From 78ed512496b47d47c21fe15825cbc12820be9751 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: GeckoEidechse Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2021 13:14:01 +0100 Subject: Add information about newer intel CPUs --- installing-northstar/troubleshooting.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) (limited to 'installing-northstar') diff --git a/installing-northstar/troubleshooting.md b/installing-northstar/troubleshooting.md index eea1e8f..6ba6076 100644 --- a/installing-northstar/troubleshooting.md +++ b/installing-northstar/troubleshooting.md @@ -18,3 +18,18 @@ Don't panic! This warning seems to be caused by Origin and none of your files ar 8. Start vanilla game and see if this works 9. If you followed all these steps and even launching the vanilla version of the game doesn't work, your final option is to fully remove the game and reinstall it. Then check if vanilla works before reinstalling Northstar. + +## Issues with newest Intel CPU (10th+ gen): + +On newer Intel CPUs you might see a message like this + +> "Contacting Respawn servers.../Data Center: Searching..." + +If you are seeing this in the main menu of TF|2 and have a 10th or 11th generation Intel CPU this is a bug which has a simple fix: + +In the Windows Start menu on the bottom left search for "Edit the system environment variables" and open the program. In the "advanced" tab click on "Environment Variables..." near the bottom. +In System Variables (not user variables) click "New..." and add a new system variable where the variable name is `OPENSSL_ia32cap` and the value is `~0x200000200000000`. Make sure to click OK to apply the changes. Finally restart your device and you should be good to go. + +**Note:** This issue is not exclusive to Northstar client but also affects the vanilla version, so if you only get it on Northstar there might be a different problem at hand as well. In fact it's not even unique to Titanfall 2 either. + +See also [this thread on Steam](https://steamcommunity.com/app/1237970/discussions/0/3081016749018656768/) -- cgit v1.2.3