS. I contacted BE Support and they where no help at all Edited January 22, 2019 by Bloodavenger Add PS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stanhope 411 Posted January 22, 2019 This is what the battleye faq says on the issue: Quote When launching the game I get a “Failed to install BattlEye Service.” / “BattlEye Service installation failed.” / “Failed to start BattlEye Service.” / “BattlEye Service startup failed.” / “Failed to initialize BattlEye Service: …” error. How can I solve this? This happens if something on your system prevents the installation/startup of the BE Service, which is required to play on BE-enabled servers. Please ensure that any security software (anti-virus, etc.) running on your system doesn’t block the BE Service (both BEService.exe/BEService_x64.exe in your game’s “BattlEye” directory as well as the entire BE Service directory, which is usually “C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\BattlEye”) in any way. You might have to add it to your security software’s exception list. If that doesn’t help or you don’t use any sort of security software there might be a permission issue with your BE Service directory or the files within it. To solve this delete the BE Service directory (usually “C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\BattlEye”) and then try to launch your game again. If you still get the same error at this point please try to manually set the BE Launcher in your game directory (usually the executable file with “_BE” at the end) to run with administrative privileges (normally this should happen automatically). To do so right-click on the BE Launcher executable, choose “Properties”, go to the “Compatibility” tab, check the “Run this program as an administrator” option and click OK to apply your changes. If you still can’t get it to work some unknown software running on your system might be blocking BE somehow or certain parts of your operating system might be broken. If you cannot determine the cause we would suggest a repair reinstallation of Windows as a definite solution. Quote BattlEye initialization failed First of all, please ensure that BE is properly installed for your game. You can manually install it by following the instructions on the download page. If that doesn’t help there might be a problem with your file permissions. To fix this please go to “C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\[game name]” (make sure that you can see hidden files/folders if you can’t find this directory) and delete the BattlEye folder there. If the issue still persists your system’s root certificates might be broken/corrupted. To fix them download and install the following update from Microsoft: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2813430. Make sure you've done all the things suggested in this and maybe try some of them again just to be sure (except for the reinstalling windows part). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bloodavenger 0 Posted January 23, 2019 17 hours ago, stanhope said: If you still get the same error at this point please try to manually set the BE Launcher in your game directory (usually the executable file with “_BE” at the end) to run with administrative privileges (normally this should happen automatically). To do so right-click on the BE Launcher executable, choose “Properties”, go to the “Compatibility” tab, check the “Run this program as an administrator” option and click OK to apply your changes. I have tried everything suggested outside of the above suggestion as I don't know what you mean by battleye launcher.exe as the only file i can find close to this is the BELauncher.ini and you can't set the ini to run in administrator mode. All other battleye files are set to run as admin with no luck still. As for the BE support with the link, there is no links on the provided page for win 10 only win 8 and older Sadly still trying to work out the issue. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
