Oh man, let me tell you about the headache I had yesterday with Battlefield. So, I’ve been really into this game lately, you know, the usual, trying to blow stuff up and rank up. I’ve got it on my Xbox Series S and also on my PC through Gamepass, and it’s been running like a dream on both. But yesterday, I hit a wall on the PC version.
I fired it up, ready for some action, and bam! Every single time I tried to join a round, I got this annoying error message: “unable to load persistence data”. What’s that even mean? It’s like the game just gave up before it even started. I tried a couple of times, thinking it might just be a hiccup, but nope, same error every time.
First thing I did was what any sane person would do – I restarted the game. Nothing. Then, I restarted my whole PC, because why not? Still nothing. At this point, I’m starting to get a bit annoyed, but I’m not giving up that easily.
I went online, started Googling around, and it turns out a bunch of other people have had the same problem. Some folks were saying it had to do with crossplay. Now, I usually have crossplay turned on, because I like playing with friends on different platforms, but if it’s causing issues, I’m willing to turn it off. It worked only once after I disabled crossplay.
So, I went into the game settings, found the crossplay option, and disabled it. I held my breath, tried to join a round again, and…it worked! I was in, finally! I played a whole match without any issues, thinking I had cracked the code. But then, I tried to join another round, and guess what? The same stupid “unable to load persistence data” error popped up again.
- Checked my internet connection: Made sure my connection was stable and fast, because sometimes a wonky connection can mess things up.
- Updated the game: There was a new update available, so I installed it, hoping it would fix the problem. No luck.
- Repaired the game files: I heard that sometimes the game files can get corrupted, so I used the repair function on the EA app to see if that would help. Still nothing.
Here are some other things I tried, just in case they help someone else out there:
Honestly, at this point, I’m at a loss. I’ve tried everything I can think of, and nothing seems to work consistently. It’s super frustrating, because I just want to play the game I paid for. I guess I’ll keep an eye out for any official fixes or updates from the developers, but for now, I’m stuck with this annoying error. If anyone has any other ideas, please, let me know!
Update: I tried something called ‘portal fix’ but no idea what I did, it no longer worked.
It’s really a bummer, isn’t it? You get all hyped up to play, and then the game just decides it doesn’t want to cooperate. Hopefully, they’ll figure out what’s causing this soon and get it fixed. Until then, I guess we’re all just stuck reloading and hoping for the best.
