If you are facing the following Star Wars Battlefront 2 error code 1066 message while trying to play the game on your PCs. Then, chances are that you are seeing the following as a result of a network issue or a problem at the server end.
And if you have already tried out the various troubleshooting methods like restarting your computer, reinstalling the game, updating graphic cards and verifying the game. Then, you are already halfway there troubleshooting the following error more or less.
Having said that, we however, have gone a step further and done our own research and found a few solutions from various help forums and discussion threads out there, and were able to shortlist a few other effective solutions which users facing the same issue had tried and worked for them. Hence, if you have already tried the possible solutions mentioned above, and do not mind trying a few more as reported by other users out there, feel free to continue with the rest of the solutions mentioned below.
Fixes For Star Wars Battlefront 2 error 1066
Fix 1: Delete Patch folderÂ
If reinstalling the game didn’t do the trick for you as has been mentioned by user @GamelyPlanet below. You can try deleting the Patch folder along with the .exe game application and run a repair operation after that on the Origin platform.
You can find the Patch folder and the .exe file in the game folder which usually by default should be in your C: drive and under Program Files, unless you manually set the location to a different destination during the installation process.
Hence, once you have deleted both the files from your system. You can next launch the Origin app and repair the game as shown below:
- Head to the My Game Library section on your Origin dashboard.
- Then, right-click on the Star Wars2 game icon and select the Repair Game option from the drop down menu list.
- Give it a few moments for the game to be repaired, and check if that helps with the error.
Fix 2: Change your location
As has been mentioned by user @DanielVader12 as shown in the screenshot below, changing your location on EA account settings can also help solve the particular issue, if it is a server issue happening with any of the regional servers you are connected to.
Hence, you can try changing your location and connect to a different server to see if doing so helps bypass the error currently occurring in your region.
To make changes to your location, you can follow the steps as shown below:
- Login to your EA account and under your Profile, click on the Settings option.
- Then, head to Application and select a different location under Select region and apply the changes.
- Launch the game and see if the error has been resolved.
Fix 3: Clear Cache filesÂ
If the error is occurring as a result of conflict between the stored local data or cached files. Then, clearing such files might be just what you need to get rid of the following error.
Now, depending on whichever platform you are using, you can refer to the link to know more about the steps to clearing cache files in your respective devices.
Fix 4: Turn off Crossplay option
Many users have also reported that turning off the Crossplay option in the game seemed to have solved the problem for them.
Hence, it would not harm to turn off the crossplay option in your game as well and see if that helps.
If you do not know how to turn off the crossplay option. Then, the following video should help you in guiding you through the steps in doing so.
Fix 5: Run the game as admin
This is more of a general troubleshooting solution which allows users to somewhat bypass an error faced by users by allowing a program full access to resources within the system, which otherwise would be very limited, giving rise to such errors showing up more easily.
To run the game as an administrator, you can simply right-click on the game icon or launcher, and select the Run as administrator option.
You can also keep the settings of running that particular program as an admin by following the steps as shown by user @dragosoldier1818 below.
Fix 6: Clear app cache
Quite similar to what we had explained above, clearing app cache can help you solve the error as well.
In the following guide, you can find the steps to clearing up the app cache for whichever platform you are playing the game on.
Hence, try clearing the app cache and check if it helps in solving the error.
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